----- Original Message ----- From: Mistral mistral@centurytel.net To: B7L blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [B7L] Deliverance
Me:
Now hang *on!* You can't separate power from gender, a point which I
recall
has been made by Neil, Una, Alison and myself among *many* others on
this
list.
And of course we all know that many people saying something makes it true :)
Right, not always :), but I see Neil, Una and Alison (if not myself...) as intelligent people, and if they're saying something I'm going to listen :).
Gender is fairly straightforward
Really? *I* don't see it that way. There are fascinating variations in gender roles and relative status from society to society, which suggests there's more to it than just eat-drink-man-woman.
; power is a complex combination of lots of factors. Gender can be one of those factors, but it doesn't have to be the defining one. Treating it as the defining factor every time there's a power imbalance between a male and a female doesn't combat sexism; it promotes it.
Not disagreeing with you on that, but I have a problem with saying that power doesn't enter into gender relations. It may not be sexism (Travis and Servalan, oo-er!) but to deny that there's a power aspect to *all* relations, including gender ones, is kind of hard.
Fiona
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