It would be pointless to re-hash old arguments on this subject, but just for the record:
On Thu, 5 May 2005, Michael Flood wrote: > Sommers seems to have two concerns, one about the sexual explicitness or > 'vulgarity' of these events and performances, No--it's the bad faith revealed by the blatant double standard toward sexual explicitness in the two cases. And the bad faith stems from the anti-male bigotry. >and another about the > V-day play as anti-male. But she does not really identify how this stuff > is anti-male. I'm assuming that she is simply assuming that any focused > examination of men's violence against women is necessarily anti-male. You have to know better than to say this, but you're not going to stop now. Compare the Vagina Monologues with any of scores of works recognized by all today as racist. Hate-literature is not "focused examination". FC > I'd disagree. It's entirely possible to conduct such an examination, > whether in a play or otherwise, while continuing to believe that most > men are not violent, that most men treat women with love and respect, > that all men have this potential, and that men do not have a monopoly on > violent behaviour. > > Regards, > > michael flood. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/pyIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boysed/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
