Teri,
You were told in your women's studies course that you were ignoriong your
oppressions???? I'm really uncomfortable with that!! (not with you, but
with the fact that someone in your class said this, because it sounds
invalidating of your perspectives - as if to say that your perspective
doesn't count because it's based on "false consciouness", another concept
that I have a problem with!!!)
Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud here..... one may recognize that the
structure of
patriarchy exists but that it manifests itself differently given class,
race, gender,
sexual, geographic locations/positions. So I guess, rather than saying
"all women are oppressed" I would say that given one's unique cultural,
historical, social, sexual, racial, class, gender etc. position,
patriarchy manifests itself differently.
Again, this is off the top of my head,
Jessica
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, MISS APRIL D CLINE wrote:
> Another question to ponder:
>
> Are all women oppressed? Even those who do not believe to be
> oppressed? I live a full, college student, average life and think
> that at this point in time I am not oppressed in any way. I have the
> job I want, the classes I want, the roommates I want, the house I
> want, etc... Does this mean I am just kidding myself to believe I am
> not oppressed? Just curious, no comments will be taken personally on
> my part. I was told in my Women's Studies class that I was just
> ignoring my oppressions but when I asked what oppressions I was
> ignoring I received no answer. Of course I know that there are
> oppressions out there but I don't feel that I am going through any of
> them right now. Not to say I never will. How are some of you
> oppressed? I am asking to have a better understanding about
> different oppressions that occur in other people's daily lives.
>
> Love, Teri
>
