men get a lot of flack too for behaving 'gay'. Watch any tv program and listen to the words men use about other men(and women use to). In fact there is a lot of nme calling which has sexist/mysoginist overtones.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pritchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: Re: thinking of women NJC > Azeem wrote: > > >>Interestingly, while you are right that Hammer and Vanilla Ice were not > criticised for being men, Vanilla Ice WAS heavily slated because of his > colour. I don't know what this tells us<< > > Jerry added: > > >>But (Vanilla Ice) he did get criticized for his race.<< > > Whatever it tells you and tells me is open to different interpretations, > and that's cool. What it doesn't do is make it ok to use offensive sexist > (tautology?) language against women and not men just because the guys are > getting the flak over their 'race' (like 'gender', another social > construct). I know Azeem and Jerry are not saying that it IS OK, but it > is curious that their comments are so similar, or at least focus on the > same thing, which could, I repeat could, be read as a justification, if > one was in a pedantic mood. Which I'm not, but while I'm on the subject, > let's not confuse 'race' with 'colour' either. > > mike in barcelona > > NP Pat Metheny Trio 99-00 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.
