On Nov 4, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Is it possible that positions prioritized by many male leftists and US feminists are out of sync with what American women want?
Maybe you should take a break from your Farsi studies and learn something about organized feminism in the U.S. Here are the top six issues for NOW <http://www.now.org/issues/>: * Abortion Rights / Reproductive Issues * Violence Against Women * Constitutional Equality * Promoting Diversity / Ending Racism * Lesbian Rights * Economic Justice Economic justice is about pay equity, family-friendly workplaces, and parental leave. Search for the word "Iran" and you get a series of articles about their opposition to the war in Iraq and the possible invasion of Iran. Then there's the Institute for Women's Policy Research <http:// www.cepr.net/pages/labor_markets.htm> which is full of stuff about child care and family leave. Or yet another organization, CEPR, this one dominated by what you call "male leftists" like Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot (who spend a lot of time defending Venezuela, by the way), but which also employs the excellent feminist economist Heather Boushey. Among their top issues <http://www.cepr.net/pages/labor_markets.htm> are stresses on parents and the need for better child care arrangements. In other words, you don't know what you're talking about. Doug
