excellent job of flame provoking... steve On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Karl Carlile wrote: > Comrades, > > While having a mug of coffee I thought to myself that much of what is > regarded as progressive feminism is essentially sexist and separatist. > It is quite common for many feminists to make general criticisms of > men as a gender. Yet if a man was to make critical comments about > women as a gender he would be castigated by much of feminism as > sexist. > > It seems to me that much of the the generalities of a critical nature > made about men as a gender have a sexist character to them. It would > therefore seem that much of the so called feminist movement is sexist > and seeks to create a reactionary polarization within the working > class along gender lines thereby reinforcing division within the > working class. This in turn sustains the politically weak nature of > the working class. > > In short sexism is prevalent both among men and women. > > Karl > > > > > > > >