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[textualdeviance]

I just stumbled on this quote--my darling Molly talking about Camille Paglia:

There is one area in which I think Paglia and I would agree that politically correct feminism has produced a noticeable inequity. Nowadays, when a woman behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, "Poor dear, it's probably PMS."' Whereas, if a man behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, "What an asshole." Let me leap to correct this unfairness by saying of Paglia, Sheesh, what an asshole.

I love her. :)

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[mrdorbin.livejournal.com]

I have such a dissonance with Paglia because I like a lot of her literary theory, even if she did talk me into reading The Faerie Queene...wait, nevermind.

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

SInce I have not yet caught up on the decades worth of feminist theory and history (bad Sandra!), can you explain what the issue with Paglia is? I'm part way through Vamps and Tramps, and largely I'm enjoying it. I'm not sure that I need to argue anything here, just acquaint myself with the different camps and points of view.

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

There's much more, and once I have some time this weekend, I'll explain, but one of the big problems with her is her stance that rape is inevitable, and there's no sense trying to stop it. She's also argued that pedophiles are being discriminated against.

Mostly, she's just a loudmouth contrarian--kind of the lesbian feminist version of Ann Coulter.

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

I can understand having a problem with the loudmouthed contrarian thing (and this is something that I've read of her elsewhere), and I can definitely get being bothered by the rape issue (I do think that on some level it's inevitable, as is say, murder, but I don't think that giving up trying to prevent it really follows).

I may make myself unpopular here, but on some levels I would agree that pedophiles are discriminated against. I also feel that a distinction needs to be drawn between those who have unpopular or inappropriate sexual attractions and those who act on them to the detriment of young children. The first I would consider pedophiles and the second group I would call as child molesters and sex offenders. Because there IS a difference between having a psychological disorder, and being influenced by that disorder to commit crimes.