Bitch Radio Episode 1: Wired and Inspired

I would LOVE to listen to the podcast, but I had to stop before the intro was finished - the synthesized music (and I use that term very loosely) is obnoxious.

I don't think you actually understand feminism at all, so before you go off about all the reasons it is invalid, you may want to try to first get an idea of its scope. Lots of info on the internet...

Feminism has been around long enough now that there are many different angles to it. For instance, ddt is right in saying that porn didn't have a place in feminism in the 80's (I sat through lectures on porn in my Women's Studies course that now would sound like some kind of anti-porn propaganda). I remember, maybe 8 years ago, reading about feminist porn and realizing that something I'd been taught was BAD BAD BAD for women was now a form of empowerment.

I am a feminist AND I accept that women and men have a lot of biological differences. What I can't accept is, that those differences justify the imbalance of power that occurs in our society. What I've learned is that no matter what the differences are, they will be used to prop men up and bring women down. So, if a woman is "good with her hands" she should sew and knit or type, but of course, she shouldn't be a surgeon (I'm using an old-fashioned example that hopefully also shows how much feminism has improved the situation). Or, in the case of a rape, the man is unable to control his response because of his instinctual desires, and it must be the fault of the woman, who has enticed him (this argument has been used in court to defend even the rape of a child).

You know, I think a lot of it comes down to choice and privilege. What are your privileges in life, and what kinds of choices does that privilege allow you to make? An awareness of that sort is the first step towards leveling the field.