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boston bean

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1. getting women to understand that some personal problems had a societal root.

Reply to Remember Me (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 05:26 PM

Jan 2012

Raising consciousness about womens issues was the first step in getting women to realize that the personal is political. In other words, the deck was stacked, it was not just them personally having these issues, but a larger societal issue.

That is pretty much how I have always interpreted it.

edit, i totally read your post wrong. I don't think it can be attributed to any particular woman.

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The personal is the politcal. Know what it means, where it came from? [View all] Remember Me Dec 2011 OP

getting women to understand that some personal problems had a societal root. boston bean Jan 2012 #1

Excellent! Remember Me Jan 2012 #2

just read it again, and all I can think of each time I read it is boston bean Jan 2012 #3