Is feminism only as strong as the men who support it? [View all]
Sometimes you find the most interesting articles by sheer accident. I was researching the money trail of PR and the world's coal markets (yes, really) when I spotted a link to this article from the Canberra Times (Australia). I'd be most interested in your opinions. I'm still mulling over some of the questions posed in the article.
Is feminism only as strong as the men who support it?
May 28, 2014
Elizabeth Farrelly
Sydney Morning Herald columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
(short excerpt)
It made me rethink women and power, again. For it’s not just about who wields power, but also how we frame it. What kind of power it is.
Even feminism, striving for power-balance, generally couches power in conventional politico-corporate terms. But perhaps that’s wrong. Women’s power is different in kind, as well as gender; earthier, broader, more intuitive. Properly harnessed, it could change far more than the name-cards at table. It could upend the entire smorgasbord.
This of course is what men fear. Educated, freed, women are dangerous. Fear begets anger. Anger begets violence.
''You rejected me and that’s a crime that can never be forgiven,'' pouted pretty-boy Elliot Rodger, shooting a selfie-vid in his BMW before killing six people. ''If I can’t have you, girls, I will destroy you.''
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