Girl Fight - The marginalized debate over female opinion writers. By Dahlia Lithwick
Really, what's all the fuss?
I find it funny that for one thing, these highly intelligent women need approval from men in the same line of work. We're 2 different species and it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Most women do not like confrontations just as one of them mentioned. Some do - let them be in the line of fire then, what's the big deal? Seriously, what is it that I'm missing? They don't really think we're like men do they? Of course the men aren't addressing this, they'd be afraid they'd loose their heads if they did. Do you blame them? It's like the subject of equal rights. There is no such thing. You can be black in this country and start an all black magazine and call it Ebony and it's ok. But don't start an all white one and call it Ivory, you'll be accused of racism. You can have an all black college here, but you may not have an all white one. What about the Hispanics? When do they get their college?
*Sigh* So much inequality - of course the men aren't addressing the issue ladies.
"And so a clutch of women are left on the pink margins of the page, to wring our hands and, well, discuss among ourselves. The subtext will thus remain that anyone choosing to speak out on this is somehow hysterical or overemotional; that this is not a "serious" problem since serious people (i.e., men) aren't addressing it. All of which practically guarantees that nothing will be done about defining, measuring, or redressing the issue in the long term. Claims that no man wants to step on the landmine of political correctness, gender stereotyping, and identity politics should not justify bowing out of the conversation. Maureen Dowd, Deborah Tannen, and Anne Applebaum are smart, serious people. They have taken the time to initiate a conversation. They deserve serious responses from men and women alike."
Oh - and no hate mail folks. I'm not a racist, I'm a realist!
I find it funny that for one thing, these highly intelligent women need approval from men in the same line of work. We're 2 different species and it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Most women do not like confrontations just as one of them mentioned. Some do - let them be in the line of fire then, what's the big deal? Seriously, what is it that I'm missing? They don't really think we're like men do they? Of course the men aren't addressing this, they'd be afraid they'd loose their heads if they did. Do you blame them? It's like the subject of equal rights. There is no such thing. You can be black in this country and start an all black magazine and call it Ebony and it's ok. But don't start an all white one and call it Ivory, you'll be accused of racism. You can have an all black college here, but you may not have an all white one. What about the Hispanics? When do they get their college?
*Sigh* So much inequality - of course the men aren't addressing the issue ladies.
"And so a clutch of women are left on the pink margins of the page, to wring our hands and, well, discuss among ourselves. The subtext will thus remain that anyone choosing to speak out on this is somehow hysterical or overemotional; that this is not a "serious" problem since serious people (i.e., men) aren't addressing it. All of which practically guarantees that nothing will be done about defining, measuring, or redressing the issue in the long term. Claims that no man wants to step on the landmine of political correctness, gender stereotyping, and identity politics should not justify bowing out of the conversation. Maureen Dowd, Deborah Tannen, and Anne Applebaum are smart, serious people. They have taken the time to initiate a conversation. They deserve serious responses from men and women alike."
Oh - and no hate mail folks. I'm not a racist, I'm a realist!
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