This post is epic, Jo. Much appreciated; and as always, I learn so much from you. I remember starting to read Friedan's Feminist Mystique some years ago, simply as a classic document of that time, but when she called suburbia a "comfortable concentration camp," I stopped reading. How absurd.
If you're making some people uncomfortable, then you must be doing something right. But I'm sorry that they're being mean about it.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment - I really appreciate it. I think some people get "triggered", so to speak, but having their racism called out, and so they leave mean comments. The comments are easy to (logical) poke holes through, though I usually block & delete (also amazing that they'll keep coming back if you don't block).
Re: Betty Friedan - there were a few feminists that made similar arguments, that the plight of the wealthy women was equally "harmful" but different from that of the woman struggling to put food on her table. It seems so - out of touch.
This post is epic, Jo. Much appreciated; and as always, I learn so much from you. I remember starting to read Friedan's Feminist Mystique some years ago, simply as a classic document of that time, but when she called suburbia a "comfortable concentration camp," I stopped reading. How absurd.
If you're making some people uncomfortable, then you must be doing something right. But I'm sorry that they're being mean about it.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment - I really appreciate it. I think some people get "triggered", so to speak, but having their racism called out, and so they leave mean comments. The comments are easy to (logical) poke holes through, though I usually block & delete (also amazing that they'll keep coming back if you don't block).
Re: Betty Friedan - there were a few feminists that made similar arguments, that the plight of the wealthy women was equally "harmful" but different from that of the woman struggling to put food on her table. It seems so - out of touch.
Thank you, also, for the support!