and that our next generations who -- I sincerely hope -- have to deal with less and less of it will not, therefore, be considered "less real" as gay adults, simply because we managed to make the world a better place
Alas, I have seen exactly this attitude crop up sometimes within the circle of feminism, so I expect it will happen. Which depresses the everliving fuck out of me. I mean, yes, it's necessary be aware that things are not perfect and we need to keep going. But it's good that my little freshers look at me like they've never heard of anything so outlandish and ridiculous when I give them the "employment makes a woman less fertile and anyway their brains are smaller" articles from post WWII to read. It's good that they don't have that in their worldview, and they are not any less feminists (or women) for having grown up without it!
I think I need to go read some Third Wave authors and console myself, now.
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Date: 25 Oct 2010 06:57 pm (UTC)Alas, I have seen exactly this attitude crop up sometimes within the circle of feminism, so I expect it will happen. Which depresses the everliving fuck out of me. I mean, yes, it's necessary be aware that things are not perfect and we need to keep going. But it's good that my little freshers look at me like they've never heard of anything so outlandish and ridiculous when I give them the "employment makes a woman less fertile and anyway their brains are smaller" articles from post WWII to read. It's good that they don't have that in their worldview, and they are not any less feminists (or women) for having grown up without it!
I think I need to go read some Third Wave authors and console myself, now.