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Feminism fail
May. 10th, 2012 02:53 pmSo today's legal theory lecture was on radical feminist jurisprudence.
My lecturer opened the lecture by telling us he got his wife to check his notes before giving the lecture.
Then a bit about how he and his wife were a team, and that he did dishes.
Then he told a story about how he was at an academic conference where he was critiquing a feminist, and she got very upset, and I was worried about how upset she was getting, so I stopping critiquing her views. (with me saying 'as women are want to do'... but I don't think he heard me).
Dude, feminism fail. and how.
but there was more. Betty Friedan was a stallinist. when at college. At SMITH. In like the 40s. He also noted that Catherine MacKinnon went to Smith (funny that. what with it being the cradle of american feminism and all).
There was a weird bit about pornography being addictive, and very bad for men. And some real cherry picking of quotes from Simone de Beauvoir (who was NOT married to Sartre, right?), Helen Gurley Brown and Gloria Steinem.
Then a re-hash of an argument he has made before, about people who criticise the culture they live in. He suggested that Unger should return to Brazil, where there is little respect for rule of law, rather than live in the US and criticise rule of law. Today he suggested that Catherine MacKinnon should be sent to the Taliban and write her feminist screeds there. Which is, I suspect, an unfortunate phrase rather than an actual 'send the bitch to deal with a really women-unfriendly culture' intent.
but seriously, it is pretty normal for people to criticise the culture, politics, legal structure, economics whatever that they live with. It is what they know best if for no other reason. He himself writes articles about how people of faith have no place in the public discourse anymore.... so perhaps he should consider moving... where? The middle east has people of faith running the govt, but it is not a christian faith so I suspect he wouldn't see the parallels.
Perhaps any US state currently being run by Republicans. See if he likes it better.
Oddly, I actually think this guy is not misogynistic. But my goodness that was a bad lecture. I left before he finished, because I was just irritated. So I have to listen to it AGAIN!
My lecturer opened the lecture by telling us he got his wife to check his notes before giving the lecture.
Then a bit about how he and his wife were a team, and that he did dishes.
Then he told a story about how he was at an academic conference where he was critiquing a feminist, and she got very upset, and I was worried about how upset she was getting, so I stopping critiquing her views. (with me saying 'as women are want to do'... but I don't think he heard me).
Dude, feminism fail. and how.
but there was more. Betty Friedan was a stallinist. when at college. At SMITH. In like the 40s. He also noted that Catherine MacKinnon went to Smith (funny that. what with it being the cradle of american feminism and all).
There was a weird bit about pornography being addictive, and very bad for men. And some real cherry picking of quotes from Simone de Beauvoir (who was NOT married to Sartre, right?), Helen Gurley Brown and Gloria Steinem.
Then a re-hash of an argument he has made before, about people who criticise the culture they live in. He suggested that Unger should return to Brazil, where there is little respect for rule of law, rather than live in the US and criticise rule of law. Today he suggested that Catherine MacKinnon should be sent to the Taliban and write her feminist screeds there. Which is, I suspect, an unfortunate phrase rather than an actual 'send the bitch to deal with a really women-unfriendly culture' intent.
but seriously, it is pretty normal for people to criticise the culture, politics, legal structure, economics whatever that they live with. It is what they know best if for no other reason. He himself writes articles about how people of faith have no place in the public discourse anymore.... so perhaps he should consider moving... where? The middle east has people of faith running the govt, but it is not a christian faith so I suspect he wouldn't see the parallels.
Perhaps any US state currently being run by Republicans. See if he likes it better.
Oddly, I actually think this guy is not misogynistic. But my goodness that was a bad lecture. I left before he finished, because I was just irritated. So I have to listen to it AGAIN!
