And a reasoned argument, or simple fact is something I have yet to see you offer. Henriette Cecile Beigh wrote: > Goodness knows, dear David, that you are an expert on things feminist; > especially from your male privileged perspective. And yes, I am being > sarcastic. 60 years of exposure to academia will not educate you nearly as > much as 24 hours in a male dominated world as a 2nd class citizen. I am > trying to say, politely, that you don't know squat about the benefits of the > feminist movement. And I doubt that you are open-minded about it. An open > mind is something I have yet to see you demonstrate. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Horowitz" <Dhorowitz@earthlink.net> > To: <sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:23 PM > Subject: Re: [sixties-l] New Movie on SDS > > > Bob Dylan yes. Non-violent peace yes. As for women, somebody has to > convince me > > that the feminist movement did more good than it did damage. Personally I > think > > most of the gains for women (wider range of options) stem from the pill, > which > > freed women to enter the workplace. Except for a few areas e.g., athletics > > (which I support) and combat (which I don't), it doesn't seem to me like > there > > was much resistance to anything that really benefited women. I'm > open-minded on > > this and am interested in hearing other points of view. > > > > Tony Edmonds wrote: > > > > > David Horowitz wrote: > > > > > > >A good two cents. Here's some good things about the Sixties: The Civil > > > Rights Acts. The > > > >Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding. A broader and more inclusive > > > public space. > > > >Some great outdoor parties. A sense (albeit illusory) that we were > becoming > > > a community. > > > > > > Would you include the women's movement, at least parts of it, in your > public > > > space rubric? How about principled,. non-violent antiwar activity? And > > > where is Bod Dylan, damnit! > > > > > > Tony Edmonds > > > Ball State University > >
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