Zero-sum Gender War: Sweden's Feminist Initiative

	posted by Matt on 10:38 PM June 8th, 2005
	Roy writes "The two-month old Feminist Initiative (F.I., a new political party in Sweden), has published its "manifesto," which proclaims - "gender politics have hitherto been based on a view of equality as a non-zero sum game, meaning that women's conditions can improve without affecting those of men. F.I. builds its politics upon an analysis, which makes it clear that women's subordination results from the privileging of men. Therefore, men must agree to relinquish their privileges... F.I formulates a politics, which in every area and aspect of life poses a challenge to patriarchy. We anticipate a large degree of resistance, but expect an even larger and stronger feminist desire for change."

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Equality? (Score:2) by Philalethes on 08:49 AM June 9th, 2005 EST (#1) "Equality" was never the aim, merely a tactic. Remember "We want it all!!"? At least now they're being honest about it. On the other hand, things have gone so far -- modern Western "men" are so pussy-whipped -- they don't even have to pretend any more. Rolling Stone: You genuinely like women, don’t you? Jack Nicholson: Yeah, I genuinely do. I prefer the company of women, and I have a deep respect for them. I’m buzzed by the female mystique. I always tell young men there are three rules: They hate us, we hate them; they're stronger, they're smarter; and, most important, they don’t play fair. (Interview, late 1980s) "If you allow them [women] to pull away restraints and put themselves on an equality with their husbands, do you imagine that you will be able to tolerate them? From the moment that they become your fellows, they will become your masters." (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 BCE)

take this personally (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 07:10 PM June 9th, 2005 EST (#2) Don't date any woman who is not a fire-breathing men's issues activist.

Equality (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 06:47 PM June 12th, 2005 EST (#3) Indeed. Feminism is not and never has been about so-called "equality"; that is only a smokescreen by means of a word that is hazy to begin with. I'd like to know precisely what they mean by "privileges"; that is truly the great-grandfather of rubber band words if ever there was one... It sounds like these people, having taken enough of our "belongings", are set to carve some of our "flesh" as well, if you know what I mean, figuratively speaking.... -Fidelbogen-

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