From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 22:11:05 MDT
From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin@tsoft.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
>
> The original form of the joke was "How many feminists
> does it take to change a light bulb", "That's not
> funny!".
>
> The joke worked because from the perspective of mainstream
> society, the feminists seemed to be deadly serious and rather
> over-passionate about some things (I guess), and that maybe
> they just never could laugh at themselves (I suppose).
The feminists? Which feminists? I've heard men being called feminists, as
well as women. There are feminists who are on the left, and on the right.
There are feminists who want to censor certain First Amendment rights
(mainly to do with sexually explicit materials), and those who are utterly
opposed to censorship of any kind. There are feminists who are for gender
equality, and there are feminists who are for retaining special privileges
for women. There are feminists with a good sense of humor, and feminists
who think laughter is somehow subversive. I'm for equal rights, so maybe
I'm not a feminist? Regarding this whole feminist business there's one
thing of which I'm certain: I'm lost.
Olga
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