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...Kelly A. Bowdren '94, a council member ofPeninsula magazine, says she is skepticalabout RUS's' promise to be less confrontational...
...patronized by leftists," Bowdren says."They should not present themselves as aclearinghouse for women's issues, because they'vealways supported only feminist-type programs...
Kelly A. M. Bowdren '95 is a council member of Peninsula...
...record straight, for anyone who has and will misconstrue the term: "feminism" has many different strands and meanings, and cannot be pigeonholed into one narrow definition. While Bowdren admits that feminists form a "disparate group," she continues to address and reject one kind of feminism, that which includes Boyle's superwoman/have-it-all idea. In reality, there are liberal enlightenment feminists, cultural feminists, radical feminists, and more. There's a place for Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Daly, Katie Roiphe and Madonna in feminist discourse--all of whom, I would argue, can be called "feminists" in one way or another. For your information...
...Bowdren's claim that "with Karen Boyle on the 'right' and [Crimson writer] Michael Mayo on the left, no wonder women are confused," just what exactly is it that Bowdren thinks she does? She vehemently and aggressively argues the case that biologically, women are less aggressive than men. By taking an active stance in defining women as weaker and more passive by nature, Bowdren herself goes against the very definition she wishes to support. Doing herself and others a disservice, her own participation on the Peninsula Council is oxymoronic, with an emphasis on the moronic. Perhaps if Bowdren had really...