Word: buts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some people call us obsessive. We are. The elements of our oppression, the invisible bars on our cages, are everywhere, and there is no escape. But the obsessive, uncompromising exposure of the oppression is our way of heading toward liberation. And that is what we want.
Liberation seems to require the secluded and self denying life of a nun. But the withdrawal is necessary only temporarily, until women strengthen themselves individually. As individuals, they should concentrate on liberating the "female principle" in themselves. Roxanne Dunbar explains:
This world view does not belong exclusively to females, since Roxanne Dunbar describes Che Guevara as maternal (protective, caring), but she takes for granted that a greater number of women than men share this world view. "Female liberation" here sounds like familiar Christian ethics.
Only a few articles hint at the meaning of female liberation. Betsy Warrior, in "Man as an Obsolete Life Form." by condemning man (not the species) for his aggressive, destructive tendencies, implies that the "female principle" (peacefulness, non-competitiveness) is what she values. But her vehement put-down of men...
Roxanne Dunbar, in "Who Is the Enemy?", has an anger of her own. It is directed at the ruling class, the rich elite. She considers the enemy the human tendency to compete with, oppress, and kill others. So far, so good Morality. The "female principle." But she sees the tendency...