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...feminism," Kelly A. Bowdren could have fooled me. Contrary to what she might think, in her opinion piece entitled "With Friends Like These..." (The Crimson 12/8/93), Bowdren presents an interpretation of "feminism" similarly narrow in scope to that which she criticizes, proposed in a Lighthouse magazine article by Karen E. Boyle...
...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...
...weeks ago, Republican Club President Karen E. Boyle came out on the pages of Lighthouse magazine to announce that she was indeed a feminist. Or, as she goes on to explain, a "conservative feminist...
...academic feminism, or what she thinks is academic feminism, Boyle concludes that being a "conservative feminist" means not only living the life of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, but also wanting children and baking for them "the best cinnamon oatmeal chocolate chip cookies." (Did you get that recipe from Hillary, Karen?) To her, being a mother isn't enough, and a woman who wants to stay at home with her children simply isn't fighting the good fight. In short, it's difficult to place a distinction between her and the campus feminists with whom she says she disagrees...
...With Karen Boyle on the "right," and Michael Mayo on the left, no wonder women are confused about the meaning of womanhood...