Word: patriarchyã
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...defined by participation in pseudo-outdoorsy elementary school extracurriculars and L.L. Bean purchases. As a Girl Scout I dutifully earned my “Camping and the Outdoors” merit badge and pinned it on my sash right between the “Overthrow the Oppressive Patriarchy?? badge and the “Tool of the Cookie-Selling Establishment” badge. I wear fleece. I own a Nalgene. With this background in ruggedness, 47 days in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on my back, a ration of corn mush and the mocking smirks...
Instead of claiming (as most feminists do) that “the patriarchy?? or the IMF or whatever oppressed women, Rubins is claiming that feminists oppress women. But her fundamental question—Who is oppressing women?—is a feminist one, and her analysis is as well. I think she should at least acknowledge her debt, if nothing else...
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