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...piece, Von Schmitz characterizes TLR??s Co-President Rachel L. Wagley '11 as an "abstinence apostle" crusading "against carnal lust...
...sexual mania,” Wagley claims that feminism has gone too far and that women today have lost dignity as a consequence. Wagley should be commended for defending her viewpoints before a less than receptive audience, but her response betrays her ignorance of feminist history and suggests that TLR??s claim to true feminism is simply a misapplication of feminist principles...
While I, too, recognize that so-called “raunch culture” is hardly liberating, I disagree that objectionable displays of sexuality can be addressed by curtailing sexual activity. TLR??s blanket rejection of premarital sex ignores that there can be room for empowered sexual expression, and, while there is nothing feminist about pornography made for the male gaze, I’m hesitant to write off any and all displays of female sexuality and any and all sexual activity without regard to the nuances of individual decision-making. That, after all, is the ultimate feminist...
...would the club post a blog entry—later deleted—encouraging members to submit testimony against sex education in Massachusetts? At best, these inconsistencies indicate that the club has yet to determine its precise objectives. At worst, it is being deliberately disingenuous in claiming that TLR??s mission is without political agenda...
...lifestyle, nor do they presume to know what choices are the best choices for each individual to make. That itself is the very foundation of feminism: The belief that people have a right to live without being subject to gendered expectations. From what I’ve deduced from TLR??s platform, there seems to be little room for gender non-conformity and even less room for choice...