qos: (Not Well Behaved)
qos ([personal profile] qos) wrote2009-10-19 05:17 am

Apparently This Needs to be Said

I strongly object to any and all terms which characterize women's bodies and beings as being "less", with being a failure -- especially when explicitly contrasted with warrior culture. I particularly object to women's genitalia being used in this way. Make any case you like criticizing the current state of our culture (or anything else), but do not use women, women's sexuality, or femininity to characterize what you think is wrong.


Criticizing individual women is as valid as criticizing individual men, of course. My objection is using the "idea" of women, of feminininty, as inherently derrogatory.

Re: +1

[identity profile] qos.livejournal.com 2009-10-19 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm with you on all of this.

In this case, the usage occurred in a personal exchange with me, so I was disinclined to let it go as a general cultural characteristic.
Edited 2009-10-19 15:06 (UTC)