tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post1792822032766929352..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Nietzsche on MarriageAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-11403699607964636352008-04-21T17:35:00.000-05:002008-04-21T17:35:00.000-05:00and men had the freedom to fashion also the langua...and men had the freedom to fashion also the language, the japanese character for "standard" is made out of two parts, "adult male" and "look" which explains us that one should look at an adult male to see what the standard should be. how interesting is that :-) ideogrammes would make the perfect battle field for feminists :-), there are many examples like that.Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-79668220039090738722008-04-12T10:29:00.000-05:002008-04-12T10:29:00.000-05:00It is actually a running theme in her book that me...<I>It is actually a running theme in her book that men have the freedom to fashion their selves by their actions in the world while women are condemned forever to live in "immanence" (at least that's how I understood these terms).</I><BR/><BR/>I think I agree with Simone completely. When I was reading an anthropology book I came across stereotypes directed against females like 'thousand mustaches can live together but not four breasts'. At that time your summary of Simone's work is the precise thought I got. Her harshness is the expression of her frustration because it works at community level and not at individual level(at individual level she was completely liberated, I suppose).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-44774321926317665682008-04-09T19:04:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:04:00.000-05:00Like you I prefer not to get into debates with tho...Like you I prefer not to get into debates with those "Women can't do math" crowd. But even within the boundaries of feminism there are so many different things to think about. Another thing that these books show is that it is not just individual beings with their prejudices, but rather it is the institutions and traditions which are more culpable...Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-29412768782865695012008-04-09T02:32:00.000-05:002008-04-09T02:32:00.000-05:00I haven't read The Second Sex in full - bits of it...I haven't read The Second Sex in full - bits of it really long back and even then it was as you say mind expanding. I think I should read it in full - if nothing else I could use it to argue with the misogynists and sexists I seem to keep running into. I don't know what it is but the whole experience of working and coming across such asses has been amazingly depressing.Szerelemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911190230851186924noreply@blogger.com