You were probably around when I ranted in my previous post about right-wingers who don’t have the same values or agenda as feminists even though they agree that women are real. I wanted to do a bit of a dive into one reason right-wingers, especially right-wing women, are so at odds with feminism even when it’s not the fake anti-feminist genderloon style of “feminism.”
Thank you for this article! I get so, so sick of having to explain this point to people. The stupidity about the meaning of equality did predate feminism, however. When I was in high school I complained to two teachers about the lack of advanced classes at that particular school, which was the only one I was eligible to attend in the public system. Both teachers criticized me for expecting to get curricula for college bound students, because they said that most of the students at that school were headed for blue collar jobs. They accused me of being a snob, and one of them referred to the Declaration of Independence where it says that "all men are created equal." I had to explain to them that Jefferson was referring to innate worth and to equality of opportunity to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and not to academic ability.
And anyway, how would they know who would benefit from college prep classes and who wouldn't when they didn't even have the damn classes to find out? Good lord. But that's a whole 'nother subject I could hold forth about...
Thank you for this article! I get so, so sick of having to explain this point to people. The stupidity about the meaning of equality did predate feminism, however. When I was in high school I complained to two teachers about the lack of advanced classes at that particular school, which was the only one I was eligible to attend in the public system. Both teachers criticized me for expecting to get curricula for college bound students, because they said that most of the students at that school were headed for blue collar jobs. They accused me of being a snob, and one of them referred to the Declaration of Independence where it says that "all men are created equal." I had to explain to them that Jefferson was referring to innate worth and to equality of opportunity to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and not to academic ability.
And anyway, how would they know who would benefit from college prep classes and who wouldn't when they didn't even have the damn classes to find out? Good lord. But that's a whole 'nother subject I could hold forth about...