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    Default Re: who are some well known feminists who put down burlesque type dancers?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_separatism

    I know, I know, Wikipedia isn't reliable. But in this case it'll serve as a starting point.

    I misspelled Jeffries.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jo Weldon
    Re Sex-Positive and Sex-Negative, as I recall the terminology originally came up around a time (late 70s, early 80s) when some feminists were arguing that there was no escaping the patriarchal constructs while we were still having patriarchal sex, and that in order to advance the feminist agenda women should be political lesbians or have no sex at all. Some of these suggestions came from Sheila Jeffreys, who is also a passionate anti-prostitution activist and theorist, hence its association with anti-sex-work attitudes. There actually WERE openly anti-sex feminists. So what it means now (not that it's easy to define) is not what it always meant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by space_Cadet_28 View Post
    feminists are somewhat famous for criticizing beauty pagents.
    quick google search gave:

    A History of Feminist Activism at Miami University, Oxford Campus

    Feminists criticize the monolithic, racist, often unattainable standard of beauty forced into the nations consciouness through books, magazines, television, and other artifacts of popular culture....Their signs read "Don't use bathing suits to make a point" and "Stop the objectification of womyn." "This is the blatant exploitation of women," said Nancy Herzog, a

    Beauty pageants exist as an affirmation of the idea that it is acceptable to judge women on their appearance. "Judging women distances them." When they are rejected, they feel like they do not measure up to being beautiful. This leads to sexual harassment and "environment where women are not safe."

    Those are only the radical feminist types if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure other types of feminists aren't anti-beauty pageant, lol. But, I know the media loves to only focus on radical feminists.


    All I know is that I go by the basic premise of feminism strengthening women's rights and acknowledging them as human beings, giving them the right to make choices, etc.

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