#409: That's exactly the problem--that it's making Being Female into the entire point of a character. It's once again suggesting that maleness is default, but femaleness comes with its own special problems--which it does, but it's done to the exclusion of any other problems. I have the same problem with "Women's studies" courses--it seems to push women off to the side, so that you have "Math, Language, Art, Science, History, and Women." I'd prefer to incorporate women into the other courses so that they don't get their own little spot to deal with.
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Date: 2008-07-25 05:16 pm (UTC)That's exactly the problem--that it's making Being Female into the entire point of a character. It's once again suggesting that maleness is default, but femaleness comes with its own special problems--which it does, but it's done to the exclusion of any other problems. I have the same problem with "Women's studies" courses--it seems to push women off to the side, so that you have "Math, Language, Art, Science, History, and Women." I'd prefer to incorporate women into the other courses so that they don't get their own little spot to deal with.