|
|
Re: Is racism worse than sexism? Your choice of evils
Richard Spear (rspear@PRIMENET.COM)
Thu, 12 Jan 1995 19:01:12 PST
In article Elizabeth Vance <epoland@OSF1.GMU.EDU> writes:
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 21:42:10 -0500
>Reply-To: Elizabeth Vance <epoland@OSF1.GMU.EDU>
>From: Elizabeth Vance <epoland@OSF1.GMU.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Is racism worse than sexism? Your choice of evils
>To: Multiple recipients of list ANTHRO-L
>Marius,
>I think thawhat happened was merely a poorly constructed sentence. I
>don't think Ruby meant to say that where there is rape, there is
>"cleansing". Rather, that where there is "cleansing", there is rape.
>The way it was written, it is somewhat ambiguous, but that was how I
>interpreted it.
>- Elizabeth
[Marius' post deleted]
Elizabeth - No, I think that Ruby meant just what was said. Rape is an effort
to obliterate another - a "cleansing" in just the same way that one group
tries to remove another. I don't believe that it is a search for "perverted
pleasure" as another poster said ... it is a violent, aggressive and
distructive act, meant to degrade and belittle.
Regards, Richard
rspear@primenet.com
|