Re: Why is feminism seen as a threat to the unity of working class & oppressed groups
PCG - Ahhh - now I see where the you got the dismissal of M. Mai
Umer shaking head, tsking
Back to this idea you have of feminism being pulled out of a hat when other issues are brought to the front.
When you have an opressed society, there is usually a hierarchy within. The women are always the last on the ladder. I cannot think of one example otherwise. So, when people begin to protest, remember half of those people will always be women and naturally feminism will be brought into it.
Feminism is simply the right of women to live in a society freely and with the same rights as men. The right to work for the same amount of money for doing the same job, the right to walk down a street unmolested, the right to be able to have an equal say in a court of law and to be taken seriously.
Feminism is not meant to be an inequality between men and women where the scale is tipped in the favor of the women, it is meant to be the balance.
When a whole half of society (or more since 51% is the number of women vs men according to your numbers in another thread) is denied their rights, they will protest and be heard louder than any other protest. Therefore it is smart for any other cause to take up that cry.
Anyway.....
You haven't proven at all how other causes cry feminism, especially that housing one??? How does that tie in?