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Originally Posted by pbradley
This is why I cannot advocate any kind of feminist arguments. Unfortunately, the argument of "you don't have a vagina so you have no authority" has effectively silenced me on the issue. And unlike men who call themselves "feminists" out of principle (sway being an example), I think engaging on the inner-discourse of feminism is an essential element of being a feminist. This is kind of the same problem I've had with race theory, even though I advocated philosophy that was considered too radical for some members of racial minorities.
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It's a very tricky one. I don't believe that a lack of vagina precludes a person
entirely from a dialogue on feminism, but it's certainly a difficulty. I personally abide by matrix models of gender/ sex/ sexuality and emphasise the role of self-identity.
I think it's potentially very dangerous to compare feminism to 'race theory'. Since when was whatever ethnicity you believe yourself to be (again, allowing for self-identity) not a part of 'race'?
The thing for me is that while I might be one of those ghastly men - worst of all, a white one - it's counter-productive to assume that just because I have (massive) protruding genitals I'm thereby unable to empathise with another's position. I can't think like a woman
in general but then no individual woman can speak for women
in general and be entirely correct.