[Buddha-l] Re: Gender on Buddha-l

[Tom Troughton]

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:04:39 -0600, Richard P. Hayes wrote:

>Generally speaking, I think an analysis that begins with this false
>dichotomy of oppressor/oppressed is going to end up being a very poor
>one. The truth is we all have oppressive moments and we are all at times
>oppressed. No one falls neatly into one category or the other.

Is the usefulness of categories determined by their neatness?

Best wishes

Tom