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

[jkirk]

>
> Hehe! Off we go with another generalisation of points of view.  Is there a 
> generic oppressor's point of view  as opposed to an oppressed person's 
> point of view?  I don't see how this withstands reason any more than the 
> supposed difference between generic male and female points of view.
>
> In the example you give,  one might even suggest that a knowledge of the 
> oppressed person's point of view by the oppressor could have provided an 
> advantage that helped create the situation.
>
> -- 
> Metta
> Mike Austin
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> 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.
>
> -- 
> Richard Hayes
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Au contraire, Richard and Mike, there are individual oppressive moments
and then there are oppressive social structures that affect hundreds of 
people
simultaneously, in varying degrees, of course. Accepted and practiced
gender dominance is one of those oppressive social structures Bernie
was referring to, as I took it.
It's time to dump the erection of the Sacred Dichotomy in this
discussion.  In my case at least, and I have said this before: any
analytical generalization I make is to be taken as a "more or less"
statement, not as a purely dualistic either/or. Deal with it.
Joanna