Mon, 17 Oct 1994 20:55:41 -0700 for <socgrad@ucsd.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 22:55:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Melanie Lowery <mlowery@comp.uark.edu>
Subject: Re: non-participation
To: Michael Gibbons <mgibbons@cwis.unomaha.edu>

On Mon, 17 Oct 1994, Michael Gibbons wrote:

> melanie,
> 
> FIGHT IT!! make it a point to speak every time in class.  this is exactly
> the way political power is taken from people.  why is it that folks our
> age are so commonly branded apathetic? it is precisely because the power
> to act has been shifted away, causing the same effect among young voters
> that we have here presented among women in academia.
> 
> michael

Thanks, Michael. I am doing just that. Even when I feel the urge to hold 
back, I just go ahead and let it fly. As I said in my earlier post, it is 
not everyone here that creates such an openly hostile atmosphere, and 
even when I was in that situation, I spoke up. I paid for it, but I spoke 
my mind. That is one of the reasons I am still here, but that's another 
story. 

Do any of you see any blatant or not-so-blatant attempts to make women 
feel that if they speak up then it's because they have a "chip"?
I want to make it clear that I do feel that each woman is responsible for 
making her own efforts. I feel little sympathy for those who only whine 
and do not act. I hope I am making sense, but it's late...


Melanie


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"The New Feminism emphasizes the importance of the 'women's point of 
view,' the Old Feminism believes in the primary importance of the human 
being."  - Winifred Holtby, 1926 (from _Who Stole Feminism?_)
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