Sunday, August 21, 2005

Feminism Goes Global

A DC-based feminist group has set up shop in Cambodia, a country that has a severe problem with human trafficking as well as the worst forms of sexual exploitation. Can I say what a good idea I think this is? It's high time for feminism to be globalized, and the next stop should be Iraq.

Here's why- the two problems that American feminism has long suffered from are:
1) It seems too obsessed with the problems of upper-class white American women, who aren't exactly the most oppressed group in the world,
2) It seems like a wing of the Democratic Party. This was especially true with Bill Clinton. I mean, here you had a man in power who was, in the worst case scenario, a rapist, and in the best possible scenario, a letch. And NOW wouldn't comment on it! After dragging Clarence Thomas through the mud over a lame pubic hair joke! Oh, it was embarassing!

But, going to Iraq solves both problems, because it shows that feminists are aware that Muffy and Buffy not being able to say "pussy" at a Park Avenue party isn't the height of patriarchal oppression. Also, it's something that few Democrats are going to do, and so it breaks with the party. But, most importantly, it shows that the left isn't going to stand idly by and let the Incompetant in Chief destroy the Middle East. Liberating Iraq is still a noble goal, but the supreme arrogance of these people has made that seem less and less likely of ever happening. So, I think it's time for feminists to go global, and rediscover their relevance.

The Blog for the group is here.

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