This week was interesting because I've heard many women and some men in my life time say that they considered themselves feminist. I am glad that I gained some knowledge in the area because now I can ask them specific questions about the movements. I would want to know what kind of feminist each considered themselves: Liberal or gender? I can only imagine the answers that I would receive. I wonder if in some respect gender feminists believe that liberal feminists are traitors to their own cause.
The pragmatists' section of the readings this week was pretty interesting. I enjoyed discovering the etymology of the word pragmatist as a political- junky I often hear politicians describe themselves as such. In some ways I always felt as if she/he (important to write it that way after the feminist reading) was saying that "I deal with reality and my opponent lives in a fantasy world." Now I know that this is not necessarily the truth; the reason being just because an idea can not be used now, does not mean that it can not become useful someday!
It was interesting to hear your take on this week's reading.
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