“Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded."
這一爭執類似面對Black Live Matters反而說All Life Matters的情況。任何一個國家的女人都無法否認在幾千年的人類歷史下,女性所受到的壓迫,而這也是人權的一部分,很重要的一部分。
而《男言之癮》🤣這本書叫做《Men Explain Things to Me》,讀了讓人非常鬱悶的一本書。從第一章「The Longest War」開始就講到古今中外各種對於女性的壓迫和凌虐、強姦。在作者列舉出的那個數量下思索女性千百年來面對的暴力是具有挑戰性的,更重要的是,這不是哪個制度或者時代獨有的,而是一直都是這樣。讀著就一股淒涼感、無力感。
“Feminism is an endeavor to change something very old, widespread, and deeply rooted in many, perhaps most, cultures around the world, innumerable institutions, and most households on Earth—and in our minds, where it all begins and ends.”