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To: Edwarda who wrote (1413)11/11/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 3246
 
I have deep reservations. First, I disagree with the implication that gender is "constructed", although it is true that it is socially reinforced. Second, I dislike the use of liberation as a criterion for the goodness of actions, it is the start of the excessive self- preoccupation that haunts our age. Third, the political context in which she labored was mostly destructive and fellow-travelling. However, perhaps I have overlooked something that makes her better than the impression I have would suggest.....