"We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage." -- Robin Morgan
"Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the women's movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage." -- Sheila Cronin, the leader of the feminist organization NOW
Now imagine the lawsuits that would hit a publication if it dared print anything so “aggressively heteronormative” as the above. Remember, there are more lawyers within the United States than are found in all the rest of the world combined. And they make a living - by filing lawsuits. (Why “frivolous lawsuit” is an American term, and invention.)
Even 'homemaker' ads (never “housewife”) show women looking like visitors in their own homes. When last did you see an ad showing a woman wearing an apron? They literally don't dare.
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2008-03-17 12:31 am (UTC)"Alma tell us,
all modern women are jealous
Though you didn't even use Pond's
You got Gustav and Walter and Franz."
Who is that in the ad anyway?
If you -really- want to know…
Date: 2008-03-17 01:26 am (UTC)"We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage." -- Robin Morgan
"Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the women's movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage." -- Sheila Cronin, the leader of the feminist organization NOW
Now imagine the lawsuits that would hit a publication if it dared print anything so “aggressively heteronormative” as the above. Remember, there are more lawyers within the United States than are found in all the rest of the world combined. And they make a living - by filing lawsuits. (Why “frivolous lawsuit” is an American term, and invention.)
Even 'homemaker' ads (never “housewife”) show women looking like visitors in their own homes. When last did you see an ad showing a woman wearing an apron? They literally don't dare.