I agree. I didn't quite mean that - I was thinking about a general attitude of non-discrimination and careful/politically correct language, which I see as appropriate to academia. Burbling about 'hairy lesbians' would be bad in any lecture (and I'd react similarly) but in this course, which is supposed to be about a movement aiming to end discrimination and advance acceptance for differing lifestyles in various ways, it's especially awkward. Additionally, I think that the fact that feminism is a challenging political area for many people means that sensitivities around this sort of thing may be more acute.
She did say to me that she was coming at all this from a Marxist POV. I have only a limited idea how that applies to feminism and don't care one way or the other as long as she can present to me a rounded view or tell me when she isn't; I have no evidence she's not doing that, so it does not bother me. This isn't about her personal politics at all.
I may be expressing myself badly because it is very late. Do excuse me if so :)
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Date: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 11:06 pm (UTC)She did say to me that she was coming at all this from a Marxist POV. I have only a limited idea how that applies to feminism and don't care one way or the other as long as she can present to me a rounded view or tell me when she isn't; I have no evidence she's not doing that, so it does not bother me. This isn't about her personal politics at all.
I may be expressing myself badly because it is very late. Do excuse me if so :)