On 11/22/2011 6:22 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
Article from The Atlantic about the gender gap in the Occupy movement.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/11/the-occupy-movements-wom...
"What is Occupy's solution to its gender disparity problem? Occupy LA has a code of conduct and a zero tolerance policy for any violence or assault. Of course, it also lacks the ability to keep people out of the public space the camp is in."
Sort of sounds familiar ;-)
The sexism in the antiglobalization and non-pacifist and non-womens antiwar groups (and even some of the former) was pretty bad in the "first decade." Not just tolerance of sexist remarks and discomfort with discussion sexist advances, but too much tolerance of advocacy and practice of violence by males. (While women who spoke out against were open to being accused of using "violent language" or being "peace nazis" for opposing such talk.)
Women who went along with the male consensus (or were paid employees of various male dominated activist organizations) were allowed to be leaders, spokespersons, etc. Women who went their own way, exercised leadership that didn't support the male consensus or worse were against it would get in big trouble. (I have lots of times. ;-)
So I assumed the worst about most of the Occupy groups. I was wondering if and how soon women would start to organize against the nonsense. Now I see there was at least talk in that article about them doing so in DC (even if link didn't bear out that assertion).
I'll definitely have to wander down soon and snoop around. Oh, boy, a brand new chance to be slammed as an "obnoxious feminist" ....