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"Gender feminists have found it is wise to ally themselves with men and women of non-European descent who are critical of Western culture for its "Eurocentrism". A more general offensive on Western "Eurocentric" culture (created by and controlled by "bourgeois white males of European descent") is then prosecuted under the banners of "cultural pluralism", "inclusiveness" and "diversity". Feminist leaders have eagerly embraced these causes partly to deflect attention from the largely white, middle-class character of their own movement and partly to camouflage the divisive misandrism that inspires them but is off-putting to others. The propitiatory strategy of placing their radical feminism under the banner of "inclusiveness" has also been successful in an internal respect: it has given many feminist activists the feeling that they are part of a wider struggle of a social justice. Finally, the call for "inclusiveness" usefully diverts attention from the uncomfortable but undeniable fact that the feminists are the ones getting most of the money, the professorships , and the well-paid (but vaguely defined) jobs inside the burgeoning new victim/bias industry."
Christina Hoff Sommers, "Who stole feminism?" 1994. |