Yeah, of course. That way it sounds cultural, just something *they do. Part
of their religion, innit?
joanna
> Cliterectomies are still known to take place on young British females
> (although they are of course illegal).
> I have a vague memory of a medical student being prosectuted for carrying
> several out fairly recently.
> And the British tabloid press still refers to them as female circumcision
> rather than female castration/mutliation.
>
> Tina
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Help! The grass is singing
>
>
>> At 04:41 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:
>> >On 29/3/06 11:50 PM, "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > But what I've been talking about at some
>> > > length isn't a question of discipleship, but of dialogue.
>> >
>> >Sure: but how can you presume the dialogues of others? Especially with
>> >something as multiply conscious as poetry.
>>
>> OK, so as a poet you're in dialogue with Eliot. If you say so.
>>
>>
>> >And the, yes, Abrahamic images
>> >are somewhat patriarchal, no?
>>
>> OK, like Sarah, the father of many tribes.
>>
>> Maybe we should ban all reference, no matter how formulaic, to
>> anything produced by earlier generations--they were so unPC.
>>
>> I presume that you're trying to be funny. Just in case, this kind of
>> feminism is the self-indulgence of the privileged. If we all chose
>> other references there would still be clitorectomies and massive
>> amounts of gender-directed violence. Best not to waste one's time on
>> this simplistic nonsense, I would think. Especially when dealing with
>> something as "multiply conscious" as gender.
>>
>>
>>
>> >Plus there's something Oedipal in this insistent interring of Eliot. But
>> >this is merely intransigent back and forth.
>>
>> Hey, aint my daddy. Or mommy.
>>
>> I will admit to a taste for provocativeness, tho. A quality we share.
>>
>>
>> >All best
>> >
>> >A
>> >
>> >
>> >Alison Croggon
>> >
>> >Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> >Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
>> >Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
>>
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