In a message dated 11/21/2000 5:58:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< I am a little confused over the debate. Mary Daly has made it very clear
in her writings how she feels about men and why she chooses to create women
only space. Sometimes I think her actions are a sign of the oppressed
emulating the oppressor, but in reality I see those as insignificant.
Her theology was one of the first to academically critique patrarchal
religous systems, and those critiques are still very valid. Her philosophy
is her own and sometimes borders on the outragious for some, but most of it
is academically valid and sound.
As for her behavior, to be perfectly candid is it her choice. I may not
choose to reject men in that way. I may think that her words to that
gentleman, were not very nice and even the wrong thing to do, but I think
that is more about personal choice than anything else.
As to the validity of the stories of her rejection of men, they are true, I
have heard of many people who witnessed that behavior while hearing her
speak. I think it also important to remember that in looking at the time in
which she was first writing and seeking academic work and degrees, there was
alot more sexism out there. Possibly she feels very justified in her anger
toward men. I guess my feeling is that this is Mary Daly, this is what she
does.
I do not believe it invalidates her work or in turn validates her work
because she definitively dislikes men
Kathy
>>
Hear, hear. I agree 100%. Mary Daly's personal life and personal feelings are
her own, and she has a right to them just as do we all have a right to our
own. It's her work that has influenced feminism, and will continue to do so
in the future.
Nancy
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