tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088212709652359108.post2701019216403317257..comments2023-03-27T10:10:56.021-04:00Comments on The Deviated Norm: The Privilege of RecognitionTheDeviantEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962230588950968738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088212709652359108.post-43176921951749182892009-03-16T00:23:00.000-04:002009-03-16T00:23:00.000-04:00The point that I was trying to respond to (from Ju...The point that I was trying to respond to (from Julia Serano's book), is that the reason that feminism has been able to make these inroads is due to the fact that our society already sets masculinity up as the ideal to aspire to. Thus (according to the misogynistic culture we live in), *obviously* women should want to dress and look like men, since men/masculinity is oh so enviable. <BR/>I have to agree that I'll feel a whole lot more excited by feminism's ability to free us from the limiting roles we have when there is no such thing as a "Manny" or a "male nurse", but instead nannies and nurses (of all genders).TheDeviantEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11962230588950968738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088212709652359108.post-51072006712778006352009-03-15T15:30:00.000-04:002009-03-15T15:30:00.000-04:00This is a great point that had never occurred to m...This is a great point that had never occurred to me before, but I do want to question your statement that it (i.e. this privilege of recognition) is "a symptom of the fucked up misogyny in our society". To me it seems more like a negative side-effect of an otherwise very positive development: women breaking free (however partially and ongoingly) of the limiting roles society gives them.Zach Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151602309039084745noreply@blogger.com