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"And let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie
that men are oppressed, too, by sexism--the lie that
there can be such a thing as 'men's liberation
groups.' Oppression is something that one group of
people commits against another group specifically
because of a 'threatening' characteristic shared by
the latter group--skin color or sex or age, etc. The
oppressors are indeed FUCKED UP by being masters
(racism hurts whites, sexual stereotypes are harmful
to men) but those masters are not OPPRESSED. Any
master has the alternative of divesting himself of
sexism or racism--the oppressed have no
alternative--for they have no power--but to fight. In
the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free
men--but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot
of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or
easily. Sexism is NOT the fault of women--kill your
fathers, not your mothers."
Robin Morgan, "Theory and Practice: Pornography and
Rape" in Going Too Far: The Personal Documents of a Feminist, 1974.External Links