Ooh! My old Early Modern lit prof just liked my essay criticising PoMo forms of feminism on Facebook. Will have to see if she's free for tea
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And I have a thing coming out on the problem of conflating them in a few days. I use the example of Islamic modesty codes.
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Sounds interesting. I'd like to read

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It's awaiting editing at the moment. I say that we can both support ppl's right to comply with gender-specific modesty codes...
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... and be very critical of the idea of gender-specific modesty codes.
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In same way that we can support a gay man's choice to be celibate coz he thinks gay sex is a sin but not accept idea that gay sex is a sin
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I agree this respect 4 the opinions of others allows true "choice". Note: this attitude was that of my Goldwater Republican family. I'm lib
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But I'd very firmly separate 'respecting the opinions of others' from 'respecting the rights of others to have opinions you don't respect'
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Because so often these get conflated & ppl make one of two errors: 1) Thinking they must respect the idea itself to respect the right to it.
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And is it critique or criticize? I've stepped aside from "criticize"-- with time I've come 2 understand my criticism is 2 boundaried by self
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Criticism does need to be based on arguments rather than identity, yes, but I am very critical of religious ideas.
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