"French feminist warns green movement forcing women to stay at home"
What?!
I had to read on. And was appalled at what I read, which included, according to the Telegraph online: "Mrs Badinter claims a "holy reactionary alliance" of green politicians, breast-feeding militants, "back to nature" feminists and child psychologists is turning Frenchwomen into slaves to green "fads" like re-usable nappies and organic food."
What was that?
It continues, "In her new book, Conflit, la Femme et la Mere (Conflict, the Woman and the Mother), Mrs Badinter contends that this politically correct cabal is burdening mothers with intolerable guilt unless they stay at home and breast-feed for as long as possible."
What the hell is it with this woman? Is she seriously contending that the environmental movement is somehow 'anti the liberated woman?'
Mme. Badinter appears to have sound credentials - clearly a smart intellectual much admired in a country that still understands the importance of intellectuals in society , she is also married to a famous Socialist lawyer who was once France's Minister of Justice.
However, she is also the founder of one of France's leading advertising agencies (the very well known Public Groupe) and one of the richest women in that country. That may explain a lot - nothing like a filthy rich champagne socialist.
To equate trying to save this planet with being anti-woman or somehow unfeminist, whatever your reasoning, smacks of agitprop reactionary thinking that belies logic. It's like saying that Margaret Thatcher was a staunch feminist just because she became prime minister.
On the contrary, Mme. Badinter, loving this planet is loving all life therein, woman most definitely included.
Intellectual credentials or not, this is the classic case of the message far outweighing the messenger.
In thinking she is somehow being 'autre' or fashionably contraire, Mme. Badinter is being little more than that most tired cliche - the heckler of the environmentalist.
How very petit bourgeoise and pathetic of you, madame - which is why I am making you my Stupid Bitch of the Week.
Do you get my point?
1 comment:
"clearly a smart intellectual much admired in a country that still understands the importance of intellectuals in society"
Give me a break dude.. Go to France if you like discussing nonessential BS that will never become. You seriously think Larry Page/ Gates and Buffet are not intellectuals? I Worked for the EU. Not just saying this shit to be provocative. Smug statement like that are the reason the environmental/green movement is having a hard time getting anywhere.
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