Thursday, November 17, 2011

"gender liberation beyond feminism" blog

What do you think about Pelle Billing's blog? I frequently tend to adore it. He really encourages male voices to help move into gender/sex liberation discourse. He's also just an absolute treasure of a person. I met him doing a week long workshop seminar on youth leadership a few years ago.

His core beliefs are:
- Gender liberation is a good thing
- Feminism is too one-sided to ever achieve gender liberation
- Men’s voices need to become part of the gender debate
- Both sexes have been oppressed by their gender role, not only women
- Gender roles have developed as a functional fit to historical circumstances

His most recent post is interesting - outlines a Cornell study about how women's choices, not abilities, are behind why women are not in more math-intensive fields. I ask - what inspires those choices though? - Social expectations affect personal decisions, right?

Cool to have on hand for anyone who starts spouting off that "chicks aren't good at math"!!!

s.

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