History of Feminism

sad to say, is not just relevant to DU, but society at large.

Yes, it is depressing and very frustrating that we are having this kind of argument on DU, where we expect that people should know better, that people would NOT post an SI cover of women in provocative sexual poses, then offer the lame "they are consenting adults and empowering themselves" argument.

But, on the bright side, there was a time, within my lifetime, when the propriety of such a cover would never have come into question in a public forum. If you look through this thread you can see substantial pushback against the sexist nature of the cover and discussion such as we are having with various people.

So, we have come a ways, just not far enough.

When our destination is the Lonely Mountain and it is still shrouded in mist in the intimidating distance, it behooves us to look behind and note that we can't see Hobbiton, our starting point, at all.