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History of Feminism

guillaumeb

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1. how can there be classism in a classless society?

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 12:36 PM

Apr 2015

From the post:
"The rampant slut-shaming, Armstrong found, was only a symptom of the women’s entrenched classism."

But the US is different from Europe! We do not have social classes!

And that would be the response of many, possibly a majority of Americans, to this cognitive dissonance inducing statement. Even thought the US is the most socially stratified of all the OECD countries, the myth is that the US does not suffer from classism.

Very good post. Thanks

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Social class and slut-shaming among college students (from The Atlantic, May 2014) [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2015 OP

how can there be classism in a classless society? guillaumeb Apr 2015 #1

This is a really good article JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #2