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In reply to the discussion: Are there women here who are not offended by the SI cover or Kate Upton's spread? [View all]noamnety
(20,234 posts)who get ahead financially by doing things that benefit themselves, but come at the expense of others (directly, or indirectly). There are women in the Walmart family who have gotten very rich because of their corporate decisions, but I don't think supporting them just because they got rich is inherently a feminist position.
The separate fountains analogy, I brought that in because it seemed in the OP that you had somewhat decided that the issue isn't a real issue for real feminists, because you personally aren't offended by it. I think it's a decent analogy because there really may well have been some folks who had fountains basically all to themselves instead of having to share it with 50 other germy people who used the white fountain. So the policy could have been good for them personally. And a lot of people may have felt it wasn't even an issue worth fighting - you know, really, what's the big deal, everyone gets the same water, who is it really hurting? Why not solve war, poverty, real issues, instead of fighting to get rid of separate water fountains?
I'm sure if that was still going on now, we'd have DU wars about it and a very vocal segment here would complain about all the threads about separate fountains.
But fortunately, there were people at the time who recognized that it was creating a hostile environment for black people. If you examine WHY it was hostile, I think you'll move a little closer to understanding why people have a problem with nonstop exposure to certain types of messages in the media about what it means to be a woman.