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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: re [kde-promo] re: attention Andreas
From:       Christopher Lee Fleck <clfleck () valdosta ! edu>
Date:       2001-06-21 18:29:46
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From Mariam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:

Main Entry: sex·ism 
Pronunciation: 'sek-"si-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: 1sex + -ism (as in racism)
Date: 1968
1 : prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination 
against women
2 : behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social 
roles based on sex

By very definition, putting this photo on the cover of the Zine is not 
sexist.  The photo does not discriminate against women, and it does not 
"foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex".  We're not showing her 
cleaning up a living room or cooking dinner, are we?  

The only thing here that I can see as possibly being sexist is _not_ putting 
her on the cover of the Zine because she's a female.  Depicting women 
artistically is certainly not sexist.  If anything, it glorifies women.  

I hope that this e-mail sheds a little light on where I was coming from in my 
previous post to this mailing list.  
----
Christopher Lee Fleck

On Thursday 21 June 2001 06:23 am, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
> > Also, the issue of the proposed cover being sexist has been dealt with in
> > this list already.  The fact that the cover was created by a female
> > without any prompting from other males is enough to shield us from any
> > possibly damaging criticism directed at us by the community.
> 
> That is a good one - take one person who is part of a minority and who is
> on your side and that gives you the right to ignore the rest of the
> minority. Very fair :-(
> 
> Actually I like to appologize for being honest in my answer to the request
> for comments. I didn't expect it to be a rhetorical question. Next time I
> will know.
> 
> I am only wondering why certain people where so concerened about men being
> offended by what we publish in kde-women (such as the presentation of
> kde-women I did in Brazil). Strange contradiction...
> 
> eva
> 
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