General Discussion

to read a book by a feminist. I'm sorry that my reading list is out of date, but try Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, and Susan Brownmiller. My observation is that there are a lot of fair minded guys out there who think of themselves as sympathetic to feminism, but who have actually never done the reading that would alert them to the insidious ways patriarchal attitudes invade everything. By everything, I mean all the great institutions of civilized society: religion, the law, government, science, higher education, and cultural norms. Not only are these institutions still mostly in patriarchal hands, but they have been for centuries. I think women could use some male help in untangling underlying attitudes from present and future practice in a number of areas. What I'm saying is that we have been letting women take the lead in de-patriarchizing everything, and men would be very welcome in helping women leaders.