Feminists
In reply to the discussion: 2nd and 3rd wave feminism [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)I'll bet if we emailed what you just wrote to a Rebecca Walker, or a Gayle Rubin, or Naomi Wolf, they would respond with something along the lines of:
We would want the woman in question to be able to get where she wants through her intellect and competence. Our main concern would be that bias and patriarchy not prevent her from realizing her goals. While using sex to climb the corporate ladder isn't what we want for women, we're not going to spend our time on it as if it were the main issue.
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And it isnt the main issue. If a sexy man or woman does what you have described, and unfortunately at various jobs I've seen both, it isn't an equality or gender rights issue.
Let's put it another way. If a gay or bi-sexual man sleeps his way to the top by sleeping with men, are we still looking at a gender bias issue? I am going to come back at you with that with virtually every example you give me where you think sex is a gender bias issue. If it doesnt work with gay men/men, gay women/women, it doesnt belong in a discussion of gender bias.
There is nothing wrong with people having their individual idea of what is a moral sex behavior. In the case you mentioned, I agree, it is amoral. The problem is when you project it onto equality issues where it doesnt fit IMHO.