Re: [Marxism] Marxism Digest, Vol 60, Issue 49 Bogus Lesbians 'causing emotional damage'

["Alissa De Rosa" <laz0521@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think nothing is wrong with this as long as the women aren't doing it to
please men, which a lot of women do.  There's a difference between Anne
Heche and Lindsey Lohan who are embarking on relationships with women and
should feel free to as opposed to the women who do it because their
boyfriends/husbands/some crush thinks its hot and it fulfills their
fantasies.

Alissa DeRosa

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:27 PM, <marxism-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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>
> I fail to see what's wrong here. I think it's fantastic that women are
> beginning to feel free to not put limits on their sexuality. I think
> it's very unfortunate that this is looked down upon as "fake". What the
> hell use is it to try to define what a "real" lesbian is? The real
> problem is that this trend doesn't extend to men.
>
> As communists, we're supposed to be all for the death of traditional
> gender roles and rules.
>
> David Thorstad wrote:
> > Interesting article on "fauxmosexuals" and "celesbians." "Women who
> > pretend to be lesbians do it to titillate men," says gay Web siter Tim
> > Duggan.
> >    In the 1970s, during the heyday of radical feminism, there was a
> > similar phenomenon called "political lesbianism." These were radical
> > feminists who identified as lesbians, but didn't actually "do it,"
> > considering the sex act unseemly or dirty. I was struck at the time, as
> > I am now, by how unusual--probably threatening to self-image--it would
> > be for a similar widespread cultural phenomenon of straight men
> > pretending to be homosexual. (As Voltaire said, "Once a philosophe,
> > twice a sodomite.") This phenonmenon is another example of capitalism's
> > resilience in co-opting and commercializing formerly radical lifestyles.
> > David
> >
> > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=646041
>
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