[384] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
flyers at MIT vs. Mt. Holyoke
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Tue May 1 01:54:06 2001
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To: Wally <wally@sub-zero.MIT.EDU>
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 01:53:37 -0400
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
Wally,
Fantasy is all good and fine, but keep it to yourself. I am only
worried about the fantasies that get *imposed* on other people in
real life. What you do in your own mind is your own business. Hmmm,
what percentage of rapists are men and what percentage are women? What
percentage of rape victims are men and what percentage are women?
Does it occur to you that explicit pictures of men at a woman's college as
opposed to explicit and degrading pictures of women at a male dominated
coed university are not exactly symmetric situations? Did it ever
occur to you that a big reason why these pictures are so disturbing is
because they contribute to the already present sense of unsafety here at
MIT? Did you feel unsafe at Mt. Holyoke? Even at night by yourself
on the campus? Or did you just feel a little flabby? Surely
you can't be so unaware of the differences between the relative
status of men and women in this world...
If anyone else would like to discuss this matter with me, please do so
off-line as I am no longer on this list and don't appreciate being
asked questions in front of a list that I shouldn't post replies to.
Honestly...
Aimee
> > First, the latest reminder that sexism is alive and well at MIT. Nu
> > Delta has some very nice fliers with wooden rulers on them that have a
> > female teacher with her blouse hanging open and skirt slit to her
> > waist. It says on the blackboard behind her "Get Nu'D." Clever
> > really.
>
> Honey, you've got to put down your Catherine MacKinnon, pick up your Anais
> Nin, and remember that there ain't nothing wrong with a little adolescent
> sexual fantasy. I dropped by Mount Holyoke College this weekend for their
> Senior Ball (an all-women school), only to find nude men stroking
> themselves off in pictures *all over* the dorms. Since I don't have
> washboard abs, I felt a little inadequate. Am I glad the ladies of Mt
> Holyoke like to get the satishellyeahfaction? Sho 'nuff.
>
> Rent a copy of 'American Psycho', ogle Christian Bale with me, and then
> we'll talk about exploitation.
>
> Jah love,
> W.
>
>
