See, this is were I would disagree for I think that both are first and foremost human issues. Human issues that are about devaluating, oppression and arrogance - the core structures of patriarchy so to speak. While we need laws against rape and direct support for the victims (which might necessarily be in part gender-specific), it are these core structures that need to be addressed and changed as well regardless of the victims gender. At least in my point of view.
What I am suggesting in regards to "generation" is, that there are different kinds of feminism that were developed at different times and that your arguments remind me of that, what I would call the second-wave feminism (70s-80s), while I am more a third-wave/postmodern/deconstructive feminist (90s-now). There is place for both and both are important for the shifts we are intending to make! It's just our strategies and some basic assumptions that seem to vary - which is a valueable thing in and off itself I think. Diversity is valueable. It just makes it harder to find a consensus in theory and sometimes practice, but I guess we have to live with that from time to time.
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What I am suggesting in regards to "generation" is, that there are different kinds of feminism that were developed at different times and that your arguments remind me of that, what I would call the second-wave feminism (70s-80s), while I am more a third-wave/postmodern/deconstructive feminist (90s-now). There is place for both and both are important for the shifts we are intending to make! It's just our strategies and some basic assumptions that seem to vary - which is a valueable thing in and off itself I think. Diversity is valueable. It just makes it harder to find a consensus in theory and sometimes practice, but I guess we have to live with that from time to time.
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