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Re: Capitalism and gender inequality by Threehegemons 29 October 2001 03:33 UTC |
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In a message dated 10/28/01 6:00:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, Shahijm2@aol.com writes: << On the surface of it, it would appear that women in the West have better status. All lot of this is an illusion, however. Just watch MTV and decide if there's more respect for women in America. >> I think this sort of argument has the same epistemological status as claims that women in the Muslim world must be oppressed by virtue of wearing the veil. Denunciations of both the veil and MTV culture obscure completely the agency of women in these cultures. Steven Sherman
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