[UUPoly-L] Poly Relationships, Sexism, and Cultural Diversity

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 Thomas Anderson wrote:

It is sometimes tough to remember that most folks in Cuba like living there.
> And that many Moslem women do prefer the life they live. Those people don't
> get a lot of air time in this country. We are in many ways as parochial as
> many of the cultures we have issues with. And in the end as indoctrinated by
> our own culture as anybody else is.
>
> And can't agree more the importance of any life choice being a true
> choice. Just need to remember to respect ones we disagree with, even
> strongly. Especially when they are being made from value systems very
> different than our own.


The Cuban example I don't think is an apt comparison since at least I don't
see it as an anti-oppression issue. And I will agree that Western feminist
ideas around Moslem women have often been racist. But I don't think that the
point of being a multi-cultural society is to support sexist and other
systematically oppressive systems but rather to acknowlege that sexism isn't
something that is only over there in *those* countries but is everywhere. I
think female submissives who have sex with men need to be critical of the
role they are playing, which isn't to say that they shouldn't be submissive
or they are perpetuating sexism. Rather, I think we should the cultural idea
that women *should* be submissive while taking whatever role you want to in
the context of your relationship in bed...