Words from the Monastery wrote:
> It's not very hard and you don't even have to read
"Women are from Venus and
> Men are from Mars" first either ... it's a shame
that in a grasp for
> equality so many are terrified of celebrating their
uniqueness as
> individuals the uniqueness of their sex. But hey, I
was raised by a woman
> with an open mind who told me to think for myself
and to hell with
> convention.
Okay. If there's such a thing as a "female voice" or a
"female perspective," I'd like to know what it is. Please
explain it to me.
While you're at it, please tell me why female writers who
don't share the qualities you assign to a "female voice" are
not, therefore, female.
Oh, and tell me why male writers who write in a "female
voice" aren't male.
Oh, and also explain to me how the idea of a "female voice"
and a "female perspective," which reduce the writer to her
sex, somehow celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, rather
than celebrate the putative qualities of the felame sex as a
whole.
jess
> Anthony Dauer
> Alexandria, Virginia
>
> > From: Victoria Esposito-Shea
> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 3:43 PM
> >
> > If you've managed to identify "a female voice"
and "a female perspective"
> > in this or any genre, you've obviously got far
more insight than I do.
>
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