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arguchikheh. here's a critique of a web quiz designed to answer the question, are you a feminist? well. are you, punk?
LOL--i took the quiz, just for grins, and because i wanted to see the "100% feminist" picture to which twisty refers in the above critique. (fyi, i answered "strongly agree" to every question. talk about a slanted quiz apparatus. i'd assume that you could go through and check the same radio button for some other degree of agreement/disagreement in order to obtain some other coefficient of feminism.)
are you curious? here's the 100% feminist picture. she looks like a character on "the L-word." (i.e. man-friendly tuff girl. i'll bet she has an impeccable manicure underneath those boxing gloves, to match her cosmo-esque, pouty glossy lips.)
whew! at least i'm not a "man hater."
so can you spot the patriarchal assumptions embedded in these "girl power" questions? take the quiz and find out!
the question about dating seriously cracks me up. like..."grrrr! i'm a radical feminist, so i'll ask this man for a date and then i'll pay for our dinner--that'll school him. fuck the patriarchy!" (but make him wear a condom.)
LOL--i took the quiz, just for grins, and because i wanted to see the "100% feminist" picture to which twisty refers in the above critique. (fyi, i answered "strongly agree" to every question. talk about a slanted quiz apparatus. i'd assume that you could go through and check the same radio button for some other degree of agreement/disagreement in order to obtain some other coefficient of feminism.)
are you curious? here's the 100% feminist picture. she looks like a character on "the L-word." (i.e. man-friendly tuff girl. i'll bet she has an impeccable manicure underneath those boxing gloves, to match her cosmo-esque, pouty glossy lips.)
| You Are 100% Feminist |
 You are a total feminist. This doesn't mean you're a man hater (in fact, you may be a man). You just think that men and women should be treated equally. It's a simple idea but somehow complicated for the world to put into action. |
whew! at least i'm not a "man hater."
so can you spot the patriarchal assumptions embedded in these "girl power" questions? take the quiz and find out!
the question about dating seriously cracks me up. like..."grrrr! i'm a radical feminist, so i'll ask this man for a date and then i'll pay for our dinner--that'll school him. fuck the patriarchy!" (but make him wear a condom.)
