Feminists? Any here?

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The Aust media does try & show a positive side to the grog(alcohol) addicted females but they have a long way to go before they're considered equals to normal Australian females. Even with Mr Rudd offering the apology to the stolen generation, it did offer some hope to Aboriginal women but not the hope they need.

But no doubt there are some Australian aboriginal women from those isolated communities, who are not self-abusive, who have surived and live their lives quietly. And not reported by the media.

Oakleaf, while this isn't the equivalent of African American equality for Whites, you might be interested in reading Carter's models of racial identity. He has one for African Americans, but he also has a White identity model. This isn't White identity as in "White Power," stuff, but more a model that allows White people to actually see themselves as White, the privilege it brings, and how your level of racial identity allows you to interact with African Americans or other visible minorities. It's very interesting, though a bit dense.
Basically, a lot of Whites think that "race doesn't matter," and that "people are people," which Carter calls Pre-Encounter and is the lowest level of racial identity.

On this last point that Crankin outlined, this might be what frustrates/infuriates some non-whites or some women, when others march around and say "people are people" and just put an end to any exploratory discussion. I am more willing to believe alot more the male nurse, stay-at-home daddy, etc. of how he is viewed as tied to traditionally female role, and what needs to be done by him, to counteract negative attitudes that are sexist, etc.

A person has to live for several years, every day , in a role/with an identity where the dominant, overriding societal attitude might disempower the value of that role to other more powerful, socially acceptable roles OR stereotype that person.

By the way, I perceive this cycling community, as generally, privileged despite our lowly (or cheaper than car) bikes and whatever difficult childhoods some of us may have: we are highly literate enough to express ourselves well here in the Internet (and many members here seem to have education beyond high school), and we can do it in the powerful worldwide language of English which is the de facto language of power in business, international politics, scientific communication worldwide etc. That is actually ALOT of power.