Some people simply don’t understand that a degree in Liberal Arts technically means that person is an actor or actress. "Liberating The Arts". They are majoring in theatre, acting, media, mass communications. Their minds are in the clouds.
Liberal Arts = L.A.
Understand?
Um, no.
Theater and music are often in a separate college. Liberal Arts has nothing to do with being an actor/actress.
While Liberal Arts includes the humanities such as literature and poetry, it also includes philosophy, the social sciences such as history, economics and politics, as well as science, and much more.
A degree in Liberal Arts requires the student to have a more rounded education process, studying a bit from different disciplines and not just focusing on, say, math, math and more math like an engineering student. Liberal Arts students are required to learn some history, some literature, learn a foreign language and by extension, learn about other cultures. Learning about philosophy leads to logic which is a big component of advanced mathematics and of course, the entire scientific method.
A degree in Liberal Arts is "learning about learning".
I double majored in college, ending up with both an Engineering and Liberal Arts degree. My engineering classmates all derided the Liberal Arts majors, saying they were just wasting their time, would never get a job, etc. They didn’t get it. When it came time for us to find our first jobs senior year, they realized, too late, the benefit of having a broader education beyond simply having taken the same math and engineering classes along with the other 5000 graduating students from our class.
Since I know a lot of feminists out there will call me stupid, close-minded and ignorant for this, and even people who aren’t and support the movement, I’m adding some legit leading feminists quotes. Btw, I’m a woman, anti-feminism ftw.
"Feminism is built on believing women’s accounts of sexual use and abuse by men."Catharine MacKinnon
"All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman."Catherine MacKinnon
"All men are rapists and that’s all they are" Marilyn French Author, "The Women’s Room" (quoted again in People Magazine) "All men are rapists and that’s all they are …" –Feminist Marilyn French, People Magazine (Percent of reported rape or near-rape incidents = .07% [The FBI's Uniform Crime Report lists for the year 1996])
"[Rape] is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which ALL MEN KEEP ALL WOMEN IN A STATE OF FEAR" [emphasis added] — Susan Brownmiller (Against Our Will p. 6)
"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership." — Andrea Dworkin.
"Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women’s bodies." — Andrea Dworkin
"Romance is rape embellished with meaningful looks." Andrea Dworkin in the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 1995..
"Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman’s daughter is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman’s son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman," Andrea Dworkin, Liberty, p.58..
"One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imminent possibly of the other is unthinkable and impossible." Andrea Dworkin, Letters from a War Zone, p. 21..
"In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them."–Gloria Steinem
"And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual [male], it may be mainly a quantitative difference." — Susan Griffin "Rape: The All-American Crime"
(p. 86)
"When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppression…" — Sheila Jeffrys
"I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire." — Robin Morgan, "Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape" in "Going to Far," 1974.
"Who cares how men feel or what they do or whether they suffer? They have had over 2000 years to dominate and made a complete hash of it. Now it is our turn. My only comment to men is, if you don’t like it, bad luck – and if you get in my way I’ll run you down." — Letter to the Editor: "Women’s Turn to Dominate" — Signed: Liberated Women, Boronia — Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia – 9 February 1996
"It is not only men convicted of rape who believe that the only thing they did that was different from what men do all the time is get caught."
"If sexuality is central to women’s definition and forced sex is central to sexuality, rape is indigenous, not exceptional, to women’s social condition."
"Under law, rape is a sex crime that is not regarded as a crime when it looks like sex. The law, speaking generally, defines rape as intercourse with force or coercion and without consent., Like sexuality under male supremacy, this definition assumes the sadomasochistic definition of sex: intercourse with force or coercion can be or become consensual."
"Compare victims’ reports of rape with women’s reports of sex. They look a lot alike….[T]he major distinction between intercourse (normal) and rape (abnormal) is that the normal happens so often that one cannot get anyone to see anything wrong with it." Catherine MacKinnon, quoted in Christina Hoff Sommers, "Hard-Line Feminists Guilty of Ms.-Representation," Wall Street Journal, November 7, 1991.
"The institution of sexual intercourse is anti-feminist" — Ti-Grace Atkinson "Amazon Odyssey" (p. 86)
"In a patriarchal society all heterosexual intercourse is rape because women, as a group, are not strong enough to give meaningful consent." Catherine MacKinnon in Professing Feminism: Cautionary
You should also look into sex-positive feminism, which is the response to the feminist ideology you’ve typed out here.
Try searching out Carol Queen, Nina Hartley, Tristan Taormino, Pat Califia, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Susie Bright, Betty Dodson, Diana Cage, and Annie Sprinkle.
I’m a feminist and I love men, sex, and porn- and I hate patriarchy and sexism. Feminism FTW!
It’s crazy…
"Feminism is built on believing women’s accounts of sexual use and abuse by men." — Catharine MacKinnon
"All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman." Catherine MacKinnon
"All men are rapists and that’s all they are" — Marilyn French Author, "The Women’s Room" (quoted again in People Magazine) "All men are rapists and that’s all they are …" –Feminist Marilyn French, People Magazine (Percent of reported rape or near-rape incidents = .07% [The FBI's Uniform Crime Report lists for the year 1996])
"[Rape] is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which ALL MEN KEEP ALL WOMEN IN A STATE OF FEAR" [emphasis added] — Susan Brownmiller (Against Our Will p. 6)
"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership." — Andrea Dworkin.
"Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women’s bodies." — Andrea Dworkin
"Romance is rape embellished with meaningful looks." Andrea Dworkin in the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 1995..
"Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman’s daughter is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman’s son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman," Andrea Dworkin, Liberty, p.58..
"One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imminent possibly of the other is unthinkable and impossible." Andrea Dworkin, Letters from a War Zone, p. 21..
"In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them."–Gloria Steinem
"And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual [male], it may be mainly a quantitative difference." — Susan Griffin "Rape: The All-American Crime"
(p. 86)
"When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppression…" — Sheila Jeffrys
"I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire." — Robin Morgan, "Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape" in "Going to Far," 1974.
"Who cares how men feel or what they do or whether they suffer? They have had over 2000 years to dominate and made a complete hash of it. Now it is our turn. My only comment to men is, if you don’t like it, bad luck – and if you get in my way I’ll run you down." — Letter to the Editor: "Women’s Turn to Dominate" — Signed: Liberated Women, Boronia — Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia – 9 February 1996
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State. Catharine A. MacKinnon, 1989, First Harvard University Press (paperback in 1991) [a legal treatise comparing and contrasting feminism with COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM]
"It is not only men convicted of rape who believe that the only thing they did that was different from what men do all the time is get caught."
"If sexuality is central to women’s definition and forced sex is central to sexuality, rape is indigenous, not exceptional, to women’s social condition."
"Under law, rape is a sex crime that is not regarded as a crime when it looks like sex. The law, speaking generally, defines rape as intercourse with force or coercion and without consent., Like sexuality under male supremacy, this definition assumes the sadomasochistic definition of sex: intercourse with force or coercion can be or become consensual."
Oh believe me, modern feminists are still repeating these quotes, they’re just using less big words and more curses.
loool theres too many to read. But i love this one, "All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman." Most feminists are jokes.
Mrs. banks was ____________ to be a lenient and ____________ teacher.
a. inclined, congenial
b. liberated, hideous
c. incline, replete
d. despised, indifferent
inclined
1. Sloping, slanting, or leaning.
2. Having a preference, disposition, or tendency
congenial
1. friendly, pleasant, or agreeable a congenial atmosphere to work in
2. having a similar disposition, tastes, etc.; compatible; sympathetic
liberated
To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control.
hideous
1. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly.
2. Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable.
incline
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something
replete
1. (often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
2. having one’s appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
despised
treated with contempt
indifferent
1. Having no particular interest or concern; apathetic: indifferent to the sufferings of others.
2. Having no marked feeling for or against
3. Not mattering one way or the other
4. Characterized by a lack of partiality; unbiased
5. Being neither too much nor too little; moderate.
6. Being neither good nor bad; mediocre
7. Being neither right nor wrong.
8. Not active or involved; neutral
If so, on what scale do they reside and where would you place current political movements on that scale?
If not, what do you consider the opposite of Liberty and of Tyranny?
To avoid confusion allow me to define terms by pasting the definitions of active forms of my terms:
Tyrannize
oppress, bully, dictate to, intimidate, coerce, enslave, terrorize, subjugate, browbeat, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron hand, domineer over, have someone under your thumb
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tyrannize
Liberate
free, release, rescue, save, deliver, discharge, redeem, let out, set free, let loose, untie, emancipate, unchain, unbind
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/liberate
@Read my Lips Thanks for sparing us any further details of your relationship with Liberty.
@Curtis 1911 re "Both liberty and tyranny or relative to a political belief."
So you think the freedom to be a slave is Liberty? Or do you simply believe that by redefining words you can change reality. You truly are a relativist if you believe perception alters reality.
@Liv So you would use the scale of personal freedom vs total government control with Communism on the far left and Anarchy on the far right and our Constitution falling somewhere to the right of the middle?
@Liv I take your point about "though I don’t agree with using lists of close-synonyms as definitions" and almost used the regular definitions but as dictionaries agree on synonyms but vary on definitions I felt it was a more objective way to define terms for this forum where a normal discussion of terms is impractical.
I consider any ideology that seeks to control others and restrict freedom as tyranny and tyranny as left wing, That is everything from socialism and fascism to many religions whether they are Judeo/Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Shinto. When the threat of retribution of master whether it is the local priest, the local ward healer, or the local Union enforcer. They are all left wing. Many people who call themselves conservatives are in fact left wing tyrants who seek to coerce others.
I want to help people.I want to have a lot of money, so I can donate it all. I want to get that money by shattering those insulting things to the name of mankind. I want to end the bigotry against homosexuals, I want to erase racism, I want to liberate all the slaves across the world, I want to bring food to those without, I want to end people wasting their lives on dead-end jobs, I want to change the world and rip it from the pillars of this industrialized, "modernized" civilization. I want people to realize their worth, and aspire to be the best they can be. I want to re-establish the definition of a human being. Are there any organizations out there that already do these things, or am I going to have to begin my own? I have no clue what the foundations for such an undertaking would be. This is where you come in.
Also, sorry, but I;m not religious Please refrain form giving me some bull about accepting god and spreading his word, I want a real answer, some real help..
I appreciate your intention and ideas. But you start from inner circle means from your home.
You study well and get a good qualification so that you can earn well.
First you take care of your parents, co born, close relatives , friends and slowly expand the circle
and try to establish your ideas. If you are successful go on increasing the area of your service.
One Story: One man wanted to do some good at international level. He wanted to select an under developed country. He was going on trying and was not successful. By the time he became 40 years old. Then he changed his ideas from International level to National level. He did his best but could not do any thing concrete. by the time another 20 years gone. Then he thought " let me do something for my State." He tried his best but he was not satisfied and the response from the public also not encouraging. Now he is 70 years old and thought to do some good deed to his native place and he was successful. Then he realised that he should have gone from native place to international level.
Should Iran and Russia lead a collitiion against Israel to liberate the Israeli’s and Palistenians that live there?
They will be greeted as liberators!@ The Israeli’s and Palistenians will throw rose petals at their feet!@
They’re probably trying to stop the constant barrage of Katusha Rockets that the dopey Palestinians are constantly launching at civilian targets in Israel from those same civilian neighborhoods, SO, I guess that the definition of a terrorist would be a Palestinian who launches rockets from a civilian neighborhood. You want to place blame and call people terrorists, you can start with those wacky Palestinians.
Arabs want to liberate palestine, but "Palestine" has so many definitions and maps, which one do they usually mean?
this Palestine?
http://www.ramallahcci.org/Temp/image/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/01.jpg
Or this Palestine?
http://paltoday.ps/arabic/uploads/General/1006050658206pBi.jpg
great question – and i think that Lina answered it right, exposing the real arab face.
they will not settle down until they will build the state of palestine on the ruins of israel.
they do not want peace, they want peace for now, and later to take everything else. just like it said on the polls that the establishment of the palestinian state is just a stepping stone to the destruction of israel.
thank you very much Lina for clearing this point.
I got to 3rd base with 2 different guys within 24 hours. People of Politics, please help.
What is your definition of a sexually liberated woman?
love,
momo
There’s no such thing of a sexually liberated woman, but there is such thing of one that’s a man. This is a double standard~!
And I’m not a teenager. I’m a 20 year old woman!
Sorry, I’m a homerun king. Remind me again what 3rd base is?
The pundits who lambasted Hillary for her commments have gone one step further w/ Obama ? He publicly claimed his grandfather was among American Forces that liberated Auschwitz at the end of WW II.
This wonderful alert, meaningful, press punditry-professional corps of reorters hasten to point out that Auschwitz was liberated ENTIRELY by the Red Army !!
Grampa Obama had to settle for Buchenwald !!!!
I am positive that Granpa was severely dissappointed that only 56,000 had been put to death there instead of the more g(l)orious 1.000,000 who died at Auschwitz !
He was so overcome with that discrepancy that he hid in the attic at home for over 6 months !!
Poor guy ! This is of course if you can rely on the accuracy of this press corps(they gotta be bored outta their shorts by now!!)I really wonder if Gramdpa Obama knew this would be fodder for a presidential primary campaign one day ?Had he known that my guess is he most certainly would have resigned the US Army/joined RedArmy!
Oh yes, it’s the bad ol’ media at it again. That must be why Hillary is trailing miserably.
I think YOU are being petty.