"The Cornell Arab Association, huh? Hmmmm....
Nope, no agenda there beyond war, nope...nosiree...
And, after all, what nation has a better record on woman's issues than Saudi Arabia?
Code Pink claims that current ideologies of international politics are poisoned because they are "dominated by testosterone and a military which engenders a culture of aggression."
Okay...pretend for a second that some conservative group maintained that "liberal ideology is poisoned because it is dominated by estrogen...." Can you imagine the outcries of sexism? Thought so.
That old liberal double standard comes into play once again.
Smith began the panel with her talk, "How to Be a Feminist in an Empire: Feminism and American Imperialist Expansion."
You know, you can't make this stuff up...
I just surprised there's no mention of the "phallic nature of missles."
"We have to suspect all that is feminine and homosexual will be held in degradation and as such will be rejected as womanly and wimpy."
So...she's admitting that homosexual men are effeminite?!?! Isn't that an "unfair stereotype?" Somebody get "the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League" on her, stat!
Smith went on to point out that already, British antiwar rhetoric has claimed Prime Minister Tony Blair to be a poodle.
Huh?!?! At first she says that the anti-war types will be derided as "wimps," then she says that pro-war Tony Blair was the one who got derided as a wimp? What the heck is she talking about?
Parrot said that in almost all conflicts, such as the current war on Iraq, we "hear the accounts of rape."
We've also heard a lot MORE accounts of rape that are directly attributable to Saddam's regime. I guess those don't count.
Next, Law presented her lecture "Images of Women and Domesticity as a Form of War Propaganda." She focused on the problems of domestic stereotypes and political activism.
Yeah, it's the military that's fostering stereotypes of "weak women" like these weak kneed gals.
And speaking of sterotypes...
The final panelist was Cuomo, presenting "Feminist and Women's Anti-War Activism." Cuomo began by saying, "My goal is to get you involved."
And who apparently thought this was a costume party, with the theme "dress as your favorite man-hating feminist cliche:"
She noted her own experiences in antiwar activism, saying that "we are in the midst of a moment with incredible potential to rebuild the American left."
Or of insuring complete Republican victory in 2004 and beyond.
Greenberg's talk, "Beijing Platform on Women and Conflict, Human Rights Violations Against Women," focused on the results of a nonbinding 1995 attempt to forge a coherent international stance by women on women's issues from the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
Only in Ithaca could America be seen as oppressive, while Beijing be seen as the place to take the lead on human rights....
