tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post8156352778021404239..comments2023-03-25T06:56:06.572-01:00Comments on The Stroppy Rabbit: Letter to the book-burnersYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-25096891902331870952012-09-03T14:18:28.496-01:002012-09-03T14:18:28.496-01:00Wearside Women in Need responded to my email, and ...Wearside Women in Need responded to my email, and gave me permission to post their reply here:<br /><br />Hello Yvonne<br /> <br />Thank you for your email<br /> <br />Here at the Campaign we believe that every recent generation of women has had to contend with the publication of at least one book, film or other ‘literary endeavour’ that seeks to both legitimatize patriarchy and to undermine the social, political and economic gains of women.<br />As such, it was never our intention to attack the BDSM community, but rather to<br /> <br />(a) highlight a piece of work that (as you acknowledge) misrepresents a controlling and abusive perpetrator as a progressive, sexual liberator and;<br /> <br />(b) question why contemporary british women, faced with attacks on their employment, on the services that they have developed, used and run and on the goal of gender equality in all areas of public life, are starting to seek refuge (both literally and in their reading material) in the private sphere of the home and in the fantasy of male control and male protection. <br /> <br />Sex games in a genuinely egalitarian relationship are one thing; sexual domination in an unequal relationship (backed up by structural inequalities based on sex, class, age etc) is something else entirely.<br /> <br />So thank you, again, for writing to us. You may not agree with what we have said, but at least we spoke out for what we believe in.<br /> <br />The 50 Shades of Abuse Campaign. <br /> Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com