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The Service Women’s Action Network calls Dan Choi out for his misogyny

Started by Butterfly, November 04, 2010, 05:19:48 PM

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The Service Women's Action Network calls Dan Choi out for his misogyny
Feministing
By Courtney |
Published: November 4, 2010


http://feministing.com/2010/11/04/the-service-womens-action-network-calls-dan-choi-out-for-his-misogyny/


Your comments about women are irresponsible, indefensible and inexcusable, and you should publicly acknowledge that fact.  As a human rights advocate, you should know that degrading one group of people to promote the rights of another disserves everyone.  Your sexist comments also undermine SWAN"s efforts to achieve our policy objectives, which include promoting equality for all servicemembers.

As an organization that advocates for equal opportunity for all servicemembers and veterans, SWAN is keenly aware that there is still a tremendous amount of misogyny both within the military and the LGBTQ community, and that misogynistic and homophobic language is rampant in the military.
Comments denigrating women"s bodies, or suggesting that simply being a woman is abhorrent, are unacceptable. Unfortunately, this type of language is all too familiar to women in the military.

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