tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post7995093134049927429..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Introducing the misses: -andry and -ogynyTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-35284970936881856522015-08-05T23:58:00.006-05:002015-08-05T23:58:00.006-05:00mike (again) ~ Love it! She's so good!mike (again) ~ Love it! She's so good!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-54094565377706638922015-08-05T21:48:32.123-05:002015-08-05T21:48:32.123-05:00Elizabeth Warren scolds the misogynists:
“Did you...Elizabeth Warren scolds the misogynists:<br /><br />“Did you fall down, hit your head, and think you woke up in the 1950s or 1890s?” <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeilHs9kZ2gmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-45474227066095852222015-08-05T10:56:20.072-05:002015-08-05T10:56:20.072-05:00mike ~ Oh my! Those philosophers do tend to ove...mike ~ Oh my! Those philosophers do tend to over-think things don't they? So much so that ordinary mortals like me get lost in all of their meanderings. I like your description of us as "flotilla of isolated egos" though!<br /><br />At core, it seems to me that sexism and the two "misses" stem from feelings of inferiority, a need to denigrate, despise or ridicule "other" so as to pump up "self".<br /><br />Misanthropy takes the whole thing a step further and simply hates all humankind. I wonder what brings that on? <br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-51482544752356276192015-08-05T09:52:04.031-05:002015-08-05T09:52:04.031-05:00This is an interesting and wide-open subject it se...This is an interesting and wide-open subject it seems, like racism, thought to have been put to bed, yet always sleep-walking. I think that most -isms and human behavior in general can be better understood by our requirement to view our interactions through our subjective individuation and separateness. The human race is really a flotilla of isolated egos, with each of us objectifying the not-self.<br /><br />The following from Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectification<br /><br />"According to the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, a person might be objectified if one or a selection of the following properties are adhered to:<br /><br />Instrumentality - as a tool for another's purposes: 'The objectifier treats the object as a tool of his or her purposes'<br />Denial of Autonomy - as if lacking in agency or self-determination: 'The objectifier treats the object as lacking in autonomy and self-determination'<br />Inertness - as if without action: 'The objectifier treats the object as lacking in agency, and perhaps also in activity'<br />Fungibility - as if interchangeable: 'The objectifier treats the object as interchangeable (a) with other objects of the same type, and/or (b) with objects of other types'<br />Violability - as if permissible to damage or destroy (Violence): 'The objectifier treats the object as lacking in boundary integrity, as something that it is permissible to break up, smash, break into'<br />Ownership - as if owned by another: 'The objectifier treats the object as something that is owned by another, can be bought or sold, etc'<br />Denial of Subjectivity - as if there is no need for concern for their feelings and experiences: 'The objectifier treats the object as something whose experience and feelings (if any) need not be taken into account'<br /><br />... Langton added to this list with:<br />Reduction to Body: the treatment of a person as identified with their body, or body parts;<br />Reduction to Appearance: the treatment of a person primarily in terms of how they look, or how they appear to the senses;<br />Silencing: the treatment of a person as if they are silent, lacking the capacity to speak.<br /><br />... Alan Soble questions the widely held Kantian view according to which human dignity is something that people have. He argues that objectification is not inappropriate. Everyone is already only an object and being only an object is not necessarily a bad thing. In one sense, then, no one can be objectified because no one has the higher ontological status that is required to be reduce-able by objectification. In another sense, everyone is vulnerable to objectification, and everyone can and may be objectified, because to do so is to take them to their correct ontological level."mikenoreply@blogger.com