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I've just finished reading an interview on ideomancer.com with L. Timmel DuChamp about her writing. Much of the interview deals with feminism, which seems to be a theme of DuChamp's books (I've not read any of them, mind).
However, there's one question in the interview which seems, in part, to build on theories I'm not familiar with. It goes:
Vote as a tool of the state, I understand and agree with to a large extent. But "the state is largely a male structure", I have no understanding of. Can someone have a go at explaining that to me, or point me at an explanation?
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However, there's one question in the interview which seems, in part, to build on theories I'm not familiar with. It goes:
"As the vote is a tool of the state, and the state is largely a male structure or institution, is it possible for the United States as it is currently constructed to achieve some of feminism's goals?"
Vote as a tool of the state, I understand and agree with to a large extent. But "the state is largely a male structure", I have no understanding of. Can someone have a go at explaining that to me, or point me at an explanation?
(Posted with my "patriarchal" black-and-white bearded default userpic for free extra something.)
