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— 700 nn oe « ~. BY 100-164665 "Priorities: Women are the only oppressed people _ Whose biological, emotional and social life is totally bound to that of the oppressors. The function of the ghetto, the arny, the factory, the campus in reifying an oppressed group's separate existence must be assumed by women's liberation. We must provide a place for women to be friends, exchange personal griefs and give their sisters moral Support-in short, develop. Group consciousness. Yet this function is often derogated ~- by movement-oriented womerr--'How can we indulge in group . therapy while men (my italics) are dying in Vietnam?! "> > -~ ~--- "Strategies: (1) In deciding what role, if any, *7--- --- confrontation and violence should play in our movement, we must consider what women are at a disadvantage physically and that our aggressiveness has been systematically inhibited. On the other hand, we must realize that one reason men don't take us seriously is that they are not physically afraid of us. ~ eee "(2) We must admit that we will often have more in - common with reformist women's organizations like NOW (National Organization for Women) than with radical men. Repeal of - abortion laws, for example, is not a radical demand--the system can accommodate it. But it is of gut concern to radical as well as liberal women. . . <¢ =» . $3) We will never organize the mass of women by subordinating their concrete interests to a "higher' ideology. To believe that concentrating on women's issues is not really revolutionary is self-depreciation. Our demand for freedom involves not only the overthrow of capitalism but the destruction of the patriarchal family system. -. "It is not only possible bat imperative for women to built a specifically feminist radical consciousness. AB radicals we must do our best to foster this consciousness. But we should have the humility to realize that women who ~ have never been committed to a male-oriented radical analysis may have clearer perspectives that we. Unless we shed our... movement prejudices and help women's liberation go its own way, we will not be a revolutionary vanguard but reactionary obstructionists." . DP pF SERA EY SNe eke GS, le en RES SO TET GR As BOIS ERT WSrd Pomorie. - - \ - loa Y S#F23 aan