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James Bowman

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cawb
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Posted: 09.16.06, 02:49 PM
I was disturbed by a number of aspects of Bowman's speech. One was his statement that feminism is a major cause of a weakened honor culture in the west (the idea being that honor codes had attributed different roles to men and women, and that once women declared themselves equal to men, this honor culture began to break down). The second was his seeming assumption that activists who protested the Vietnam War had not done their duty since they had refused to fight for their country.
On the contrary, I strongly believe that these two examples demonstrate precisely the opposite: groups who have behaved with honor and courage. In the first case, women had the honor and dignity to stand up for themselves and demand equal treatment. And in the second case, the American people had the honor and the conviction to stand up to their government and demand that it be held accountable for an unjust war in Vietnam.
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