Comments on: Sports, Corsetry, and the Empowerful Woman http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Kiki’s Delivery Service, flying, and gendered power. « Gender Goggles http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-127579 Kiki’s Delivery Service, flying, and gendered power. « Gender Goggles Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:23:41 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-127579 [...] or a “success in a male-dominated traditional career.” The first is really only “empowerful”, feminine by not powerful, and the second is powerful but not feminine, since it carries with it [...] […] or a “success in a male-dominated traditional career.” The first is really only “empowerful”, feminine by not powerful, and the second is powerful but not feminine, since it carries with it […]

]]> By: Fetternity http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-126462 Fetternity Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:06:49 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-126462 I loved the entire essay. Well done and dead-on! With one exception: reducing the corset to a porn magazine accessory. I wouldn't compare those cheap see-through jokes for a real, practical, honest-to-goodness corset. I wouldn't make an athlete wear one for competition either. For shame, Nike! I loved the entire essay. Well done and dead-on!

With one exception: reducing the corset to a porn magazine accessory. I wouldn’t compare those cheap see-through jokes for a real, practical, honest-to-goodness corset.

I wouldn’t make an athlete wear one for competition either. For shame, Nike!

]]> By: Carrie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-126395 Carrie Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:03:05 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-126395 I just got linked to this page from another blog, and I just have to say, "WOW!" This is so well-written and right-on. THANK YOU for posting this. It's definitely one to share. I just got linked to this page from another blog, and I just have to say, “WOW!” This is so well-written and right-on. THANK YOU for posting this. It’s definitely one to share.

]]> By: leave husband, kill children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, become lesbian… « Puer Dixit http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-112614 leave husband, kill children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, become lesbian… « Puer Dixit Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:43:15 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-112614 [...] can be boiled down into a simple injunction guaranteed to make the modern lady ten times more Empowerful: Enjoy yourself while you can–but not in a way that is actually enjoyable. Or scares off [...] […] can be boiled down into a simple injunction guaranteed to make the modern lady ten times more Empowerful: Enjoy yourself while you can–but not in a way that is actually enjoyable. Or scares off […]

]]> By: Sigh.. I was going to write about my trip.. « Infernally Sinful http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-111693 Sigh.. I was going to write about my trip.. « Infernally Sinful Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:07:22 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-111693 [...] Ok now that I have done that. I will give you a link to the blog entry that sparked my ire and interest. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/ [...] […] Ok now that I have done that. I will give you a link to the blog entry that sparked my ire and interest. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/ […]

]]> By: Girls Rock! « Frieda the Flying Panda http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-110685 Girls Rock! « Frieda the Flying Panda Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:56:40 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-110685 [...] for a way to explain not only what “empowerment” is (as opposed to, say, being “empowerful“) but also WHY it is such an important cornerstone of feminist experience–so important, [...] […] for a way to explain not only what “empowerment” is (as opposed to, say, being “empowerful“) but also WHY it is such an important cornerstone of feminist experience–so important, […]

]]> By: Why I am a radical feminist « Intelligent Dissent http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-98609 Why I am a radical feminist « Intelligent Dissent Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:33:54 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-98609 [...] am a radical feminist because I believe feminism must challenge traditional notions of femininity and female [...] […] am a radical feminist because I believe feminism must challenge traditional notions of femininity and female […]

]]> By: Maria http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-77397 Maria Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:48:02 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-77397 I completely understand the unrest on nike's sports corset, but on the other hand those damn things are pretty awesome for back support and breathing control. I am a tri-athlete and have been wearing a corset under my workout tees for years. I am actually glad that they are now making them in sport fabric. I have a bad back injury and I don't know if I'd be able to run much without them. But yeah, I doubt that’s what they had in mind when they developed it. I completely understand the unrest on nike’s sports corset, but on the other hand those damn things are pretty awesome for back support and breathing control. I am a tri-athlete and have been wearing a corset under my workout tees for years. I am actually glad that they are now making them in sport fabric. I have a bad back injury and I don’t know if I’d be able to run much without them. But yeah, I doubt that’s what they had in mind when they developed it.

]]> By: shawn forrest http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-70195 shawn forrest Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:50:52 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-70195 Lots of excellent info and i really injoy your site so i was wondering if you would like to exchange links i just started a web forum called sportsgator.com all sports all the time. The reason for this is that i am a 31 year old male living in BC Canada i have a wife 12 year old twin daughters and a son who's 7 i recently fell at work 30 feet and am going out of my mind with time on my hands so i started this forum. This is not a sob story......well maybe it is, but its real and if we exchange links possible we could send more traffic to each other. Check it out sportsgator.com Lots of excellent info and i really injoy your site so i was wondering if you would like to exchange links i just started a web forum called sportsgator.com all sports all the time. The reason for this is that i am a 31 year old male living in BC Canada i have a wife 12 year old twin daughters and a son who’s 7 i recently fell at work 30 feet and am going out of my mind with time on my hands so i started this forum. This is not a sob story……well maybe it is, but its real and if we exchange links possible we could send more traffic to each other.

Check it out sportsgator.com

]]> By: FAQ: what do you mean by "Not my Nigel"? (feminist abbreviations/jargon) « Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-63377 FAQ: what do you mean by "Not my Nigel"? (feminist abbreviations/jargon) « Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog Sun, 20 May 2007 14:17:39 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/#comment-63377 [...] empowerful: used to reveal how sexist marketing appropriates “empowerment” in order to persuade women into yet more sexual displays for male titillation [Twisty’s post coining the term] godbag - religious authoritarian, theocrat (not used to describe tolerant believers who respect the rights of others to make their own choices) “I’m not a feminist, but” - a common utterance by those who notice and are disturbed by instances of sexism, and totally agree that something should be done to combat such sexism, if only they could argue against such sexism without perhaps being mistaken for one of those humourless, hairylegged, manhating feminists. (i.e. folks who have been intimidated by the strawfeminists(see above)). Often women who disdain feminism while describing the benefits of feminist-earned rights to work, child care, education, vote etc as “basic rights”. “Nice Guys™” - There are two types, which often overlap in one individual: 1.a guy who believes that the simple act of being decent means that the universe owes him a girlfriend.[defn from Mickle] 2. men who are looking to date a woman with the appearance of a supermodel, and yet they continually whine about how “women don’t like nice guys - they only want good-looking assholes” [source] [more at the NiceGuy archive at Heartless Bitches International] pornulated/-acious - extremely sexualised women’s fashions, usually uncomfortable and impractical as well as emphasising the vulnerable flesh of female secondary sexual characteristics. PUA - Pick Up Artist. Sexual predator as serial scorekeeping seducer. [link from theriomorph] The goal of PUA as a sport is to defeat the minds so inconveniently attached to ladybits rather than treat women as people who could enjoy sexual fun together with egalitarian men. A growing movement designed to persuade both men and women that this reduction of gender relations to a hunt for sex is a reasonable and sane model for human interaction. [...] […] empowerful: used to reveal how sexist marketing appropriates “empowerment” in order to persuade women into yet more sexual displays for male titillation [Twisty’s post coining the term] godbag - religious authoritarian, theocrat (not used to describe tolerant believers who respect the rights of others to make their own choices) “I’m not a feminist, but” - a common utterance by those who notice and are disturbed by instances of sexism, and totally agree that something should be done to combat such sexism, if only they could argue against such sexism without perhaps being mistaken for one of those humourless, hairylegged, manhating feminists. (i.e. folks who have been intimidated by the strawfeminists(see above)). Often women who disdain feminism while describing the benefits of feminist-earned rights to work, child care, education, vote etc as “basic rights”. “Nice Guys™” - There are two types, which often overlap in one individual: 1.a guy who believes that the simple act of being decent means that the universe owes him a girlfriend.[defn from Mickle] 2. men who are looking to date a woman with the appearance of a supermodel, and yet they continually whine about how “women don’t like nice guys - they only want good-looking assholes” [source] [more at the NiceGuy archive at Heartless Bitches International] pornulated/-acious - extremely sexualised women’s fashions, usually uncomfortable and impractical as well as emphasising the vulnerable flesh of female secondary sexual characteristics. PUA - Pick Up Artist. Sexual predator as serial scorekeeping seducer. [link from theriomorph] The goal of PUA as a sport is to defeat the minds so inconveniently attached to ladybits rather than treat women as people who could enjoy sexual fun together with egalitarian men. A growing movement designed to persuade both men and women that this reduction of gender relations to a hunt for sex is a reasonable and sane model for human interaction. […]

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