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Exercise 7.1
ANSWERING THE OPPOSITION

Answering the opposition
EN1420
Jorge Angeles

Answering the opposition
What was your initial reaction to Limbaugh’s claim that, “feminism was established so that unattractive women could have easier access to the mainstream of society?
My first reaction was that he went a little bit too far with that statement, I think unattractive women and attractive women could have or not have an easier access to the mainstream of society as any men too.
” What are two of Limbaugh’s main points?
The first main point is the fact that women today have more power even though the biological fact that male are the aggressors is true, but women have the power to make decisions when it comes to a “yes” or “no” response. With women having the power, this will confuse men about what is right and what kind of behavior is acceptable when it comes to real rape and real harassment. When it comes to real rape and real harassment, people have their own interruptions of both. His sub claim is approached by people who are characterized as normal; male-female conduct as sexual harassment then people not only identifies the relations between the sexes, but interprets true sexual harassment.
The other point is that people who define modern Feminism by different perspectives on normal deportment that is said to be harassment, near rape, abuse and disrespect. The feminist support leaders are attempting to make the case that any expression of interest by a man in a woman is harassment. By the group attempting to go with the case will lead to many problems. The sub claim that is presented is that real rape is defined by Rush Limbaugh as if approval is defined and the aggressive male pushes himself on the woman to the point of penetration then it is said to be rape. It is said that most men are not rapists, but militant feminists often try to get their point across with stating the differences. The proof with this claim is that



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