Old But Great
July 19th 2007 -
Via Daegaer.
Merle Hoffman’s “Facing the Dragon: Reflections on Female Heroism” from the On The Issues archives examines the need for female heroes, and the shameful way the media approaches real life examples:
Along with posing questions about her physiology, The Angry Corrie, a Scottish fanzine, described Hargreaves as “driven, out of control, and greedy, ” as “gobbling up summits while she could” and becoming “perhaps too good of a climber.”
As a group of British women journalists noted, every news report about her accomplishments started with the words “mother of two.” When a male climber either summited or died in the attempt, the headlines never read “father of one killed on Everest.”
July 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I remember those articles.
I’m not sure what’s worse, for me, the disgusting way in which they systematically wrecked those women’s chances to be the legitimate heroes they ought to be, or the fact that when those stories first surfaced, I didn’t question them.
Todd haet patriarchy.
July 20th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Patriarchy: DO NOT WANT.