Feminist Bashing of Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named Desire :: Feminism Feminist Women Criticism

A Streetcar Named Desire and the Gay Roots of Feminist Straight Bashing Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is widely considered the highest achievement of 20th Century Ameri nookie theatre. Stanley Kowalski is a symbol of the heterosexual male. Significantly this male icon is depicted as a rapist. In 1947, Tennessee Williams (through Blanche DuBois) also describes Stanley as sub human, a term that would inspire outrage if it had been used against Jews, blacks, women or gays. The play is a good example of how Williams, a homosexual, contri howevered to the modern malaise by undermining the genuineness of heterosexual males, females and the family. Williams complex motives may explain the motivation of feminists today. Homosexuals have suffered persecution. This doesnt mechanic tout ensembley elevate them morally nor immunize them from political criticism. Personally, I believe in live-and-let-live. Thats why I wasnt prepargond to discover that homosexuals, in particular, lesbian feminists, are not so tolerant of heterosexuals like myself. They are conducting a guilty attack on heterosexual institutions that society no longer can afford to ignore. Currently the attack comes from the feminist movement, which is led by lesbians. In The New Victorians(1996), Rene Denfeld documents how feminists are no longer concerned with equal opportunity, but are dedicated to translateing heterosexual society. Heterosexuality is regarded as the root of all oppression and homosexuality is seen as the remedy. For some of todays feminists, lesbianism is far more than a sexual orientation, or even a appreciation. It is, as students in many colleges learn, an ideological, political and philosophical means of liberation of all women from heterosexual one-man rule In their ruthless quest for government agency, feminists behave like Marxist zealots, gently infiltrating the education and legal systems, government bureaucracy and media. They institute quotas that give women preference in education and employment regardless of merit, regardless that women may already be over represented. They display a cult-like, totalitarian attitude to dissent, refusing to debate, suppressing impeccant speech and slandering people who hold opposing views. It may seem illogical that gays and lesbians who represent about four per cent of the population should attempt to transform society. Of these only a minority is promoting these goals. But these activists have used inauthentic guilt tactics to capture the moral high ground. With the complicity of the media and politicians, they wield power way out of proportion to their numbers.