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

A Streetcar Named liking and the Gay Roots of Feminist Straight Bashing Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is widely considered the highest achievement of 20th Century American theatre. Stanley Kowalski is a symbol of the heterosexual male. Significantly this male icon is portrayed 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, contributed to the newfangled malaise by undermining the legitimacy of heterosexual males, females and the family. Williams complex motives may explain the motivation of feminists today. Homosexuals have suffered persecution. This doesnt automatically elevate them morally nor immunize them from political criticism. Personally, I believe in live-and-let-live. Thats why I wasnt prepared to discover that homosexuals, in particular, lesbian feminist s, are not so tolerant of heterosexuals like myself. They are conducting a vicious 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 transforming heterosexual society. Heterosexuality is regarded as the root of all oppressiveness and homosexuality is seen as the remedy. For many of todays feminists, lesbianism is far more than a sexual orientation, or even a preference. It is, as students in many colleges learn, an ideological, political and philosophical means of liberation of all women from heterosexual tyranny In their ruthless quest for power, feminists behave like Marxist zealots, quietly infiltrating the education and legal systems, authorities bureaucracy and media. They institute quotas that give women preference in education an d 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 free speech and slandering people who hold opposing views. It may seem absurd that gays and lesbians who represent about four per cent of the race should attempt to transform society. Of these only a minority is promoting these goals. But these activists have used specious guilt tactics to capture the moral high ground. With the complicity of the media and politicians, they preserve power way out of proportion to their numbers.