It's patronizing because (among other things) it suggests that any woman throughout history could think and act like a "modern, independent" woman if she just had enough spunk. Considering that we're still in the shadow of a long, intense historical propaganda to belittle and obfuscate the "nature of women", I find the idea that women could always easily transcend their culture to be counterproductive.
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Date: 2005-06-03 02:04 pm (UTC)