Ironically in ancient Rome, purple was reserved only for the Emperor - anyone found wearing this "imperial" hue was severely disciplined. It is now the colour of many Men's Rights groups. In this case I am refer to a book which launched the writing career of Alice Walker - as well as acting career of Oprah Winfrey. Despite being fiction, it was treated as "historically accurate" because it was written by a "women of colour" (this phrase became "derigeur" at this time) despite fact it was chock full of misandry. Young/Nathanson determined it was tremendously important to feminists because it "broke the liberal colour bar" that had held them back from treating black men as "oppressors" like white males. After this film, ALL men - regardless of race - were part of the "patriarchy".
Walker was and continues to be an unrepentant radical feminist, and has just taken part in the most recent (infamous) "flotilla to Palestine". Here is Barbara Kay's comments on this odious person. And here are some of the comments from her estranged (and I would say sadly confused/conflicted) daughter.
Paul Nathanson & Katherine Young - Spreading Misandry" "Legalizing Misandry" and "Sanctifying Misandry"(Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001, 2006, 2010).
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