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I read something very interesting a while ago, which I'm not completely unable to find, about feminist movements rejecting, and then embracing, explicit hierach
by peteretep 11y ago
I read something very interesting a while ago, which I'm not completely unable to find, about feminist movements rejecting, and then embracing, explicit hierachies.
The thrust of it was that without an explicit hierachy, informal hierachies in social structures always emerge. Those informal hierachies are much harder to navigate and much more likely to opress than explicit ones.
- schoen 11y agoThe article you're thinking of is called "The Tyranny of Structurelessness". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessne...
- Torgo 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessne... From a feminist perspective some complaints are that lack of structure creates a vacuum in which sociopaths and bullies can run free. Also it doesn't have the capacity to enact top-down diagnostic and corrective action to combat institutional or otherwise widespread behavior deficits (for example discrminatory or sexist attitudes.)
- phlandis 11y agoImplying that structure doesn't already favor putting sociopaths and bullies in positions of power (management, CEOs). One solution is to not grow too big, however that is not always an option.