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> The entire "feminism" project is mostly just social engineering for elite men to castrate their competition and consolidate power under the guise of equality.

> The entire "feminism" project is mostly just social engineering for elite men to castrate their competition and consolidate power under the guise of equality. How so ?

chrisseaton 4y ago
Not endorsing the argument, but for example 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution' by Louise Perry could give you the opinions behind this. Her opinion is that men have co-opted and subverted feminism to ironically increase exploitation of women.
Manuel_D 4y ago
At the tech companies I worked at in San Francisco, we set up diversity hiring initiatives aimed at increasing the share of women and PoC engineers. Recruiters were given bonuses and quotas for hiring favored demographics. In practice, this meant that men who didn't go to Ivys, MIT, Stanford, and other top colleges didn't even get interviewed. Most women were interviewed, and they got multiple chances to pass interviews. The end result of this system is that elite men were hired exclusively, while women of various classes were hired. I don't think this was some moustache-twirlingly evil plot to exclude non elite men. I think leadership just responding to pressure to increase the share of women, and the end result was this set of double standards. The end result of mandating a specific percent of women is that companies get more selective when choosing men. And FWIW, most women didn't like this situation. I'd say at most 1/3rd were supportive of these practices. The double standards were open secrets, and many women worried that this would affect perceptions of competence. Especially when equal promotion rates were also enforced. Since now you have a double standard at hiring and both groups were guaranteed equal numbers of promotions, which inevitably led to different standards in promotions too.
Dma54rhs 4y ago
Because women compare to themselves with the chosen few high power men while ignoring tge low caste men that are invisible. It's a numbers game. There are more women well off than men despite looking at some averages per sector. If course the men beneath them feel resentment.

> The entire "feminism" project is mostly just social engineering for elite men to castrate their competition and consolidate power under the guise of equality. How so ?

chrisseaton 4y ago

Not endorsing the argument, but for example 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution' by Louise Perry could give you the opinions behind this. Her opinion is that men have co-opted and subverted feminism to ironically increase exploitation of women.

Manuel_D 4y ago

At the tech companies I worked at in San Francisco, we set up diversity hiring initiatives aimed at increasing the share of women and PoC engineers. Recruiters were given bonuses and quotas for hiring favored demographics. In practice, this meant that men who didn't go to Ivys, MIT, Stanford, and other top colleges didn't even get interviewed. Most women were interviewed, and they got multiple chances to pass interviews. The end result of this system is that elite men were hired exclusively, while women of various classes were hired. I don't think this was some moustache-twirlingly evil plot to exclude non elite men. I think leadership just responding to pressure to increase the share of women, and the end result was this set of double standards. The end result of mandating a specific percent of women is that companies get more selective when choosing men. And FWIW, most women didn't like this situation. I'd say at most 1/3rd were supportive of these practices. The double standards were open secrets, and many women worried that this would affect perceptions of competence. Especially when equal promotion rates were also enforced. Since now you have a double standard at hiring and both groups were guaranteed equal numbers of promotions, which inevitably led to different standards in promotions too.

Dma54rhs 4y ago

Because women compare to themselves with the chosen few high power men while ignoring tge low caste men that are invisible. It's a numbers game. There are more women well off than men despite looking at some averages per sector. If course the men beneath them feel resentment.