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My problem besides pure misandrists hiding behind feminism is the quasi-marxist idea that men are a separate species that exploits women. As opposed to the real
by Gibbon1 3y ago
My problem besides pure misandrists hiding behind feminism is the quasi-marxist idea that men are a separate species that exploits women. As opposed to the reality that ordinary men are exploited as much but different.
In particular you see pointless bashing of young men. Who are actually at the very bottom of the patriarcal order, completely disposable and a seen mostly as fodder. So punching at young men is actually punching down and reinforcing the patriarcal order.
- belltaco 3y ago> In particular you see pointless bashing of young men Examples? >the quasi-marxist idea that men are a separate species that exploits women How is that quasi-marxist?
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoPoor old Karl is not just turning in his grave, he is spinning at high RPM. Whatever the politics, he can’t get any rest.
- gspencley 3y ago> How is that quasi-marxist? One of Marxism's core tenets is class struggle: The bourgeois vs the proletariat. Feminism offers a similar narrative, only the proletariat is patriarchy. A group or institution that allegedly serves to advance the interests of men at the expense of women; placing men into positions of power and leadership so that they can enjoy social benefits and privileges intentionally not offered to women. Most "*-isms" offer this type of narrative. The only thing that changes are the particular power groups vs oppressed. It's not a "left" or "right" phenomenon. Nazism offered the same story and used its ideological bullshit to justify persecution of the Jews: by painting them as a self-serving group that was occupying institutions of power. The most effective way to get people to hate others is to make the others look both powerful and self-interested.
- sharts 3y agoIn this feminism analogy the patriarchy would be the bourgeois not the proletariat.
- matt003 3y ago[flagged]