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Articles like this are the reason why I become nonbinary. It is the only way not to be part of patriarchy, and not to oppress anyone!
by throw38384848 2y ago
Articles like this are the reason why I become nonbinary. It is the only way not to be part of patriarchy, and not to oppress anyone!
- yawpitch 2y agoI wouldn’t say it’s the only way — if only because that implies there’s just another binary outside the binary — but certainly making room for the idea that the assumed gender binary isn’t real makes it much easier to set aside the lens of patriarchy.
- throw38384848 2y agoThe only practical way. Something you can select on a job application form.
- big-green-man 2y agoSo you weren't born that way?
- kalaksi 2y agoSurely you're not saying that just by identifying as a man makes one an oppressor?
- throw38384848 2y agoSome people have this opinion. But my point is: by identifying as nonbinary, I do not have to listen to this stuff. It is yet another checkbox, to satisfy HR from California.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoThis is nonsense that only makes sense if you think of “the patriarchy” as a conscious behavior pattern. You might as well argue that being nonbinary means you escaped capitalism.
- throw38384848 2y agoSome people think about patriarchy this way. In your example about escaping capitalism. If you are a business owner, it requires a lot of mental effort. Keep up with laws, pay taxes on time, find customers... and you may loose everything, if you make a mistake. And benefits are not that great. Some people just prefer to be employees.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoAnd employees are still part of capitalism, so I think that’s a great example.
- throw38384848 2y agoWorkers are not members of capitalist ruling class. Read Marx.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoIf Marx thought that all it took to escape capitalism was “get a job”, he would be a much more popular figure.
- atmavatar 2y agoI have bad news for you, then: women are part of the patriarchy, too, as many of them also enforce destructive norms for both men and women. For example: despite being a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat all her life and pretty far left on most issues, my grandmother couldn't fathom electing women to any positions of political power. I can only imagine what her reaction to the current election would have been. I mostly gave her a pass on that, though, since she was born in 1920, but I've also known much younger women with the same hang-up. In other words: your gender really has no bearing on whether you are part of the patriarchy.