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This bio-essentialism we see where we say men are born evil and this sort of original sin mentality is actually a soft implementation of patriarchy attitudes, i
by const_cast 1y ago
This bio-essentialism we see where we say men are born evil and this sort of original sin mentality is actually a soft implementation of patriarchy attitudes, in my mind.
There's a very small hop between "gender is in blood" to anti-trans mentality, gender roles, toxic masculinity, etc.
Really when we say men are born evil we denounce the idea of gender being socially constructed, and how we socialize men. We essentially let men, and those who raise them, completely off the hook. We ignore rape culture, we ignore toxic masculinity ingrained in boys, we ignore neglect of emotional education. Which are all very important.
In actuality, almost nobody is born bad. We socialize them in their communities in families to express that behavior. Which means we can chip away at it, slowly over time. Which we've already done to a large degree - men are so much more progressive today. Things that were once normal and expected, like domestic violence, are now denounced and demonized as they should be. We haven't fixed anything completely, and likely never will, but that shouldn't stop us from making improvements.