At risk of starting a shit fit, what are your concerns about feminism, or, women's rights within leftism? I'm talking moderately reasonable, not tumblr, or anything else.
The blow back to even the mere idea, is a bit disturbing. Because it's not unrealistic or unreasonable.
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That they'd be satisfied with women in power, and indeed focus exclusively towards this goal, instead of giving the people and the workers regardless of gender the power.
See, I don't want women in power either. I'd rather be critical of things like the wage gap because it forces us to put ourselves in the position of thinking that fighting for these things are truly constructive. They're not, and we should be critical of the impact the work force has on women instead of the impact the labor can be for women. Just as for men, we are all critical of the role capital plays in our lives, so to for women.
So, the goal should be emancipating women from reliance as anyone else, but it also requires its own issues separable from men's. If that makes sense. This is at least how I see it.
Feminism is fine.
Bourgeois/liberal feminism (i.e., Beyonce is a role model and we need more women in power) is absolute cancer and should be extinguished ASAP.
I am not against equal rights for women, but like most revolutionary movements in the west, feminism has been taken over by vile upperclass harpies who hate sex and call masculinity toxic, they are more concerned with video games and movies and other stupid first world shit than actual problems like the oligarchy or poverty.
Im reminded of the panama papers, emma watson a publicly famous feminist was caught dodging taxes, all of this after whining about "muh pay gap", she didnt want her money going to the lowerclass, which includes women.
Modern feminism acts as if it is above criticism and masculinity is a total evil rather than also imperfect like feminism
It's a mixed bag. Most here are former right-wingers who just haven't been able to shake off the negative connotation words like feminism had for them, but some others go so far as to proclaim business elites are radical egalitarians in their exploitation of the proletariat, and a few of the most fervently religious members of the anti-idpol cult are just outright malicious towards most of humanity. You'll experience all three varieties here if you manage to stick around.
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I feel like shading "modern" feminism is a bit unfair because there are plenty of us who don't give a shit about rich women or their own set of problems. They are the bourgeois, and they are the enemy just as any man is.
It's a fine line, and sometimes it can be hard to tell. But grouping all of us ito the same category of idpol is a bit much.
I just wish there were better ways I could explain all this without stepping on eggshells.
what I've been saying for years now
down with libfems
power to revfems
we need more brilliant women like Nina Power among our ranks
Like what?