Liza, just watched the Boyce, Gunn interview you did a couple days ago. Can't comment there so am doing it here instead. Hope that's okay. It's about the reason many straight women support gender ideology and do it fiercely. Benjamin says this proves it isn't patriarchy creating gender ideology but he always misunderstands what patriarch…
Liza, just watched the Boyce, Gunn interview you did a couple days ago. Can't comment there so am doing it here instead. Hope that's okay. It's about the reason many straight women support gender ideology and do it fiercely. Benjamin says this proves it isn't patriarchy creating gender ideology but he always misunderstands what patriarchy is... it is itself an ideology permeating our society... it doesn't reside specifically in a woman or a man, but can reside in either and both. When feminists criticise patriarchy they are not criticising MEN, they are criticising patriarchy. (Not that you don't know all this.) So back to why women support gender ideology... largely because of patriarchy. In other words women, from an extremely young age learn to fear male violence. Even if females don't experience that violence, they are continually threatened by it. "Be kind" is a threat; it implies "or else" you know what we can do to you because of our superior strength and our control of power... " be kind" derives from "smile bitch" thrown at us if we dare to reject a man's advances. Women live with this extreme fear every day after they first realise it; we push it down and carry on but many women push it so far down in order to survive the knowledge of it that they are able to pretend the fear doesn't reside in them. So my supposition is that straight women support gender ideology because they fear violent retaliation, whether they know this is why they support it or not. Fear is a powerful motivation. conscious or not. This extreme fear of going against the desires of men (trans identified men in this instance) will stop the access to critical thought. "If I go along with it, men won't hurt me or threaten me and they will like me and they will protect me from other men." This motivation is not to be underestimated. I think female academics who pretend to be feminists but instead promote male power are motivated by this. Thank god (well, not god actually) there are women doing wonderful work like you!! Bravo!!
Liza, just watched the Boyce, Gunn interview you did a couple days ago. Can't comment there so am doing it here instead. Hope that's okay. It's about the reason many straight women support gender ideology and do it fiercely. Benjamin says this proves it isn't patriarchy creating gender ideology but he always misunderstands what patriarchy is... it is itself an ideology permeating our society... it doesn't reside specifically in a woman or a man, but can reside in either and both. When feminists criticise patriarchy they are not criticising MEN, they are criticising patriarchy. (Not that you don't know all this.) So back to why women support gender ideology... largely because of patriarchy. In other words women, from an extremely young age learn to fear male violence. Even if females don't experience that violence, they are continually threatened by it. "Be kind" is a threat; it implies "or else" you know what we can do to you because of our superior strength and our control of power... " be kind" derives from "smile bitch" thrown at us if we dare to reject a man's advances. Women live with this extreme fear every day after they first realise it; we push it down and carry on but many women push it so far down in order to survive the knowledge of it that they are able to pretend the fear doesn't reside in them. So my supposition is that straight women support gender ideology because they fear violent retaliation, whether they know this is why they support it or not. Fear is a powerful motivation. conscious or not. This extreme fear of going against the desires of men (trans identified men in this instance) will stop the access to critical thought. "If I go along with it, men won't hurt me or threaten me and they will like me and they will protect me from other men." This motivation is not to be underestimated. I think female academics who pretend to be feminists but instead promote male power are motivated by this. Thank god (well, not god actually) there are women doing wonderful work like you!! Bravo!!
Eliza,
So sorry I spelled your name wrong above. Many apologies for my carelessness! And me a proofreader for many years!