On the one hand, feminism pushes women as victims of discrimination which makes women resent imagined discrimination while making their privilege invisible.
Then there are deep parallels with the way feminism manufactures misinformation to cower women into fearing violence when, objectively, it’s less of a problem than it was and less of a problem than it is for men.
In both cases it seems to be damaging women’s mental health.
One way that feminism makes girls & women cower is all the "awareness of domestic violence" (to the point where the word "domestic" which once was associated with warmth and home, is now the word for a particular form of violent crime). Marriage looks frightening in such a light, Meanwhile, hopping into be with randos from dating apps and widespread acceptance of BDSM (as if it's totally normal to restrain or strike someone as an act of love or pleasure), going badly surprises young women.
Wow! Beyond having a great story to tell, you write really well. Even though it illustrates a lot of sad things about our current milieu, it was a very entertaining read.
Great point.
On the one hand, feminism pushes women as victims of discrimination which makes women resent imagined discrimination while making their privilege invisible.
Then there are deep parallels with the way feminism manufactures misinformation to cower women into fearing violence when, objectively, it’s less of a problem than it was and less of a problem than it is for men.
In both cases it seems to be damaging women’s mental health.
One way that feminism makes girls & women cower is all the "awareness of domestic violence" (to the point where the word "domestic" which once was associated with warmth and home, is now the word for a particular form of violent crime). Marriage looks frightening in such a light, Meanwhile, hopping into be with randos from dating apps and widespread acceptance of BDSM (as if it's totally normal to restrain or strike someone as an act of love or pleasure), going badly surprises young women.
Wow! Beyond having a great story to tell, you write really well. Even though it illustrates a lot of sad things about our current milieu, it was a very entertaining read.