More weight: push that thumb down harder
It’s going to be generations, if ever, before we’re able to talk about the relations between the sexes in a sane way. More than 100 years of feminist indoctrination have seeped into the smallest crevices of the social fabric, sucked up like a saturated wick. There isn’t a single fiber that isn’t impregnated with it.
Including among non-liberals, conservatives, and libertarians. The middle and the right is just as saturated with the Women Are Wonderful effect as the left.
Helen Andrews’ piece on the feminization of society leading to woke is obviously correct.
But it’s the reaction to her, by both men and women, that really proves her thesis. Society is so extremely tilted toward giving the benefit of the doubt to women that even when we’re faced directly with the consequences of feminization (they’re negative consequences), most people are still trying to push their thumb down on the scale to benefit women.
Most people are still operating with the following base assumptions. These are unquestioned. They’re actual articles of faith. They’re not only assumed to be true—despite all evidence—but they’re so important that most people take care to signal loudly that they really believe in them.
Women are, by nature and the universe, always disadvantaged compared to men. There is no state of existence for humans when this is not true.
Men are, by nature and the universe, wired to exploit, suppress, and harm women.
Human men and women are in a predator-prey dynamic fundamentally and always. The wiring of men is to predate women. Everything men do is a predatory, destructive act toward women.
Women have never had any power of any kind. They are perfectly encapsulated examples of Essential Lack of Agency.
If women have ever done anything unfair, exploitative, dishonest, manipulative, selfish, or cruel, it is only because she had no other choice, or a man’s machinations made her do that.
All traits and behaviors seen as negative, when they are performed by women, are to be excused. All of them. No limit.
What is perceived to benefit women, fair or unfair, is the most important consideration in every circumstance. It overrides all other considerations.
You can see that these assumptions live in the mind of the host of this podcast featuring Helen Andrews. That, along with (he confesses it on camera) fear of being seen to agree with Helen.
To soothe himself, and onlookers, the host cushions every statement Helen makes with something like “But surely some men are like that,” or “Surely there are some benefits to the feminization of society.”
This isn’t merely playing journalistic devil’s advocate as most people assume. It’s a heavy, obvious weighting of the scale toward excusing women, and offering apology signals whenever Helen gets to a place where she’ll say something about women’s behavior that is not flattering.
It’s remarkable when you notice that Helen Andrews herself is already very careful, I would argue even excessively careful, to “de-fang” her truth statements as much as possible to avoid offending feminist sensibilities. She’s not dishonest, and she doesn’t avoid saying true things-I’m not accusing her of that.
But she’s already mincing like a diplomat walking on cracking ice.
And it’s not enough. The male host goes even farther, he’s even softer.
Once you start seeing this, it’s impossible not to notice it.
My best friend is male. Generally, I've not experienced men that I've known to be predators. In fact, the majority seem to put women on pedestals. No, they haven't been weak-kneed betas. They've been the opposite, but ever, or at least mostly, considerate of female characteristics of being weaker, more easily influenced, kinder to the point of putting themselves in potential danger, etc. My second husband comes as close to a definition of toxic as I've ever experienced, but thankfully, he has been the anomaly.
My second best friend is female. Between the two, I prefer to be with my male friend. I don't particularly like women, and I've never over 70+years had more than one female close friend at any given time. Women require too much effort, and careful attention to their feelings. Emotions rule them. My sex does not deserve or have the capabilities of matching males one to one on every level in every area. It's stupid and wrong and that's why there's so much trouble in every institution in which women have been allowed parity.
This is why I believe all feminists are man-haters, including the male feminists and the ones who protest the loudest that they don't hate men. There are many different kinds of Christians, but all Christians believe Jesus is God. In the same way, there are many different kinds of feminists, but all feminists believe in patriarchy theory. Patriarchy theory is simply the codification of items #2 and #3 on this list. You can't believe in those things without hating men. (Imagine if someone believed those exact same things about black people!)
All forms of feminism are inherently hateful and radical. There's no such thing as a "moderate" feminist. Men: avoid women who hate you. Don't try to prove to them that you're one of the "good ones"...just RUN! This should be common sense, but somehow it isn't anymore.