#JustSayNo to breeding
#PatriarchyIsACult
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Assumptions are mental walls we build between things. I like to compare politicized ideas to similar non-politicized ideas to break down assumptions.
Race is a construct.
Gender is a construct.
Money is a construct.
Language is a construct.
Art is a construct.
Music is a construct.
But! But! [β¦]
We unite under the banner of "Everyone deserves personal empowerment, fair treatment, an equal voice, an equal slice of power, and to be free from harm. An injury to one is an injury to all." Only those who prove through their behavior that they intend to cause harm or control others will be [β¦]
This is why intersectionality is so powerful. Because when you only dismantle each dividing control element one at a time, the other gaps can easily be filled by the other dividing control mechanisms.
So feminism that only tackles sexism ends up as TERFdom, which must reinforce its transphobia [β¦]
It would be interesting to explore the differences between racism and sexism/gender essentialism in smaller cults, to understand the roles of control each concept plays, then expand that out to larger society.
The clear difference is that gender divides happen within a group as small as a [β¦]
Most American (and Western) cults are tied in some way to mainstream cultural ideals. Yes, cults are countercultural, but only to a degree, and these patriarchal ideas are deeply core to most, even those that seem to be pushing against them.
(Racism plays the same role in many such cults as [β¦]
The confusion anyone feels when encountering queer issues is cognitive dissonance trying to make sense of patriarchy, which only makes sense under false pretenses, so there's a drive to cling to those false pretenses to maintain a sense of sanity.
It's exactly the same as when a cult member [β¦]
#DoNOTOverlook the #Bait&Switch here:
They want #Women #terrified & #helpless
#PatriarchyIsACult
#Gilead cometh