I know, because postmodern feminism won the culture war and helped women get out of the homes. Now it's taken for granted.
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No, it didn't. Liberal feminism & a general sense of equality did.
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Postmodernism was a key part of the liberal feminism. When they said "women are smart enough to do this too" that was postmodern.
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No. We were doing well & then the postmodern shift happened & disempowered feminism.
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I have written about this shift. My mother was a second wave feminist active in opening up professional qualifications to women in 60s & 70s
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The postmodern shift that began when intersectionality, queer theory, post-colonialism & critical race theory took off sent it off track.
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See to me those were all key social developments, even if some people have done them less well than others.
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They moved away from universal liberalism, undervalued shared humanity & individuality & boxed people into stereotypes.
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Maybe in some cases that happened, but if you ignore how individuals are treated differently by systemic factors, it's harder to help them.
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Don't ignore this. Why are the only options 'ignore disadvantages' or 'make everything abt identity & systems of privilege'
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I'm not sure how old you are but if its much younger than me (42) you might not remember how we used to tackle discrimination before PoMo?
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