7. Fear of the decline of patriarchy is inextricably from patriarchy: it's an essential rhetorical weapon by which authority is shored up.
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8. Of course, Scott is well aware that he's talking about long-running thing, and strong feature of piece goes back to 18th century
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9. One problem with piece is it accepts conflation of patriarchy with adulthood (despite nod to mothers near end of piece).
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10. Are patriarchs necessarily adults? Aren't patriarchs in fact often big babies: using inherited power to be coddled & looked after?
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11. It's instructive to compare Scott's essay with the polemics Wyndham Lewis wrote in 1920s and 1930s (Time & Western Man, etc.)
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12. In 1920s Lewis decried how "Western Man" was becoming infantilized, blaming mass culture, feminists and "the homos."
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13. Lewis criticized writers like Hemingway and Gertrude Stein for alleged childish baby writing that eschewed executive will & intelligence
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14. Lewis found a regrettable solution to the crisis of manhood/adulthood: Hitler.
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15. IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT saying A.O. Scott is a fascist. Rather noting potential misuse of these ideas.
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