funny rift between second- and third-wave feminists was the former explicitly argued masculinity was objectively superior and much...
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...of their programme was raising women up to that level. latter seem to recognize this as silly but their response is incoherent
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me I'm just doing the traditional butch/femme thing and don't really care about any of that
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perhaps not in those terms, but the framing of economic/political issues as orthogonal to feminine presentation is a rebuttal to...
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...the second-waver view of femininity as a yoke imposed by patriarchy
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there's cracks on the edges, namely the instinct to attribute everything to social conditioning rather than biology
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take the micro-issue of disparate between sexes speaking time/interruptions in meetings. saying "duh, be more assertive" is sexist!
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same with push for "compassionate, collaborative" language over "rough, aggressive" in job postings to attract female applicants
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I can at least respect the second-wave stance of "we all can do it just as good as any of you". turns out probably untrue, so
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I'm convinced most of them would just be happier as housewives but they got memed into this whole thing and can only dance around it
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imagine something like the ERA getting proposed today, it'd be blasted as anti-woman. funny
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and yet fifty shades and "choke me daddy". they're confused and lost more than anything
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