I think the problem is even more pronounced with Trotskyites in particular because their whole movement is based on guilt-tripping and exploiting the labour of women and students for the benefit of the old men who sit at the helm of the organisation. I’ve seen brilliant young women reduced to shilling newspapers in car parks while the leaders do the real “vanguard activities”. Totally and utterly rotten all the way through
YES! men (even self proclaimed feminist ones) still weaponize the ideas of women's liberation for their own benefit. They act as men before they act as anything else.
I noticed the same thing with a male roommate. I could count on my hands the number of times he even swept the floor in the 2 years that we lived together. I would sometimes spend afternoons on my days off catching up on cleaning.
And one night he had the gall to come into my room and say “We need to talk about the state of the house” as I was literally cleaning my own room, after which I had already planned to clean the rest of the house. Oh and this was my first or second night off after working 6 weeks straight of 6 day work weeks, 10-12 hours per day. I was starting my vacation with cleaning and getting the house in order
He had tripped on mushrooms in a park with his friends.
But he has great politics. Very enlightened. Reads philosophy in his spare time. A PhD student as well.
It opened my eyes to how useless all that is if a person can’t perform basic functions to take care of themselves, and relies on women to pick up that slack.
It also makes me really grateful that the man I’m currently dating isn’t like that.
"The Women's Liberation Movement was in large part formed in reaction to the misogyny of their supposedly radical comrades" - Amia Srinivasan, The Right Sex.
Thank you for your honesty reactionaries who feel predisposed to being offended by this idea or needing to deflect its message simply because they too have a dick are fundamentally missing the point that if you truly want better for all people the way we say we do then it’s okay to learn and grow at literally any time looking forward to what your write next
Im always a bit afraid that I am like this, thank you for putting this into words so precisely!
Oftentimes, the things I work on feel so urgent, I become blind to everything else, including the hygiene of house and body. If I don‘t check myself, that sense of urgency will grow, infuse everything on my agenda, and turn me into such a neglectful person. While it feels so pressing from the inside, I do realize that its my male privilege that allows me to give in to this constant urgency. Recently, I have finally found some calm, allowing me to go about my day in a more structured way, which in turn makes time for housekeeping. Im so surprised how much easier it gets, but the slightest disturbances make me fall back into tunnel vision.
Now I wonder, how does this tend to look for women, or just other humans in general? Do people have that feeling of urgency, but it also extends to housework? Do I just lack enough desire for it to be clean? (Its nice when it is, but I‘ll be blind to it if its not) Or are other people simply more compassionate?
woman claims to like the brilliance in a man, but then gets mad his brilliance leads him to live in the correct way. Such is the law of solipsism: all women suffer from it,
As a White male leftist myself I have to ask what in any of what you just read brought you to that conclusion? The correct way to live (your personal opinion) is based on not living up to one’s own proclaimed ideals or values? Intellectualism without empathy, morals, and the ability to use introspection leave you hollow and ultimately an intellectual idiot or pariah I personally don’t know shit about shit but I can learn what to read and memorize quotes even regurgitate them unfortunately however I can’t teach or force you how to care about other people that seems to be the more illusory trait of “brilliance” that clearly seems to be lacking just my thoughts
Person claims to understand the message in a text, but then gets mad that message suggests change of their worldview. Such is the law of self-centeredness: you suffer from it,
the ego truly is a problem. useful, but flawed. it is especially sour when these visions of a future we have are predicated on the collective organization of liberated individuals. what do these liberated individuals look like? i view them as an egoless ego, a person aware of themselves without being interested in themselves. there must be a core element of humility in regards to anything about oneself. to be firmly placed within oneself without becoming attached to oneself. this requires a significant amount of moral, cognitive, and social cultivation, an undertaking which many of us tend to overlook or are not sufficiently dedicated to.
I think the problem is even more pronounced with Trotskyites in particular because their whole movement is based on guilt-tripping and exploiting the labour of women and students for the benefit of the old men who sit at the helm of the organisation. I’ve seen brilliant young women reduced to shilling newspapers in car parks while the leaders do the real “vanguard activities”. Totally and utterly rotten all the way through
Best piece I’ve ever read on this app - thankyou from the utter depths of my heart ❤️🩹
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YES! men (even self proclaimed feminist ones) still weaponize the ideas of women's liberation for their own benefit. They act as men before they act as anything else.
I noticed the same thing with a male roommate. I could count on my hands the number of times he even swept the floor in the 2 years that we lived together. I would sometimes spend afternoons on my days off catching up on cleaning.
And one night he had the gall to come into my room and say “We need to talk about the state of the house” as I was literally cleaning my own room, after which I had already planned to clean the rest of the house. Oh and this was my first or second night off after working 6 weeks straight of 6 day work weeks, 10-12 hours per day. I was starting my vacation with cleaning and getting the house in order
He had tripped on mushrooms in a park with his friends.
But he has great politics. Very enlightened. Reads philosophy in his spare time. A PhD student as well.
It opened my eyes to how useless all that is if a person can’t perform basic functions to take care of themselves, and relies on women to pick up that slack.
It also makes me really grateful that the man I’m currently dating isn’t like that.
"The Women's Liberation Movement was in large part formed in reaction to the misogyny of their supposedly radical comrades" - Amia Srinivasan, The Right Sex.
wonderful work
This is very good as a case study of an individual.
Thank you for your honesty reactionaries who feel predisposed to being offended by this idea or needing to deflect its message simply because they too have a dick are fundamentally missing the point that if you truly want better for all people the way we say we do then it’s okay to learn and grow at literally any time looking forward to what your write next
yep.
So real. Once dated a leftist man who wanted to hit me during sex. His real politics are in the ways he treats others, no matter what he says.
Im always a bit afraid that I am like this, thank you for putting this into words so precisely!
Oftentimes, the things I work on feel so urgent, I become blind to everything else, including the hygiene of house and body. If I don‘t check myself, that sense of urgency will grow, infuse everything on my agenda, and turn me into such a neglectful person. While it feels so pressing from the inside, I do realize that its my male privilege that allows me to give in to this constant urgency. Recently, I have finally found some calm, allowing me to go about my day in a more structured way, which in turn makes time for housekeeping. Im so surprised how much easier it gets, but the slightest disturbances make me fall back into tunnel vision.
Now I wonder, how does this tend to look for women, or just other humans in general? Do people have that feeling of urgency, but it also extends to housework? Do I just lack enough desire for it to be clean? (Its nice when it is, but I‘ll be blind to it if its not) Or are other people simply more compassionate?
Seems like a douche. I feel for you leftists, it’s quite a hill for yall to climb.
He said that “sex work is still work,” with which you’d disagreed, but what do sex workers—if any—whom you know think?
God I hate all of us.
woman claims to like the brilliance in a man, but then gets mad his brilliance leads him to live in the correct way. Such is the law of solipsism: all women suffer from it,
Choke on my d1ck you worthless piece of sh1t
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As a White male leftist myself I have to ask what in any of what you just read brought you to that conclusion? The correct way to live (your personal opinion) is based on not living up to one’s own proclaimed ideals or values? Intellectualism without empathy, morals, and the ability to use introspection leave you hollow and ultimately an intellectual idiot or pariah I personally don’t know shit about shit but I can learn what to read and memorize quotes even regurgitate them unfortunately however I can’t teach or force you how to care about other people that seems to be the more illusory trait of “brilliance” that clearly seems to be lacking just my thoughts
Person claims to understand the message in a text, but then gets mad that message suggests change of their worldview. Such is the law of self-centeredness: you suffer from it,
the ego truly is a problem. useful, but flawed. it is especially sour when these visions of a future we have are predicated on the collective organization of liberated individuals. what do these liberated individuals look like? i view them as an egoless ego, a person aware of themselves without being interested in themselves. there must be a core element of humility in regards to anything about oneself. to be firmly placed within oneself without becoming attached to oneself. this requires a significant amount of moral, cognitive, and social cultivation, an undertaking which many of us tend to overlook or are not sufficiently dedicated to.