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History of Feminism

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redqueen

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7. Well not only is it of utmost importance that feminists' voices be silenced as much as possible
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 12:06 PM
Dec 2013

you know, when they start attacking any of the liberal-approved forms of misogyny... but it is also important to defend male sexual entitlement as "kink" whenever possible.

See, if you call it a "kink", most liberals will reflexively, unthinkingly defend it. Because freedom.

Hardly any will bother to examine the fact that any benefit to women is secondary at best, and is usually illusory to begin with.

'But we're empowering teenage girls to sell their dirty panties for profit! And profit makes everything acceptable!' those types might say.

So yeah, of course they'd allow the defense of it, allow the discussion of it (as long as it's approving and not kinkshaming at all! any criticism is kinkshaming!)... but stomp out any critical, feminist discussion. I wouldn't put it past the libertarian/misogynist liberals to dishonestly try to assert that such feminist criticism actually stemmed from religious moralism, either... cause that's how they roll. If you can't discuss rationally, well, distort. Fox News doesn't have a monopoly on that tactic, obviously. (Benevolent sexism, anyone?)

It's sold to allow men to fantasize about raping girls. That's simply a fact. Hiding facts to protect men's egos?

Well how does that need any explanation at all, really? It is misogyny writ large. And the fact that so few challenged it? So few had a HUGE fucking problem with it?

Patriarchy, anyone?

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