Ironically the "purity" and "virtue" signaling language wars that characterize - "woke" ideology - are also found in many other movements along with feminism. As a once active member of the anti-war Central American Solidarity movement during the 1990's the common virtue signaling within my circle revolved around what could be called the - "more radical than thou" - demonstrations of one's - "purity" of heart. As in - "if the rest of you aren't willing to chain yourself to the fence at the military base and go to prison for it" - "you aren't REAL anti-war activists." In the anti-war movement one was never sure whether those who espoused such positions - which often poisonously divided and splintered groups - where genuine in their beliefs - or if they were the inevitable government agent-provocateurs whose job it was to literally sew such discord.
In the end I came to the conclusion that it didn't really matter which was which - what mattered was that - BOTH types - poisoned group solidarity and morale. I find myself wondering to what extent government agent-provocateurs might be playing a similar role in efforts to undermine the solidarity of the gender-critical movement. I say this because clearly gender-ideology itself is being imposed from the top down on the populace by all the structures and institutions of Western society as a seeming preoccupation of oligarchy - and as quite likely tied to their trans-humanist agenda for their future techno "utopia" - sans the rest of us.
Thank you Helen! This warms my heart, and I can relate.
Sisterhood is powerful regardless of whether it has ideological association. The culture of sisterhood is a threat to systemic domination.
Distrust, betrayal, and bullying among "sisters" is exactly what late stage patriarchy desires and what its media inculcates. Phyllis Chesler's book "Betrayal Among Women" remains highly relevant, as well as Jo Freeman's classic essay Still Trashing. Unlearning patriarchal domination is a joy, and sharing that joy within sisterhood expands it and strengthens vital community networks.
Bravo!
Ironically the "purity" and "virtue" signaling language wars that characterize - "woke" ideology - are also found in many other movements along with feminism. As a once active member of the anti-war Central American Solidarity movement during the 1990's the common virtue signaling within my circle revolved around what could be called the - "more radical than thou" - demonstrations of one's - "purity" of heart. As in - "if the rest of you aren't willing to chain yourself to the fence at the military base and go to prison for it" - "you aren't REAL anti-war activists." In the anti-war movement one was never sure whether those who espoused such positions - which often poisonously divided and splintered groups - where genuine in their beliefs - or if they were the inevitable government agent-provocateurs whose job it was to literally sew such discord.
In the end I came to the conclusion that it didn't really matter which was which - what mattered was that - BOTH types - poisoned group solidarity and morale. I find myself wondering to what extent government agent-provocateurs might be playing a similar role in efforts to undermine the solidarity of the gender-critical movement. I say this because clearly gender-ideology itself is being imposed from the top down on the populace by all the structures and institutions of Western society as a seeming preoccupation of oligarchy - and as quite likely tied to their trans-humanist agenda for their future techno "utopia" - sans the rest of us.
Lovely. Thanks for writing this.
Thank you Helen! This warms my heart, and I can relate.
Sisterhood is powerful regardless of whether it has ideological association. The culture of sisterhood is a threat to systemic domination.
Distrust, betrayal, and bullying among "sisters" is exactly what late stage patriarchy desires and what its media inculcates. Phyllis Chesler's book "Betrayal Among Women" remains highly relevant, as well as Jo Freeman's classic essay Still Trashing. Unlearning patriarchal domination is a joy, and sharing that joy within sisterhood expands it and strengthens vital community networks.
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