This type of behavior is indicative of a larger cultural problem that devalues women and their contributions. It also creates an environment that reinforces the idea that men are superior and that women should not be taken seriously. By allowing this type of content, social media sites like Facebook are perpetuating this ideology.
This type of thinking is oppressive and is a form of fascism. In my opinion, if you are not a feminist, you are a fascist.
Sorry if the Facebook memes in the pic are disturbing. But I needed to make a point.
Agree on that point. I think part of the problem is that “feminism,” like “democracy” and even “socialism,” has become in mainstream discourse just a buzzword for something vaguely Good and Progressive, which most people couldn’t define if you asked them to, but which they feel they must as citizens of the modern west support. That sort of vague sentiment is easily attacked and destroyed by those with some ulterior motive.
It kind of is in this sub – I only was tentative in bringing it up because last year, after the first big reddit exodus happened, we had about four massive site-wide arguments on the topic. When the genuine Marxist line you’ve indicated became basically uncontroversial, and everybody moved on to knock-down, drag-out struggle sessions on “what is productive labor,” and “what is socialist patriotism,” I knew we’d finally transcended reddit.