I cannot think of any good reason to take on that twisted woman's cult programming, though once I would have. Thus I slowly learn wisdom.
Her world view is one of perpetual victimhood, and that's a comfort zone for her; scapegoats are always convenient, and she's always among people who agree with her.¹
Anyway, life is simply horrible for us middle-class, college-educated white Gender-Ed Majors. We’re so sooooo horribly oppressed and no one cares. And if you don’t give us everything we demand and if you don’t do everything we say, then you’re sexist. Got that?
So in place of rational thinking or empirical analysis (which are “patriarchal” and evil because they might force us to consider questions for which we don’t already possess ready-made answers) us feminist bloggers prefer to rely instead on a simple ideological chant which neatly explains everything in the world. Here it is: Whatever the problem, men are the cause and women are the victims. Period.
Isn’t that simple?
It’s VERY simple, indeed! Plus it makes us feel good inside, so it must be true...
¹ That in reality it is she who must agree with them, and what happens to her if she ever doesn't, she may never discover.
Pauline: I've decided to join. Clerk: We don't accept your decisions. You accept ours.
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I cannot think of any good reason to take on that twisted woman's cult programming, though once I would have. Thus I slowly learn wisdom.
Her world view is one of perpetual victimhood, and that's a comfort zone for her; scapegoats are always convenient, and she's always among people who agree with her.¹
¹ That in reality it is she who must agree with them, and what happens to her if she ever doesn't, she may never discover.
Pauline: I've decided to join.
Clerk: We don't accept your decisions. You accept ours.