Post #1981480
2026-05-03 23:41 UTC
That story you see all the time about a woman fighting to be taken seriously in an environment of men?
Yeah, that's still premised on male supremacy. It's still based in how she's supposed to be inferior. It's not progressive, it's patriarchy masquerading as feminism. It's teaching girls that they should expect and accept obstacles.
When she convinces them to take her seriously, that's not feminism. That they begrudgingly accept her input eventually isn't feminism either.
Feminism is when that happens from the start. Feminism is when they acknowledge that she's entering as an expert, not proving herself by tolerating their jabs
When the story is premised on the woman being inferior, even if merely stated, it still often presents that as true when she has to fight to be heard. To pretend at feminism by claiming it's just sexism; normal everyday obstacles... That's exactly how male supremacy operates in the first place.
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@Li@tech.lgbt 2026-05-04 01:14
@raeve i wonder if with a few tweaks it could be framed as highlighting the fact that you have to fight to be recognized; and that this sucks and should change- rather than as if fighting to be recognized is and always will be the norm and/or 'default' state of things
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@Tengu@snug.moe 2026-05-04 00:02
@raeve How i came to understand these sorts of stories and they appeal to some women have for them. There's some kind of satisfaction to read about a girl that 'fights back'. Many of the popular books for women, are about how she fights back and proves her worth. Which isn't feminism. Some people do find this appealing.