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Post #3922260
2026-07-18 23:15 UTC
The ‘screen for T’ initiative makes perfect sense as part of a broader strategic policy of policing gender.
Goes like this: define gender as binary & the extremes of its cultural expression as natural; assume a hierarchy in which men are superior to women; normalise institutional cultures in which the highest status is accorded to those who most clearly embody attributes coded as male.
These framings offer a pathway for men whose life prospects have been destroyed by the accelerating plunder & obscene enrichment of the oligarchs to direct their anger toward any ‘other’ who is not like them (except their wealthy heroes of course) & find status based on their obedient manifestation of exaggerated masculinity. Join the army. Be a man.
Any man no matter how exploited can know himself to be better than a woman. Men’s status is supported by the progressive disenfranchisement of women - we are denied autonomy over our own bodies, lose access to means of making a living independently of men, eventually lose the right to vote (see Margaret Atwood for details).
This is a long term plan. Boys and men are valued as cannon fodder. Girls & women exist to provide service.
Its success rests on keeping us distracted with clickbait media and shiny toys & eroding our collective ability to understand history, see patterns & think critically about them. Is no surprise that the disciplines that teach these skills have been progressively defunded over decades.
This is white supremacist christian patriarchy in action. Crises are an opportunity. Colonialism is the business model. Plunder & exploitation are the means, profit & power are the goals.
We see you.
#colonialism #plunder #hierarchy #gender #misogyny #racism #obedience #history #sociology #AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/us-military-testosterone-screening-doctors?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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@26pglt@mastodon.au strongly concur. seems to me an ultimate manifestation of deeply insecure & highly immature little boys. in many ways i find their psychotic acting-out malarkey hilarious [in that it only reinforces their juvenility], except ofc it has such gross IRL consequences.
#USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch
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@26pglt@mastodon.au @linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io People exposed to higher levels of androgens in the womb develop ring fingers that are longer than index ones. So the Military could screen soldiers for relative finger lengths, and ... offer to pull the other one.
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@26pglt@mastodon.au
The conservative aesthetic of looskmaxxing, is the practice of falsifying one’s actual genuine, physical appearance. It’s an aesthetic of lavishing very expensive treatments to create appearance their body never achieved.
Let’s talk about doping Matic surgery contacts dying the hair, removing body hair. Body modification of any kind, including tattoos.
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@26pglt@mastodon.au Adds a new dimension to the term "toxic masculinity" when you do this for your military personal. I just hope that the men are kept well away from their women and children while they are on active duty.
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@26pglt@mastodon.au Do you want Space Marines? Because this is how you get Space Marines.
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