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Silence is golden for the men who smother and intimidate women into not talking, or have them change their tune to maintain harmony. Silence isolates his victims; and it enables misogyny. So, let us break it.
Kate Manne • Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
In many ways, this seems to be misogyny’s characteristic sentiment. It is punitive, resentful, and personal, but not particular. And the psychological targets of such attitudes may little resemble the actual victims.
Kate Manne • Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
We should also be concerned with the rewarding and valorizing of women who conform to gendered norms and expectations, in being (e.g.) loving mothers, attentive wives, loyal secretaries, “cool” girlfriends, or good waitresses. Another locus of concern should be the punishment and policing of men who flout the norms of masculinity—a point that is
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Sally Davies • Feminists never bought the idea of a mind set free from its body | Aeon Essays
The ultimate moral inconsistency of cancel culture is that a person can be canceled for rape but not for dropping a bomb.
Alice Bolin • Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse
Kate Manne • Broken Bones: America’s Violent Indifference toward Women
when women do minister to men’s hurt feelings, they tend to be rewarded. And when they do not, they are liable to be punished.
Kate Manne • Entitled
Two prominent philosophers proved to be especially influential members. The first was Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor who is the contemporary successor to John Rawls in defining the concept of justice. At the time, he was writing an essay titled “The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic
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