What are the politics of modern young women? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by commiespammer@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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We know all about the edgy 'manosphere' bullshit that teenage males basically get shoved down their throats these days and gladly suck up since they don't see any alternatives, but what about women?

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[-] axont@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

yeah I know that some people are doing it, what I more mean is that I'm not convinced that "being trad" is anything other than a different consumer identity, rather than a serious challenge to liberal feminism. It's that thing capitalism does by subverting any criticism into itself, but in this case it did it instantaneously.

[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

maybe I'm just not understanding here... so what? is the manosphere stuff that the OP asked about also just a different consumer identity?

anyhow I don't have strong feelings about it, its not a huge movement thankfully IME, but I do think its more than just some online grift primarily directed at men, its a conservative reaction against feminism and I think the book makes a decent case for taking it seriously (in that modern feminism needs to be clear it's about liberation not just choice, to oversimplify a bit)

[-] axont@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, you're right. I'm probably being overly pessimistic about the state of most political outlooks in the west. I don't take much of it seriously because I don't see my fellow Americans as having coherent politics outside of consumer identires. It's all random fluff in people's heads given to them by marketing algorithms and rapidly shifting trends and it feels like nothing ever sticks.

I should probably try to take people more seriously. I also don't take conservatives seriously in making cogent demands, or their organizational capacity (outside of the very rich ones). I view their entire ideology as cooked up after the fact, after they already have conditions they want, then most of their demands are about intensifying what already exists for them.