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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2024
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A Boring Dystopia
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US society sees a woman using her own body to make a bunch of money, and wants to cancel her. It's not necessarily about being sexual, although that's part of it.
US society sees a woman exercising self-empowerment as a reason to cancel her.
It's not necessarily about being sexual,l. It's about subverting misogynistic, capitalistic patriarchy with the only totally exclusive resource she has.
She'd have been shamed, imprisoned, ostracized, and burned as a witch in 1624.
She'd have been shamed, imprisoned, and ostracized in 1724, 1824, and 1924.
So, her being shamed and ostracized and her job loss in 2024 is viewed as "progress" in America.
e: Yes, I admit, OF is another element of the patriarchy, servicing the male gaze and devaluing women to the level of exploiting women's bodies. The system is what it is until it isn't. America should be paying teachers more and celebrities — of all categories — less. Until then, this is the world we live in. The best that some of us can do is subvert the system.
Amen.