How to spot a misogynist

[chervilant]

95. As I'm sure you're aware,

feminism has been marginalized by the patriarchs whose sphincters tighten reflexively when anyone points out their misogyny. Sad that these poor unfortunates cannot see how damaging to us all is patriarchy...

That said, War Against Women is not my preferred Marilyn French book, since she tends to be so 'in your face' to men (many of whom are blithely unaware of their own psychic wounds inflicted by the arbitrary and delimiting socio-cultural construct called patriarchy). However, French offers a well-documented history of the damages to women that are directly attributable to patriarchy. I recommend it, because so many of our young women are being treated like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed pure bullshit.

I think we're witnessing a resurgence of the social movements that developed in response to various oppressions: racism, sexism, and all the other 'isms' that impose hierarchy on human interactions. I remain hopeful that the global #Occupy movement will bear long-term fruit.