[Maru]

I haven't done much research on this, because it's sorta a newer revelation. There does seem to be a big correlation between some of the hard-left agendas out there and feminists in academia. For example, much of the stuff Vicky you take issue with, for example, the gender rules and pronouns, etc... a lot of the "scientific" and academic backing came from Women's Studies folk.

I didn't know this, but when I took a class in college that was supposed to be history (liberal arts), ended up being a weed-picking and artwork made of trash creating course... my essays were actual trash, but as long as I kept a certain tone (pro-hippy, super lefty stuff), then I was guaranteed a very easy A... one of my essays was titled "Trees are Good For The Environment"... that was the first time I was ever in school that felt highly influenced by some sort of political agenda and I was pissed I paid $400 to participate in a fraud (but it was required). This was years ago, but I looked up the professor recently and it was a Women's Studies professor... It wouldn't occur to me to take a Women's Studies course on my own, so I really had no idea the kind of agendas that come from them.

There was another class I signed up for, which was Asian history... it ended up being a philosophy course (???), as it had a ton of philosophy majors in it, and the lady was talking about how she was going to force us to think real hard, and answer all these super personal and penetrating questions to get into the base of our skulls. Except this would all be exposed and we would be meant to answer as honest as possible through group pressure. I dropped it right away as thankfully that was not required (kinda sad to lose the opportunity to learn the history tho...) and the last thing I needed was some nut-job digging into my business with the support of peer pressure in order to root out our "inner truths". No telling what the purpose was, as she didn't make this clear--it was just supposed to be a trust your professor sorta thing. It didn't have anything to do with Asian history, and I did not like the sound of it... at all...

So I'm a little cautious about certain rhetoric when it comes to mainstream opinions, because I'm not sure if my backing is what is allowing some of this to seep into the mainstream.

It is good that the movement(s) get criticism from men, because let's be honest, they're good bullsh*t detectors too. They also help to pump the brakes on some of the crazier sh*t that is getting passed for feminist theory these days. I guess I just think that resistance is balancing. It's not like men--well, non-trans men--can hijack a woman's movement. We would have to agree collectively, and I think there are some people who are sneaking things through as if it is some collective agreement... when really, it's not all women agreeing or a set agenda as you say... but that's what is being portrayed in the media, that we all agreeing to champion things that most women have no real clue about.

I did say to my husband that I thought after Trump's win, that women would be leading the way forward in terms of keeping up the pressure, but I think that that some is also needed at times the other direction to keep things from getting out o hand. In other words, Yin-Yang.