EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Women Are Reaping The Consequences Of ‘Smashing The Patriarchy’

[Michie]

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Carrie Gress’ book “The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us.” It can be purchased here.

The fight against the patriarchy began roughly with the 1792 publication of Mary Wollstonecraft’s book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with its call for radically restructuring society, erasing male hierarchies, and ushering in a more egalitarian vision of the sexes. It has been gaining steam ever since, through the suffrage movement, the post-suffrage era, the arrival of communism, and up through the radical feminism of the 1960s and ’70s. Through all these years of picketing, marching, and leaning in, there seem to be some largely overlooked problems that have simultaneously arisen for women with the destruction of the patriarchy. Here are several of the most evident.

The first: Our society can no longer define “woman.” In a documentary of that title, Matt Walsh demanded an answer to the question “What is a woman?” He posed this question to men and women far and wide, and, at least in the West, the question was generally met with a blank stare, a grasping for language, or an awkward laugh. No one offered a definition. The only real answer Walsh gets, in the end, is from his wife. A woman is an adult female human. Simple enough. Of course, there is more to it, but this is a starting point.

One might think that, with all this emphasis on feminism, women would have some sort of answer as to what women are—an answer that could easily distinguish women from men in our achievements and aspirations, and that would provide a clear understanding of what our gifts are and why we are proud to be women. As of now, we cannot do any of this.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Women Are Reaping The Consequences Of ‘Smashing The Patriarchy’

Through all these years of picketing, marching, and leaning in, there seem to be some largely overlooked problems that have surfaced from feminism.

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[JimR-OCDS]

Women should ask themselves, what kind of man do they want to mate with? A strong man who is both
economically and socially strong, or a weak man who is poor and disliked in society?

The fact is, men, in order to attract a mate, worked for economic and social status and presented
themselves as being strong to women. To do otherwise risked being alone.

So, the so-called patriarchy of men was actually driven by women's desire for the right type of
man to marry.

 

[RDKirk]

One might think that, with all this emphasis on feminism, women would have some sort of answer as to what women are—an answer that could easily distinguish women from men in our achievements and aspirations, and that would provide a clear understanding of what our gifts are and why we are proud to be women. As of now, we cannot do any of this.

That's where you have to distinguish between Radical Feminists and Liberal Feminists.

Radical Feminists (essentially the "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" feminist) view men through the same lens (and use the same dialectic rhetoric) as Communists view capitalist elitists: As an implacable oppressor with whom there can be no compromise or treaty. For Radical Feminists, males must be either eliminated or suppressed sufficiently to remove their influence on society. They are the true "smash the patriarchy" feminists....the existing social structure must be demolished.

Radical Feminists do know what a woman is, and reject the concept that a transwoman is a woman. That's why "Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist" (TERF) is a thing because "Radical Feminism" is a specific thing.

Liberal Feminists, OTOH, intend to change the existing social structure to make all outcomes equal (which is not the same thing as equal opportunity). Liberal Feminists do not recognize a difference between transwomen and naturally born women. Liberal feminists are not trans-excusionary.

Of course, not all women who call themselves "feminist" are studied enough in the essentials of feminism to know the difference, and many like to mix-and-match the elements they are comfortable with.

 

[Alex Sharpe]

That's where you have to distinguish between Radical Feminists and Liberal Feminists.

Radical Feminists (essentially the "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" feminist) view men through the same lens (and use the same dialectic rhetoric) as Communists view capitalist elitists: As an implacable oppressor with whom there can be no compromise or treaty. For Radical Feminists, males must be either eliminated or suppressed sufficiently to remove their influence on society. They are the true "smash the patriarchy" feminists....the existing social structure must be demolished.

Radical Feminists do know what a woman is, and reject the concept that a transwoman is a woman. That's why "Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist" (TERF) is a thing because "Radical Feminism" is a specific thing.

Liberal Feminists, OTOH, intend to change the existing social structure to make all outcomes equal (which is not the same thing as equal opportunity). Liberal Feminists do not recognize a difference between transwomen and naturally born women. Liberal feminists are not trans-excusionary.

Of course, not all women who call themselves "feminist" are studied enough in the essentials of feminism to know the difference, and many like to mix-and-match the elements they are comfortable with.

A woman is not inferior to a man but is not the same as him. A woman needs not emancipation from a man but his love, respect, and support. Many women do not want the modern feminism that is being imposed now. If we turn to the opinion of the women around me, then 9 out of 10 will confirm that they really do not want to see a man weaker than themselves next to them. In our modern times, the importance of patriarchy is greatly exaggerated. I mean, it's clearly not like it was in the 1950s.

 

[RDKirk]

A woman is not inferior to a man but is not the same as him. A woman needs not emancipation from a man but his love, respect, and support. Many women do not want the modern feminism that is being imposed now. If we turn to the opinion of the women around me, then 9 out of 10 will confirm that they really do not want to see a man weaker than themselves next to them. In our modern times, the importance of patriarchy is greatly exaggerated. I mean, it's clearly not like it was in the 1950s.

This is a soft and malleable patriarchy.