Posts Tagged with ‘Patriarchy’
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BD/SM and the reification of patriarchal sexuality (Part 1/2)
19 Feb 2013
The shift in feminism from the second to the third wave has seen a number of challenges arise to what was thought to be established feminist thinking. One of those challenges is in the rise in acceptability of BD/SM (Bondage:Domination/Sadism:Masochism) and the numbers of women who identify as feminists engaging …
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The Best Thing Going? A Feminist Critique of the ISG
01 Feb 2013
Guest Post by Laura McKeon Article also available in French The current schism in the Socialist Workers Party(SWP) has nothing to do with sexism. At times of crisis, sexism is merely a useful political tool. Like every time things blow up at conference, a scandal is unearthed, or notable members …
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You cant fight Misogyny with Imperialism
11 Sep 2012
I've spent a week in the dark parts of the lefty blogsphere. First I ventured into Socialist Unity - the home of the UK misogynist left, then I got sucked in to Harry's Place - the home of the UK imperialist left. If this is representative of the RoUK left, …
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The Idolatry of Assange
20 Aug 2012
For the first time in the history of my facebook, I've had to do an actual purge. Oh, I've deleted one or two here and there, and watched as others have had to go through the mass delete process: Sheridan and the English Riots stand out as particular prompts, and …
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Virginity and Violation
14 Aug 2012
Trigger Warning: the entire post talks of state sanctioned rape. The recent changes brought about by the inauguration of the Muslim Brotherhood taking control in Egypt has brought it back to centre stage. Reducing the powers of SCAF and replacing top commanders, it would seem the moves are afoot to …
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The Art of Britsplaining
16 Jun 2012
Feminists are only too familiar with the concept of "mansplaining". Its always gone on, but until recently we didn't have an actual word for it. For the uninitiated, mansplaining - a derivative of the verb "to explain" - is when a man explains something to a woman, because he is …
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Class and the means of re/production
12 Jun 2012
One of the recurrent themes in lefty blogs that I frequent that have a non-Marxist perspective is the theory of "classism". Now as any good Marxist knows from when they were just a little ity, bity Marxlet, class is based on the relationship to the means of production - yes …
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The Concentric Circles of the Unmen
15 May 2012
In the Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir states that whenever a woman seeks to act like a human being she is said to be imitating the male. For women are unmen, a lesser class, who in the eyes of the patriarchy fail at being human. She also raises the question …
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Patriarchy and Colonialism: Making the Links
08 Apr 2012
A few months ago, JoanMcAlpine caused huge amounts of controversy with her first column for the Daily Record. The unionists went into a tizzy over it, calling for her head on a plate. The article in question likens the situation of Scotland to that of a woman within a traditional …
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The Minutiae of a Call Out
05 Feb 2012
I had a really interesting encounter the other night. A poor chap, rather ignorant in the workings of the world had the misfortune to find himself surrounded by feminists. I spoke to him only briefly, but I'm sure he's quite a nice fellow really - but hey - a lot …