Wilson believes that women should “not ordinarily” hold political office, and should never serve in combat roles in the military. Husbands should have dominion over misbehaving wives’ weight, spending habits, and choice of television programs. His uncompromising vision for America was once considered marginal, the conservative writer Karen Swallow Prior told me. Since his elevation by Hegseth, however, “no one can credibly say that Doug Wilson is fringe anymore.”
Wilson is a prominent voice in what is sometimes called “masculinism”: a movement to fight back against the advances of feminism and reassert the primacy of men. His version is religious, influenced by the notion of male “headship” of the family and Saint Paul’s belief that godly women should “be quiet.” There are also plenty of secular masculinists, as well as nominally Muslim ones, such as the streamer Sneako, the self-proclaimed pimp Andrew Tate, and the podcaster Myron Gaines. Woman-bashing plays well on social media and sells lots of ads for crypto, sports betting, and supplements. You can make good money telling men that they’re the truly oppressed sex.
I think the problem is it’s become a binary argument where either women are independent or men get to control them…
If those are the only two option, women are fucked.
That’s like Martin trying to win without Malcolm.
Those men need to be reminded that the opposite of their views isn’t everyone being equal, it’s those men having their agency and control removed and treated like someone else property.
Once people understand that, “everyone is equal” sounds a lot more attractive.
Yeah. These men just think otherwise because we have no evidence of a female dominated society to even an extent approaching mildly male dominated societies. What we have evidence of happening in real life is: male dominated societies, societies that strive for gender equality, and mixed power societies (eg women control the home, men control war). Female dominated societies are a porn trope or a rhetorical device for fiction.
Even the real life Amazons (the Scythians) were shockingly egalitarian when we look at them through accounts and evidence that wasn’t Greek stories.
I think the problem is it’s become a binary argument where either women are independent or men get to control them…
If those are the only two option, women are fucked.
That’s like Martin trying to win without Malcolm.
Those men need to be reminded that the opposite of their views isn’t everyone being equal, it’s those men having their agency and control removed and treated like someone else property.
Once people understand that, “everyone is equal” sounds a lot more attractive.
Yeah. These men just think otherwise because we have no evidence of a female dominated society to even an extent approaching mildly male dominated societies. What we have evidence of happening in real life is: male dominated societies, societies that strive for gender equality, and mixed power societies (eg women control the home, men control war). Female dominated societies are a porn trope or a rhetorical device for fiction.
Even the real life Amazons (the Scythians) were shockingly egalitarian when we look at them through accounts and evidence that wasn’t Greek stories.