Feminists are right: sexism is the answer!

Identity politics turns us from the pursuit of equality to the pursuit of power. That is what factional political movements do, which is why the Founders feared them. But good marketing does not mean good strategy. Legitimizing sexism (and racism) undoes generations of effort to produce a more equal society, one with fewer barriers. Everybody can play identity politics. Men and women. Whites and Blacks. Like yin and yang, the rise of one movement produces the rise of its opposite. More strife helps nobody – except the various movements’ leaders.

The first “The Future is Female” t-shirt

Long ago, I was taught the basics of gender studies and feminism by Professor Judith Long Laws (author of The Second X: Sex Role and Social Role, 1978). She taught that the best test for sexism was role reversal. Swap the male and female roles in a sentence, story, or scenario. Does it still seem fair? That was second wave feminism. Third wave feminism wants more than equality. The family court system in many American states apply its prime tenet, which is succinctly stated in this t-shirt.

“The original ‘The Future Is Female’ T-shirt design was made for Labyris Books, the first women’s bookstore in New York City, which was opened in 1972 by Jane Lurie and Marizel Rios. The photographer Liza Cowan took a picture of musician Alix Dobkin, her girlfriend at the time, wearing it in 1975. The photograph was done for a slide show she was working on called: ‘What the Well Dressed Dyke Will Wear.’  {Source.}

It is policy at Lucasfilm, as seen in the new Star Wars films

Photo from the 2017 Archer Film Festival, by the Archer School for Girls. Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, gave the keynote speech. Read about it here. Also see The Last Jedi: girls rule, giving a New Hope to the galaxy!

Men signing on to the movement!

“How the Men at One Office Reassured Their Coworkers That ‘The Future Is Female’.“

Hillary Clinton assures us that the Future is Female

“Despite all the challenges we face, I remain convinced that, yes, the future is female.”
— Hillary Clinton’s video for the 2017 MAKERS conference, where “more than 500 changemakers, newsmakers, and troublemakers came together to outline an action plan to rise up and resist.” All women, of course.

 

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Two books by Warren Farrell to help us understand this revolution

Farrell has a PhD in political science and has taught Farrell has taught university level courses in five disciplines: psychology; women’s studies; sociology; political science; gender and parenting issues. See his Wikipedia entry for more information.

The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex. The essential starting point to understand feminism.

New: The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It (2018). John Grey is his co-author. Grey wrote the superlative Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships.