"In the current moment, in the current world, I do not think we are making progress on this issue. In some moods, on some days, I suspect we are going backwards."

#Epstein #EpsteinClass #men #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/5

"The domination is the point, along with the cruelty.

We have so very far to go before women are treated in accordance with a third logic that Kant famously identified—not fancy price, nor market price, but the logic of dignity, where our humanity as a rational subject with autonomy is honored."

~ Kate Manne

#Epstein #EpsteinClass #men #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/4

https://katemanne.substack.com/p/the-madonna-whore-complex-is-fracturing

"If only we had a name for this…

And what is this system called that perpetuates gender inequality, and dominance and entitlement among men?

Patriarchy.

The word for that system is called patriarchy."

#Epstein #EpsteinClass #men #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #rape
/3

Celeste Davis points to what we don't want to talk about as we talk about Epstein and the Epstein Class:

"Why aren’t we talking about why so many men when given power continually choose to use that power to rape women?

WHY AREN’T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?! ...

Entitlement, gender inequality and masculine discrepancy stress have all been correlated with rape."

#Epstein #EpsteinClass #men #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #rape
/2

https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/epstein-files-patriarchy

"Now we have Hegseth, the former Fox Business weekend host, supplying the slogan that sums up the authoritarian approach to international relations:

'We negotiate with bombs,' Hegseth declared at a recent press conference."

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/7

"The unfolding of the Iran war confirms that Trump sees diplomacy as a waste of time and compromise as a sign of weakness. We know now that the administration rejected negotiated solutions that would have given the Trump administration a 'win.' Instead, they chose violence, bombing rather than signing an agreement to end the conflict."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/6

https://lucid.substack.com/p/video-and-essay-convo-wrep-crow-on

Noting that "Trump, like many other right-wing leaders before him, has a long history with combat sports," TPM announces that at 3 P.M. today (EST, I think) it will discuss "how martial arts has become right coded." A link to log in is in the article linked below.

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/5

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tpm-live-trump-the-right-and-martial-arts

"So it’s no surprise that the administration has turned itself into a promotion machine for MMA, and in particular the UFC."

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/4

"This administration & the entire right-wing movement is full of pasty edgelords looking for other men through whom they can achieve a vicarious experience of masculinity. And the performance of manhood to which they are most attracted is violence, whether it’s in the ring or perpetrated by a masked ICE goon giving a beat-down to a peaceful protester."

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/3

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ufc-mma