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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I watched the 20 minute podcast you linked and I remain unconvinced by your position. I don't shy away from the reality that men are disproportionality represented amongst those who have committed suicide. But this isn't an anti-feminist position. The gendered nature of suffering and conditions that lead to suicide are precisely what feminism is about and works to destroy.

'The feminists of today' are not predominately radfems and terfs and Tumblr agitators. I can't provide statistics on this, as I assume you also can't, but they aren't popular positions I regularly encounter in my life. Though I do also encounter them. Feminism is a mature movement with theory and scores of academic study. It's not so niche that it can easily be co-opted by a few years of malicious branding. If you feel it has, I recommend changing your scene. If you do a good faith dive into feminist theory, feminist academia, or a local organisation, you'll find empathetic people analysing through a lens of intersectionality or dialecticism.

While women's issues get far more coverage and mindshare, that's simply because women have a larger role in the movement than men, and women naturally are more cognisant and affected by women's issues. Men's issues are fully the responsibility and care of all feminists. Sometimes there are just biases and blind spots. Men don't need their own movement, and neither does pretending patriarchy doesn't exist solve any of men's problems, or help your women comrades.

And I do recognise that the capitalist system both attacks and attempts to co-opt feminism. But they only do this because feminism is a threat to capitalism. By not engaging and fighting for feminism, that co-opting can take place.

With all of that said, I'm not hugely well read or invested in this area of the proletariat liberation. If another comrade would like to chime in, that would be helpful. But to cover my shortcomings, I'd like to point you towards the Revolutionary Feminism community on Lemmygrad.
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