empowerment, feminism etc (ss repost)
the term empowerment has become a liberal feminist buzzword that has lost nearly all meaning. it is no longer a subversive term challenging the economic, political and sociocultural systems that keep women oppressed, but rather a word used to describe any choice a woman makes. it is now focused solely on the hedonism one as a woman chooses to pursue and want not to face repercussions for, so thus this label is slapped on it and it now becomes ‘good’.
this hyper-individualistic and subjective version of feminism seeks to be as non-threatening as possible in an attempt to become more widely accepted. feminism is not about personal empowerment. it is not about doing what makes you feel good. it is not about choices. it is not even about total equality to men. it is about the total liberation of women as a social class worldwide. what may be empowering to a select individual or select few may not be necessarily ‘empowering’ for women as a whole.
half of the shit that leftist/liberal women do nowadays do not contribute anything of value to any original sense of ‘feminism’ or female liberation. in fact, it is directly pandering to a male audience for their approval yet again. things like undergoing extreme procedures to alter your physical appearance, sex work/onlyfans, makeup & anti-aging products again just reinforcing the male idea that your worth is tied to your youth and appearance. if you cannot leave the house without a face full of makeup you are not ‘doing it for yourself,’ one should question why the self feels like it must.
prostitution, sex work and online SW (eg. onlyfans) is not and NEVER will be a ‘reclaimed’ industry, and it is definitely NOT the empowering feminist move that you think it is. the only effect by entering this industry is reinforcing a space made by men who only see women as sexual objects.
the biggest mistake this generation has done is claim that sex work is some sort of ‘feminist power move’ to bring control into your life, and is now being promoted to susceptible female children and teenagers who jump straight into it as soon as they turn 18. you can condemn it all you want but it’s still going to happen unless the root cause is eradicated. all i see is another surefire way to increase the depression and suicide rates in the years coming bc women arent happy with their lives after getting into all this shit at a young age.
this industry is fucking dangerous and is not something that can be reclaimed. you cannot transform it into a positive safespace when you are still pandering to the audience that made it an unsafe one in the first place.
also i got comments criticizing me on substack bc of my views on this but the whole thing of ‘women supporting women’ is inherently unrealistic, any concept of unconditional support is impractical and it is because of that & the lack of self-critique and personal awareness that leads to rapidly detrimental outcomes such as this
people who criticise this institute are also called ‘slut shamers’ and other bullshit like that but the promotion of being extremely openly sexual to a degenerate degree has only lead to the sexualisation of children who r finding their way into the industry bc as a generation we’re fed the narrative that it’s some type of feminist empowerment and it’s the good thing to do when the reality is that is far far from the truth