I happened to stumble upon this while I was surfing Dreamwidth for something else.
The first anon was right saying that this stuff is so basic it shouldn't even need to be addressed. I mean, that was the whole point of the sexual revolution, wasn't it? Which makes it all the more sad that we've moved so far backward that these things need to be said.
I'm not sure what to call this movement that's reared its ugly head since the 2010's kicked off. It reeks strongly of bigotry and prudishness disguised as "progressive." It's a complex web of double standards that demonizes men and objectifies them, while infantalizing women despite trying to praise them as strong. Whatever these "progressives" think straight men might enjoy is vehemently denounced (and as you've said, that throws a lot more people under the bus than just straight men), yet these "progressives" behave exactly in the ways they denounce with whatever it is they like. These "progressives" will gloat about how weak, biologically inferior, and worthless men are; they'll mockingly say "Not all men!" or "lol misandry" while they sip from their "male tears" mugs, but they will be the first to scream "misogyny!" if someone confronts them on their behavior, no matter how politely or respectfully.
With how much crossover there is between the roleplaying scene here on Dreamwidth and on Tumblr, I guess it was inevitable that this toxic faux-progressiveness would infect the community. Over the years I've been seeing more and more of that garbage on places like rpanons (and I've seen you targeted by them a few times). It's always amazed me how little self-awareness they have, that they can be happily shitting on some series for having sexualized female characters while they're busy threading it up in the "Kinks You Want To Play" section or some smut meme with a Benedict Cumberbatch character or sports anime/otome game guy. Or how they'll accuse some series of being "lolicon" (regardless of whether it really is) while they're happily flicking their bean to Homestuck smut (a series where all the kids started out younger than Naruto did!).
Maybe it's really about control, the thrill of getting people to shrink away and beg forgiveness for whatever transgression these faux-progressives dreamed up. Heaven knows that kowtowing to these people does absolutely nothing, sort of like how Neville Chamberlain's strategy of appeasement didn't stop the invasion of Poland.
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Three years later, a wild anon appears!
Date: 2016-04-03 04:22 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)The first anon was right saying that this stuff is so basic it shouldn't even need to be addressed. I mean, that was the whole point of the sexual revolution, wasn't it? Which makes it all the more sad that we've moved so far backward that these things need to be said.
I'm not sure what to call this movement that's reared its ugly head since the 2010's kicked off. It reeks strongly of bigotry and prudishness disguised as "progressive." It's a complex web of double standards that demonizes men and objectifies them, while infantalizing women despite trying to praise them as strong. Whatever these "progressives" think straight men might enjoy is vehemently denounced (and as you've said, that throws a lot more people under the bus than just straight men), yet these "progressives" behave exactly in the ways they denounce with whatever it is they like. These "progressives" will gloat about how weak, biologically inferior, and worthless men are; they'll mockingly say "Not all men!" or "lol misandry" while they sip from their "male tears" mugs, but they will be the first to scream "misogyny!" if someone confronts them on their behavior, no matter how politely or respectfully.
With how much crossover there is between the roleplaying scene here on Dreamwidth and on Tumblr, I guess it was inevitable that this toxic faux-progressiveness would infect the community. Over the years I've been seeing more and more of that garbage on places like rpanons (and I've seen you targeted by them a few times). It's always amazed me how little self-awareness they have, that they can be happily shitting on some series for having sexualized female characters while they're busy threading it up in the "Kinks You Want To Play" section or some smut meme with a Benedict Cumberbatch character or sports anime/otome game guy. Or how they'll accuse some series of being "lolicon" (regardless of whether it really is) while they're happily flicking their bean to Homestuck smut (a series where all the kids started out younger than Naruto did!).
Maybe it's really about control, the thrill of getting people to shrink away and beg forgiveness for whatever transgression these faux-progressives dreamed up. Heaven knows that kowtowing to these people does absolutely nothing, sort of like how Neville Chamberlain's strategy of appeasement didn't stop the invasion of Poland.