![]() ![]() Rather, we share the stage with many bad actors. ![]() Everyone else remains stuck in the basement.įeminism for the 99 percent is among the social forces that have leapt into this breach. By definition, the principal beneficaries are those who already possess considerable social, cultural, and economic advantages. In treating women simply as an „underrepresented group,” its proponents seek to ensure that a few privileged souls can attain positions and pay on a par with the men of their own class. Rather than seeking to abolish social hierarchy, it aims to „diversify” it, „empowering” "talented" women to rise to the top. Its real aim is not equality, but meritocracy. ![]() Centered in the global North among the professional-managerial stratum, it is focused on „leaning-in” and „cracking the glass ceiling.” Dedicated to enabling a smattering of privileged women to climb the corporate ladder and the ranks of the military, it propounds a market-centered view of equality that dovetails perfectly with the prevailing corporate enthusiasm for „diversity.” Although it condemns „discrimination” and advocates „freedom of choice,” liberal feminism steadfastly refuses to address the socioeconomic constraints that make freedom and empowerment impossible for the large majoritiy of women. But far from providing the solution, liberal feminism is part of the problem. The mainstream media continues to equate feminism, as such, with liberal feminism. ![]()
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