Progressives/feminists are more than happy to wield the toxic parts of patriarchy when telling “good men” to stand up to “locker room talk”
Bit of a specific title but I’ll elaborate.
I think almost all could agree that almost all confrontation between men has an underlying threat of violence. When progressives make the imperative to normal men to step up and confront other men when they overhear a yikes joke or any case of misogyny, they know that violence is 100 percent a possibility to a man’s ego getting hurt. (Apparently rejecting men is almost guaranteed he escalates physically so it’s a fair inference to say when challenged by another male. His position on the hierarchy is threatened and violence is even more likely.)
While I’m here too the hypocrisy of making lower socioeconomic men or men lower on the patriarchal hierarchy step up and martyr themselves while simultaneously excusing any exploitation they partake in by comments like “no ethical consumption under capitalism” is also quite palpable. I would like to hear viewpoints that challenge this. What I will not accept is people saying “all it takes is just one time saying bro, not funny” like that won’t immediately label you a loser and get outgrouped by the very people you’re trying to educate. So I’ll use myself as an example. I am a blue collar worker in rural Australia. Why am I expected to step up and destroy my standing in my workplace for people who expect me to ideally take violence to misogynists?