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Modern feminism infantalizes women. Their line is that women have no agency. They're victims, tossed about by the winds of life, at the mercy of the elements, the Gods, and us evil men. Lord help them, the poor dears, for they know not what they do.

They have a point though. Although they get furious if you mention it, what feminists are saying is that all women are children until the last day of their lives.

Of course we men have been saying this forever, and there is some truth to it, but it's not something feminists should be saying, and it's not something I want to talk about much either, though I’ll discuss it a bit below.

Feminism is nothing other than Female Thought, Consciousness, Spirit, or Essence reified and especially politicized. That's all it's ever been. And it’s also why it is so wrong because a lot of the basic core thought or consciousness of the woman is simply false in all sorts of ways.

Under patriarchy of course we shame them for believing in this bullshit, and a …

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