Or, rather, the way feminism is practiced by many people today.
I rarely agree with anything as completely as I do with this:
Contemporary feminism barely threatens to patriarchy. In fact, if the patriarchy wanted to design a non-threatening feminism, it would come up with a movement like today’s. A prominent feminist blog engages in the practice of “trigger warnings.” At the beginning of a post, it will say “trigger warning: misogyny, depression.” So the blog treats its readers as delicate flowers who need to be warned of a subsequent discussion of some troubling subject.
And the consequences?
Many women either reject the feminist label for themselves (no wonder, if this is what feminism has come to), or use it as a cover for their choice to live a completely patriarchal lifestyle.
You can read the entire thing here.
Clarissa's Blog 
I actually appreciate trigger warnings in certain situations, because of my PTSD and my Eating disorder. If I know what I am going to read is going to relate to something which could cause a flashback to my sexual assault, or begin to make me obsess over what I eat, it will allow me to mentally prepare for it.
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This is not feminism. This is femi-favoritism.
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No, it isn’t. It’s as hurtful to women as it is to men.
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Feminism and patriarchy…..I see an oxymoron coming here.
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For someone who daily struggles with selfharm, depression and an eating disorder I can honestly say that trigger warnings are extremely useful. Discussion (or worse, images) of people selfharming or attempting suicide trigger me very badly. For my friend who has been raped, she too needs trigger warnings otherwise she is at risk of having a flashback. I don’t think trigger warnings treat people as delicate flowers. I think it helps vulnerable people access the internet safely.
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One of the central arguments that refused women the right to vote and work was that they are “vulnerable.”
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I have spent a fair amount of time reading the Feministe blog in the last week or two. I certainly agree that the feminism on that website seems so fragmented that it is hard to imagine their approach making the sort of differences we saw up to the end of the 1970s.
I certainly think Clarissa’s approach to feminism is the most logical and considered I have seen in recent years.
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Thank you, llama! You are being very nice to me. I appreciate. 🙂
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Well you haven’t covered religion yet 🙂
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