So: Jerry Coyne is annoyed today with a Website.
The ad below appeared on the execrable website Everyday Feminism, whose motto should be “Making you feel bad about yourself—24 hours a day.” You can find the full description of the course here.
My first thought was, “A bunch of Baptist preachers run a feminism site?” and then, “I’d better go see.”
Here’s a headline I found intriguing and clicked to: 10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist Should Ask On a First Date.
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Do you believe that Black Lives Matter?
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What are your thoughts on gender and sexual orientation?
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How do you work to dismantle sexism and misogyny in your life?
I’ve met cisgender heteronormative (cishet) men who hate women. They say they love women, but that love is conditional on not having their toxic masculinity questioned or threatened in any way. And they love us as a monolith, they love what women have to offer, whether it is sex, food, love, care, emotional labor: they love us for what we can do for them, not because of who we are for ourselves. It is crucial for cishet men to learn how to decenter their male privilege in order for them to understand the multitudes of interpretations of femininity and womanhood.
Beyond Misogyny 101, does the person you are with understand rape culture, systemic sexism, and misogynoir? Are they willing to learn if they don’t? Misogyny is more than the pay gap. Walk away from anyone who believes that “boys will be boys” and that women are supposed to be mothers because we’re nothing but ambulatory incubators.
I’m getting a r-e-e-e-a-l-l-y bad feeling about this quiz.
Also:
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Can any human be illegal?
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What are your thoughts on sex work?
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Does your allyship include disabled folks?
Dating intersectional feminists looks like grim business to me. And, yes, this looks like a clever ploy to get men looking around church for women. After all, no godly woman in the history of the universe conversationally asked a man she was checking-out, “So, what is your understanding of settler colonialism and indigenous rights?”