You don’t need to review the last 12 months - just these past two weeks expose a pattern of cultural misogyny
Despite much recent, loud insistence to the contrary, the ancient order of male power, in fact, remains intact, its grip on our Western moment unrelenting. The end-of-year roundup season obliges a reckoning with the strange paradox of “feminist time”, which passes both with shocking speed and, seemingly, not at all. Recent events suggest – saddeningly, maddeningly – the more things change, the more inventive new ways to reinforce the old disadvantage of women can be found.
To recap: In October, women celebrated – for lack of an English verb that embraces both achievement and despair – a year since allegations against Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein precipitated the mass revelations of #MeToo. Twelve months’ reflection determined that the initial feminist optimism provoked by the collective acknowledgment of wrongdoing was perhaps misplaced.
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