![]() ![]() ![]() The feminine (in both men and women) is still derided and despised, in fact more deeply so by the malignant masculine. ![]() ![]() One of the manifestations of this is in the flourishing of rape culture, which, at best, turns a blind eye to attack at the most fundamental and personal level of all – sexuality – and is now embedded so deeply in the culture it is hardly remarked upon, and outrage is often disappointingly tepid or plain missing. The loss of absolute power over women has manifested in a virulent hatred of the feminine (in both men and women by both men and women) in this domain and its individuals. There is a persistent backlash from the malignant masculine element (Let me be clear before the hackles rise I do not refer to all men, nor all of the masculine). We also live in a time when a great many young women shun the term ‘feminist’ and there is, in general, a regressive pull backwards. We live in an age of official gender equality, and it’s true that a great deal has changed thanks to the resistance to patriarchy of women in our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers’ times. Book Review: Charlotte Wood’s ‘The Natural Way Of Things’ ![]()
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