I think "systemic injustice" and "hierarchies of power" are perfect phrases -- they describe what they mean and nothing else. I don't see why a Father, metaphorical or not, has to be involved.
(Obdisclaimer that a) wave terminology erases history between waves and is not to be reified, and b) my understanding of the history is hardly authoritative.)
Of course. :) I was just using the terms as shorthand, not having studied the history of feminism, but luckily you understood what I meant.
In the meantime, constant vigilance is required to detect male privilege where it exists (everywhere!), because attempts to take sex and gender out of the equation more often end up as (are coopted to become) excuses to ignore real gender inequalities.
Sometimes. But I think constant vigilance can turn people into nervous wrecks. And I don't think my unisex dream is so far out there; in a more limited setting such homogeneity is easy to acquire. LJ fandom approximates it, this place where we're all assumed to be (and mostly are) the same gender. Sure, there are still issues with our source texts ("How can the canon treat xx character that way?", or "How can you call xx character on that behaviour when xy character does it all the time?"), but that's abstracted somewhat, and I really enjoy it here. In a similar way I find the Tintin books relaxing in their almost complete lack of women.
LJ: land of the sex pollen
(Obdisclaimer that a) wave terminology erases history between waves and is not to be reified, and b) my understanding of the history is hardly authoritative.)
Of course. :) I was just using the terms as shorthand, not having studied the history of feminism, but luckily you understood what I meant.
In the meantime, constant vigilance is required to detect male privilege where it exists (everywhere!), because attempts to take sex and gender out of the equation more often end up as (are coopted to become) excuses to ignore real gender inequalities.
Sometimes. But I think constant vigilance can turn people into nervous wrecks. And I don't think my unisex dream is so far out there; in a more limited setting such homogeneity is easy to acquire. LJ fandom approximates it, this place where we're all assumed to be (and mostly are) the same gender. Sure, there are still issues with our source texts ("How can the canon treat xx character that way?", or "How can you call xx character on that behaviour when xy character does it all the time?"), but that's abstracted somewhat, and I really enjoy it here. In a similar way I find the Tintin books relaxing in their almost complete lack of women.
What is it like to suddenly be the non-default?