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The Patriarchy Has NEVER Wanted US To Have Solutions. (Original Post) kpete Dec 2021 OP
There is unity in recognizing is authoritarians zaj Dec 2021 #1
'uniting language'? the research shows authoritarians are motivated by a need to avoid uncertainty certainot Dec 2021 #7
The Patriarchy Just Wants You to "Bring me a sammich!" MineralMan Dec 2021 #2
Sadly, horribly true. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights niyad Dec 2021 #3
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #4
What's wrong with men being in charge of everything but the kitchen? KS Toronado Dec 2021 #5
K&R onecaliberal Dec 2021 #6
System working as designed. No problem. cbabe Dec 2021 #8
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
1. There is unity in recognizing is authoritarians
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 10:58 AM
Dec 2021

Wealthy, white, Christian, straight men have set the culture and political rules for 250 years.

They are freaking out.
Their allies are freaking out.

But...

... it's not merely the "patriarchy". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "racists". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "homophobes". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "anti-Semites". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "islamophobes". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "wealthy". That's too narrow.
... it's not merely the "cis-het". That's too narrow.

It's the combination of these groups.
It's the intersection and the unions of these groups.

It's an authoritarian movement.
We need a uniting language to match this united threat across a range of smaller communities.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
7. 'uniting language'? the research shows authoritarians are motivated by a need to avoid uncertainty
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 01:27 PM
Dec 2021

or fear of uncertainty and is sometimes measured with the Uncertainty Avoidance Index or UAI.

sex on the wrong brain theory explains authoritarianism as a strategy for creating certainty (by imposing order, control, predictability, simplification, absolutism) to satisfy a heritable mostly ‘Old World’ mental disorder caused by right handed masturbation

it suggests the need to avoid uncertainty is amplified by masturbation with the hand connected to the left brain hemisphere, which associates impatient satisfaction-demanding reproductive impulses with brain functions that require patience and objectivity. mixing sex and logic creates an artificial need for finality and premature conclusion. thinking becomes foreplay - got to get it over with.

authoritarianism is just part of a spectrum of responses heritable mostly 'old world' susceptibility to a sowb-induced Certainty Deficit Disorder - CDD

so the taliban, nazis, proud boys, trumpers are masturbation cults. their 'best' leaders project total royal i'm-never-wrong royal certitude and simplify the complicated world to absolutes - black/white, right/wrong, good/evil - to help followers judge the world in fear-easing certainty. the leader's power increases in chaos and disorder

99.9% of our evolution our ancestors survived in small cooperative groups in natural environments surrounded by natural uncertainty. so why the irrational need for certainty? we went from 50-50 right and left handed, like the apes of today, to 90% right handed. sowb theory suggests right handers had a slight survival advantage in times of conflict and that got really amplified in the last few thousand years as human populations grew and fought, delayed reproduction, and repressed sex (important part of authoritarianism, patriarchy, etc).

so humans have been selecting for susceptibility to sowb. maybe brain structure is involved. maybe a lot of racism is 'old world' meets 'new world', like columbus meets the natives - humans with a lot less sexual repression, frustration, masturbation in their recent history, for which uncertainty is still natural and nothing to be scared of.

sowb theory also suggests the anatomical difference makes sowb worse in males

niyad

(113,490 posts)
3. Sadly, horribly true. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 11:04 AM
Dec 2021

And Issues? Thanks in advance.

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