Rex Kerr
Apr 12, 2024

There's definitely that strain of thought within feminism. But there's also a lot of defense of generalizations, as long as the target is cishet white men, and a lot of attacks on "not all men" used to object to generalizations within feminism.

For example, Robert linked to a Vox article that took a stronger stance in favor of generalizations and against "not all men" than he did.

So I don't think we can say that feminism unambiguously teaches that stereotypes are wrong. We can still embrace the idea of the wrongness of stereotyping, whether we're convinced/taught by feminism that opposes it or some other means, and try to convince others, whether or not they wear a feminist mantle while defending stereotyping.

Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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