Terms like 'rape culture' and 'patriarchy' do describe problems that need to be kept in view, so that they can be addressed continually, and I can see the benefit for this purpose of using eye-catching and emotive language, however it does have its drawbacks.
A lot of this terminology and language used comes across as very broadly accusatory and imprecise, unless you fully read up on the meaning of the terminology and not just the terms being used.
This makes it very daunting and frequently unpleasant to actually enter a conversation about it, even when trying to offer support or suggest methods of improvement.
This does spur people, on occasion, to be overly reactionary in defence, or to avoid speaking up in support. That in turn fosters an unnecessary appearance of wider support for genuinely reactionary and unpleasant viewpoints, and a lack of tolerance for common or middle ground.
That overly-polarised approach to debate is in itself, ironically, a highly Kyriarchic social situation in my view.
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Date: 2013-01-11 02:47 pm (UTC)A lot of this terminology and language used comes across as very broadly accusatory and imprecise, unless you fully read up on the meaning of the terminology and not just the terms being used.
This makes it very daunting and frequently unpleasant to actually enter a conversation about it, even when trying to offer support or suggest methods of improvement.
This does spur people, on occasion, to be overly reactionary in defence, or to avoid speaking up in support. That in turn fosters an unnecessary appearance of wider support for genuinely reactionary and unpleasant viewpoints, and a lack of tolerance for common or middle ground.
That overly-polarised approach to debate is in itself, ironically, a highly Kyriarchic social situation in my view.