No brakes on the (female) gripe train | HBR Talk 392

Join Alison and TL;DR as we look at the epistemology of feminism. The document, an excerpt from Sylvia Walby's Theorizing Patriarchy (1990), critiques feminist epistemologies—contrasting feminist empiricism (which corrects patriarchal biases in mainstream social science using conventional methods) with feminist standpoint theory (which prioritizes women's subjective experiences and qualitative approaches over abstract, male-constructed "objective" knowledge)—while favoring a realist epistemology to uncover underlying social structures; it then defines patriarchy as a system of social structures and practices (rejecting biological determinism or generational hierarchies) in which men dominate, oppress, and exploit women through six relatively autonomous, interlocking structures: the patriarchal mode of production in the household, patriarchal relations in paid work, the state, male violence, sexuality, and cultural institutions, allowing analysis of gender inequality's variations alongside capitalism and racism without reductionism or relativism.

Last week in our continuing examination of the media’s crusade against lonely men, we discovered that establishment journos load their typesetters with bovine excrement instead of ink.We’re continuing this week with further examination of this massive jam session of the itching bee.

Let's check in on Gen Z and see how the dating space is going after three generations of waging war on pair bonding.

Welcome to HBR News where we give the badger treatment to the news of the week! This week we will be talking about the recent dispute in the middle east, shocking statistics regarding grooming children in public schools, the Boy Scouts might be back, and more!

Join Alison and TL;DR as we look at psychoanalytical feminism with a wheel of cringe!

Last week in our continuing examination of the media’s crusade against lonely men, we discovered that the entire manosphere is comprised of a handful of the most unrepresentative examples the journo whose work we’re critiquing could find. We’re continuing this week with a look at more of her uh… work. It IS a real piece of… uh, work.

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Welcome to HBR News where we give the badger treatment to the news of the week! This week we will be talking about the brief arrest of former prince Andrew, the death of cartel leader El Mencho, a "far right" activist is beaten to death in France, and more!

Men are obviously struggling, so why are we talking about it?

Join Alison and TL;DR as we look at psychoanalytical feminism with a wheel of cringe!