Women of Lit: A Safe Place To Share

[Strixaluco]

I'd be willing to listen to the context of this, if you'd like to share or vent.

It's just something I think of every time there's public discussion about gender based violence etc. There are always those who think all men are being bashed even when discussing a portion.

 

[forgotmyantidepressants]

Sadly you might be on to something...I have a Canadian friend I check in with often and she is concerned about a potential right wing shift in their politics also.

I'd love to understand why this is happening. Of course many have raised this question and here in the states the answer often is given as economic reasons. If the numbers are compared here in the states we are doing better with Biden Harris admin.
But the prolific right wing mis-information that gets passed as news, Fox news and others, maintains things were better under the previous orange dictator admin.
This doesn't account for other countries authoritarian shifts tho.

(I'm talking out of my butt here)

People in the US are scared, so they're looking to the past for comfort and security. Men (especially white ones) seen to want to go back to the 50s, when being a middle class white guy carried respect, power, authority, etc. They completely ignore the fact that many housewives were addicted to pills (my grandmother apparently preferred ritalin) and Black people were basically second class citizens, especially in certain parts of the south.