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- If you have wondered why there are so many millennials on campus telling people to check their privilege, demanding trigger warnings, calling people out for micro aggressions, and retreating to safe spaces, the Factual Feminist has the answer: Intersectional feminism.
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Intersectional feminism. It’s all the rage on campus and on social media, but what is it? And is its new popularity a welcome development? Coming up next on the Factual Feminist.
Suddenly intersectionality is on the boards. News stories are turning up everywhere. Intersectional theory was first developed in the 1970s and 1980s by a group of African American feminist scholars and activists. They accused the women’s movement of neglecting black women and of misunderstanding oppression. Pathologies like and racism and sexism, they said, are not separate systems-they connect and overlap-and create a complex arrangement of advantages and burdens. White women, for example, are penalized for their gender-but privileged by their race. Black men, suffer from their race, but garner advantage from their gender. Black women-are in double-jeopardy-they are disadvantaged by both race and gender.
Patricia Hill Collins, professor at the University of Maryland and former president of the American Sociological Association, is one of the chief architects of intersectionality theory. The textbook she co-authored describes the United States as a “matrix of oppression.” Beneath a veneer of freedom and opportunity, there lies a rigid system of privilege and domination. Now most Americans don’t see it, but Collins and her co-author alert students to the fact that the true nature of their society has been hidden from them. “Dominant forms of knowledge have been constructed largely from the experiences of the most powerful.” The text promises to introduce students to deeper “subordinated truths” by avoiding what it calls “Western” and “masculine” styles of thinking which could obscure these truths.
According to the theory, those who are most oppressed have access to deeper, more authentic knowledge about life and society. In short: members of privileged groups (especially white males) should not only check their privilege, but listen to those they have oppressed-because those groups possess a superior understanding of the world.
Initially, the primary focus of intersectional feminism was on black women. But the number of victims quickly multiplied. This graphic from a popular Women’s Studies textbook includes 14 or 15 marginalized identities.
The Factual Feminist is concerned. Now there are social scientists who use a sensible, non-politicized version of intersectionality to understand complex social identities-I have no quarrel with them. But what concerns me is how intersectional feminism is taught and practiced on the college campus. I have many objections-I will limit myself to three.
Problem 1: It’s a Conspiracy theory: If intersectionality theory were merely a reminder to be sensitive to different kinds of social advantages and disadvantages, that would be fine. But it is much more than that. It is an all-encompassing theory of human reality-- constructed to be immune to criticism. If you question it, that only proves you don’t understand it-or are just part of the problem it seeks to correct.
That is why articles by skeptics almost never appear in textbooks like these. And certain groups-men, for example-are sinners who are marked with a capital P. If they dare to question the theory they will be told to check their privilege. Their job is to atone for their unearned advantages and learn from those they have oppressed. Some men are really taking this to heart. Consider this tweet:
@arthur_affect--As a dude who cares about feminism sometimes I want to join all men arm-in-arm & then run off a cliff and drag the whole gender into the sea
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"If you question it, that only proves you don't understand it." Perfect.
this is the "wisdom" of the age.. "if you disagree with me, it's because you're dumb" .. whether it Academics, politics, or even movies and music, the argument pops up constantly
Bleat to the beat.
@@steveforsyth7269 - I disagree with that statement. You must be dumb. xD ….just kidding :P ---seriously though.... this is very true... unfortunately.
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The biggest caveat of Patricia Hill’s Collins standpoint theory it that your identity as a member of any number of oppressed groups becomes irrelevant if you do not believe in intersectionality to begin with.
Responding to a liberal article I questioned the idea that a Trump protester was arrested because she was a woman. I rightly pointed out that women are arrested less often and serve significantly lighter sentences for the same crimes. This was evidence that this woman was not arrested because she was a woman, but despite it. This is the quote from her " Nice mansplaining there, bro. Women should get less prison time because society is already stacked against us. Try sitting down and being quiet and listening to a woman, rather than disagreeing with her." So, unequal treatment is OK, and when a woman speaks I should shut up. How does this foster equality again?
+buzz saw sigh* this is what our world is coming to...
+TheGoogler77 Some feminists do still stand for legitimate issues. ...They just tend to get shouted down by the intersectional feminists she's talking about. Sadly, it seems like those intersectional feminists are a majority of college campuses.
+buzz saw hahah I was in a situation similar to yours not long ago. A bunch of feminists were highly exaggerating a stupid guy's action, and generalized as if all men were like him. After I replied to them with logical, well-thought arguments, I soon realized that they were stubborn as fuck, but still tried to make them understand things politely and logically. They have not tried to counter one single argument that I came out with; all the words that came out of them were personal attacks on me. They were telling me that my opinion wasn't worth shit because I'm a man, or because I'm a "young male (21) who is part of the problem", etc. I swear I felt like a real demon there hahaha
They ended up blocking me from the page and deleting all of my comments!
Charley Complice
I hear you. If their ideas were valid why do they so viciously attack and silence opposing voices? Anybody that challenges feminist orthodoxy is the enemy. When you can convincingly prove they are wrong and they respond with "Shut up, you misogynist!", there's not much you can do. Militant feminism seems cult like in many ways.
+buzz saw - Truly the hallmark of an elitist, entitled person. Wow. I am living in a bizarre world.
"Thank you for watching the factual feminist"
Thank you for BEING the factual feminist.
126 dislikes, it amazes me these third wave feminists are able to click dislike while using both hands to put fingers in ears.
Intersectional feminism is only to allow woman to be more of a victim than they already portray to be. It is stupid and nothing anything anyone can say or have me read can make me see it otherwise. I am an anti-feminist feminist. I love base mom, though.
+Chill Pills Sounds more like a bunch of people making excuses so they don't have to try in life, and to get as much free shit as they can.
The "American Enterprise Institute" is a bought-and-paid-for group of "experts" operated and funded by the Koch brothers. FUCK the "American Enterprise Institute".
+angus matheson and why would the Koch Brothers want to debunk intersectional or third wave feminism? I just watch the Factual Feminist videos.
LoyalMatter Because pay parity would negatively influence their bottom dollar. If you don't believe me that they are a Koch mouthpiece, then read this: www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Enterprise_Institute
Based Mom at it again. Feminist be ragin'.
I don't like how this concept, and the whole 'oppression olympics' thing generally, ignores the nuances of what people's real-life experiences are like. You can't just say person A who is white and male and straight has automatically had an easier, more privileged life than person B, who is black, bi and female. You'd have to know all the details of each person's life, relationships, health, genetics, educational and work opportunities, random good luck or misfortune etc.
+Liv Jackson , whats a killer is the people that are truely oppressed have no time for this shit, they are to busy working out of the hole to worry with it. its the middle classed women that dream this crap up and go to these conferences and spend money doing it , some people have to much money and no brains
+Liv Jackson The identity of the individual is erased to make room for the identity of a broader label, so that those who share that label can claim to share their experiences. A person is reduced to a communal resource to be employed in battle with other labels for the coveted prize of victimhood.
It's why, as viciously as they might go after white males who speak out against them, it's not nearly so terrifically horrible as their reaction to women or minorities who do. A white male raising his voice is merely conforming to expectations as a privileged oppressor and can be merely shouted down or ignored. A woman or a black man doing so forms cracks in the walls boxes they're trying to stuff everyone into and must be destroyed for the good of the label.
It's disturbingly cult like when you see it in action.
+Liv Jackson Basically it comes down to collectivism, and that's what bothers me about intersectional feminism and SJWs.
+Liv Jackson Liv, thanks and you are so right. Many straight, white men, who seem on the surface to have all the advantages in life, suffer their problems and set-backs in silence and with stoicism, simply because they have families and loved-ones who rely upon them. I know a "successful" man of this type who committed suicide, much to our surprise and deep sadness, overwhelmed by problems kept to himself; I realise now he would have traded all of his "privilege" for a simple life in a mud-hut.
Exactly, that kind of thinking causes people to think that a wealthy Non-Hispanic African-American homosexual woman has had "a tougher life" than a homeless Non-Hispanic European-American straight male even if she hada loving family and he was abused by his mother and never knew his father, and she had an easy time in school while he had to quit school because he couldn't afford it and all the special scholarships were only for people born "in the right groups".
I am a victim of diarrhea. I demand that everyone take laxatives and eat as much chipotle as possible so that we can all be even.
don't forget the arby's horsey sauce
U r lucky, constipation's a bitch.
Sounds fair to me.
@@snapoutofit2151 I hope your joking about it :Being Fair!
Bruh, 😭😭😭 🎤👋🏿
"The conference ended with songs and healing rituals."
Later on there was an eclipse and the attendees began shouting and shaking sticks at the sky to bring the sun back.
+CoolHardLogic It would be an improvement if they worshiped the sun, at least we know it's real.
+CoolHardLogic No, the sun is a patriarchal entity and rapes the feminine moon by shining it's light though it without consent.
+CoolHardLogic Haha! Sounds like you have a new video idea:
_World of Intersectional Batshit_
Now you're marginalizing low-lit spaces. What's wrong with dark spaces, huh?
That's racist. Check your illuminated privilege.
+CoolHardLogic luckily it wasn't a lunar tetrad because that would have been triggering.
Wow! How did you make a whole video with animations without a $200k kickstarter campaign? And how did you get this comment section on the bottom of the video? Amazing!
+Nick M Based Mom works in magical ways and for the greater good.
I wonder what she thinks of Anita.
+Nick M you're on the wrong feminist youtube.
+Shoe0nHead Ah, darn it!
+Shoe0nHead what the heck shoe. who let you out of skeptic's sex dungeon?
What? Who is this genius I just stumbled upon???
+Artbug The based mom revelation. A true caricature of what a feminist should be like.
Crawl out behind your rock! Christina Hoff Summers
The "American Enterprise Institute" is a bought-and-paid-for group of "experts" operated and funded by the Koch brothers. FUCK the "American Enterprise Institute".
Isn't hatred the enemy?
+angus matheson: Genetic fallacy. Talk about the actual content rather than commit bullshit logical fallacies!!
I consider myself a "classic liberal", but unlike you, I'm clearly way more honest. Because when one actually looks at the facts - she is on point.
This woman is an absolute gift, she's too good honestly. I wish women like her were more prominent than idiots like Anita Sarkesian and Clementine Ford.
+kiwibadboy Agreed! I'm an equity feminist like her and she hopefully will be the representation of feminism!
+Lucie Reine Everyone reasonable person is the dictionary definition of a feminist. Unfortunately the dictionary definition of a feminist is not what the movement is truly about.
+kiwibadboy Hi, I consider myself to be a feminist and am looking for some discussion. I disagree with one of the implied premises of the video’s argument: around 2:42 the Factual Feminist argues that the concept of intersectionality should be kept within academia and not politicised. I am concerned. Intersectionality is a powerful concept that asserts that all do not face racism and sexism separately: in society sexism faced is often racialized and racism faced is often sexualised. This, I believe, is incredibly important in order to dismantle unwarranted stereotypes that prevent people from achieving full self-actualisation. For instance, I understand that black women are likely to be seen as more exotic and promiscuous than white women because of the additional factor of race, but intersectionality can apply to an equal extent to black men too- they are associated with aggression because they are male, and then as animalistic, because they are black (what is suggested in 0:52 is another interpretation). This applies across racial boundaries. A white woman may be fat, and thus suffer from a lack of self-confidence. White men who are laid off from the manufacturing sector cannot for the sake of their finances move into the growing health service industry and work as a nurse due to the overwhelming backlash he is likely to face probably even from his own friends and family. This is a systemic problem that is not exclusive to traditionally privileged groups. Black and white doctors alike think black people feel less pain
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0048546
Even female faculty members give STEM jobs to ‘John’ instead of ‘Jennifer’ simply because of gender
www.yalescientific.org/2013/02/john-vs-jennifer-a-battle-of-the-sexes/
Thus, we all need to become more aware of these stereotypes, especially in terms of how they change when race and gender intersect, so we can catch ourselves in the act when we draw on these stereotypes
So as an intersectional feminist, the way I see it, white men just need to ditch the negative stereotypes, and in fact we should all be working together under the theory of intersectionality to overcome these biases: conventionally beautiful women can celebrate the beauty of those that transgress against beauty standards etc etc. Unlike what the video suggests- that intersectionality is divisive, I believe that this idea will promote unity, through a greater understanding of the different challenges we face, through the comfort of knowing that we all are struggling together and trying our hardest to be better people in even the littlest of things. We all know that little things do count if done the right way.
So my main criticism is that, YES, intersectionality can devolve into excessive self- righteousness in college feminism- think the controversy over Halloween costumes in Yale, and there is an incredibly pressing need to address how to use intersectional theory wisely. But in my opinion, I just don’t think the video acknowledges how important it is to recognize these negative stereotypes, and thus how urgently we need intersectional theory to be transmitted from the ivory towers of academia, into the collective cultural consciousness, so we can all live without prejudices cutting off our potential.
I do feel that just because there are a few mistakes and bad apples in the recent years, doesn't mean that all feminist are like that. We don't all just come together arm in arm like an organised syndicate, blindly following what the pop-icons say. There is a new shift in Feminist ideas that aims to clean up all the fraying misconceptions of past feminism to develop a new evolved feminism adapted to target and solve the problems that is plaguing both men and women today and not just largely on women like in the past.
Thank you for reading my humble take on the world. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. *bows and leaves*
Luivdoric Rokushaludin That conversation lasted long didn't it.
Feminism is cancer. End of story. Stop with damage control bullshit. If you say "oh no those are the bad feminists I'm the good one ^_^" no one cares, because feminism is redundant in the west. Thank you.
I can't help but think of Lincoln's famous quote, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
The idea that objectivity is best reached through rational thought is a matter of logic. Taking another route is, by definition, irrational. It scares me when people talk like that, because they are declaring that they reject reason, the only foundation we all share.
thanks so much for this video. I have lost one of my oldest female friends to this cult. The amount that she used to police my language whilst we were just sitting at home due to it being "very problematic" - i.e the problem being my unearned privileged position as a cis white male who was speaking - it just got too much. Ironically, she completely shut down my means of expressing myself as an individual as I was always seen as 'part of a larger oppressive group' and my words were consistently taken out of context. Another irony is that she completely disregarded the cultural nuance of how we folk from Liverpool speak. We are very loose and expressive when having casual conversations, which is exactly what these were, yet she tried to apply academic scrutiny to me whilst I was cooking in the kitchen. This is because of how readily and constantly she self-identified as a victim whilst identifying me as part of the oppressive privileged group, thus setting us up as constant foes.
My hero...sigh.
This is one smart lady.
Thank you, Dr. Sommers.
She's my hero, too. I'm completely fed up with the very ideology I embraced with every fiber of my being in my teens. (This was in the 80's, while it was unfashionable to admit to SJW tendencies.) As a middle-aged woman, I haven't found too many older women to look up to in regard to political and social principles- not even my own mother. Dr. Sommers is intelligent, practical, and doesn't beat around the bush.
This is what's wrong with America.
We could simply say that Intersectional Feminism establishes a hierarchy between individuals based entirely on arbitrary characteristics such as race and gender. And based on that hierarchy, they determine how well you should be treated and what rights you are entitled to.
This is the litteral other side of the coin that bears a black swastika in a withe circle. You just switch the word "Ubermensch" with the word "Oppressed", and the word "Undermensch" with "Privileged". If you are a privileged white male, you should bow to the oppressed black females.
It gets even more amazing when you read Mein Kampft and see how three quarter of that book was about how Germans had been oppressed and should overthrow the designated oppressors and make them pay somehow.
It's hard not to notice how much more mentally and emotionally balanced this chick is compared to any contemporary feminist. I'm not even talking about the stuff she's saying; I mean just how she carries herself. The SJW ladies seem to have a hard time keeping their composure, like they have a hard time screaming because they are also sobbing, and the male feminists are a cross of rage and shame that keeps them from forming coherent sentences while they try to apologize for everything. The lady in this video just seems like a normal rational person.
+Jeremy Kreis That's because the grand majority of SJWs are emotionalists, not rationalists.
+Jeremy Kreis That's because the grand majority of SJWs are emotionalists, not rationalists.
In my early links with feminism in the 60s, we were looking to break some of the stereotypes, the acceptable ('respectable') ways of living, the limited choices. We had to fight the assumption that we would become 'mother/housewife', being given away by the father into the care of a husband. We fought too for education, career opportunities, equal pay, the right to decide on birth control, pregnancy. I recall when asking for the Pill in the early 70s that my female GP wanted to be sure I was "in love" before prescribing it. So these were some of our issues, and thankfully I can see real changes for my daughter in her choices, education, career, and lifestyle, and my grand-daughter (grandson too it has to be said). So, intersectionality is not what we fought for. It is a hijacked distortion that does not promote choice or peace. Excellent video, well marked up, and great thanks.
Thanks for your great effort in the feminist movement I'm sure it made the lives of not only women but people better.
It's weird that they don't even realize how petty and selfish they are.
+TheAmazinTacoChannel The logic is probably that because they are oppressed, such a thing is impossible.
Basically lack of self awareness and special snowflake syndrome cripple them, the men and women alike, maybe that's equality? Hah
Your post is insane. 'Snowflakes' are vastly out-competing typical reactionaries. It's like one team is playing T-ball and the other is playing major league ball at an all-star game. Your mistake is taking their claims of victimhood seriously. I guess that is why you are a reactionary. They're getting college degrees, and attending special training seminars, you're applying for a job at the place where you wait outside all morning for a van to pick you up, claiming, 'toughen up you sissies attending liberal arts'.
Proof of Peterson’s assertion that there are more differences within groups than between groups
Intersectionalism sounds like a form of mass hysteria mixed with a genrous helping of narcissism.
Best feminist show on youtube. Hands down.
I would call it egalitarianism as the label femenism now largely represents a minority supremacist group
I agree, Christina. Many, many intersectional feminists are focusing on the wrong things. The amount of outcry when something unimportant happens like Kylie Jenner wearing cornrows always seems to take precedent over what really matters, aka helping women that are actually disadvantaged and struggling to survive, mostly in third world countries.
+Goddess Ally Brooke Yes! So true. It is a disaster and is a very dangerous ideological lens.
¿Why just women there? And I think there then you mean is developing countries as Sweden and Switzerland are also 3rd World Countries and they're doing quite fine.
+Haaklong Nguyệt Since when are Switzerland (one of the worlds highest GDPC and with direct deomocracy) and Sweden (one of the worlds best education and social systems) developing countries?
Fight sleep....don’t confuse cultural appropriation with feminism.
African American average IQ is 84. Sub Saharan IQ is even lower. Black violence and rape is higher than White. This impacts society negatively. It's not about wanting these things to be true or not they simply are. So what are they going to do with this information? Are intersectional feminists going to move to Somalia? Hell no.
I have seen a number of your video presentations and am always struck by the same thing: your phenomenal patience and commitment to objectivity. Wow, I'm impressed.
Dear Ms. Factual Feminist: I completely agree with your assessment of both intersectionality theory and the culture war that it stokes. It's very refreshing to hear your well-considered and perfectly sensible views.
I do have to part company with you on one point: at 7:16, you said "Now, there are human rights catastrophes that bear directly on race and gender. Black male incarceration in the United States comes to mind."
Since it's clear that you value rationality, objectivity and evidence, I would point out that the claim that an unjustly disproportionate number of black males are incarcerated in the US is *itself* a conspiracy theory with no factual basis. Anyone who believes in that theory must explain two things:
1. What is the *specific mechanism* that guarantees that all ethnic groups within the US will always commit crimes -- or indeed, do *anything* -- at a rate that correlates precisely with their demographic?
About 62% of all US citizens are Caucasian, 17% are Hispanic/Latino, 13% are black and 5% are Asian. What is the mechanism that ensures that they all do everything (commit crimes, vote Democrat, become dentists, whatever) at those same rates? I have never been able to identify such a mechanism.
2. Why does this mechanism, if it exists, seemingly let Asian-Americans commit crime with impunity?
In other words, if 100 crimes were committed, one *might* expect that 62 of the perpetrators would be white, 17 would be Hispanic/Latino, 13 would be black and 5 would be Asian. But this is far from true. Homicide offenders in the US are 6 times more likely, per capita, to be black than white (and this is from the Justice Department's own statistics, which were compiled and published under the Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black). However, Asian-Americans (NOT including Native-Americans, as they're lumped together in the UCR) make up just 1% of the prison population, rather than the 5% that their demographic would suggest they *should* comprise.
Why this disparity? Is it all part of some white conspiracy to incarcerate Asian-Americans at *lower* rates than their crimes warrant? Or could it be that different ethnic groups in the US tend to engage in different behavior -- such as blacks being 5 times more likely to have children out-of-wedlock than Asian-Americans -- and tend to inculcate different values, such as the strong avoidance of shame that the Asian-American community shares, versus . . . other things that the black community shares? Isn't it possible that the number of the members of *any* ethnic group behind bars in America simply reflects the choices that tend to be made by members of those ethnicities, and those of their parents, peers and others who influence them?
I'd like to hear your views on this.
"It's a conspiracy theory."
Nail on the head of what I've thought of this entire train of thought for a looong time.
The constant divisions of groups into ever more oppressed subgroups is a natural outcome of their group-oriented thinking running headfirst into the complexity of individuals.
They can't help but think of people in groups, but there is some part of them that realizes that you can't just group people together as "Black" or "women". But rather than realizing that judging people by these groups is a bad idea, they just keep subdividing into ever more and more narrow groups.
They'd cut out a lot of trouble, and all the bigotry, if they'd just treat people as individuals.
+Silvino José Machado Exactly. Hopefully, that's where they'll end up. Unfortunately, so many of them have allowed themselves to hate or distrust all people in the outgroups such that we'll get a lot of really nasty individuals. But that just means these people will tear each other apart all the more.
The Moral Purity these people strive so hard for doesn't exist. There's a reason we speak of "Tolerance" and not "Acceptance". Tolerance is a virtue because it means caring about others and letting them be, even if you don't like them. Everyone can be accepting of others. But some people can't tolerate differing views. And that's where you get these kinds of people.
If you are a corrupt individual or organization that is trying to control and manipulate as many people as possible in order to obtain/retain/expand your political power & the money that goes with it…
…then the mathematics of this behavior (and the corrupt ideology that it’s built on) become immediately clear:
For all those who seek power but are unable to lead others because they are unwilling to be an incorruptible person worth following…
…the only remaining path to power for such people is, and always has been, collectivism.
It is FAR easier to control a single group or a small number of groups then it is to control each individual person.
The difficulty is overcoming people’s natural inclination to think for themselves as individuals & act in their own self-interest.
Overcoming this natural logical human drive for freedom & self-determination requires large amounts of various types of corruption: dishonesty, misrepresentation, censorship, obfuscation, polarization, and (most importantly)…
…emotional manipulation.
Every single corrupt person &/or corrupt organization in history that has ever sought to obtain/retain/expand power over others has done so by manipulating emotions:
• fear
• anger
• disgust
• sadness
According to Psychology Today:
“People typically do not wake up one morning and suddenly decide to become corrupt. Corruption is a measured process slowly enveloping its victims. Corruption begins with the seeds of discontent, unhappiness, and the need for recognition. The need for recognition is a powerful psychological need. Resentment ferments over time until the tipping point is reached when unhappy people feel compelled to take action to become happy. Corruption provides the illusion of happiness. Being a member of a corrupt group provides personal recognition by other group members. Corrupted groups also provide justification for illegal activities.”
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201808/the-psychopathology-corruption
Speaking on behalf of all men (as much as it goes against my beliefs to do so): ignore Arthur Chu.
I do not understand what is meant by feminism, today. I began to identify as feminist in 1970, but I don't recognize it today.
+Jack Housman It was as crazy in the '70s. Only it wasn't mainstream.
Natasel That's really sexist. Not the pandering to women part-- that's true, but to say that listening to women is like listening to children. The problem is 1. A stupid, irrational, and hateful ideology, and 2. Uncritically acting on our instincts that allow us to favor women more in certain areas and take their concerns more seriously than men's, and afford them more empathy.
Nothing to do with women being children.
@Natasel You seriously hate women, I disagree with extreme/radical Feminism but men like you only fuel radical feminists' hatred of men.
As an academic who seeks to inform personal and professional efforts with intersectionality in mind, I was intrigued with this video. I found your points to be valid but lacking recommendations for solutions. In fact I agreed with most of what you stated and especially appreciated your simple definition of intersectionality as “a reminder to be sensitive to different kinds of social advantage and disadvantages”. Is your issue primarily concerned with the exponential expansion of groups ‘victim creep’, apparent mob mentality of bullying white men the same way marginalized individuals have been, and its perceived bubble that inherently protects it from criticism ‘conspiracy theory’? If so, then I think a clear distinction must be made between the concept and its implications (intersectionality) and the way in which sub-groups have weaponized it. To use your example of the convention in 1992, I would ask ‘how are people with allergies systematically oppressed?’ It seems the greater issue with Feminist Intersectionality should be on the drift (and misunderstanding) from its intended (original) purpose. Even first wave Feminism was not about pitting men against women but about equality of opportunity. Intersectionality is (in my opinion) a more nuanced look at how inequality is greater when one encompasses multiple oppressed identities. I would love to hear your suggestions on how to counteract this bastardization of intersectionality and get back to its roots.
Ms Hoff Sommers,
I know this is will probably never reach you or others like you. Those of the first wave. However, on the slightest off chance that it might I wish to say a simple thank you.
For all that you and those women who empowered us and who gave us a chance to be us just simply us. For bringing into the spotlight and making people back then see what women were truly capable of and for spending your energies so that women in this country did not need to live in fear true actual fear.
All this might not be properly put nor punctualized into perfection but I am getting older and at 50 sometimes I find I just dont care haha. So please bear with me and my imperfections a moment longer.
When I was a young teen in the mid 70s I came home from school one day and my parents came to "talk" to me. They handed me a fat stuffed racoon, smiled alot, and filled me with reassuances, while they explained to me how they found a lump in my moms left breast. At that time prognosis on breast cancer was not good as you will probably remember. I remember them explaining the possibilities to me and about the surgery and so on if it was cancer. I remember the look of horror on my fathers face when they were done.
That night and the following days were a nightmare for me. Not simply becuase I might lose my mom, but, if it were cancer her decision to have a mastectomy would destroy my world. My father threatened divorce, my nanny said it was unforgivable, one could not be a woman without her breasts and so so many other cruel and senseless things that would have sentenced my mother to death so she could be buried as a "whole" woman. When she grew up in the 40s and 50s appearances were everything as you know and somehow her breasts were so important that they were worth dying for. Realy?!?!
I remember my mom telling my father if she were nothing more to then a set of breasts then she had no problem with a divorce. She then said something I never forgot even 35 years later (give or take) it is my body and my decision and I wont die so I can be an "intact" woman when they bury me.
I remember being sad ,afraid, and angry becuase as odd and sad as it would have been for my mom to be without a breast how much sadder it would be to be with no mom at all.
Right into the 60s and 70s a woman amounted to little if she could not maintain her marriage ,( even if it were fake)she would not be counted a real woman if her reproduction organs were not as they were supposed to be and many other terrible constrictions. To make this short my mother mercifully did not have to make that decision as the lump was not cancerous and her breasts and marriage remained in tact, though from then on it was dead and they seperated a few years later.
So in short, Thank you for making people understand back then and still today what true feminism actually is. That a breast did not make my lunch and see me off to school nor did a womb feed me soup and medicine when I had scarlet fever.
I must admit I have little respect for the third wave feminists as I see them as petty now a days trying to remain relevant by pushing petty meaningless indignities and sensitivities that are unbecoming of a strong, independant, thinking woman. Maybe its becuase I am spoiled lol. Its not hard to be spoiled when you grew up with wonderful strong independant role models like you ,my mom, and the rest of the first wave to look up to. You all have my undying admiration!
Never fear I raised my own daughter to be just a proud and strong as I am. Throw what you will at us its okay I am a woman I can take it and I can take even more and when its all said and done I will be the stronger for it because I am a woman and I can take it! (rawr!!! lol )
Very powerful. Thank you.
Thank you. This is a beautiful message.
"Thank you for making people understand back then and still today what true feminism actually is"
What the hell is it?
Pride comes before the fall
So the black woman who founded this movement was the president of the American Sociological Association, wrote a text book and is a college professor. Yeah, I can see how oppressed she is.
+Larry Farlow She should've checked her privilege first before doing that and let someone else in the spotlight.
+jamadan d Feminists and those drawn to the "White oppression" conspiracy theory, claim that the privilege is not earned. Well, I claim that the privilege was/is the fruit of cultural, religious, scientific and technological development. Without thousands of inventors and creators of technology and science, there would be no privilege. Because knowledge is power and knowledge was well used in the Western world, unlike in others.
+Larry Farlow She "beat the odds".
American Pathological Asses*, includes psycho-drama! :D
and only certain people can obtain said knowledge so how is it that privilege doesn't exist in capitalism if said knowledge isn't accessible by all members of the society? Yes we all hold fruit ofs of knowledge/wisdom, but academic education isn't something everyone can easily obtain (Ex.: parents who work multiple min wage jobs mahy not have the time/energy to apply for scholarships, let alone time to go to/afford going to school in the US specifically)
This is so well done, Christina. You are an absolute treasure.
If feminists were as logical as the factual feminist I might identify myself as a feminist.
Me too. Maybe.
Well probably not. I live in first world country.
Intersectional Feminism: The latest sport in the Oppression Olympics.
Been a CHS fan for years, never knew she had an AEI channel. Yeah, I'm binge watching.
I took a "quiz" about privilege and plugged in all my stats. It only served to remind me that there are many reasons why a person might have a harder time in life, and that I shouldn't judge someone because they have money, or their skin is a certain color, or they get to go to a college. Unfortunately, most of the people taking these courses aren't focusing on others, they are focusing on what that means for them. That's where the disconnect seems to be, and that's what needs to stop.
Poe's Law! One cannot effectively satirize what is already pure insanity. If you tried to satirize Intersectional Feminism, you would be praised for understanding it perfectly by Intersectional Feminists.
If you search for ''Sandy Beaches'' you will find the story of a guy who pretended to be a feminist and got hired by a feminist website for his articles. He did it to test how much pandering lunacy he could get away with before the real feminists figure he was mocking their fanatism. Surprise surprise, he was actually asked to re-write a part of one article that was too soft. He came back with the most over-the-top raving lunacy, victim delirium regarding videogame Final Fantasy... and it was published.
I think the term we are looking for is "the opression olympics". Really, that is what "intersectionality" has come to.
Intersectionality is the acknowledgment that u can have intersections of privilege and oppression. Your intersections don’t negate each other.
@@39_paz how do you determine what identity is oppressed and what is oppresser?
Such a breath of sane air!
Such a breath of sane air!
A touch of heavenly light, but all the choirs in my head sang Nooooooooooo
Saying that everyone in a particular group all possess the same characteristics is the very definition of racist and sexist stereotyping.
The purpose of condemning or elevating groups based on group "oppression" or "privilege" is not to make the world better for everyone, it's only to advantage themselves through division and hate.
A selfless person knows to help no one. A selfish person demands that others help them.
Cult of intersectionality would be an awesome song
+Gentleman Nemesis i seew hat you did there. Love Living Color.
Ask and you shall receive th-cam.com/video/fUG5r5sD0Mo/w-d-xo.html
Okay, so THIS was the feminism I have so much of an issue with. That makes the world make sense again.
It's when you slam your head against a metal door for ten minutes
you're a gift
Gift doesn't even begin to describe her.
Dr. Sommers, intersectionality tries to place the emphasis on throwing around blame for oppression. But "Identity Politics" is a misnomer. My identity is not _what_ I am as much as it is _who_ I am. My identity consists of my personal choices as an individual -- exactly what Identity Politics seeks to deny and denigrate.
Awesome video! Please do a part 2 on more objections, I'd love to hear your analysis of the topic to a deeper level.
i just wanted to say that i think that you're wonderful and i'm so happy that you're sharing your ideas :)
It openly says that they don't use rational thought to reach an objective conclusion, because it is inherently western/male? How divisive and idiotic.
I think that was the best description of this topic that I've heard! Yes, people can be affected by multiple forms of discrimination, but fighting over who's the least privileged is just leading to segregation and flipping the tables doesn't do anything in the way of making things more equal... pah... we humans are a silly bunch...
Wait a minute here, point number two at the very end was crazy. It got so divided that they had to reprieve with a song. I honestly would not know how to deal with all that just to find a common ground with everyone. I am extremely glad I don't have to be in that line of work and or discussion. My hat is off to you Factual Feminist.
I recently stumbled upon this lady's videos.
Faith in humanity = restored
There’s a difference between scholars and mere academics. The latter include gender studies professors, intersectional theorists etc
Great analysis as always. I would like to know Reasons 4 and beyond as well.
That's why you've you been gone so long--you've figured it all out. Bless your heart, this is great analysis of the huge problem that is snowballing out of control. Thank you.
Any child intimately understands the value of preying on the feelings and pity of others. Most children give this up the moment they learn about dignity.
Just finished watching you with Milo Yiannopoulos and Steven Crowder.
You spoke of this channel and I came to follow it. You demonstrated great patience during that event and I wish to see more from you.
Keep up the great work,I'll be sure to share this channel with other friends of mine and binge on your videos.
I love Based Mom, she's awesome.
+Michael Ramsey Based Mom is the best
You are like the personified cure for the cancer that has been growing on actual feminism for decades. THANK YOU for being so articulate and for openly criticizing and calling out this mass hysteria. Only certain people have a voice on this issue, and yours is strong and clear.
These people are so patently absurd that I laugh whenever I hear stories about them. They are like creations of a play wright out to prove that humanity is incapable of organizing.
Ma'am, I have never see someone present videos with such an eloquent and factual approach. You are a role model others should learn and aspire to and you have my deepest respect.
Really eloquently put. I join the chorus in asking for a part 2 of this topic.
As she said: There is a basic, neutral, sensible point about paying attention to the experiences & needs of different social groups & the fact that unequal levels of access to opportunities can exist along lines of race or gender, but it can all turn crazy very quickly and it certainly doesn't help to demonize people just because they may be recipients of privilige, as if they were those who actively created it.
Seems much more reasonable to a) judge people by their actions (something that they are actually responsible for) rather than by their association with a sociologically defined group and b) to focus on creating equal opportunities wherever they don't exist yet and to encourage people to work for this common goal, instead of alienating all those who might enjoy some priviliges at the moment. After all, priviliges won't be removed by alienating those "in power". It requires cooperation and compassion, neither of which is increased by outrage.
There is *nothing* so unhinged as people racing to the bottom, so that they may be most coddled by others.
+Esteban Guitierrez Yet we wonder why we have mass shootings when fully automatic rifles had been in civilian hands decades before mass shootings became frequent.
+Marcus Smith
That has nothing to do with what I posted. Please shoehorn your talking points where they're relevant.
The comment had to do with being unhinged, as I understand it.
Anonimo Anonimo Exactly, people are getting more unhinged and I gave an example of one way they are.
Terms like "toxic masculinity" or "Microaggression" sound an awful lot like Thought Crime from George Orwell's 1984. Social Justice Warrior is just a fancy term for Thought Police.
Soon, the all-powerful government will be run by the SJW Oligarchy Council, and there will be no stopping it. *1984*
Very clearly stated and concise. It's nice to hear the problem stated in a way that makes it clear what is wrong.
Thank you Factual Feminist. Your conclusion sums up the problem with feminism and all "fights" for the rights of "marginalised" factions...
The concept of positive rights is the core problem. It places all "activists" in a bidding war for a share of the zero-sum pie of big government. Like beggars all trying to look more pitiful and deserving than the next.
Let the victim olympics commence!
This also provides the logical explanation for them all supporting the interminable enlargement of government, taxation and its powers... Make the pie bigger, so we can claim a larger share!
Based Mom is over 9,000.
This is truly one of the most intelligent, holistic analyses of intersectional feminism I've ever seen. Kudos for posting this video
As a white man, I think I should make an effort to listen to people from marginalised groups. But that doesn't mean everything they say is automatically right. They still have to provide empirical evidence for their claims, just like anyone else. Feelings are not facts.
+uhatefree speech Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because some people prejudge me based on categories they've put me in, that doesn't mean I should do the same to others.
That last point about talented people navel gazing, while large and real problems abound in the world is so salient. I hadn't considered the situation in quite that way before. Great video as usual.
Best one yet. This is the ROOT of what is wrong with the American left.
Prince of Queens the left eats itself.
Prince of Queens I enjoy your videos btw... been a while since I saw one though.
Americans are so dumb politically, if you really think this movement is what represents the left. The left right spectrum is based on economics mainly around the world but you fools are all about identity.
Mmmm Idk i think America has bigger problems with feminism. Sure its a problem. But still.
This video makes it clear that Christina Hoff Summers understands the topic much better than most of the online activists, who have no idea of the origins of intersectionality, yet Christina is accused of "not understanding intersectional feminism".
I freaking love this woman!
Intersectional feminism being taught as indisputed truth (ask questions at your own risk) is one reason why I wouldn't touch women's studies with a 200-foot pole if I could go back to college.
"The number of victims began to multiply" is pretty much all you need to know about the modern Left wing.
Left wing doesnt mean mad femenist, i would call myself a democrat because my parents raised me to care too much, i want people to have a say and make sure that say matters yet they throw hate and distrust at me because im "an evil white male". People arent that fucking shallow everyone, i have a very complex set of beliefs that intertwine and mix to help me rationalise the things i see, and i know the same goes for other people yet when one meets a group they dont agree with it is nigh impossible to understand them. TL DR: pls dont generalise the left wing im left and not a psychotic man hating misandrist.
+Kirito SAO
Yes, I realise this doesn't apply to the whole left wing. I'm left of center on some issues myself. And right of center on others.
All I meant to say is that this attitude has been very dominant in most left wing groups in recent times. There are very few exclusively left wing groups you'll find nowadays that don't have some amount of collectivist victim narrative as part of their core ideology.
+gary wood progressive stack bitches.
race to the bottom on who's the biggest victim.
*****
Very helpful, thanks.
+gary wood that was a good explanation, thanks
I took a GE class called "Men and Women in society" at a public university and the entire class was based around intersection feminism. My absolute favorite phrase was the "Matrix of Domination." It was great hearing you talk about it!
Thanks for your videos.
It's just another adaption of feminism to stay relevant in our society.
+سلام مع السلامة Aye. And there's so much more going on outside of the world too, like women in the middle eeast who are constantly oppressed. But if we bring that up, we're racist. It's not racist if it's correct, even if it is hard to hear it still needs to be bloody well heard.
Total agree with almost everything, not sure that the incarceration rate is driven by racism, though. I've heard several well known criminologists talk and assert that the crime rate in the black community is very high, in reality, and not due to the usual reasons used as excuses.
Thank you for teaching me what intersectional feminism is. I was slightly confused, but now I know. =D
I find it more than a little strange however that they are the ones to judge how oppressed you are, and basically rate you based on how oppressed they thing you are. *Then* they go a step further and say that the more oppressed you are the more knowledge you have, and that's why they demand to be listened to.
Well, correct me if I'm wrong, people who subscribe to this ideology: Knowledge is power. Power is privilege. You can't claim to be the most oppressed when you clearly have a privilege that you think no one else can have, which is the privilege to know more than us about the way the world works. That would actually be the most useful privilege one could garner. Certainly more privilege than 'You're white, so you are represented in our media more' and the like.
So which is it, are you oppressed, or privileged?
What you have just done here is used reason to overpower the rhetoric rather than falling for it. This, my friend, is why knowledge is power. Because you won't follow as the blind lead the blind into a ditch.
Candice Satti
Yes. Intersectional feminists everywhere curse the high heaven that some women actually have a brain, and use it, rather than blindly follow them.
The idea that someone could know the suffering another person has been through by only looking at their race/gender etc. is an absurdity. People are individuals.
I DEMAND THIS WOMAN BE GIVEN ALL THE COOKIES! Just kidding, but seriously, why can't SHE be the one speaking in front of the UN. She uses logical and unbiased arguments that are substantiated by logic and scientific experimentation to point out bias. I DEMAND THIS WOMAN BE GIVEN ALL THE COOKIES!
I am yet to see a group of women coming with a sign board saying *"Say No To Hypergamy!"*
Extraordinary reality check, Christina. Thank you!
Spot on. The biggest issues with identity politics, of this sort, is that it quickly becomes me, me, me. The more you section and seclude people the easier it is be 'special' equality is the realisation that nobody is special.
Oppression Olympics. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! Very well made video, full of detailed analysis. Keep 'em coming.
"turning them inwards and away from the people that need them" thank you for saying that. I've ruined relationships by ascribing to altruistic ideals poorly and neglecting those around me by saying basically "suck it up. this is more important than you" I lost sight of people by trying to look solely at humanity. I was an idiot. people needed me and I was too selfish trying to accomplish something beyond my scope and ability. it hurt to hear that phrase but a reminder of my narrowed perspective will help me not to regress to my old self. thank you. sorry this ran long.
I love you Based Mom!
Really interesting perspective. I only first came across you on Twitter, tonight, and have now already listened to about five of these and a piece of your Joe Rogan Experience interview. I have a pretty unusual history and interest in feminism.
" Consider this tweet"... You mean Consider this Twit?
Re: down with hairspray.
Asking people not to use products that other people are allergic to is actually the sanest argument I've heard from intersectional feminists.
Thanks Christina, feminism on college campuses is the new chauvinism.
i think that's she's missing the entire point of intersectionality. like anything it can be misused, but intersectionality is simply looking at feminism through a more broad lens. Feminism was built without the inclusion of minorities and only focused on the many issues that upper class white women faced in America. For instance, the women's suffrage movement only focused on suffrage for white women and not woman of other races. In a perfect world, the words intersectional feminism wouldn't be relevant because mainstream feminism would be inclusive of everyone, but sadly that isn't reality. Intersectionality is the idea that DIFFERENT people might experience the SAME type of discrimination ( ex. gender discrimination) in DIFFERENT ways based on the categories that apply to them, such as class, ethnicity, sexuality etc. Intersectional feminism is making sure all the different ways people can be stereotyped, prejudiced, and discriminated against, relating to other conditions, because of gender are addressed as well. People who are intersectional feminists are not apart of a cult, not trying to gain power and not trying to hate on white people, they are simply trying to be included in a movement supposed to be inclusive of everyone, and that involves Caucasian women as well.
Nice theory. However, in practice, it's merely more of the same old Cultural Marxism foisted on us by the psychopathic parasites who comprised The Frankfurt School. It absolutely is a grievance-mongering cult.
She addresses those who use "intersectionality" as you describe. They aren't who she's describing.
In theory, that may be the case. In theory, it's a great idea - yes, let's remember that what works for one person won't necessarily work for another, or that what looks like a great idea for one disadvantaged group might have negative consequences for another.
In practice, it is exactly what the professor is describing - a scramble for dominance that merely inverts the hierarchy it claims it wants destroyed, and takes on the worst parts of religion. A good theory becomes unassailable dogma. If you question it, then you are part of the problem and a filthy heretic. It separates people into castes based on how they were born, and outlines strict roles for each caste. It marks everyone that has a "privilege" as being inherently corrupted by original sin (for which they must spend their lives in shame, self-hatred, and echoing the words of the "clergy" because it's sinful to have an opinion of your own). Since EVERYONE has some sort of privilege, even if it's enough time and access to get exposed to the theory online or otherwise, and everyone has to scramble for victim status just to have a voice, so that they won't be one of those filthy sinners. Worse, no amount of atonement, living on your knees, and echoing the words of the victim castes will ever take away your inherent sin - your actions do not matter in this system, only the amount of original sin (privilege) you were born with
There is no hope in this configuration. No chance of redemption for the "privileged" sinner castes, and no hope of escaping victimhood for the "oppressed" castes. Your status at birth determines everything. Worse, it seems to devour itself, as stated in the example with the conference where the Black lesbian group turned on each other depending on the race of their partner. Just load up tumblr and you can see this self-destruction in action.
Allronix alright then, simply going by the rules of the english language, that "intersectional feminism", isn't intersectional feminism at all because it doesn't fit the definition. people who chose to call it that are wrong and they shouldn't be associated with actual intersectional feminist, or just plain feminist.
Yeah, that's a No True Scotsman. Frankly, I didn't sign on for progressive ideas so that I had a free licence to bully people based on their gender, sexual preference, race, or any other trait they can't control - even if it is "punching up." It's still wrong and still cruel. I can't get on board with this idea if all it's going to be is a cultish death spiral of bullying and pigeonholing and unquestionable dogma. Like anarchism, it's a lovely concept...but falls apart once it meets the inherent cruelty and hierarchical sadism of actual humans.
You want me on board? Prove it's better than what the professor here is outlining. Don't just say "Well, you don't understand," because I can only judge it on what I've seen. Argue your case, prove it's not just about bullying males or whites or "cishets." Convince me it's the best road to take - otherwise, I'll keep judging it on the nastiness I've seen it excuse and want nothing to do with it.
It's been almost a whole month. Where is the next Factual Feminist video? :(
Two months now :|
Fuck Me
I'm not sure if this is a fair representation of intersectional theory, but after looking at the mire of nonsense on wikipedia.....I'm perfectly willing to just take Sommers at her word. Of all the videos I have ever seen this one is certainly the most enlightening. It explains so much, and with such a simple concept. It reminds me of the movie Inception in that regard, but, unlike Inception, I actually understood this video. This is borderline Orwellian IMO. Why are we teaching this?
These parishioners of Intersectional Feminism are nothing less than modern Maenads. Except their Dionysus is society, and they like every other "rebel without a cause" threaten to destroy it.
Thank you, Christina, you are coming with the perspective that is worth spreading! The combination of data analysis and the way you show respect and understanding to the people you disagree with is something a lot of debaters should learn from you. Would there be a way to post this videos as podcasts? I would love to share it with my friends and I guess the podcast format is more practical.
I fucking love you Christina. I have no idea why more feminists can't be like you
+nocturnasinterfector
greed they all want it all , and step over people with some crazy plan to trick people out of it . and when the dust settles and they realize the grass wasn't greener on the otherside they won't be able to go back and pick up where they left off
+Jon “kizzmygrits” Boudreau that was rhetorical bro lol...I know dsmn good and well why feminists are a fucking joke. they focus all their time and efforts in fictional characters and also demonizing men
Because of conspiracy theories like the one she just called out on.
+nocturnasinterfector Because she is a unicorn.
+Night_Fiend6 😂😂
Thanks Christina!
You are so logical and it can't be easy for an equalitarian old school feminist to stand up to the ridiculous excesses of today's social justice warriors. My God! You might disqualify them from a gold medal in the oppression olympics!
Women like you who bravely speak out against the chilling effect the current version of intersexuality are my heros (or heroines for normal people who don't freak out about gender signifiers in language...did what I say just now even make sense? LOL)
I value the brave work that you do and your tireless dedication to eradicating the very really vicious oppression toward innocent, intelligent, and valuable human beings because they've been arbitrarily categorizes as having this thing they call "privilege".
I find it absolutely appalling that anyone truly dedicated to ending inequality can be so cavalier as to marginalize a demographic based on an artificial pecking order. Only a fraction of total members of this group have a rich relative who can get them into an Ivy League university. In the midwest where I grew up, there are many bad all-white neighborhoods plagued with crime and poverty, where individuals struggle not to take on a life of criminality. But they aren't just marginalized. They're punished for traits they had no personal choice over.