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Some thoughts on princess treatment, going 50/50, paternalism, and false consciousness Another thing to note that I forgot to say is that “princess treatment” is just taking good care of your partner, which shouldn’t be gendered, it should be mutual and reciprocated in any healthy and loving relationship! Yet another way that the patriarchy harms men as well… #feminism #marxism #gender #ValentinesDay #couple
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Quick PSA since Valentine's Day is coming up. But I just wanna say, I feel like there are a lot of people both online and in real life who call themselves feminists, but still very much uphold the patriarchy and gender norms when it comes to their personal relationship. And I'm not gonna lie. I feel like some of y'all aren't ready for this conversation. Because when I hear people talking about how they want, like, princess treatment, and they don't like going fifty fifty with their boyfriends and how they just, like, being able to turn their brain off when they're with their boyfriend and la da da da da. What I'm hearing is that you don't worst an equal partner and you don't wanna be treated like an equal partner. You want a caregiver and you want to be infantilized. But mind you, infantilization and paternalism is still a form of oppression. It's just marketed better. And I know people say stuff like, oh, it's not what you can do for the patriarchy, but what the patriarchy can do for you. Like, girl, everything the patriarchy does for you has strings attached. When people talk like this, they're referring to something called benevolent sexism. And while I understand the sentiment entirely, it's like, girl, if you date someone who is benevolently sexist, chances are they're also non benevolently sexist too. Now I know this is an extreme example, but this kind of paternalism is the same logic that they use to justify slavery. Like, anti abolitionist slaveholders would be like, oh, but, like, I treat my slaves so well. So what's the problem?