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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by bell-cot on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:40PM (#31597137)
This sounds extremely similar the ~century-ago situation in American feminism. Lesser right for women of "lesser" racial, religious, social, etc. backgrounds were, ah, not much of a concern.
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by pasabagi on Thursday June 02, 2022 @05:03PM (#31600474)
It's also the same the other way around: a lot of male anti-racism activists / communists / etc were very sexist. Some still are. I still think it's nice that feminists are, today and historically, generally ahead of the curve when it comes to these things.
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by int_19h on Saturday June 04, 2022 @10:10PM (#31627246)
Quite a few people who are into the "revolution" stuff are there because of the associated macho masculinity. It's no coincidence that Che Guevara is such a popular icon.

Generally speaking, the more authoritarian someone on the left is, the more likely they are to be sexist. Stalinist tankies are the rock bottom.

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