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Try these links:
The Two Front War Against Women: Why No Political Force in the West Advocates for Women byKajsa Ekis Ekman
https://www.spinifexpress.com.au/blog/no-one-defends-womens-interests-anymore
https://savageminds.substack.com/p/the-two-front-war-against-women
Both links are in the process of being archived.
The woman in the West faces a major dilemma: no contemporary political force is advocating for her interests. One side wants to abolish her rights, while the other wants to erase her name. The conservative right wants to strip her of the right to abortion, sexuality, and freedom of movement. The liberal left, on the other hand, argues that women do not even exist, wants to open women’s sports and female prisons to men, and has launched a campaign to remove the word “woman” from public documents, replacing it with terms like “uterus-bearer.” The most recent attempt to remove the word “woman” from the Swedish abortion law—fortunately stopped—is just one example.
These sides are waging an all-out war against each other in what is often referred to as the “culture war.” A rather odd term, because what do the rights of women have to do with culture? In reality, it is a war of the sexes that is taking place, but a very strange one, where women are not protagonists, but pawns, scapegoats, excuses or targets.
Kajsa Ekis Ekman, she writes very well and is incredibly perceptive of the situation. The key point as always is, why do women always help advance misogynistic interests? It usually wouldn't have gotten that far without all that aid. And it's all across the board, so contemporary theories about "right wing women" don't really apply.
The link got messed up somehow. Try this ons. https://www.spinifexpress.com.au/blog/no-one-defends-womens-interests-anymore?
I felt insane trying to explain to a "this is what a feminist looks like" shirt wearing left leaning friend why erasing women as a legally protected sex class is not actually erasing sexism or misogyny. But she thinks its progress, will stop sexist laws (ie. says abortion was only controversial because it was associated with women(??) and TWAW means it's 'no longer just White Feminism'. Wish I could just hand this out instead. Great writing. It really is on all fronts.