Have women ruined work? I’m not asking myself that, that’s what conservative journalist Ross Douthat said a few days ago Interesting timesthe podcast that presents and coordinates The New York Times. “Men and women are different. This is a fundamental premise of conservatism in the age of Trump: that liberalism and feminism have failed by pretending that both sexes are equal. But what does this difference really mean? Should the right try to reverse the entire feminist era? Or is there a form of conservative feminism that corrects the mistakes of liberalism?”, she teased in her argument at the start of an hour-long program. To test his theory that the intersectional feminist movement was lost, the columnist also invited two women to defend, as part of the position that only conservatism will save us, two sides on a scale that always leans to the right. On the one hand Helen Andrews, author of the “great feminization” theory, according to which equality is bad for women. On the other, Leah Libresco Sargent, an atheist writer who converted to Catholicism and preaches female dependence with Christian values. When The New York Times has increased podcasts on its website, it did so with the understated title “Have Women Ruined the Workplace?” As expected, there was a good fight.
“For a major media outlet to publish a headline like “Have Women Ruined the Workplace?” In a world currently run by some of the most sociopathic, mediocre and narcissistic men imaginable, who squeeze every last drop out of everyone else while burning the planet alive because they can never be satisfied with what they already have, is certainly an odd choice,” reported Substack scientist Katie Jgln. “Since NYT If you ask yourself “Have women ruined the workplace?”, why not also ask: Have men ruined workplace safety? Have men ruined home security? Have men ruined international security? Have humans ruined the peace of mind of not having to worry about nuclear war? Have humans ruined the peace of mind of not having to worry about a global economic collapse? Or is it because the resounding “YES” to all these questions is too difficult for the most vulnerable men to accept, and that is why NYT “Does it prevent it?” the communicator and human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid asked himself, again on that platform. Within hours, and despite the avalanche of criticism, the publication changed the headline to the no less problematic “Has Liberal Feminism Ruined the Workplace?”, once again raising another wave of criticism.
A few weeks ago, journalist Susan Faludi explained in this newspaper that the anti-feminism of the 1990s was child’s play compared to the one we live in, which declared war on progress in equality. “The current reaction is much more virulent and less subtle. Before, it was applied with a kid glove. That reaction was to say, ‘We’re just here to help you be happy.’ When analyzing this new ultra wave, we even feel tenderness for the sexists of yesteryear who told us that feminists were bitter and would remain alone. Now not only do we have to put up with this and those who ask us “where are the feminists?”, as if we were firefighters eager to deal with any moral distress, but they blame us for ruining everything. Even their toxic jobs. This is a cross and not Rosalía’s.
