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In reply to the discussion: A Major New Study Shows That Political Polarization Is Mainly A Right-Wing Phenomenon [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)no, it's the level of BS.
And she succeeds because she enjoys being contrarian. Paglia* is also a magificent troll.
Any activism that challenges preconceived notions about anything is gonna be "adversarial",
....but you're saying that because some leftists deny differences exist between men and women, that progressives have to own up to this and it's somehow the same as the denialists on the right. Except it isn't. We should be careful making deterministic or prescriptive arguments because of hormones in this age where we're discovering neuroplasticity and a bunch of other factors that influence psychological make up. Of course hormones do influence behavior, what "adversarial" feminists usually argue is that hormonal differences should not justify discrimination.
(And the problem isn't just conservative Christians but libertarians as well: it is the Koch Brothers who have financed anti global warming crusades after all. )