the right’s view of masculine sexuality as wholly barbaric (controlled by marriage) matches the cultural left’s cynical attitude towards casual sex and leaves no room for a higher bar that humanizes men, no view of sex as capable of holding meaning, of men as dignified beings
“treat them like rational creatures” remains one of the most important feminist demands. stop romanticizing women as delicate little beings who need to be managed, protected and spoken for. being adored as an object is not the same thing as being respected as a person.
Everyone who works harder than me is guilty of romanticizing their academic calling. Everyone who does less work than me is a lazy hack. Only I know the exactly correct balance between being exploited and phoning it in