A few reasons, I think. They all kind of go together: - Women are both victims and perpetuators of what I call toxic empathy. They feel for the perceived victim & enjoy the applause they get for standing up for them. This applies to all kinds of issues: social justice/police brutality, LGBTQ, economics, abortion immigration, guns. (I happen to be writing a book about this!) - They have 0 incentive to think beyond the headlines that tell them black people are being gunned down by the police and women are unable to get miscarriage care. They have learned these are the only acceptable, empathetic positions and their entire social network agrees. - The biggest influencers for women are people like Glennon Doyle, Brene Brown & others in the self-empowerment field. They are liberal and make progressivism look liberating, fashionable, educated and sophisticated. They convincingly conflate progressivism with being a healthy, stable, loving person. - They are terrified of being seen as a “Karen,” which is an insecure, unsophisticated woman who hasn’t yet taken the journey to rid herself of her biases and paranoia - They don’t like Trump’s persona. It’s not that they’re just offended by it. They are embarrassed - Some of the rhetoric on the right that’s increased in popularity - calling women whores, blaming them for all the world’s problems, elevating pimps like Andrew Tate just confirm the caricatures they see of the right: that they really do hate women and want to trample on their rights No need to argue with the women I just described in the replies. You and I know all the retorts, and I probably agree with you completely. But let’s be honest, we have a lot of freaks on the right that make it really hard for even curious women to take a look at our stances. I’m doing my best to be louder than those weirdos 😂
A few reasons, I think. They all kind of go together: - Women are both victims and perpetuators of what I call toxic empathy. They feel for the perceived victim & enjoy the applause they get for standing up for them. This applies to all kinds of issues: social justice/police brutality, LGBTQ, economics, abortion immigration, guns. (I happen to be writing a book about this!) - They have 0 incentive to think beyond the headlines that tell them black people are being gunned down by the police and women are unable to get miscarriage care. They have learned these are the only acceptable, empathetic positions and their entire social network agrees. - The biggest influencers for women are people like Glennon Doyle, Brene Brown & others in the self-empowerment field. They are liberal and make progressivism look liberating, fashionable, educated and sophisticated. They convincingly conflate progressivism with being a healthy, stable, loving person. - They are terrified of being seen as a “Karen,” which is an insecure, unsophisticated woman who hasn’t yet taken the journey to rid herself of her biases and paranoia - They don’t like Trump’s persona. It’s not that they’re just offended by it. They are embarrassed - Some of the rhetoric on the right that’s increased in popularity - calling women whores, blaming them for all the world’s problems, elevating pimps like Andrew Tate just confirm the caricatures they see of the right: that they really do hate women and want to trample on their rights No need to argue with the women I just described in the replies. You and I know all the retorts, and I probably agree with you completely. But let’s be honest, we have a lot of freaks on the right that make it really hard for even curious women to take a look at our stances. I’m doing my best to be louder than those weirdos 😂
I don’t think it’s “toxic empathy”. If it was they’d actually show traits of being empathetic, which they don’t. They show irrational, hatred and bigotry for anyone who believes differently-that’s not empathy. Many of these women are single, childless & see the masses as their children who they have a right to discipline. The white liberal ones seem to view themselves as superior (further evidence they don’t have empathy) I think it’s more of a desire for power & anger at a world that refuses to change for them. They direct their anger at the majority when really it’s directed towards biology, human nature & the unchangeable world around them.
@RebeccaAVelo @conservmillen Hence the qualifier of “toxic” because it’s not true empathy. It’s self-righteousness.
@carrierushing @conservmillen But it’s not empathy at all. Why would you call it empathy if you know it’s not? What’s an example of their “empathy”? Who exactly do they help and how? 🤔