Feminist Rips the Womens March for Not Addressing Any of the Important Issues Nicole S Glass / Shutterstock
Women's March demonstrators gather in Lafayette Square in January 2018. The group is now divided over charges of anti-Semitism among its own leadership. (Nicole S Glass / Shutterstock)
By Karista Baldwin
January 20, 2019 at 7:49am
One self-described radical feminist is speaking out against the Womens March for its failing to focus on actual womens issues.
Phyllis Chesler, a long-time feminist and a professor of psychology and womens studies, called the march a con job and criticized it for its unfit leadership.
In an opinion piece published by Fox News on Saturday, Chesler voiced her disapproval of the latest wave of feminism. She wrote that the marches are stage events, not revolutions, and lamented the loss of a vibrant and radical feminist movement.
Now 78, Chesler is considered part of second-wave feminism, the movement that ushered in the sexual revolution (and legalized abortion).
She believes that the current feminist movement is no longer really concerned with womens issues. Instead, feminism is now about intersectionality and identity politics, at the cost of real womens liberation.
The Womens March addresses things like immigration reform and police violence against black men; they say they are anti-racists, more than they are anti-sexists; and they prioritize queer and transgender politics, but never plain old garden variety womens issues, Chesler wrote.
She complained about how the leaders of the Womens March are branded like actors and reality show celebrities, unlike the members of grassroots movements Chesler was a part of.
Chesler expressed disapproval of modern feminisms convoluted identity politics, where members get points for their minority statuses. She also bashed the march for its anti-Semitism, pointing to claims that Jewish leaders were pushed out of the group.
Chesler believes that the few Jewish members of the marchs committee, have mainly been chosen as window dressing and as proof of intersectionality.
She argued that current feminist leaders obsession with inclusiveness trumps their concern with womens rights in Third World countries. Chesler called out Womens March leader Linda Sarsour for failing to condemn the human rights abuses in Muslim states.
Sex trafficking? Child marriage? FGM? Forced face veiling? Honour killing? None of these issues are being addressed by the American Womens March leadership, Chesler wrote.
Many conservatives have voiced similar confusion over the broad range of issues that are now being grouped under the name of feminism. Advertisement - story continues below
However, the fact that Cheslers criticism comes from an old-school feminists perspective says a lot about how far gone the modern feminist movement has come. The left is imploding on itself. Liberals cant sustain coherence with their identity politics-focused model because its inherently divisive.
Leftists compete with each other to see whos more oppressed, and bash anyone they deem privileged.
They demonize Americans by carelessly throwing around labels like racist and Nazi, and are therefore deathly afraid of the labels being turned on them.
As Chesler wrote, this comes at the price of real crises that need attention. Tied up in their own identity politics, liberals are often silent on the issues they should be helping, like the sexist practices rampant in radical Islam.
Feminism is no longer feminist enough for people like Chesler. Some African-Americans are no longer considered black enough for liberals.
Prominent gays and lesbians are criticized for not advocating for gay rights in the politically correct way.
And even old-line feminists are starting to notice.
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