#m/patriarchy both inherently dehumanise everyone regardless of gender bc gender roles are unattainable and inhumane | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tyrannuspitch · 10 months

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barbie discourse is sooo silly gerwig made barbieland a matriarchy and everyone was like "girlboss time! power fantasy with no consequences please!" and then the actual film came out and it was like "okay well maybe matriarchy wouldn't fix everything actually" (bare basic understanding of humanity) and people are calling that "anti-feminist" for "focusing too much on the kens" when it was actually pretty well balanced and, again, the kens were literally the original marginalised gender in barbieland. and people are saying we shouldn't care, Because They're Men. "umm what do you MEAN just flipping the genders in m/patriarchy isn't the answer... what do you MEAN i have to care about other people..." YOU ARE KEN. You Are Ken

#like the barbies and kens have literally BOTH been on both sides of gendered oppression #yes stereotypical barbie still suffers from misogyny before ever going to the real world / experiencing patriarchy #but the point of that isn't that barbieland isn't a true matriarchy #it's that gender roles hurt everyone no matter who's in charge #m/patriarchy both inherently dehumanise everyone regardless of gender bc gender roles are unattainable and inhumane #so *barbie's* arc is as much 'men have problems too' as ken's is skjsjdfsk #and ken's arc is as much 'traps feminists fall into' as barbie's is!!#not saying it's a groundbreaking film or anything but it makes a simple and correct point very very clearly #and people are sooo angry that it's right skjfdjsjk #barbie 2023

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