[fromthestart]

The fact that this revelation could only be communicated by women, and even then not without consternation, is evidence of the successful weaponization of victimhood by modern intersectional feministism.

This is a symptom of a greater degeneracy in academia, driven primarily by progressive activism, wherin objectivity of argument evaluation is presumed to be impossible, and superseded by value judgements based on feelings induced by said arguments and the socioeconomic nature of the arguers. This not so Critical Theory and the movement it spawned is dragging the country down a path of ruin as our once great intellectual institutions are pillaged of their prestige by people who have been convinced that they are owed respect and power simply for being disadvantaged. In reality they only continue to cheapen the value of the college degree and sap resources from useful pursuits.

The deleterious effects may not be so obvious in academia, but if we do not curtail the movement's gradual march into the corporate world, we will be rewarded with an increasingly disfunctional society - poorer healthcare, inferior infrastructure, confused social policy - as we increasingly award power based on perceived marginalization rather than potential or some measure of merit. Welcome to the post meritocracy "egalitarian" Utopia.

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[rubbingalcohol]

> simply for being disadvantaged

I think that's being generous. A lot of the academics screaming the loudest for blood come from very privileged backgrounds, regardless of gender, ethnicity, etc.