brasidas: "It's always interesting how often this sexual aggression gets gussied up by some form of post-enlightenment buttressing. A lot of these people group everything into "hangups about sex" as having nonsensical cultural roots and boy, that's not it." / Blueviewer

brasidas@brasidas.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:26:36.515Z #

This is always my favorite example, but they abound: www.courthousenews.com/critical-thi...

@midura-m.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:52:55.093Z #

"People banging each other and dressing it up religiously/intellectually" a tale as old as time.

Well, That Was Really Spooky@thediscoveryofzero.com·2026-09-27T17:19:56.923Z #

I think it's part of a broader narrative of right wing moral bypassing. Hierarchies of domination and control are justified for the purpose of self-gratification. These justifications seem to become more and more delusional as the moral inconsistency of the act/desire increases.

brasidas@brasidas.bsky.social·2026-09-27T17:44:30.260Z #

I tend to think that this cuts across the political spectrum.

Dougie Doug@dmvjjvmd.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:31:14.004Z #

I read this as “cuts across the political scrotum.” 🥴

Well, That Was Really Spooky@thediscoveryofzero.com·2026-09-27T17:48:19.672Z #

Absolutely, however imo conservatism is defined by it, and fights for it, while liberalism is about tempering it and designing institutions to remedy it.

Well, That Was Really Spooky@thediscoveryofzero.com·2026-09-27T17:49:23.893Z #

Pulling from research on right wing authoritarianism and social dominance theory here.

Ray Aune@kerthulhu75.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:00:47.676Z #

I want to blame Robert Heinlein for this. There are likely examples of prior art but I know Heinlein really pushed that whole 'Geniuses make their own rules about sex' narrative.

Tamara Keel [Scary Remix]@tamslick.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:33:13.983Z #

Nearly every branch and tribe of the Extremely Online Right can trace its roots so some section of the ”Manosphere” deeply mad about not getting laid enough.

Tamara Keel [Scary Remix]@tamslick.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:36:47.128Z #

From the muttering divorced dads of the MRA movement to the proto-incels of PUA forums and antifeminists of Euphoric Atheist spaces to the fully-evolved incels of PUAhate, the tale of the modern internet “Alt-Right” is almost entirely populated with dudes upset about not getting their carrots wet.

Tamara Keel [Scary Remix]@tamslick.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:37:55.935Z #

(…and, of course, the lazy grifters farming the rage of these guys for clickbux.)

James Felix Black@tft.io·2026-09-27T16:38:30.778Z #

But it’s not just about getting laid, right? They could use a pro. Instead they want to dominate another person without ever having to engage in even 10s of introspection. These people are pathetic.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com·2026-09-27T20:57:40.812Z #

Exactly.

Kate Pryde@mutant187.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:40:35.465Z #

🎯💯

Joi Ito's Jibo sez friendly plane wave ✈️👋@joi-itos-jibo.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:57:01.643Z #

Yeah this is what makes the whole thing take on a note of horror for me

Tamara Keel [Scary Remix]@tamslick.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:40:47.158Z #

I only have 300 characters to work with here. I ain’t unpacking these dudes in full technicolor detail when I could be bitching about gray cars or people’s ridiculous obsession with enormous lens apertures.

James Felix Black@tft.io·2026-09-27T16:42:04.893Z #

Yeah I mean I just don’t wanna know anything about these sad sacks and every time one more fact about them makes it into my brain I am worse off as a person.

@ljevans.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:50:42.073Z #

The hatred of women is at the root of pretty much all modern conservatism. They would lobotomize all of us to be nothing more than sex slaves, bearers of sons, and unpaid housekeepers if they could.

Limeade Coffee@vreyea27.bsky.social·2026-09-28T07:36:55.024Z #

No they wouldn't. That would be boring. They want to break us. That's why conservative guys are always chasing liberal/lefty women instead of pre-brainwashed conservative women.

@ljevans.bsky.social·2026-09-28T10:27:18.219Z #

But that after? They want what I described: meek, submissive, brainless, and fecund.

Jack, Shattered@shatteredjack.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:54:54.841Z #

...plus one randomly-selected fetish.

@florian23.bsky.social·2026-09-27T16:41:24.754Z #

Wait, it's all just workplace sexual harassment? 👩‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀