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That just seems like more classic patriarchy.
Calling it psychopatriarchy makes it seem badass and gives it subversive appeal.
I could easily imagine right-wing social media running with it and squawking "pSyChOpAtRiArChY!!" with gusto like dumbass Beavises going "fire! fire! FIRE!".
Not sure what that'll do for public discourse.
Calling it before it happens.
Yeah it's not helpful. We're in the backlash time of social progress. This always happens, this is just the first time we're alive experiencing it. Derkheim called it social cohesion, that's what we had in like 2014.
Not too many days ago I used the term Gang Of Psychos. I posted the article largely because I liked the word. I don't think the author consistently used the term in her article, mixing regular old patriarchy with psychopatriarchy. Psycho- suggests something within the mind.
Aside from the unfortunate portmanteau psychopatriarchy (psychopathy + patriarchy), it's a well-written article and she's not wrong.
Unfortunately, looking through comments I think that one word is going to erase her greater point, which is that patriarchal billionaires are normalizing injustice, unfairness, and plunders worldwide.
An optimist might call these kinds of "psychopatriarchal" responses a death roll, for the toxic portion of the population which finally feels challenged for their position. Then again, I long ago stopped being an optimist.
Hegseth tortures women for funsies. I'm confident the others are similar. Then there's the manosphere.
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