According to the representative of the 'Fight the Patriarchy' project, what lies at the core of social injustice is privileged groups thinking that they're superior to unprivileged groups.
"Each generation of privileged individuals get taught that they are somehow special and they continue on the oppression of the underprivileged," they said.
"Whether we're talking about men acting superior to women, born humans acting superior to preborn humans, cishet individuals acting superior to LGBTQIA+ individuals, white folks acting superior to POC, humans acting superior to nonhuman animals, or able-bodied individuals acting superior to the disabled, what would need to change is each of these privileged groups being open to how they or their ideologies have harmed the underprivileged."
They told Bored Panda that justice will come when people "can be deprogrammed from the oppression they were raised to believe is 'just how life works.'"
'Fight the Patriarchy' believes that sexism and toxic masculinity are issues that definitely can be solved. "Cismen need to be able to have an open mind and hear people out as well as tackle the prejudices that have been instilled in them by society. Capitalism, religion, white supremacy, patriarchy, born supremacy, and human supremacy are all detrimental power structures that have harmed vulnerable groups, but it doesn't have to be this way. The individuals who these systems benefit have to do the work to unpack that within themselves."
In writer Ariane's opinion, there's generally more social progress and gender equality nowadays than a few decades ago. "I mean, when my mum gave birth to me in 1980, she was expected by society to give up work and look after her kids. As a highly intelligent woman working as a university lecturer, having worked super-hard, prioritized her career and risen up the ranks until this point, this wasn't fair or right," the writer told Bored Panda.
"This wouldn't be an expectation these days—jobs are held open for women and it's illegal to fire someone because they're pregnant," she said, adding that it's also illegal not to hire someone in the first place just because they're pregnant.
"There are more single women than ever and studies show we're happier than partnered women on average too. Women can have a baby without needing a partner, childcare is more widely available too, and only people stuck in the Dark Ages think less of women who work and put their kids in nursery," Ariane said.
"However, Roe v. Wade being overturned was a devastating blow for women's reproductive rights and I truly feel for women of childbearing age in America right now. It's an incredibly regressive step and I hope they manage to reverse it," she commented on the recent news in the US.
According to Ariane, the fight against sexism and toxic masculinity is a never-ending one, but an important one.
"We've taken great progressive strides from where we were in the 1950s when women were expected to be Stepford Wives, so in another 70 years, we may achieve parity with men. At least, that's my hope. And even if the fight against sexism is a constant, never-ending battle, it's one we must never concede."
The founders of the ‘Fight the Patriarchy’ Facebook page describe themselves as feminists who are “determined to fight injustice everywhere.”
“We're intersectional, so we fight sexism,” they explain. At the time of writing, the page had 27k followers who react and comment on the latest posts that deal with gender relations, examples of injustice, and screenshots of people tackling sexism in everyday life.
Most recently, many people in the US and around the world have been in an uproar about Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court. What this means is that each state in the US now has the ability to decide whether or not abortions are legal. Some have expressed fears that due to this, women’s rights have experienced a huge setback.
Celebrity expert Mike Sington shared with Bored Panda earlier that it’s very important for public figures and stars to denounce the Supreme Court’s decision.
"Celebrities and public figures speaking out against Roe v. Wade being overturned has been very important, especially for young people. Freedom of choice has been a right granted to Americans for 50 years, so younger people don’t know what a world is like without that freedom," Mike said.
"I think it’s the sensitive issues like this that celebrities have the most impact on because it tells the public they are not alone in the feeling of despair they are having by a fundamental right being taken away," he told us.
"The impact celebrities have will not be on the Supreme Court itself, and I don’t expect it to change the opinions of politicians either. What celebrities can do is drive people to the polls this November to actually change who the politicians are representing them," the expert said that the political impact of the decision will be felt in the autumn of 2022.
"Other rights granted by the Supreme Court are now in jeopardy, so it will be important to have political representatives in place that can turn those rights into laws," he told Bored Panda.
"I’m on Twitter a lot, and I’ve seen nothing but widespread condemnation of the Court’s opinion. Polling confirms what I’m seeing on Twitter. The vast majority of Americans support a woman’s right to choose."
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