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Nitram

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10. Yes, some men, and some women, hate women. But more insidious are those who want to enslave women
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:18 PM
May 2018

and treat them as the lazy, childlike, mentally inferior people that slaves were regarded as in the 19th Century. The hate meme is very limited in its ability to understand the mindset with which we are confronted here. The Handmaid's Tale warns us of exactly this. The incel population is a very small and distinct fringe group with little power and influence. The patriarchal community of conservative evangelicals and "christians" is fare more dangerous in the long run.

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