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“The figure of the raging revolutionary or angry activist teaches us something: those who fight for alternative futures are seen as committing acts of senseless violence, which stops…
Utilitarian happiness is approached through an economic lens in line with a cost benefit analysis (see p. 124) What are some implications for thinking of happiness as a…
1. What is the Ahmed meaning when she says “to those who do not come against it the wall does not appear”? Is the wall there for those…
1 Are there moments in your life where you genuinely find happiness in someone else’s happiness? Do you think this conditional dynamic is organic and healthy, or does…
In this chapter, Ahmed begins with the relationship between happiness and object. He points out that we make judgements of things as good or bad things based on…
1. When Janey confronts her friend Veronica about her initial reaction to her assault, Veronica says “You have to understand, it was very awkward for everybody”. She says…
Highlights In her third chapter called “Discriminating Sexism,” Manne delves into the relationship between sexism and misogyny. While she acknowledges that misogyny could have a more general definition…
1. On page 61, Manne says that men’s displayed hostility towards women “is compatible with their being egalitarians in the abstract”. Do you think that a man can…
1. Strawson thinks that the truth/falsity of determinism thesis cannot be relevant to how we choose to act (such as the choice of suspending a certain kind of…
Introduction In the introduction of her novel Down Girl, Kate Manne breaks down the current “Naive Concept of Misogyny”–using fascinating case studies and illustrative examples–to effectively rebuild her…