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Originally posted by 2HousePlague
The problem is intelligent women sooner or later discover that altruism (as it applies to them) is fundamentally mysoginistic. So I know all these smart girsl (and I LUV smart girls) who gain empowerment by reading Rand, acquire an anti-male posture and become bitches. Rand's is certainly a survivalist stance. I just wish more people could achieve a feeling of self-determination without having to lose faith in something more important than themselves.
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Why do you think altruism is fundamentally misogynistic? I think altruism in it's purest form is completely gender-neutral, it doesn't discern between sexes and stuff like that.
I think the main effect of works like Rand's isn't so much that women gain an anti-male posture, but that they cast off what Nietzsche would consider a slave morality in favor of an egocentric one.
Ofcourse, an immediate effect of that would be them refusing the traditional attitude and behaviour expected from women, and some people might consider that becoming "bitchy".
By the way, why do you consider a lack of beliefs in things bigger than oneself a negative thing? In my opinion, it is the only thing which truly liberates people, and allows them to become creators of their own world and morality.