Bloody hell nilsmousehammer. Thank you so much for spelling out what's happening so clearly:
"That awful document, the paedophile manifesto which was about how to use many tactics other political movements have gained to achieve public acceptance and legality, laid this out quite bluntly.
First dismantle social standards by calling people prudes, pearl clutchers, repeating a lot thatmodernandupto dateandyoungpeople were fine with it, to utilise that no one wants to be seen as old, fuddy duddy, out of touch.
And yes, breaking down women's boundaries and ability to protect children was also a key part. The main difficulty in access is women.
This is why breaking down parental consent and right to choose the best for their child has been important. This is why things like drag queen story time has been important. This is why talking about sex a lot with children in increasingly inappropriate ways has been a thing. This is why women are on the front line of attack on bodily privacy and autonomy not really being a thing (only silly women fuss about getting their kit off in front of random males, the cool ones are fine with it) with the subtext of repression and exclusion for vulnerable women who just can't do it at all.
And most of all, the work on the tacit right of important people to make use of others in their personal agendas up to and including their sexual experiences whether or not those others consent. Whether this is using the women going to the toilet around you, or undressing around you just by their presence, or doing things to intentionally cause the reactions that are stimulating such as shock or alarm or anger (you're beautiful when you're angry darlin'), or to engage an embarrassed young woman assistant as you loudly buy lingerie, enjoying your power over her and her obvious discomfort. Or whether you just plain make forcible use of someone's body.
It's all shades, all fractional shifting of the line. The same fractional shifting of the line that pulls up pictures of poor little Jazz Jennings, and demands to know if you'd send that poor, beautiful child into the lions den of a man's toilet. Using that child as a lever that means Bryson can yank leggings on and walk into a class and have women made to undress without protest for his agenda. And White can multiply rape and severely injure a woman on a locked mental health ward (and then pop into a women's prison and benefit from a new buffet of victims.)
The dots all join up. They do. It's not pleasant or pretty but it's in plain sight"