Esa's Notebook

Intersectional feminism emerged in academia in the United States as a kind of amendment to traditional feminism. It extends the concepts of oppression and exploitation to other oppressed groups. It seeks to dismantle the social structures and gender divisions that oppress women.

Intersectional feminism is essentially a Marxist ideology. It examines the oppression experienced by identity groups in society, as Marxism fundamentally does. There is a desire to take the right, status and power from privileged groups (white straight men) and transfer them to those who are discriminated against and driven into the outer circle (women, and especially oppressed women in various ways). This is, in a way, an ideology aimed at social revolution.

Intersectional feminism can be seen as a kind of Trojan horse: ideology is pushed through under the guise of things that seem good. Although it contains some outwardly quite good-sounding ideas, it is very damaging because it has a certain, unchanging ideological structure. It does not solve the problems it claims to solve as its idea of reality is that, in essence, it is always a struggle for power. For example, if everything that happens in the family is viewed only from that point of view, a power struggle ensues.

Intersectional feminism is making a social revolution, including the traditional dualistic conception of gender. This is already being promoted in early childhood education and care as a kind of new norm for families and society. In it, the conservative conception of gender as two sexes is an oppressive construct that must be dismantled. Everyone must be able to decide for themselves what they are like, including children. E.g. In the United States, children have been able to decide for themselves which gender they feel they belong to, and accordingly, hormonal and surgical gender modification treatments have been initiated to support the decision.

In the Finnish Medical Journal,  a Finnish doctor summed this up well. According to him, there is a culture war going on in the area of sexuality, where words matter. For example, what do the words “woman” and “man” mean? Especially among young people, there is a huge interest in gender identities that deviate from the dichotomy. Gender dysphoria is a phenomenon that is poorly understood. It is therefore extraordinary that invasive treatments are used without this contradiction being openly discussed. There are no evidence-based health care methods for minors.

Intersectional feminism does not increase collective equality, but weakens it. It does not increase collective democracy, but paves the way for selfishness and self-centeredness. It does not build, but divides society and families.