Yeah, that'll be the fault of runaway postmodernism.
The idea is that all views are equally valid. As such, morality is relative, and who you are is mostly just based on the social constructs of the dominant group. This was the mindset where "patriarchy" likely came from. Since they believe their entire lives are based on arbitrary socially constructed values, their existential crisis is lack of meaning and control, and subsequently nihilism.
Take the fat acceptance movement. It isn't so much that it's impossible to lose weight, it's that it's meaningless to lose weight, since they see being fit as an arbitrary social construct.
Lindy West falls into this crowd, she figures everyone is ignorant for not recognizing that they're just unconscious slaves to an arbitrary social construct which she, in her wisdom, has seen through.
What her ilk haven't yet realized is that not all social constructs are arbitrary. Being fit is better than being a repugnant fat ass for a number of reasons.
The idea is that all views are equally valid. As such, morality is relative, and who you are is mostly just based on the social constructs of the dominant group. This was the mindset where "patriarchy" likely came from. Since they believe their entire lives are based on arbitrary socially constructed values, their existential crisis is lack of meaning and control, and subsequently nihilism.
Take the fat acceptance movement. It isn't so much that it's impossible to lose weight, it's that it's meaningless to lose weight, since they see being fit as an arbitrary social construct.
Lindy West falls into this crowd, she figures everyone is ignorant for not recognizing that they're just unconscious slaves to an arbitrary social construct which she, in her wisdom, has seen through.
What her ilk haven't yet realized is that not all social constructs are arbitrary. Being fit is better than being a repugnant fat ass for a number of reasons.