TIL the term "Carceral Feminism". It means using police, courts, prison incarceration as tools of feminism.

Douglas0327 · 2020-06-23T13:15:02+00:00

Given black men are over represented in the prison system you could say this was racist as well as sexist.....

Dunkolunko · 2020-06-23T13:54:09+00:00

When it comes to men's issues, feminists completely forget they're meant to be on the left.

rannerbeer · 2020-06-23T13:06:05+00:00

Not only do feminists argue against imprisonment of women, some argue that the criminal justice system should be used against men to further feminist policies.

Quote from Wiki:

Carceral feminism is the advocacy for enhancing and increasing prison sentences that deal with feminist and gender issues. It is the belief that harsher and longer prison sentences will help work towards solving these issues. The phrase "carceral feminism" was coined by feminist sociologist Elizabeth Bernstein in her 2007 article, "The Sexual Politics of the ‘New Abolitionism." Examining the contemporary anti-trafficking movement in the United States, Bernstein introduced the term to describe a type of feminist activism which casts all forms of sexual labor as sex-trafficking. She sees this as a retrograde step, suggesting it erodes the rights of sex workers, takes the focus off other important feminist issues, and expands the neoliberal agenda. Bernstein expanded on this analysis to demonstrate how feminism has more generally become a vehicle of punitive politics in the US and abroad.

hanuman48 · 2020-06-24T00:23:00+00:00

In other words... feminism.

TIL the term "Carceral Feminism". It means using police, courts, prison incarceration as tools of feminism.

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Title	TIL the term "Carceral Feminism". It means using police, courts, prison incarceration as tools of feminism.
Author	rannerbeer
Upvotes	71
Comments	14
Date	June 23, 2020 1:02 PM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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