In a compelling episode of 'Sommar i P1', Professor Yvonne Hirdman delivers a sharp critique of feminism and masculinity. She explores historical and personal narratives, highlighting the absence of solidarity with women living under oppressive conditions in Sweden. Hirdman argues that issues like honor violence should be a left-liberal concern, not monopolized by the far-right.
Yvonne Hirdman's Powerful Verdict on Feminism and Masculinity
Yvonne Hirdman's Powerful Verdict
Yvonne Hirdman in 'Sommar i P1': A Sharp Critique from Yvonne Hirdman
Dear sisters, gather your daughters, but even more so your sons, and tune in for 90 minutes that begin with 'It's a Man's World' and end with an irony-laden wish to explain masculinity.
Professor Hirdman is quick-witted, articulate, and elegant as she delves into history, both general and personal, to outline the women's struggle up to the present day.
Alva Myrdal, Group 8, housewives, the stale folk home ideal, lip fillers, JK Rowling, abortion rights, the gender identity debate—she touches on all these topics and notes that in Sweden, only one type of feminism has been missing: the one in solidarity with those living under a near-medieval female order, 'the one that came with a small part of the growing immigration to this protected workshop called Sweden.'
Instead of 'a strange battle over the very name woman,' honor violence should have been a left-liberal issue, not 'the far-right's own.' And she asserts: 'a body is not a social construct.'