Anyone can tell you there’s no more road to ride

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Feb 22 '12
“That same frantic panic over the loss of the ancient bargain also lies that the core of the worldwide rash of fundamentalist religions. Modern industrial economies have undermined the authority of men both in the public sphere and in the private realms; and since they’re limited in how far they can challenge it in the external world, they’ve turned women’s bodies into the symbolic battlefield on which their anxieties over this play out. Drill down to the very deepest center of any of these movements, and you’ll find men who are experiencing this change as a kind of personal annihilation, a loss of masculine identity so deep that they are literally interpreting it as the end of the world. (The first rule of understanding apocalyptic movements is this: If someone tells you the world is ending, believe them. Because for them, it probably is.)”
— Sara Robinson, “Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified Of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About It 100 Years From Now,” via Alternet.  Excellent analysis of how the technological and biological advances in contraception have led to an apocalyptic mind frame. (via kelmunger)

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