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@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe @blogdiva@mastodon.social this is a total tangent, so forgive me, but I’ve been thinking the last few days about how alternate belief systems that spring up in opposition (at least in part) to Christianity (specifically some Satanist sects, but 100% the atheist bros too) inevitably keep all the patriarchy garbage. Like, what? Why would I trade one male figurehead for another? What are you… why do you think that’s a compelling offer?? Especially the Satanist ones, given how if you read nothing but Puritan fanfiction you’d think everything outside of Christianity was a matriarchy and…

anyway, sorry. Just like… I’m so… I shouldn’t say surprised. Just disappointed. “We’re not like those Christians!”
“In that you reject patriarchal norms and roles, right” nervous Padme meme