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> I'm not sure what to put this down to. I usually use terms like feminism and political correctness.

This is sometimes called "cultural marxism". It is in my opinion the dominant ideology that permeates our thinking, our language and our behavior nowadays. That's why it is so hard to put our finger on it. We are like a group of goldfish discussing the concept of "water". Dr. Jordan Peterson of the University of Toronto does a great job at explaining how emancipation movements that were born with the best of intentions can transition gradually into tyranny. Though he uses just the word "marxism".

http://www.c2cjournal.ca/2016/12/were-teaching-university-st...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04wyGK6k6HE

Of course there's also the fable "Animal Farm" by George Orwell which masterfully describes the cycle of emancipation from tyranny to a new form of tyranny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm