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by replygirl 1227 days ago
since in contemporary western society we don't have commonly agreed-upon ideas of "good", "good" becomes an individualized, emotionally-driven thing about agreeability. in the absence of a standard, "the virtues" are replaced with the much more malleable concept of singular "virtue". so today "virtuous" just means "good" and "good" means "agreeable to my worldview", and since we've collectively conflated worldview with politics, having acceptable politics is, quite literally, signaling virtue.

point is that while it's disappointing for the west to lack a clear moral sensibility, the linguistics are perfectly coherent

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In order to smash the patriarchy completely, we'll need to abolish the term "virtuous" because it literally means "manly".

So, even a "virtuous woman" possesses "manly" good qualities. Repugnant, isn't it?