THE 'NEW REALISM' OF FEMINISM
It seems to me that the current rejection of feminism is increasingly based on a spurious rejection of its New Realism, and a desperate restoration of the symbolic orders of patriarchy. If something characterizes current feminism since 2018 (both social and academic feminism), it would be the notion that there is a material and structural masculinism; that is, a masculinism which includes but is not limited to the performative order, nor to the order of signs, not even to the order of language or the much-loved appearances (as opposed to the essences) of patriarchy. T hen we can talk of a true realistic turn in current feminism, taking off from the frequent accusations (mostly from the conservative reactionaries) of being only a ‘symbolic’ struggle. Needless to say, accusations of ‘symbolic' or ‘culture’ struggles are eminently obtuse, since they understand culture as something separate from the real life... -Kind of Nature/Culture metaphysical dualism resucited...