I’ve written about mothers before here, here and here. And here and here and elsewhere. I stand by every word I’ve ever said about mothers as a class, including that they are sluts and that I am fucking sick of their bullshit. I am. In honor of Mothers’ Day, I would like to remind everyone what antiauthoritarianism is at base. Bruce Levine’s blog is a good reference for anyone who wants more.
Antiauthoritarianism is not the outright rejection of all authority, it is the rejection of illegitimate authority, where legitimate authority is based in honesty, knowledge, and care and concern for one’s charges. Thus, regarding mothers and presumed maternal authority, “authority” that is based on letting some dick dragging loser impregnate you is not legitimate authority.
For women who only became mothers in the first place because of rape, authority that is based on being too powerless to stop it is illegitimate authority. Authority that is delegated from someone else, whose authority is not based on honesty, knowledge, and care and concern for one’s charges, is illegitimate authority. Authority that only exists because of the worst mistake you ever made — by having kids you never wanted — or which exists because of the best choice you ever made — by having kids you actually wanted — and which is not otherwise based on honesty, knowledge, and care and concern for one’s charges is illegitimate authority.
The only thing that matters, when it comes to the legitimacy or illegitimacy of anyone’s authority is honesty, knowledge, and care and concern for one’s charges. Get it? Good.
Lying liars (or spinning spinners aka politickers including COVID politickers) are not legitimate authority, stupid shits who can’t put 2 and 2 together are not legitimate authority (no, I’m not talking about math), the selfish and self-interested do not hold legitimate authority over anyone, let alone over children. And let alone over other adults for that matter. Does anyone reading here actually know a single authority figure that holds legitimate authority over anyone? Considering that under patriarchy, literally all recognized authority is patriarchal authority, radical feminists must concede that no recognized authority is legitimate as it pertains to girls and women because it is based in the lies, ignorance, and self-interest of men and maleness and that includes the illegitimate authority of motherhood.
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