Excellent, as ever. I also found out and wrote in my book "Jenseits der Diagnosen", that the "female factor" is one big behind the surge of diagnosises and treatments in the recent years. A growing share of therapists is female, Women mostly do not disagree openly to each other. Women seek - despite official saying - supply and support, want to be weak in someones arms and have a greater seek for attention. Sexual attraction and fragility is more important. With the rise of feminism a growing mismatch between the claims of feminism and the demands of women, the shown and the felt picture of oneself is seen. Women are the majority of forerunners of climate anxiety, Social Justice Movements, Wokeness, Victimhood Culture and DEI. With that all, also higher anxiety, more need to be healthy, more emotion, all this makes psychotherapy for women more attractive beyond the real illnesses, which of course exist.
I beleive Janice Fiamengo, in one of her presentations, spoke about how feminism planned to demolish the family structure.
A married mate of mine once told me that his wife had said she felt depressed or unhappy after reading women's magazines. A closer look at the self-help articles that they publish and the level of negative stories, it is little wonder that it has an effect on the female population.
"Women have it worse" stories and research articles perhaps exacerbate the issue. The Conversation, which claims to have academic rigour, is fond of publishing research studies demonstrating that the female gender has it worse. A self fulling prophecy.
"Marriage is a Patriarchial institution invented by men to keep women oppressed" This was a popular narrative last century.
You are absolutely correct. From the writings of Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft to Susan B. Anthony, many early proponents of feminism advocated for the "free love" movement and criticized the family structure as a source of drudgery for women. This underscores the great lie that feminism is solely about equal rights—or its modern iteration, equal opportunities—for women. From its inception, it was driven by upper-class, privileged women envious of men, seeking to exact their revenge under the guise of progress.
These "women have it worse" stories as you aptly point out, same content, different packaging.
As a high functioning autistic woman, I learned to hate feminism with a burning passion. I was severely abused by women and girls growing up, because of my disability. I developed c-ptsd and a binge drinking problem because of abusive women. Making feminism legal in the west was the greatest mistake ever to come into reality. I hope one day, that dreaded movement will be permanently abolished for good.
I've heard feminist friends celebrate how white-middle-aged doctors no longer tell anxious-depressed young women that they probably just need to have a baby. Progress! And of course that approach may be a tad simplistic. But they've quite literally thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
Quite right. It turns out, being pregnant is a stabilizing agent, often I have seen Borderline girls have the best months of their lives when their pregnant. It-s incredible.
Thank you, Dr. Spier. Feminism is indeed founded on resentment. I would also say it is founded on misandry: feminists view men in much the same light as the Nazis viewed Jews.
I read your entire post. Feminist conditioning starts in school, and the depression builds up by teaching us to deny our biological, instinctive needs. From encouraging casual dating in school, to commitment free cohabitation, to a marriage that falls 2nd in line after a job, it is set up to fail women.
However frustrating the train wrecks must be, take solace in the (younger?) women whom you can guide to find a healthy path in life. Such intervention can make a world of difference.
Thank you Stephen! Yes, that does help. It has been hard emotionally, it affects me very much these 30 somethings who end up childless. Those cases are for me the worst, and the motivation behind Psychobabble. I wish you a happy New Year!
Tack för dina texter Hanna, de är så bra! ❤️Du skriver ibland om att feminister är emot self inprovement, hur menar du? Har du andra texter där du utvecklar det argumentet ? Tack!
Selv takk Emmeli! Ikke i detalj har jeg skrevet om bare det, men det kunne godt vart et helt eget tema. Det er mange eksempler på det, nyest ser vi det i "The Body Positivity Movement", som er en feministisk slutning. Det begynte med å brenne feminine klær, klippe håret, være imot sminke - du skal ikke gjøre deg pen for menn. Feminismens mødre, Simone for eksempel, gikk tett i tett med postmodernistene, the Frankfurt School for eksempel, der tankene rundt å rice ned hierarkiene ble utviklet. Å utvikle seg selv til et bedre menneske er avhengig av et hierarki der noe er bedre eller verre. De har gjort det samme med kunst. Ønsker deg god jul:)
Ultimately, women have to protect themselves and work, especially early in life. An awareness of their biological realities and needs would help, but when men see her as a financial source and are avoiding of the risks of family, ultimately this is a failure of male leadership. Where are these unselfish men with perspective?
Men avoid the risks of marriage, precisely because the divorce court system caters to women and punishes men. Augustine Kposawa found that men that go through divorce face an 8 times increased risk of committing suicide, while the post-divorce suicide risk for women remained unchanged. In case you hadn't heard about it, Jeff Younger's ex-wife brainwashed her son into believing he was really a girl, and a California court ruled that the ex-wife - a pediatrician - now had legal blessing to castrate the boy, either chemically or physically.
If you see the men shunning marriage as "selfish", I feel sorry for you.
If men shun marriage, then women are stuck in the workforce. Do you personally know more men hobbled by court or more women used up and burned out? There are lawyers who specialize in men's rights in court and often get their way. The trans issue is another layer of trauma and child abuse (by courts). The law will never heal a family. But less selfish people of both sexes can.
If men are 8 times more likely to commit suicide after divorce, they are obviously more impacted than woman are. The trans issue is sanctified by the courts, but it began with a sociopathic ex-wife determined to commit perhaps the most profound level of child abuse against her son. Less selfish people? Man-hating feminism is big business that is a part of the culture. As Dr. Spier mentioned, that is the core of the problem.
I can't speak to your statistic. But I'm old enough to know that being a man-victim is lazy. Bashing women is lazy. Feminism is one piece of the problem. Not THE problem. The problem is $$
Thank you both for your perspectives. I agree there’s selfishness involved, and I also believe the push to support women entering the workforce was heavily driven by the prospect of economic growth. However, we can’t overlook the role of the feminist movement, which was propelled by privileged, resentful, and pathological women. Their resentment spread to other women and the catalyzed changes—such as no-fault divorce—responsible for the deterioration.
That said, I dislike the pro-women vs. pro-men stance. Men going their own way offers no solution. It is certainly not what I want for my sons. True change will only come through a pro-family approach, where the well-being of children governs the way forward.
If children’s needs were the guiding factor, it would necessitate rolling back measures that drew women en masse into the workforce, as their absence from the home has been detrimental to children. Disincentivizing women from working when their children are small would send a clear cultural signal about the importance of maternal presence in the home. This, in turn, could influence career choices early on and encourage women to prioritize roles that align with family life.
Moreover, by encouraging women to become more dependent on men, we would restore men’s roles as providers. This is what both men and women need psychologically. New numbers show the divorce rate is minimal where men make 38.000 USD more than the wife, this is despite no/fault divroce laws being in place.
A pro-family stance is the only viable path forward. Men and women being encouraged to build the best unit for their kids as two different parts.
I’m sick and tired of spineless men in the west, who are afraid of feminists. You know these women are just lapdogs for rich liberal politicians and white collar ceos with money right?
Most women don’t even like feminists. I don’t blame them. Who wants to be around a purple haired troglodyte, shrieking misandrist banter in the streets? Nobody.
I am a Norse Pagan. Marxist Infiltrators have infected my people’s revival movement since the 1970’s. I have no problems with people who are Abrahamic. They typically have a problem with me. Not because I personally did something abhorrently abusive towards them, because they don’t like my beliefs. It’s a shame, what can I do though? 🤷♀️
I also lost a lot of respect for these types, because, when I would ask for a solution, they wanted to take action in, they knocked me down, made me feel like an “idiot”, for being optimistic and tenacious about it, then scolding and shaming me for not taking their BlackPill nihilism blindly as if it is “the truth.”
People want solutions. They don’t want to hear BlackPill people in their narcissistic echo chambers, only posting things because they like to hear themselves talk. You cannot get angry and defensive towards people, when those people I mentioned, gave off a facade as if they had solutions to “fix the problem.” They are so passionate about.
It isn’t mission impossible however. This whining and complaining also comes from the mouths of men, who put on this facade, that they are “tough warriors” who aren’t afraid of taking action against their “enemies”. However, these same types will cower, fall into black pill nihilism, and cry about how much helpless victims they are to the system.
I’m a man living in the USA…the propaganda psy-op ground zero. I’m an optimistic realist, and think about how I can affect change in the domains where I have influence and control. I meet many men who are reluctant to do anything together. They don’t want to get together in groups to engage in sports, do group activities in the local area, or help each other in gaining financial, technical, or professional expertise.
I’d say starting a matchmaking/marriage introductions service for pro-family and pro-marriage young men and women would be my first step. I’m working on a project like this right now.
Abolish it. If western man legalized feminism, he can abolish it as well. What’s the point of keeping a movement that has enabled the worst of women, made them unbearable, emotionally unhinged psychopaths, decimated the Western family unit, and has bred unnecessary hatred and resentment between the sexes?
Very well said Hannah! We need to name this beast. The beast of feminist indoctrination that has hurt us all. Once you came something you begin to have a handle on it. Any ideas?
Thank you Tom, completely agree. Feminism might not be enough of a term anymore, in most peoples minds it simply means a benign stance that supports womens rights. I shall give that a think.
Hannah, Hannah, Hannah. That is possibly the most wonderful article I have ever read on the impact on women from the doctrines of feminism. The personal stories are so powerful but ring so true. I have long argued that the vast majority of people will be best served in life by following natures purpose. I have been ridiculed regularly by most women for this view.
We have existed as a species for millennia however have decided over the last 50 years that procreation in superfluous to our core purpose. Your analysis being centred on existential can only be beneficial in my opinion.
I have decided to share your article with my twin daughters which causes me a great deal of anxiety and trepidation however it is too great a message not to be shared. They are excellent girls in their mid 20’s but still a little influenced by feminist mantra from university educations.
Very interesting. I’m a graduate student in a counseling program and love reading these types of articles as it provides some much needed balance to what we learn in our program. Thank you!
Excellent, as ever. I also found out and wrote in my book "Jenseits der Diagnosen", that the "female factor" is one big behind the surge of diagnosises and treatments in the recent years. A growing share of therapists is female, Women mostly do not disagree openly to each other. Women seek - despite official saying - supply and support, want to be weak in someones arms and have a greater seek for attention. Sexual attraction and fragility is more important. With the rise of feminism a growing mismatch between the claims of feminism and the demands of women, the shown and the felt picture of oneself is seen. Women are the majority of forerunners of climate anxiety, Social Justice Movements, Wokeness, Victimhood Culture and DEI. With that all, also higher anxiety, more need to be healthy, more emotion, all this makes psychotherapy for women more attractive beyond the real illnesses, which of course exist.
Thank God for people like you. I feel like there is so much bad advice for women on this platform.
I’ve been writing about it on my own Substack, calling it “Munchhausen by patriarchy”
And then also there’s articles like this which are a surefire recipe to get divorced
https://cindyditiberio.substack.com/p/our-fair-play-discussion-signaled
I beleive Janice Fiamengo, in one of her presentations, spoke about how feminism planned to demolish the family structure.
A married mate of mine once told me that his wife had said she felt depressed or unhappy after reading women's magazines. A closer look at the self-help articles that they publish and the level of negative stories, it is little wonder that it has an effect on the female population.
"Women have it worse" stories and research articles perhaps exacerbate the issue. The Conversation, which claims to have academic rigour, is fond of publishing research studies demonstrating that the female gender has it worse. A self fulling prophecy.
"Marriage is a Patriarchial institution invented by men to keep women oppressed" This was a popular narrative last century.
You are absolutely correct. From the writings of Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft to Susan B. Anthony, many early proponents of feminism advocated for the "free love" movement and criticized the family structure as a source of drudgery for women. This underscores the great lie that feminism is solely about equal rights—or its modern iteration, equal opportunities—for women. From its inception, it was driven by upper-class, privileged women envious of men, seeking to exact their revenge under the guise of progress.
These "women have it worse" stories as you aptly point out, same content, different packaging.
As a high functioning autistic woman, I learned to hate feminism with a burning passion. I was severely abused by women and girls growing up, because of my disability. I developed c-ptsd and a binge drinking problem because of abusive women. Making feminism legal in the west was the greatest mistake ever to come into reality. I hope one day, that dreaded movement will be permanently abolished for good.
I've heard feminist friends celebrate how white-middle-aged doctors no longer tell anxious-depressed young women that they probably just need to have a baby. Progress! And of course that approach may be a tad simplistic. But they've quite literally thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
Quite right. It turns out, being pregnant is a stabilizing agent, often I have seen Borderline girls have the best months of their lives when their pregnant. It-s incredible.
Thank you, Dr. Spier. Feminism is indeed founded on resentment. I would also say it is founded on misandry: feminists view men in much the same light as the Nazis viewed Jews.
I read your entire post. Feminist conditioning starts in school, and the depression builds up by teaching us to deny our biological, instinctive needs. From encouraging casual dating in school, to commitment free cohabitation, to a marriage that falls 2nd in line after a job, it is set up to fail women.
This is fascinating. Thank you.
Excellent and insightful article. Thank you.
However frustrating the train wrecks must be, take solace in the (younger?) women whom you can guide to find a healthy path in life. Such intervention can make a world of difference.
Thank you Stephen! Yes, that does help. It has been hard emotionally, it affects me very much these 30 somethings who end up childless. Those cases are for me the worst, and the motivation behind Psychobabble. I wish you a happy New Year!
Tack för dina texter Hanna, de är så bra! ❤️Du skriver ibland om att feminister är emot self inprovement, hur menar du? Har du andra texter där du utvecklar det argumentet ? Tack!
Selv takk Emmeli! Ikke i detalj har jeg skrevet om bare det, men det kunne godt vart et helt eget tema. Det er mange eksempler på det, nyest ser vi det i "The Body Positivity Movement", som er en feministisk slutning. Det begynte med å brenne feminine klær, klippe håret, være imot sminke - du skal ikke gjøre deg pen for menn. Feminismens mødre, Simone for eksempel, gikk tett i tett med postmodernistene, the Frankfurt School for eksempel, der tankene rundt å rice ned hierarkiene ble utviklet. Å utvikle seg selv til et bedre menneske er avhengig av et hierarki der noe er bedre eller verre. De har gjort det samme med kunst. Ønsker deg god jul:)
Ultimately, women have to protect themselves and work, especially early in life. An awareness of their biological realities and needs would help, but when men see her as a financial source and are avoiding of the risks of family, ultimately this is a failure of male leadership. Where are these unselfish men with perspective?
Men avoid the risks of marriage, precisely because the divorce court system caters to women and punishes men. Augustine Kposawa found that men that go through divorce face an 8 times increased risk of committing suicide, while the post-divorce suicide risk for women remained unchanged. In case you hadn't heard about it, Jeff Younger's ex-wife brainwashed her son into believing he was really a girl, and a California court ruled that the ex-wife - a pediatrician - now had legal blessing to castrate the boy, either chemically or physically.
If you see the men shunning marriage as "selfish", I feel sorry for you.
If men shun marriage, then women are stuck in the workforce. Do you personally know more men hobbled by court or more women used up and burned out? There are lawyers who specialize in men's rights in court and often get their way. The trans issue is another layer of trauma and child abuse (by courts). The law will never heal a family. But less selfish people of both sexes can.
If men are 8 times more likely to commit suicide after divorce, they are obviously more impacted than woman are. The trans issue is sanctified by the courts, but it began with a sociopathic ex-wife determined to commit perhaps the most profound level of child abuse against her son. Less selfish people? Man-hating feminism is big business that is a part of the culture. As Dr. Spier mentioned, that is the core of the problem.
I can't speak to your statistic. But I'm old enough to know that being a man-victim is lazy. Bashing women is lazy. Feminism is one piece of the problem. Not THE problem. The problem is $$
Thank you both for your perspectives. I agree there’s selfishness involved, and I also believe the push to support women entering the workforce was heavily driven by the prospect of economic growth. However, we can’t overlook the role of the feminist movement, which was propelled by privileged, resentful, and pathological women. Their resentment spread to other women and the catalyzed changes—such as no-fault divorce—responsible for the deterioration.
That said, I dislike the pro-women vs. pro-men stance. Men going their own way offers no solution. It is certainly not what I want for my sons. True change will only come through a pro-family approach, where the well-being of children governs the way forward.
If children’s needs were the guiding factor, it would necessitate rolling back measures that drew women en masse into the workforce, as their absence from the home has been detrimental to children. Disincentivizing women from working when their children are small would send a clear cultural signal about the importance of maternal presence in the home. This, in turn, could influence career choices early on and encourage women to prioritize roles that align with family life.
Moreover, by encouraging women to become more dependent on men, we would restore men’s roles as providers. This is what both men and women need psychologically. New numbers show the divorce rate is minimal where men make 38.000 USD more than the wife, this is despite no/fault divroce laws being in place.
A pro-family stance is the only viable path forward. Men and women being encouraged to build the best unit for their kids as two different parts.
They need these broken women to push their corrupted agendas. Shame on willfully ignorant cowards!
I’m sick and tired of spineless men in the west, who are afraid of feminists. You know these women are just lapdogs for rich liberal politicians and white collar ceos with money right?
What do you expect Western men to do?
Most women don’t even like feminists. I don’t blame them. Who wants to be around a purple haired troglodyte, shrieking misandrist banter in the streets? Nobody.
https://open.substack.com/pub/drmonzo/p/how-feminism-creates-capitalist-alienation
This explains why feminism is so hard to eliminate.
I get tired of people like that. And, most people who have the same sentiments as I do would agree with me.
Are you a Christian (Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant)? Are you connected with any pro-family or pro-marriage groups?
I am a Norse Pagan. Marxist Infiltrators have infected my people’s revival movement since the 1970’s. I have no problems with people who are Abrahamic. They typically have a problem with me. Not because I personally did something abhorrently abusive towards them, because they don’t like my beliefs. It’s a shame, what can I do though? 🤷♀️
I also lost a lot of respect for these types, because, when I would ask for a solution, they wanted to take action in, they knocked me down, made me feel like an “idiot”, for being optimistic and tenacious about it, then scolding and shaming me for not taking their BlackPill nihilism blindly as if it is “the truth.”
People want solutions. They don’t want to hear BlackPill people in their narcissistic echo chambers, only posting things because they like to hear themselves talk. You cannot get angry and defensive towards people, when those people I mentioned, gave off a facade as if they had solutions to “fix the problem.” They are so passionate about.
It isn’t mission impossible however. This whining and complaining also comes from the mouths of men, who put on this facade, that they are “tough warriors” who aren’t afraid of taking action against their “enemies”. However, these same types will cower, fall into black pill nihilism, and cry about how much helpless victims they are to the system.
I’m a man living in the USA…the propaganda psy-op ground zero. I’m an optimistic realist, and think about how I can affect change in the domains where I have influence and control. I meet many men who are reluctant to do anything together. They don’t want to get together in groups to engage in sports, do group activities in the local area, or help each other in gaining financial, technical, or professional expertise.
I don’t think in “pills”…many solutions exist.
I’d say starting a matchmaking/marriage introductions service for pro-family and pro-marriage young men and women would be my first step. I’m working on a project like this right now.
Abolish it. If western man legalized feminism, he can abolish it as well. What’s the point of keeping a movement that has enabled the worst of women, made them unbearable, emotionally unhinged psychopaths, decimated the Western family unit, and has bred unnecessary hatred and resentment between the sexes?
Very well said Hannah! We need to name this beast. The beast of feminist indoctrination that has hurt us all. Once you came something you begin to have a handle on it. Any ideas?
Thank you Tom, completely agree. Feminism might not be enough of a term anymore, in most peoples minds it simply means a benign stance that supports womens rights. I shall give that a think.
Hannah, Hannah, Hannah. That is possibly the most wonderful article I have ever read on the impact on women from the doctrines of feminism. The personal stories are so powerful but ring so true. I have long argued that the vast majority of people will be best served in life by following natures purpose. I have been ridiculed regularly by most women for this view.
We have existed as a species for millennia however have decided over the last 50 years that procreation in superfluous to our core purpose. Your analysis being centred on existential can only be beneficial in my opinion.
I have decided to share your article with my twin daughters which causes me a great deal of anxiety and trepidation however it is too great a message not to be shared. They are excellent girls in their mid 20’s but still a little influenced by feminist mantra from university educations.
Wish me luck.
Very interesting. I’m a graduate student in a counseling program and love reading these types of articles as it provides some much needed balance to what we learn in our program. Thank you!