I don’t think that would eliminate sexism, but it would be the single most important step in liberating women.

I fully agree on that. Revolutionary class politics are the prerequisite for making marginalized groups not margianalized any longer, not an insta-fix that will magically make all bigotry go poof.

I do not want to deny the importance of psychological factors, either, or write off anyone’s lived experience. Ideology affects people’s thought processes, and therefore their actions as well, every minute every day. Critique of ideology is crucially important and something we shouldn’t forego for a vulgarized, reductive view of materialism.

What i’m saying and why i’ve written out that post and these replies is that when we look at ideology, we must not stop at ideology. It is just the totallity of OP’s conclusion that i object to. Yes, personal frustration is an important factor in bringing people under the fold of misogynist ideology. It is even actively capitalized on by campaigners who want to promote movements that incorporate these ideologies. It is a very powerful angle to work with if you want to recruit people and then drive them towards certain actions, or certain political preferences. But all of that is happening on the individual level. That is what’s closest to us and what therefore seems most important and impactful at first, because it’s right there before our eyes. But we should always aim to move beyond that, to look first at our social relationships and then at how these tie into a greater societal framework and finally at the material base that societal framwork has been built upon.

Sorry, i have no idea if i’m making any sense, i just had my first bong hit of the day lol