What If Women Ruled The World?

 ... is not a question we need to ask any more. We have the answer in the form of many of our nations as well as international institutions.

Inspired by my experiences fighting with AI (read: ChatGPT) while trying to write Arthurian fiction, listening to Jordan Peterson's descriptions of classic feminine pathologies and recently experiencing a diocesan get-together prepping for a new round of synodality, I began wondering if we're seeing the results of feminine leadership gone very, very wrong.

I sat down with AI and began to explore the topic. The results seemed to fit the data to a T.

Caveat: These days, AI has become a version of Rudolf Hess. I pace back and forth in my cell in Spandau Prison, ranting this or that manifesto and it dutifully transcribes it, embellishes it and punctuates our interactions with praise and support. It has become the perfect toady.

At any rate, dig this.

Summary of the Features of Pathological Femininity

Pathological femininity refers to a disordered, unhealthy expression of feminine traits that prioritizes emotional validation, denial of conflict, and compulsive caretaking at the expense of truth, justice, and responsibility. It is not true femininity, which is rooted in nurturing, beauty, receptivity, and moral strength, but rather a distorted counterfeit that leads to social, moral, and spiritual breakdown.

The following are its defining features:

Emotionalism Over Truth Pathological femininity places feelings above facts. It redefines moral questions into emotional ones and measures right and wrong by who "feels hurt" or "feels seen." Truth, when painful, is avoided or suppressed to maintain emotional peace.

Compulsive Compassion It prioritizes emotional caretaking even when it causes long-term harm. "Helping" the outsider becomes a moral obsession, even when it destroys the well-being of one's own community.

Denial of Real Conflict It refuses to acknowledge that some interests and values are irreconcilable. All problems are treated as communication failures or lack of empathy. Evil is reinterpreted as misunderstanding.

Fear of Judgment and Exclusion Pathological femininity recoils from moral judgment. It avoids calling out sin, enforcing standards, or drawing boundaries, lest anyone feel excluded or criticized.

Surface-Level Inclusivity It uses slogans like "all are welcome" or "everyone has a voice" while selectively excluding those who speak hard truths or defend traditional standards. "Listening" becomes a cover for emotional manipulation.

Emotional Tyranny Those who oppose the dominant emotional narrative are shamed, silenced, or accused of cruelty. Institutions are used to enforce emotional orthodoxy rather than truth or justice.

Selective Loyalty to Victims It expresses intense emotional loyalty to perceived victims, often outsiders, while betraying one's own people. This is done not out of true charity, but to maintain a feeling of moral superiority.

Appeasement of Aggression In the face of real danger or aggression, pathological femininity yields. It appeases the strong rather than confronting them, and sacrifices the weak in hopes of buying peace.

Self-Destruction Masquerading as Virtue It willingly sacrifices the health of families, parishes, and nations for emotional validation. It creates chaos while claiming to be loving, and weakens institutions while claiming to nurture them.

Forgetting and Erasing History To avoid emotional discomfort, it forgets martyrdom, conquest, and the historical cost of truth. It prefers soothing myths to hard memory.

I'll be using these elements in future posts, but for now, consider the admonition to "lift up all voices" as if that wouldn't result in chaos and yelling. During the synodal meeting, you couldn't help but notice that the whole "listening" process and the attendant need for "consensus" denied the existence of legitimate, competing, incompatible interests.

It all sounded good until you thought about how it would work in real life. Fortunately, the people running the meeting gave the game away when they hinted at the kinds of voices who didn't need all that much uplift. Hint: it was the white, English-speaking traditionalists. Shocking, right?

Is the Church of England run by women?

Compulsive Compassion It prioritizes emotional caretaking even when it causes long-term harm. "Helping" the outsider becomes a moral obsession, even when it destroys the well-being of one's own community.