…many leftist or liberal opponents to antifa would conflate militancy, even nonviolent militancy, with machismo. This was insulting. And personally infuriating. These attempts to circle around and take potshots from a more radical position usually rested on a foundation of gender essentialism. At its core, they believed our womenled group wasn’t appropriately feminine enough.
We still have to fight this on the left, which seems weird and contradictory. But it is unfortunately true.
