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This is a good & important thread
and also, as someone who& #39;s been working with conservative white folks on basic hygiene for literal years
you ain& #39;t even seen denialism till they get told to wash their hands & stop violating pesticide regs
it was always gonna come to this https://twitter.com/erinbiba/status/1276308777491468292">https://twitter.com/erinbiba/...
and also, as someone who& #39;s been working with conservative white folks on basic hygiene for literal years
you ain& #39;t even seen denialism till they get told to wash their hands & stop violating pesticide regs
it was always gonna come to this https://twitter.com/erinbiba/status/1276308777491468292">https://twitter.com/erinbiba/...
my header is a painting that was banned because it depicts medicine as mostly about hygiene & women& #39;s work rather than heroic interventions: Klimt, Hygeia, 1907
conservatives hated that so much the Nazis straight-up burned it
yep, for real
conservatives hated that so much the Nazis straight-up burned it
yep, for real
Hostility towards hygiene- actual real-life hygiene like washing your hands & putting shit away- is a way bigger part of conservatism than I think folks may be reckoning
it& #39;s driven by fear of fallibility & some INTENSE psychosexual baggage
it& #39;s driven by fear of fallibility & some INTENSE psychosexual baggage
real-life sanitation that keeps us healthy & life worth living is repetitive, meticulous work that never ends
it& #39;s women& #39;s work. so yeah a lot of folks are gonna see it as inherently degrading, simply for that reason
but wait! there& #39;s more!
it& #39;s women& #39;s work. so yeah a lot of folks are gonna see it as inherently degrading, simply for that reason
but wait! there& #39;s more!
if you have a macho, "silver bullet" mentality, it& #39;s not just that real hygiene is a pain in the ass. it& #39;s completely at odds with your self-concept of being someone who is powerful & has control. powerful people don& #39;t need to keep doing shit over & over & over & over again.
real hygiene isn& #39;t just annoying. it& #39;s an existential threat to a lot of folks& #39; sense of self. "If I wear a mask to protect other people, that means I& #39;m dirty/weak" etc.
that doesn& #39;t compute
so they hitch their idea of "clean & safe" onto shit that DOES make them feel powerful.
that doesn& #39;t compute
so they hitch their idea of "clean & safe" onto shit that DOES make them feel powerful.
