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I mean, ‘the Patriarchy’ is the old chestnut explanation for most societal ills. Any evidence that it was corrupt old white men? The banks are bowing to external pressure and I am not convinced those voices are the ones necessarily representative of ‘the Patriarchy.’


The external pressure in the US is coming mostly from evangelical Christians, who literally worship the divine Father figure.


Does that also explain why banks are increasingly resistant to doing business with gun manufacturers and conservative activist groups?


They're capable of caving to pressure from different groups at the same time?

The nature of culture war is appeasing the squeakiest wheel, rather than finely balanced ethical calculus.


The policies around payment processing for the adult industry do not stem from puritanical values. It’s a business decision around the astronomically high chargeback rates for credit card purchases of this content.


It doesn't stop with the fact they worship "God, the father", either. It's also evident in the fact that they (hard-line conservative christians of all stripes; evangelical, catholic and others) are working to take away women's autonomy -in the form of sex work, in the form of reproductive choice and I doubt very much if they view female education and employment very favorably as well.


I can't wait for the fundamentalist-muslim alliance




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