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Does a woman own Miss Universe now -- or is it still the patriarchy, in disguise? - C C - Feb 3, 2023
Did a trans woman really say this about cisgender women? (video)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1621176619925651458
(title) Trans women are the real women because they put in more work to be women.
Does a woman really own Miss Universe now -- or is it just the patriarchy moving to a female disguise?
https://youtu.be/DSACI_4J5OE
BACKGROUND: Anne Jakrajutatip is a well-known Thai entrepreneur who currently owns the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageants. The Thai transgender entrepreneur is the first-ever woman to own the Miss Universe pageant in history. Jakrajutatip bought the pageant in October 2022.
VIDEO EXCERPT: "The Miss Universe organization [applause] from now on it's going to be run by women." [...] My freedom loving friends, that is exactly what the patriarchy looks like in disguise.
I love it. Believe what you want to, believe / pretend your truth. You be you in a safe space for you. All about it, do what you want. But...
[...] So what is toxic masculinity? Same thing that we call out with tyrants: it's corruption, and it's deception, and it's looking to take advantage of people. It's approaching a situation with a false pretense. The Miss Universe contest is gonna be run by women -- yay, women's empowerment.
Problem is this is coming from a biological man who is taking on the persona of a woman and then promoting 'Hey Miss Universe is run by women'. This is toxic masculinity, that's the patriarchy taking over women's empowerment.
I think if women's empowerment should be run by anybody, it should be empowered women, not disempowered men. That is toxic masculinity, in my opinion. Let's take a look at this full clip from the new owner of the Miss Universe contest, the Miss Universe organization...