Mandatory casualness among men overrides women’s desire for solemn community ritual

Evidence

The desire, primarily on the part of women, for community was overidden by the desire, primarily on the part of men, for mandatory casualness. The only rituals intended for serious participation were the weddings, but the lighthearted, slippery footing of all the other rituals and conversation made it difficult for the weddings to achieve a solemnity worthy of a lifelong vow. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 856

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the positive-projects model of solidarity — here ‘mandatory casualness’ actively dissolves rather than builds shared seriousness. — connects to: Casual sociability perpetuates the injustice it seems to soften; Feminine mythmaking requires leisure and distance from material necessity — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 666

Broader Connections

• Casual sociability perpetuates the injustice it seems to soften #corroborates (0.78)
• Feminine mythmaking requires leisure and distance from material necessity #expands (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 666