How can I put this?
Huh?
Yeah, that's it.
I'm just saying traditional feminism has prioritized getting women ahead in the face of patriarchy over true gender equality and I find it counter-productive and a product of the identity politics present in far-left ideology. I use egalitarianism as a preferable gender neutral term. This example from the film is basically saying men aren't allowed to be sissies that think about how social norms disadvantage them...that is women's work. I think this is a problematic statement in many ways.
Yeah, the thing is, I really don't think that's what the film is about at all. So the "Huh" was more to do with the air of general antipathy towards what you perceive as "feminism" and "far-left politics", how that tainted your review, and really says very little about what Rainer was actually trying to do in this film. She might not have made a
successful film, and that's all well and good, but I doubt that the NY Times moment was the crucial fulcrum of the film's themes.
As for "traditional feminism" and all that malarkey, I'm pretty sure feminism has done a good job all on its own problematising second-wave feminist stances, and moving on from there.