Gender was not a political issue (for him) before the fall of the Soviet Union, and his only idea for a political program is to return to the political landscape of 1968.
There’s a a reason so many women who tried to join leftist orgs in the 60s and 70s ended up sticking to women’s liberation orgs, and that reason is dudes like Norm. I guess it’s good on him that he’s called out at least one form of oppression that most libs are blind to, but normally that should mean being able to also recognize all the others instead of completely denying them because they ensure your privilege as a white cishet dude who’s a credentialled part of the NYC intelligentsia.
There’s a a reason so many women who tried to join leftist orgs in the 60s and 70s ended up sticking to women’s liberation orgs, and that reason is dudes like Norm. I guess it’s good on him that he’s called out at least one form of oppression that most libs are blind to, but normally that should mean being able to also recognize all the others instead of completely denying them because they ensure your privilege as a white cishet dude who’s a credentialled part of the NYC intelligentsia.