- I think the left first wants people to have a level of control over themselves despite their natures
- they want those people to do the things they want- namely, to generate an equitable playing field in all areas
- Every other woman must willingly sign up for a life in STEM fields
- every other man must willingly sign up for a life in stay-at-home parenting or whatever
- Until said goal is reached, Hollywood at least believes they can 'prime the pump' by producing fictions that match this vision despite nobody but outliers relating to them
- severe lack of new art and entertainment that people, including myself, can relate to and enjoy
I can see why anyone would feel that what "the left" is proposing, as you see it, is insanity. I think where we differ is that I don't think that's what "the left" is proposing at all. This is part of the reason why I wanted specific examples from you, because then we could discuss something concrete, something provable/disprovable.
What
is more clear to me is that you feel marginalized and uncomfortable with the social trends. I'll freely admit, I'm sometimes uncomfortable too. For instance, my knee-jerk reaction to the over-the-top-obvious prevalence of female superheros in
Avengers: Endgame was to cringe...and I wasn't alone:
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But, I think the truth is, it has less to do with the idea of a female superhero and more to do with the execution. After all, if we can believe that someone like Superman exists, can't we also believe that a woman could have the same abilities? And maybe, just maybe, the magnitude of those abilities doesn't follow the same supposedly fundamental laws of the X and Y chromosomes? The writers just did a piss-poor job of it. It doesn't mean it can't be done, it just means as a society we're still learning how to do it. It's ok to be uncomfortable sometimes.
I think the goal of "the left" is to ensure that, to the extent possible, the individual is allowed to pursue his or her own ambitions without artificial social constructs, other than those protecting the rights of others, dictating their form. At one time, no woman aspired to be an astronaut or President; things have changed. They don't want to force women into STEM, but they want to fight against prevailing social norms that impose artificial barriers to entry.