The Abuse of Girls by Progressive Heroes is Definitely a Thing

[SVPete]

The Abuse of Girls by Progressive Heroes is Definitely a Thing

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/03/20/the-abuse-of-girls-by-progressive-heroes-is-definitely-a-thing-n3813070

Meanwhile, there was a Washington Post opinion piece yesterday arguing that Chavez is not a one-off. On the contrary, the author says she was similarly abused by progressive heroes in the 1970s. She argues that this sort of abuse of women was pretty common among leftist movements.

Look anywhere on the history of the left and you’ll spot the attitudes that undergirded this phenomenon. Eldridge Cleaver, spokesman for the Black Panther Party, told women in 1968 that they could best help the movement with their “p***y power.” Prominent anti-Vietnam War activist Abbie Hoffman announced that the only alliance he would make with feminists was in bed. Stokely Carmichael declared that the sole position for women in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was “prone.”...

Sadly, a philosophical basis for the sexual exploitation of women and girls on the left was provided by some progressive thinkers, beginning with Sigmund Freud. The Austrian founder of psychoanalysis counseled female victims of paternal sexual assault that the problem was in their heads. They “wanted” their fathers and thus falsely accused them. Biologist Alfred Kinsey thrilled the world with his 1948 book “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.” Less well remembered is his 1953 book “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female,” in which he wrote that girl children would not naturally object to adult men fondling their genitals except for their mothers’ prudish Victorian values.

Her own story nearly matches that of the girls abused by Cesar Chavez:

I was 14, and then 16, when two men, celebrated local activists, initiated sex with me in 1971 and 1973. As self-proclaimed feminists, they helped me flee home at 14 to escape the working-class father who had raped me repeatedly since age 10. For me, getting away from home was real progress. I was grateful to both of these well-educated men, just as many of César Chavez’s victims were grateful to him for defending the poor. Chavez stood up for girls like them — then betrayed them. This was the price they paid for the help he gave their community...

The man who abused me the longest was a professor almost 30 years my senior. He was a campus leader of the anti-war movement in the 1960s and widely esteemed. When I first met him, he had two secret mistresses, in addition to his wife.

"Causes" can become cult-like in which "The Cause" and/or a charismatic leader are above and transcend the value and rights of individuals. This is a human phenomenon. not a partisan or political thing.

[Ptarmigan]

I never understood deifying people. Many have a cult of personality.

[SVPete]

The late Lee Rodgers used to say, "Never give your heart to a politician. They will break it." This is pretty much true of any charismatic leader. They may have feet and d#$%s of clay like Chavez or Jimmy Swaggart, they may go on power trips like Jim Jones. Respect a leader for what (s)he accomplish, but don't let that respect blind you.

[Old n Grumpy]

I never understood deifying people. Many have a cult of personality.

Especially when they are thugs.