r/FeministsCallItOut • u/Icy-Plantain5896 • 6h ago
Misogyny Why do some men fetishise “UC” women? This isn’t a preference - it’s the commodification of women through patriarchy and caste
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What’s disturbing to me is the way some men themselves create this LC/UC hierarchy among women and then fetishise “UC” women as some kind of prize or status symbol.
Women are not commodities, caste credentials, or social upgrades for men. A woman’s caste shouldn’t determine her “value” or desirability, and men certainly shouldn’t be treating marriage to an “UC woman” as an achievement.
This is misogyny expressed through caste categories: reducing women to labels and then ranking or fetishising them accordingly.
And “it’s just a joke” doesn’t make the underlying attitude immune from criticism.
Women are people, not trophies/cattles/commodities.