I’m a marxist leninist but been hanging around the wrong types of MLS
just acknowledging this is a great step for personal progress. there are "MLs" out there who are straight up neocons. patsocs, larouchites, and most trots are just awful.
"To be aware of one's own mistakes and yet make no attempt to correct them, taking a liberal attitude towards oneself. This is an eleventh type [of liberalism]" -Mao. self crit is very important for communists, good on you for working to correct yourself.
as other hexbears mentioned, meet women. befriend them. try to make it strictly platonic. treat them like people! if you have problems at first, imagine you are talking to a guy friend (this attitude shouldnt be permanent but its a good temporary method of correction). its hard to find friends in the modern world but most dating apps have "friend modes". talk to ppl at bars if you go to them. join an online group of ppl local to you, the Socialist Rifle Association and other socialist orgs are great for this, in the SRA state chapters have discords with chats for each region of the state.
read some feminist literature. i need to brush up on socialist feminist theory myself, but Rosa Luxemburg is great! and she has some essays on women's liberation. socialist suffragists are cool, try Dora Montefiore.
just acknowledging this is a great step for personal progress. there are "MLs" out there who are straight up neocons. patsocs, larouchites, and most trots are just awful.
"To be aware of one's own mistakes and yet make no attempt to correct them, taking a liberal attitude towards oneself. This is an eleventh type [of liberalism]" -Mao. self crit is very important for communists, good on you for working to correct yourself.
as other hexbears mentioned, meet women. befriend them. try to make it strictly platonic. treat them like people! if you have problems at first, imagine you are talking to a guy friend (this attitude shouldnt be permanent but its a good temporary method of correction). its hard to find friends in the modern world but most dating apps have "friend modes". talk to ppl at bars if you go to them. join an online group of ppl local to you, the Socialist Rifle Association and other socialist orgs are great for this, in the SRA state chapters have discords with chats for each region of the state.
read some feminist literature. i need to brush up on socialist feminist theory myself, but Rosa Luxemburg is great! and she has some essays on women's liberation. socialist suffragists are cool, try Dora Montefiore.
and read settlers .