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'''Charles Fourier''' was the founder of [[utopian socialism]], a feminist who coined the word [[feminism]], and someone who wanted to organize society into mass communal buildings ("Phalansteries", or "Phalanx"s) which would provide a "sexual minimum" for everyone, including incels.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/incel-what-is-involuntary-celibates-elliot-rodger-alek-minassian-canada-terrorism-a8335816.html</ref> | '''Charles Fourier''' was the founder of [[utopian socialism]], a feminist who coined the word [[feminism]], and someone who wanted to organize society into mass communal buildings ("Phalansteries", or "Phalanx"s) which would provide a "sexual minimum" for everyone, including incels.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/incel-what-is-involuntary-celibates-elliot-rodger-alek-minassian-canada-terrorism-a8335816.html</ref> | ||
He was fairly unique among socialists as he saw sexual inequality to be a large causative factor of various social ills,<ref>The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier, 1983, pg 339</ref> instead of solely focusing his critiques on alienation and economic exploitation, thus preceding [[Michel Clouscard]] and the main character of Michel Houellebecq's novel ''[[Whatever]]'', in his analysis of sexual deprivation from a leftist perspective. | He was fairly unique among socialists as he saw sexual inequality to be a large causative factor of various social ills,<ref>The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier, 1983, pg 339</ref> instead of solely focusing his critiques on alienation and economic exploitation, thus preceding [[Michel Clouscard]] and the main character of Michel Houellebecq's novel ''[[Whatever]]'', in his analysis of sexual deprivation from a leftist perspective. Unlike Houllebecq, and like [[Alex Undersky]], he does not potray sexual liberalism as inherently bad, as he sees humans as naturally sexually generous without markets and under certain circumstances. Fourier is much more libertarian than Houllebecq. | ||
This was not widely known during his lifetime, with his more sex-specific writings being rediscovered in the 1960s.<ref>Beecher, J. Bienvenu, R. 1971. ''The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier. pp 329.''</ref> | This was not widely known during his lifetime, with his more sex-specific writings being rediscovered in the 1960s.<ref>Beecher, J. Bienvenu, R. 1971. ''The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier. pp 329.''</ref> | ||