Answering Criticism About 'Oppressive' Families For those of us who propose a society where families are granted maximum autonomy to make their own decisions and manage their own affairs, a common criticism we get is that there are many oppressive and abusive families out there. Wouldn't our proposal allow this harm to go unchecked? Firstly, as with all proposals, it is never a good idea to go to the extreme, and as much as the vast majority of families are great and supportive, I do acknowledge that there are a few abusive families. Mental illness is a real thing, and there must be enough social safeguards for those caught in naturally unfortunate situations. On the other hand, many examples of so-called oppressive families are actually the result of transferred oppression from a lack of Equal Moral Agency from other areas of life. Where a society consistently upholds Equal Moral Agency for all, such 'oppressive family dynamics' would cease to exist. Let's look at two major examples to prove this point.
The most common example of 'oppressive family dynamics' people talk about is perhaps regarding parents who don't accept their LGBT children, or families who don't extend acceptance to their LGBT members in general. However, what we really should remember is that, a lot of the time families act like this ultimately because of social or peer pressure. In communities with higher LGBT acceptance, we 153
