A lot of men get angry in conversations about the prevalence of and accountability for sexual assault, misogyny, and the objectification and oppression of women, and it always looks alot like white people getting mad in conversations about racism.
https://twitter.com/1NOnlyBabyYoda/status/1356391111309295624
We want to create distance between ourselves and things we know are wrong. We become uncomfortable when that distance is questioned because we know our hands aren’t clean. We know there are times we could have done more, or better, and we dont want to admit we benefitted from it.
The important question is, what are you going to do with that discomfort? Because shouting down women or people of color isn’t creating the distance you tell yourself exists. Stop trying to create distance between you and harm to others and start contributing to the solution.
I mean, it’s that or you are in fact a misogynist or a racist. If you’re a man arguing with women against addressing misogyny, or a white person arguing with people of color against addressing racism, what are you doing? What does that say about you?
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