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ITT: Sexism _must_ be intentional to be true! If someone's implicit biases (or given the circumstances, like having ten or hundred men in the room versus one w
by alexpetralia 9y ago
ITT: Sexism _must_ be intentional to be true!
If someone's implicit biases (or given the circumstances, like having ten or hundred men in the room versus one woman) cause them to act differently toward women than men, it's still sexism - intentional or not. I'd encourage the men in this thread to exercise a bit of empathy and imagine what it'd be like to be the only man in a room full of 100 women (eg. Miley Cyrus concert) - not particularly comfortable!
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoThere's a further characteristic to consider when thinking about intent. I'm often the only man in a room of 10-40 women, eg "Mums & Toddlers" groups and at work. There's usually a degree of overt sexism and exclusion; however acting differently toward me is human nature, we have two different sexes. Sexism that's not negative discrimination seems like something we should just live with. Some intentional (or at least easily avoided) sexism falls in that class IMO.
- trueSlav 9y agoThe demo of this reddit wannabe board is like 95% numales and male feminists. I.e. pathetic individuals. Lol