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I mean, how familiar are you with the MeToo movement? Did you see female friends and colleagues post on Facebook about their experiences? Read tweets? Or are yo

I mean, how familiar are you with the MeToo movement? Did you see female friends and colleagues post on Facebook about their experiences? Read tweets? Or are you hearing about it through the news? Because it's not about men as an enemy. It's about people saying that they too have been effected by sexual harassment, assault or abuse. It's someone saying, "That happened to me, too." If it feel's pervasive enough to be a campaign, instead of a movement, that says more about our culture's response, or lack thereof, to sexual misconduct then it does about men.

ajnin 8y ago
I don't know directly anyone who is in that situation. I know about it only indirectly, through the news, blog posts and such, but it's affecting me all the same. I think "MeToo" goes beyond simply exposing particular situations. It is also attempting to explain those cases of abuse by the gender of the perpetrator, as if it was the ultimate cause. Maybe the particular individual is an asshole, but not the whole category. Maybe that guy that "mansplains" things is condescending with everyone. I think that too quick generalization and broad accusation creates resentment and diminishes the potential of support from both sides. I wish things were written like "many persons have been called out" instead of "many men have been called out", because the latter implies that only men can be, and also even if logically false it is easy to go from A => B to B => A in the eyes of opinion.
- BerislavLopac 8y ago
  > I don't know directly anyone who is in that situation Which situation -- do you mean "being harassed"? I'm pretty sure you do, as it is quite safe to assume that any woman you encounter has been harassed at some point in her life. The only question is how severely and how long ago, which still does not take away the effect on her emotions.
  - ajnin 8y ago
    I meant someone who spoke as part of the "MeToo" movement. I certainly know women who have had some bad experiences with men, but none that expressed that publicly, as that was the question I was answering.
    - BerislavLopac 8y ago
      And your comment is precisely the reason why.

ajnin 8y ago

I don't know directly anyone who is in that situation. I know about it only indirectly, through the news, blog posts and such, but it's affecting me all the same. I think "MeToo" goes beyond simply exposing particular situations. It is also attempting to explain those cases of abuse by the gender of the perpetrator, as if it was the ultimate cause. Maybe the particular individual is an asshole, but not the whole category. Maybe that guy that "mansplains" things is condescending with everyone. I think that too quick generalization and broad accusation creates resentment and diminishes the potential of support from both sides. I wish things were written like "many persons have been called out" instead of "many men have been called out", because the latter implies that only men can be, and also even if logically false it is easy to go from A => B to B => A in the eyes of opinion.

BerislavLopac 8y ago
> I don't know directly anyone who is in that situation Which situation -- do you mean "being harassed"? I'm pretty sure you do, as it is quite safe to assume that any woman you encounter has been harassed at some point in her life. The only question is how severely and how long ago, which still does not take away the effect on her emotions.
- ajnin 8y ago
  I meant someone who spoke as part of the "MeToo" movement. I certainly know women who have had some bad experiences with men, but none that expressed that publicly, as that was the question I was answering.
  - BerislavLopac 8y ago
    And your comment is precisely the reason why.