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There's some possibility men who believe they're not sexist aren't sexist, it seems unlikely that it's a common thing though. It would take an incredible force
by tomasien 13y ago
There's some possibility men who believe they're not sexist aren't sexist, it seems unlikely that it's a common thing though. It would take an incredible force of will for anyone to be totally devoid of the influences of patriarchy.
- smsm42 13y agoPostulating existence of the "patriarchy", whose grip is unescapable, makes the argument perfectly circular. Of course (nearly) all men are sexist, what do you expect if they are influenced by the patriarchy? And of course patriarchy exists - what else you expect from the sexist men?
- tomasien 13y agoIt's not a circular argument, it's a circular reality. That's exactly how things actually work - we're raised in patriarchy, so we all carry some of that with us. The goal is to carry less and less over by becoming conscious of it. Then the circle becomes an inward spiral, continuing to perpetuate itself, but getting smaller all the time.
- smsm42 13y agoIs it? We're talking about it for four generations at least now, and all men are still irredeemably sexist. When we know that it got small enough so a man has a workable chance of not being sexist? 25 years? 50 years? 100 years? Who would determine that and how?