Post by Souriquois on Nov 11, 2016 16:21:40 GMT -4
This is a good article, and it may be something PoC (especially men) may not understand. The misogyny in white culture is quite violent, and white women often live in fear and keep the line.
Yes, some of it is racism, but some of it is fear.
White society casts out its own at an alarming rate, especially whites who have other marginalized identities. Be they a linguistic/religious minority (think centuries of oppression of French-speaking Canadians, who are still marginalized, scapegoated, and "othered" to a degree), LGBT folks, people with disabilities, people with mental illnesses (who will be marginalized even after they recover), poor people, and women (especially those who don't toe the line, look at my treatment on forums, and the maligning of "leftist" white women, for evidence of that).
www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-misogyny-apocalypse-turns-out-being-white-and-male-counts-for-more-than-intelligence-grace-or-decency/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Just a perspective to think about.
Yes, some of it is racism, but some of it is fear.
White society casts out its own at an alarming rate, especially whites who have other marginalized identities. Be they a linguistic/religious minority (think centuries of oppression of French-speaking Canadians, who are still marginalized, scapegoated, and "othered" to a degree), LGBT folks, people with disabilities, people with mental illnesses (who will be marginalized even after they recover), poor people, and women (especially those who don't toe the line, look at my treatment on forums, and the maligning of "leftist" white women, for evidence of that).
Rather than admit that the men in your life hate women, it’s easier to rationalize: Trump’s just joking around! Those feminists are oversensitive! Democrat Hillary Clinton really is a hateful shrew; it’s not just that she’s been demonized by the same misogynist forces that elevated Trump.
That’s what makes that picture of Donald and Melania Trump so telling. Many of us believe — or fear — that huge swaths of women are in secret rebellion, that their outward submission belies a heart that believes that women are equal. But it’s actually simpler for women to accede not just their outward behavior, but their hearts, to this sexist system.
It’s even tempting, in many cases, to believe that if you join in with the misogyny, you’ll be spared. Call other women sluts, and you’ll look pure. Call them bitches and shrews, and you look more pleasant by comparison. Agree that there’s just something wrong with Clinton’s voice, and your voice will be judged more sonorous.
That’s what makes that picture of Donald and Melania Trump so telling. Many of us believe — or fear — that huge swaths of women are in secret rebellion, that their outward submission belies a heart that believes that women are equal. But it’s actually simpler for women to accede not just their outward behavior, but their hearts, to this sexist system.
It’s even tempting, in many cases, to believe that if you join in with the misogyny, you’ll be spared. Call other women sluts, and you’ll look pure. Call them bitches and shrews, and you look more pleasant by comparison. Agree that there’s just something wrong with Clinton’s voice, and your voice will be judged more sonorous.
Just a perspective to think about.