History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: When Men on the Left Refuse to See Their Sexism [View all]redqueen
(115,113 posts)When white people cluelessly whine about how unfair it is that black people can use it but they can't, people ridicule them.
No white person tries to use other racist insults and pretend they think its fine to do so.
When men use any of the myriad gendered slurs against women, people fall all over themselves to try to frame it as free speech (apparently failing to understand the concept), or accuse people of not having a sense of humor (know your audience, anyone? are you on a stage? cracking jokes around your friends? no? ) or otherwise try to dig their heels in using any means necessary to maintain the status quo. And sadly, many women line up to support these ridiculous excuses for arguments. (But then no other oppressed group internalizes their own oppression as deeply as women.)
This status quo, in which women are plagued by violence (3 women killed every day by their male partner or ex partner, 1 in 6 raped, a sexual assault every few seconds), treated as less than, and generally expected to shut up and smile or suffer the consequences.