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Comparing sex segregation & race "segregation" is such an idiotic, tone deaf false equivoc. fallacy.
"Segregation" is a term that sanitizes the terrorism Afro Americans endured w/ Jim Crow. In reality, JC was Apartheid*.
Having women-only spaces isn& #39;t apartheid,
Comparing sex segregation & race "segregation" is such an idiotic, tone deaf false equivoc. fallacy.
"Segregation" is a term that sanitizes the terrorism Afro Americans endured w/ Jim Crow. In reality, JC was Apartheid*.
Having women-only spaces isn& #39;t apartheid,
& using jargon so carelessly contributes to the ongoing trivialization of the oppression Black ppl have faced under US white supremacy.
It not only shows a lack of empathy for the Black plight, but also reveals entitlement, both of which are symptomatic of white supremacy.
It not only shows a lack of empathy for the Black plight, but also reveals entitlement, both of which are symptomatic of white supremacy.
I also despise the sexist undertones to this analogy.
Fallaciously using the term "sex segregation" in the same sense as racial segregation implies that women are a dominant group, & have the power to systematically oppress men by means of exclusion.
Fallaciously using the term "sex segregation" in the same sense as racial segregation implies that women are a dominant group, & have the power to systematically oppress men by means of exclusion.
This is not just ahistorical, but also an insidious reversal of the violence, suppression & deprivation of basic rights men have subjected women to all of modern history.
It& #39;s bc of men why women cling so tightly to segregated spaces in the 1st place.
It& #39;s bc of men why women cling so tightly to segregated spaces in the 1st place.
It& #39;s also worth noting that women having access to all the same facilities as men is a fairly recent development in history.
Prior to that, women *were* systemically excluded from a large part of public life.
Prior to that, women *were* systemically excluded from a large part of public life.
Yet they don& #39;t even reserve their loaded analogy to describe this phenomenon, but instead reserve it solely for condemning women who want to enjoy intimate spaces free of men.
Women weren& #39;t the victims then when men excluded us & treated us as 2nd class citizens, but men surely are the victims now when our exclusion of them doesn& #39;t compromise their quality of life in any way.
It reeks of racism & contempt for women.
I& #39;ll never be ok w/ this trend among the Wannabe Woke of treating anti-black racism as tools to propel their weak arguments or justify misogyny.
Critical thinking & empathy is dying, which has turned me away from lib spaces as a leftist.
I& #39;ll never be ok w/ this trend among the Wannabe Woke of treating anti-black racism as tools to propel their weak arguments or justify misogyny.
Critical thinking & empathy is dying, which has turned me away from lib spaces as a leftist.
