I’ve noticed some men seem a little lost as news of the Me Too movement pours in. Why are so many celebrities getting outed as perpetrators of sexual assault and was what they did really that bad? What behavior is expected of men going forward? Why is what happened with Ansari such a big deal? Isn’t this all going a little too far? This article is for you.
Tag: sexism
Explaining Privilege Part 4: Privilege is an Invisibility Cloak
Privilege can bring you many benefits, and eliminate many obstacles for you. But privilege can also mask negative traits such as incompetence, unethical behavior, and dishonesty. Privilege can give you literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, to the detriment of people who lack that privilege. Privilege is an invisibility cloak.
Explaining Privilege Part 3: The Scrutiny of Oppressed Groups
We often talk about privilege in terms of the positives, the benefits you receive: Resources, freedom, trust, and benefit of the doubt are extremely common ones. But what about the flip side? The opposite of privileged groups receiving the benefit of the doubt is the scrutiny of oppressed groups.
Explaining Privilege Part 1: WHAT Is Privilege?
This article covers the absolute basic answers to the question, what is privilege, including social, financial, and institutional privilege.
Untangling Sexualization from Objectification
When you are going through the process of untangling sexualization from objectification, sexual empowerment from sexual exploitation, it can be hard to determine whether the sexual expression you’re seeing is harmful or not.
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This is the old version of the article “9 Things That Blocked My Access to Medical Treatment”
You Need this Thread on Emotional Labor in your life
For this post, I wanted to focus on an incredible compilation of posts assembled by Olivia K. Lima and Timid Robot Zehta on MetaFilter: a thread on emotional labor.