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submitted 6 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

The number of examples I have seen of people being told to shut up about their lived experiences with sexual abuse in the past 24 hours on this platform is deeply disturbing.

I am calling on y’all to take a deep breath and listen to women for once. There is a time and place for tone policing and it’s never the very minute a woman speaks up.

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[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 35 points 6 months ago

Yes! In several aspects, I appreciate the progressive nature of the community here. However, the predominantly male composition of the community is a significant drawback. There is a noticeable lack of maningful exposure to even basic feminist theory compared to Marxist, environmental, racial, or other left-leaning theories. It is my hope that we, as a community, can acknowledge this deficiency and make efforts to address it, as recent events have shown that the status quo is doing nothing but harm.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 months ago

A lot of people seem to think things like sexism are a personal failing or deliberate act as opposed to a systemic issue that affects us all.

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[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 16 points 6 months ago

Lemmy has been very good in my experience with recognizing this truth when it comes to systemic racism. I guess I thought it would translate more easily to gender as well but clearly I was quite mistaken.

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