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Jan. 27th, 2011 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslut"The guy who called me a "split arse tart" is probably a "nice guy". That's the thing about sexism, homophobia and racism. It's not the exclusive property of assholes. Most of the people who engage in these cultures of hate and discrimination are not obvious monsters. They are normal people.
The worst offenders are probably "great guys" AND sexist pigs. Richard and Andy meant no harm with their sexist banter, and Sky didn't take the culture of its workplace seriously because it's just boys being boys. And maybe the fact that these boys are doing it with a smile and no deliberate malice makes it worse."
http://fromaleftwing.blogspot.com/2011/01/do-you-get-rape-y-comments-too-on.html
(I am not down with her "sexism is the new racism" comment later, although I get her argument up to that point. Intersectionality remains hard.)
The worst offenders are probably "great guys" AND sexist pigs. Richard and Andy meant no harm with their sexist banter, and Sky didn't take the culture of its workplace seriously because it's just boys being boys. And maybe the fact that these boys are doing it with a smile and no deliberate malice makes it worse."
http://fromaleftwing.blogspot.com/2011/01/do-you-get-rape-y-comments-too-on.html
(I am not down with her "sexism is the new racism" comment later, although I get her argument up to that point. Intersectionality remains hard.)
