Mr. Nguyen makes a powerful argument and I'm heartened to see that it extends to misogyny. It's important and necessary to condemn racism, but misogyny too often is left out, or is only mentioned in a very limited way. Women have been thought of as property forever and, while it's better, it's still present in family life, among friends,…
Mr. Nguyen makes a powerful argument and I'm heartened to see that it extends to misogyny. It's important and necessary to condemn racism, but misogyny too often is left out, or is only mentioned in a very limited way. Women have been thought of as property forever and, while it's better, it's still present in family life, among friends, at work, on social media, in religious communities, and in public around the world. There is no country on earth where it doesn't exist (along with racism) and, if you doubt this, look at crimes against women. After Trump won there was an explosion on social media by men with the "Your body, my choice" comments. I haven't read any essays about how the "good" men are condemning it or what they're doing to challenge it. We were willing to elect a Black man for President, twice, and I'm so very glad of that, but we also were not willing to elect a woman, twice. There's the case in France of the man who drugged his wife and allowed dozens of men to rape her. Now, her daughter is expressing fears that she may have been raped too. This man viewed his wife as his property, to do with as he wished, and this is only one example brought to light because of the courage of the wife.
Intersectionality, intersectionality, intersectionality. Until non white women are treated well with dignity, misogyny will reign and the world of women will be brutalized accordingly. If a white woman has any levers at her disposal (in the workplace, at her children’s schools, in her private clubs, and amongst her friend groups) she should wield them in solidarity with nonwhite women.
Mr. Nguyen makes a powerful argument and I'm heartened to see that it extends to misogyny. It's important and necessary to condemn racism, but misogyny too often is left out, or is only mentioned in a very limited way. Women have been thought of as property forever and, while it's better, it's still present in family life, among friends, at work, on social media, in religious communities, and in public around the world. There is no country on earth where it doesn't exist (along with racism) and, if you doubt this, look at crimes against women. After Trump won there was an explosion on social media by men with the "Your body, my choice" comments. I haven't read any essays about how the "good" men are condemning it or what they're doing to challenge it. We were willing to elect a Black man for President, twice, and I'm so very glad of that, but we also were not willing to elect a woman, twice. There's the case in France of the man who drugged his wife and allowed dozens of men to rape her. Now, her daughter is expressing fears that she may have been raped too. This man viewed his wife as his property, to do with as he wished, and this is only one example brought to light because of the courage of the wife.
Intersectionality, intersectionality, intersectionality. Until non white women are treated well with dignity, misogyny will reign and the world of women will be brutalized accordingly. If a white woman has any levers at her disposal (in the workplace, at her children’s schools, in her private clubs, and amongst her friend groups) she should wield them in solidarity with nonwhite women.