| Nymeria said:
4. Get your priorities straight and stop purity tests. Look, I hate sexism and other forms of hate and am not saying we shouldn't defend against them. However, in the past decade it has felt increasingly like pockets have begun tilting at windmills to find sexism. This repetition hit home when it stopped having affect and became white noise. When you say, "all men are sexist, all white people are racist" you remove all meaning from such words that should hold power. When I, as someone who favors feminism, was called a misogynist because I had "internalized self loathing" due to not being thrilled with Clinton it made the point to me at how little these words hold meaning. Is it any surprise that a chauvinist could take power when people think, "well, they say he's sexist, but then they called me sexist too and I know I'm not, so not such a big deal". |
Well put, thank you OP.
I've been reading an article over article and no one has put the way you did.
Racist, sexist, misogynist; All are labels people tried to detach themselves from in the past because they meant something horrible. The power of the meaning is diluted now. The current definition of those terms is so wide that it includes most, if not all, individuals. In addition, the extreme push for diversity and how major companies are publicly shamed for not hiring more black, more asians, more gays didn't help at all.
Diversity should be about ideas, and what different additions your new employee may add to your company and make it truly diverse.
Somehow, diversity nowadays means you hire based on race, religion, or sexual orientation. Which couldn't be more superficial.
No company should release annual diversity reports, it's non of your freaking business who and how they hire.
