"As a woman, I do see in men a general cluelessness, an inability to completely understand how women have to move through society with more concern for their safety than men do."
Oh yeah, absolutely. Jared (from the conversation about trans women in changing rooms) was a shocking recent example of this. I'm definitely not suggesting that …
"As a woman, I do see in men a general cluelessness, an inability to completely understand how women have to move through society with more concern for their safety than men do."
Oh yeah, absolutely. Jared (from the conversation about trans women in changing rooms) was a shocking recent example of this. I'm definitely not suggesting that we understand the experience of other groups by default, simply because we're all human.
I'm saying that if we truly make an effort, if we're genuinely interested in understanding each other, listening and empathy and careful thought can get us a fair amount of the way there. Again, aren't we're always having to do some version of this with other people? Even people who share certain traits with us? After all, I don't know what it's like to grow up black. I know what it was like for *me* to grow up black. Undoubtedly there's crossover with other black people. But as some of my conversations show, there's also a fair amount of disagreement sometimes.
My view on "blackness" as a concept has been formed far more by listening to other black people than by drawing on my personal experiences.
"As a woman, I do see in men a general cluelessness, an inability to completely understand how women have to move through society with more concern for their safety than men do."
Oh yeah, absolutely. Jared (from the conversation about trans women in changing rooms) was a shocking recent example of this. I'm definitely not suggesting that we understand the experience of other groups by default, simply because we're all human.
I'm saying that if we truly make an effort, if we're genuinely interested in understanding each other, listening and empathy and careful thought can get us a fair amount of the way there. Again, aren't we're always having to do some version of this with other people? Even people who share certain traits with us? After all, I don't know what it's like to grow up black. I know what it was like for *me* to grow up black. Undoubtedly there's crossover with other black people. But as some of my conversations show, there's also a fair amount of disagreement sometimes.
My view on "blackness" as a concept has been formed far more by listening to other black people than by drawing on my personal experiences.