Experiences in which women describe things that I don’t ever experience or witness (e.g. catcalls, poor treatment based on gender, personal harassment) or in which women perceive something in light of their gender in a way that I don’t (e.g. predominance of males in art, male-centric language, safety in public spaces.)
I certainly had much less empathy a few years ago, prior to paying attention to these kind of posts. I wasn’t aware how common the former kind of experience was, and I didn’t notice (and still don’t) a lot of the latter kind.
Experiences in which women describe things that I don’t ever experience or witness (e.g. catcalls, poor treatment based on gender, personal harassment) or in which women perceive something in light of their gender in a way that I don’t (e.g. predominance of males in art, male-centric language, safety in public spaces.)
You really had no experience/empathy with sexism? Huh. Maybe this is more useful than I thought.
I certainly had much less empathy a few years ago, prior to paying attention to these kind of posts. I wasn’t aware how common the former kind of experience was, and I didn’t notice (and still don’t) a lot of the latter kind.