'Checking Your Male Privilege' Is Hollow Virtue Signaling. To Help Women, We Need More So-Called 'Toxic Masculinity.'
Okay, it's basically Saudi Arabia up in here, so how does Blow suggest we combat this problem? With the promise of checking his male privilege, being a "feminist," and promoting "ally-ship."
"I am a man. Six-foot-two, 200 lbs. Able-bodied, and physically fit. I move through the world with the privilege of never even considering the idea of being sexually assaulted or harassed," writes the columnist.
"This is one of my male privileges, and I have to check it."
He continues: "It is not sufficient to simply not be a sexist yourself if you are a man. You must also recognize that you benefit from the system of sexism in ways to which you may not even be aware."
"Every man must become a feminist," he adds. "Every man must work as hard as every woman to elevate gender equality and to eliminate gendered violence."
Blow wants men to become male feminists, to empathize with women, to essentially throw up a trending hashtag to fight The Patriarchy. This is unsurprisingly hollow, and even counterproductive.
Okay, it's basically Saudi Arabia up in here, so how does Blow suggest we combat this problem? With the promise of checking his male privilege, being a "feminist," and promoting "ally-ship."
"I am a man. Six-foot-two, 200 lbs. Able-bodied, and physically fit. I move through the world with the privilege of never even considering the idea of being sexually assaulted or harassed," writes the columnist.
"This is one of my male privileges, and I have to check it."
He continues: "It is not sufficient to simply not be a sexist yourself if you are a man. You must also recognize that you benefit from the system of sexism in ways to which you may not even be aware."
"Every man must become a feminist," he adds. "Every man must work as hard as every woman to elevate gender equality and to eliminate gendered violence."
Blow wants men to become male feminists, to empathize with women, to essentially throw up a trending hashtag to fight The Patriarchy. This is unsurprisingly hollow, and even counterproductive.
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