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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I think of these kinds of men as having a sort of benign sexism, because it is cancelled out by the fact that they are not sexist in their actions - i.e. with the guy I am thinking of, it was really all about your brain if you wanted to succeed with him.
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It is not benign at all. The fact that you are willing to excuse it is because you have internalized the sexism and are also a realist in that you recognize you have limited power to change this. If you cannot beat them, just go with the flow and deal with it.
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Of course, it was a pain in the ass, but that's life. I'm just not sure men like that should be condemned as sexist because it's more complex than that. (not that I would condone that kind of speech).
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See my point above.
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Also not sure if this kind of behavior can translate to a race context. I was just thinking about it.
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Yes, you are, you just are afraid to say it because you are white.
