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Hello ladies, I'm going to do a terrible job summing this up (for those of you who haven't heard about #YesAllWomen). Basically, a man in California went on a rampage and murdered several people, citing his main cause of anger as his rejection by women. This has spawned a giant twitter hashtag called #YesAllWomen in which women discuss their daily misogyny and sexism. Most of the tweets are examples of sexism in daily life. For example, my two contribtions were: "Because my male coworker said that's just how the world works when discussing #YesAllWomen" and "Because I should be able to ride my bike on the street without a man yelling, "show me that pussy baby" #YesAllWomen" I know there have been threads on here before about how to deal with harassment. But I want this thread to be different. I want it to be unifying, powerful, and empowering. I want it to have an impact and change people and the future. So how do we do this? Part 1 - sharing. That's powerful within itself. I think it would also be powerful to share positive experiences (either about yourself or your relationship with men). Like, yes I've been harassed and groped my entire life, but I also have a master's degree in a male-dominated, technical field. Part 2 - Problem solving. This is an extremely open-ended discussion. How do we change this behavior? The thing that frustrates me so much about harassment is that any kind of reaction runs the risk of retribution. If a man whistles at me, and then I say "hey fuck you asshole", then I'm some crazy woman. How can we react, act, and teach people about this behavior and how to change it? Most people's eyes glaze over when you start talking about the struggles of women (including my own African-American boyfriend, who you'd think would understand). Ready? Set? Go! Edit: Adding articles that I feel are relevant and powerful. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html