Quote: Jamie101 "Good job on posting this. Though i would slightly dispute the idea that white people aren't 'offended' by racism and men aren't 'offended' by misogyny. I am a white man and get offended by both when i hear them. I assume you mean more 'are not personally impacted by...'
But all this 'played like a girl' / 'don't be a woman about it' stuff that is said in sports and a lot on here on the other thread is just as bad as it is implying that it is unacceptable to display such qualities.
The job i do, 86% of its members are female and if i said on here what the job was, i suspect a decent sample would say things like 'get a proper job', or 'that's not a man's job' or those sorts of things.
It is essentially insecure members of a 'ruling majority' (whether that be white vs ethnic minorities, hetero vs homosexual, able bodied vs not) feeling threatened in some way about their own deficiencies so then try and belittle those in a smaller group to make them feel better about themselves.'"
Well said.