Its like attending a big fair and there are thousands of open stages for public discussions. Each stage hosts one of many different topics. A single one (!) of these stages is “female-speakers only”. And these neckbeards are throwing a tantrum that this single stage is a safe space for women.
As a straight white cis-man I feel ashamed when seeing other men acting like this.
It’s more like that stage only allows women participants. But the stage example doesn’t work well because a forum is not a stage.
Either way, I take issue with the idea that a male participation makes a space inherently unsafe.
You didn’t say it explicitly, but you kinda implied it.
I think this is not only false, but it’s divisive and it’s a terrible narrative to build that harms cohesion in the face of class struggle.
Its like attending a big fair and there are thousands of open stages for public discussions. Each stage hosts one of many different topics. A single one (!) of these stages is “female-speakers only”. And these neckbeards are throwing a tantrum that this single stage is a safe space for women.
As a straight white cis-man I feel ashamed when seeing other men acting like this.
It’s more like that stage only allows women participants. But the stage example doesn’t work well because a forum is not a stage.
Either way, I take issue with the idea that a male participation makes a space inherently unsafe. You didn’t say it explicitly, but you kinda implied it.
I think this is not only false, but it’s divisive and it’s a terrible narrative to build that harms cohesion in the face of class struggle.