feministphotoblogproject: I fell in love with this caption on Facebook today and HAD to get him on the blog!  Thanks, Dirk, for reaching out. Thanks for being a feminist and for being an ally!  …really? I’ll reuse what I said before about the guy in the picture: “fuck you. you can’t relate to women who have been socialised to see themselves as being inferior to men in some way? you need to not be a dick, son” it’s an outlook that smacks to me of unacknowledged privilege, and the guy’s blog explanation doesn’t really affect that. if as a man you can’t “relate” to women that see themselves at a disadvantage to you because of their socialisation (which is pretty impossible to totally shake off) then you’re basically saying you can’t relate to most women because they’re not “empowered” enough? I don’t see why people like this. seriously.

feministphotoblogproject:

I fell in love with this caption on Facebook today and HAD to get him on the blog! 

Thanks, Dirk, for reaching out. Thanks for being a feminist and for being an ally! 

…really?

I’ll reuse what I said before about the guy in the picture: “fuck you. you can’t relate to women who have been socialised to see themselves as being inferior to men in some way? you need to not be a dick, son”

it’s an outlook that smacks to me of unacknowledged privilege, and the guy’s blog explanation doesn’t really affect that. if as a man you can’t “relate” to women that see themselves at a disadvantage to you because of their socialisation (which is pretty impossible to totally shake off) then you’re basically saying you can’t relate to most women because they’re not “empowered” enough?

I don’t see why people like this. seriously.

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