First of all, I post here loads, very feminist, not interested in getting mansplained about how to coddle men.
Recently I've talked to a few very decent, feminist sympathetic men who are feeling very alienated by the current discourse about diversity and how different groups are disadvantaged. I've heard them say they don't want to listen any more, they aren't like that and they feel like they are being blamed. They are buying into the trial by media/witch hunt narrative of #metoo and feeling scared and guilty by association.
So far so familiar, what is bothering me is these are men who have previously been very sympathetic to the cause.
How do I frame a conversation with them so they can understand this isn't about them, it's about us? And that women talking about what happens to them shouldn't be threatening to men who dont do these things?
Or should I not even bother and let them figure it out for themselves? Am I running the risk here of doing emotional work for men?
Very interested in opinions, have fire retardant clothes on
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How do we help men be sympathetic to feminism? (#metoo backlash, that kind of thing)
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QuentinSummers · 10/11/2017 11:38
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