This reminds me of back in the summer when a bunch of people rocked up to say "thou shalt not be in a room with Posie Parker because she once criticised the hijab". The reason no one could be in a room with someone criticising the hijab was it meant a person who likes wearing a hijab could not go there, therefore, by association, we were all oppressing the hijab liker by being willing to enter a room with Posie Parker. Really?
I turned this around and asked what this meant in practice for this "privilege" view of white women feminism that we are all denounced with. By insisting I can't be in a room with someone that does not defer to the symbols and ideology you believe in are you not simply oppressing me back in return.
No answer, no reply, nothing. There isn't one is there?
I put myself on a D&I training course this year, where they make everyone do this privilege exercise. Everyone gasps and is in awe of the message (what message?), but if you say so "what now, what does this mean?" there is no answer. Do I have to unlearn and unknow everything I know so as to not offend those that know other ideas?
No answer. No explanation. This type of diversity and inclusion training is an absolute dead end. It is an ill thought out dogma. And it bears little relationship to the real world we operate in, it adds nothing. And this is the feminism that is so easily captured by this ludicrous male equals female burble burble burble.
It's soppy and meaningless. And damaging and timewasting.
Until someone gives me the follow on training session when they actually tell me how standing back and letting your oppression take over my life benefits anyone, then I will be watching from the side-lines amused at the pointless waste of time this "cul de sac" feminism is.