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[–]denverkris 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And as a very gnc white woman in a mostly male field (whos also bi), i can tell you it hasn't always been a picnic. People probably look at me now and think I'm a "karen", but my background is single mother/horribly abusive stepfather, trailer park, the list goes on.

[–]MarkTwainiac 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also, even white women who grew up in, and now live in, financially well-off households and have never stepped foot in a trailer park aren't immune from sexism and sex-based oppression. Lots of upper-class and middle-class white girls and women have experienced verbal, physical and/or sexual abuse by their fathers, boyfriends, husbands, male partners and/or brothers and by other powerful men in their lives such as clergy, medical doctors, coaches, college professors, bosses, as well from strangers too. And they've experienced tons of other kinds of sex discrimination and exclusion simply for being female as well.