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[–]Erised 32 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 0 fun33 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How idiotically tone def do you have to be to go on a rant denying that white women experience ANY oppression in the EXACT SAME week that a plot was uncovered to kidnap and kill Gov. Whitmer? Last time I checked, Gov. Whitmer was white. And last time I checked, protesters with assault rifles never barged their way into any of the other state houses in the states that created mandates designed to keep their asses safe from a freaking pandemic. Seems like they ONLY pulled that shit in a state with a WOMAN governor....

Do white women experience white privilege? Absolutely. But white women are STILL oppressed for both their sex and gender. Having privilege in one area doesn’t magically cancel out not having privilege in another area.

[–]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.