Critical thinking: Does the "I also" Demonstration Movement How ‘privileged’ are women?

Shortly after the Harvey Weinstein allegations were made, the hashtag “#MeToo” went viral on social media. This gave people the opportunity to talk about the sexual assault and harassment they had experienced in the workplace.

In the beginning

It has been said that the original purpose of this hashatag was “to empower women through empathy, especially the experiences of young and vulnerable women of brown or black color”, and the person behind this was Tarana Burke. Following this, Alyssa Milano offered her support for this phrase, encouraging people to use it if they had experienced sexual harassment and assault.

This was also seen as a way to find out how widespread this is in today’s world. However, as more and more people around the world started using this phrase, its meaning gradually changed.

A moment of the basin

But other than that, what’s clear is that this hashtag has given so many people a voice, a vice that they clearly haven’t had before. And when someone’s being has been raped by another human being, this is exactly what you need.

Their sense of safety and security will have been shattered, and then it will be vital for them to be heard. This can then allow them to feel recognized and validated, and then something can be done about what has happened.

Two parts

First, there may be what will have to happen regarding the person or people who caused them harm, and second, there may be the kind of mental and emotional support that someone will need. For example, if someone has been raped, they may need therapy.

And it might not matter if this happened several years ago, as your mind and body might still be in a traumatized state. If this is the case, it could be a challenge for them to manage their daily life.

To get

Simply posting a hashtag on social media isn’t necessarily going to do much, and there’s also the possibility that they will feel even more vulnerable telling others what happened to them. Then it will be essential for them to find a therapist or healer to work with, someone who understands what they have been through and who can guide them through this process.

What they have been through will have had a great impact on them and continuing as before will not be an option. They did not deserve to be treated this way and they did not deserve to suffer either.

A polluted movement

The problem is that since the meaning of this hashtag has changed, it has meant that it is being used in any way. So instead of someone being raped as an adult or sexually abused as a child, for example, as an adult, they may have had their leg touched or had sex that was not very satisfying.

What one then does is trivialize the occasions when someone has truly suffered. When something like this happens, the person using this hashtag clearly has a different motive than someone who has actually suffered.

Has been kidnapped

If someone has been touched on the leg or shoulder, is it really the same as being raped or sexually abused as a child? Or have sex and then regret it the next day?

This is something that several feminists strongly support, this being another way to control and demonize all men. These are the women who like to talk about how ‘privileged’ all men are, while completely overlooking their own ‘privilege’

Infantilization

In their eyes, all men are bad and / or rapists and women are oppressed victims, who have absolutely no agency. Based on this, men are adults but women are dependent children who need protection.

What this does then is prevent women from being responsible for their own lives and, if this is the case, men are to blame. Women are then like angels incapable of doing anything wrong.

The death of due process

Therefore, if a man is accused of sexual misconduct or harassment, he will be guilty until proven innocent. The fact that a woman has said that this is what has happened will be the only thing that matters.

With a single accusation, regardless of whether it is true or not, a man’s reputation and livelihood can be completely destroyed. Would this happen if men had all power, or if we lived in a ‘patriarchy’ and women were ‘oppressed’?

A great illusion

One way of looking at this would be to say that the reason these feminists have spent so much time nurturing the narrative that men are a “privilege” is to hide their own privilege. Then they have accused the opposite gender of what they are: either they are not aware of this or they are extremely cunning.

They are not interested in the facts; They are only interested in pushing their own agenda. The only information and experiences that interest them is what supports what they believe.

Back to reality

Men are not infallible and, believe it or not, women are equal; not everything that comes out of your mouth is true. In the same way that men can be attention seekers, women can also be equals.

With this in mind, it is clear that it is not a good idea to believe that a man must be guilty if a woman has accused him of doing something wrong. And if this is difficult for someone to accept, you just need to think how crazy it would be to believe everything that came out of a man’s mouth.

Conclution

It is easy to attack men in today’s world and cross them all with the same brush, but all this does is divide men and women. Perhaps the feminists behind this have a lot of conflict within them, wanting to make the world in their own image.

Then they will not be completely satisfied until all men and women are as miserable as they are. Fortunately, a truly empowered woman, a woman who does not perceive herself as a victim, will not be interested in any of this.