What's the logic behind the claim that men particularly are duty bound to "call out" male sexual harassers?
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Again, I think your framing is problematic - but within that you are clearly very consistent! I'll stop now
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Framing - Thing is, it's a no-brainer that within institutional settings it's up to people with power - i.e., men - to shut this stuff down.
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But it's not something I find interesting enough to comment upon, nor do I think it helps if I add my voice to those saying it.
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Justification is straightforwardly utilitarian. HW et al aren't going to stop unless those with power to stop them do something about it.
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That will normally be men, and only very rarely will it be those who are victims of harassment.
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It's also obvious if men are complicit in development of a "laddish" culture, they contribute to an environment where harassment will occur.
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But I'm a veteran of the battles over Page 3, etc., so from my point of view, it's utterly uncontentious, & something sorted out years ago.
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Not sorted out in the socio-political sense of being "solved", but as something that might be in doubt. It's not in doubt.
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If it's not in doubt, and if plenty of people are quite eloquently making the point, it's very unlikely I'm going to tweet about it.
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Not keen on virtue signalling, and that's pretty much what it would amount to - I'd just be flagging up my "feminist" credentials.
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Not going to do that. I'm terribly uninterested in whether people think I have the "right" sort of political views. I really don't care!
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