@Ian_HT @themattsimpson cf. "teach men not to rape". Topping from the bottom: adopting a stance of helplessness as a power grab.
@schakalsynthetc @Ian_HT @themattsimpson But in practice the two goals are often opposed.
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@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson there's often some unresolved ambiguity between "ought" and "can", too, I think. -
@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson ie, for castes that can't access the privilege of protection: if you *could*, would you really *want* to? -
@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson "yes" is ... not at all self-evident, to me. -
@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson I mean, I see the protection privileged white women gain by surrendering agency & it seems kind of a swindle -
@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson what happens when your protectors *fail*? because they *do*. they *will*. -
@schakalsynthetc @Ian_HT @themattsimpson FBI crime statistics suggest they don't. Everyone is at risk but white women at the least. -
@St_Rev @Ian_HT @themattsimpson eh, well, even then "they don't" is a scalar, not a binary. may be that 99.999% of the time they don't. but. -
@schakalsynthetc @Ian_HT @themattsimpson ...which, honestly, I think is actually an implicit belief here for a lot of people. - 19 more replies
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