The more I read that people are putting an "oh he's just trying to be a faithful husband" spin on @mike_pence's no-dinner-with-women rule...
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the more pissed off I am about it. It's not about his marriage. From that lens it's admirable. But take 2 seconds to think of women...
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and it is BEYOND obvious that this is harmful to the careers of the women around him. Can you even IMAGINE a woman with the same rule?
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it would be an ENORMOUS handicap to her career. Or like... has Pence ever done a "can I buy you lunch" informational interview w a woman?
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if not, isn't it REALLY obvious that helps keep women out of positions of power? Holds up the glass ceiling? Hurts equality?
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If women trying to advance their careers have different/less access to the VICE PRESIDENT than their male colleagues, what does that say...
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about all the other centers of power where men have way more access than women?
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and it just makes me mad because if you would de-center the man for like TWO AND A HALF SECONDS the real problem would be obvious.
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but because we always have to put men at the center of our analysis, we fail to see how seemingly innocuous things uphold the patriarchy.
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it's just like... male privilege on male privilege on male privilege to not even understand how this is harmful.
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