Feminist criticism of men's behavior comes from the idea that gender is a social construct, that men are not inherently evil and their behavior can change. If men couldn't change, the criticism would be pointless.
It is not necessary for every feminist statement to include a 'not all men do this' disclaimer. The criticism itself already expresses the possibility that men could choose not to behave in this way.
Unless someone states that men's behavior can't change or that there is inherent evil in being a man, accusing a feminist of 'manhating' because she criticizes men is usually nothing but an attempt to distract from the content of the criticism itself.
We should recognize such an obvious attempt at derailment for what it is and move on.
Something I do appreciate about intersectional feminism is the vague recognition, at least some of the time, that we should contemplate switching out the words of a statement like this for literally any other group and evaluating how we feel about it.
ok, let's go
Anti-racist criticism of white people's behavior comes from the idea that race is a social construct, that white people are not inherently evil and their behavior can change. If white people couldn't change, the criticism would be pointless. It is not necessary for every anti-racist statement to include a 'not all white people do this' disclaimer. The criticism itself already expresses the possibility that white people could choose not to behave in this way.
Yup, I still feel good about that.
Or did you mean I should make a false comparison between criticism of a group with systematic power, and criticism of a group that's systematically marginalized and stigmatized? 'Cause that 'switching out words' completely changes the meaning of what it being said.
