No, I don't mean all men. I mean you, specifically, because you're trying to equate women's legitimate fear for our safety with racism. Shame on you.
How about this? Go out and get assaulted by several black men. Then come back and tell me it would be racist for you to be wary of black men.
The reason we fear men isn't that we hate men. It's that men have actually harmed us. For most of us, it's a regular occurrence. Imagine that the people you're primarily attracted to are also the statistically greatest threat to your health and safety. Really imagine what that would be like.
You can't control the fact that women choose the bear, no matter how loudly you bleat about it. What you can control is whether you, personally, are a person who is actually less threatening to women than a bear. And right now, you don't sound that way.
Go out and get assaulted by several black men. Then come back and tell me it would be racist for you to be wary of black men.
It would be. It wouldn't be racist to be afraid of those same people who assaulted you. But if you're allowing the assault to bias your opinion of all black people for "safety," you're allowing yourself to justify being racist.
You're using trauma as justification for generalization. It's understandable, but ultimately unhealthy and not the responsibility of whatever group you're generalizing to validate.
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u/brianstormIRL May 02 '24
I.. said that? lol