Don't be sexist

I am really encouraged by some of the language I'm hearing lately in talks about feminism that focus on the inequality that women face, without blaming men. Not so many years ago I would hear people banging the drum of feminism saying men are rapists, men oppress women, women and girls can't be safe around men. For example, male teachers cannot be left alone with female students. The thing is, some people do perpetrate rape. Some people have some pretty crap ideas about how to treat other people purely because they identify them as women. Some people think other people aren't capable of certain things because they identify them as women. Some of those people are men. Maybe a lot of them. But surely, surely their problem is that they are wrong-thinking, NOT THAT THEY ARE MEN. If we bring up our young people to believe that one gender (male) is the perpetrator of the mistreatment of women, we're doing exactly the same thing as all those people who hold (and act on) false beliefs about women. We are being sexist. Don't be sexist! Anyhow, I'd love to know what you think. Leave a comment!