There's a military axiom that says "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
I've often wondered why it is that sexism survives contact with women. I can almost get racism because it's pretty easy for a culture that isn't your own to present certain illusions of homogeneity. To some extent that's true for something like homophobia. Sexism though... We're talking about HALF OF HUMANITY and there just isn't the same opportunity for "most women" to appear homogenous in any meaningful way.
So yeah, case in point, I was raised to think soccer is a man thing and women will not know or care. But by the time I have a conversation with x number of women, even for a small value of x, that illusion is pretty much out the window.
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Date: 2014-05-10 08:17 pm (UTC)I've often wondered why it is that sexism survives contact with women. I can almost get racism because it's pretty easy for a culture that isn't your own to present certain illusions of homogeneity. To some extent that's true for something like homophobia. Sexism though... We're talking about HALF OF HUMANITY and there just isn't the same opportunity for "most women" to appear homogenous in any meaningful way.
So yeah, case in point, I was raised to think soccer is a man thing and women will not know or care. But by the time I have a conversation with x number of women, even for a small value of x, that illusion is pretty much out the window.
So yeah. I don't get it.