Maegan Thomas

Re: “No, #NotAllMen”

With respect to the intentions of the writer, the opinion piece "No, #NotAllMen" is a great example of a frustrating phenomenon for women* who speak out as feminists: the push from men for feminists to tailor their outrage to innocent men, framing it as advice on how to be effective feminists. Perhaps some aren't aware of the strategies used historically to silence women, including asking them to change their ‘tone,’ to not be ‘hysterical,’ and to treat us as if our impressions are without validity. This last strategy sometimes appears as ‘gaslighting’ (where a person is made to doubt their…

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