Was The #YesAllWomen Hashtag Wrong?

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  • Michael T. Ford III - 10 years ago

    I think it's perfectly reasonable to be uncomfortable with the feelings that #YesAllWomen elicits, and to want on a certain level for it to go away. But the thing that the folks who criticize the hashtag are unable or unwilling to see is that, while we are free to mute the hashtag, these experiences that women are sharing are realities of their lives, and most of them WISH they could merely scroll past or mute them. The barest of bare minimums that any decent person could do is allow these women to alleviate their suffering by commiserating and comforting one another without intruding on the process. If the things being shared under the hashtag don't resonate with us, we ought to consider ourselves fortunate to have lived with that level of privilege, and realize it isn't our place to attempt to silence those that do. The same kind of entitlement that demands that from their timelines reinforces the notion that women's voices shouldn't be afforded the same weight as men's, and is a symptom of the same kind of misogyny that #YesAllWomen was attempting to call attention to.

  • PrinceLeron - 10 years ago

    Guys trying to disregard #yesallwomen can’t stand to think outside of themselves for one minute. It’s easier going to life believing misogyny doesn’t exist so no one can ever question your good intentions. For example, I was entirely at ease before I knew the dynamics of street harassment. I still approach women from time-to-time but now I’m aware of what she may be going through. When I got rejected in the past, I thought the woman was thinking “I can’t believe he thought he could get with all this”(In a Jenifer Lewis voice), but now I understand she may be thinking “I'm so glad that big ass nigga didn’t attack me.”

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