"men aren't willing to take our claims seriously if their own experience differs" (emphasis added)
Many people fail to take others claims seriously if their own experience differs. We form our views based on our own experiences and are reluctant to shift from them. I don't think it's helpful to portray it as a male/female divide.
Similarly, do you not think that women also subscribe to "sexist, heterosexist and hypocritical assumptions"?
This whole discussion is full of sweeping statements of the form, "Men do this," or, "Women think that," which are obviously not of universal validity, and often seem to amount to no more than "I'm a woman/man and this is my experience so it is the experience of women/men."
I think this "battle of the sexes" language is most unhelpful when what we're really talking about is a societal problem. Do you really think that women are all fine with female queerness?
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Many people fail to take others claims seriously if their own experience differs. We form our views based on our own experiences and are reluctant to shift from them. I don't think it's helpful to portray it as a male/female divide.
Similarly, do you not think that women also subscribe to "sexist, heterosexist and hypocritical assumptions"?
This whole discussion is full of sweeping statements of the form, "Men do this," or, "Women think that," which are obviously not of universal validity, and often seem to amount to no more than "I'm a woman/man and this is my experience so it is the experience of women/men."
I think this "battle of the sexes" language is most unhelpful when what we're really talking about is a societal problem. Do you really think that women are all fine with female queerness?