| I just want to clarify that I was the one who said "privilege of being a white middle class male", not her. There's a lot of room for misinterpretation in long articles and comments, and risk of ragebaiting, as you pointed out. But the reason I came down hard on the parent commenter is that after reading the whole article, they basically said that her being a woman had nothing to do with her treatment. I've heard that veiled sexism my whole life, and racism, and agism, today it's classism. What the parent may not realize is that by writing off her story so dismissively, they made her point. It's clear for the rest of us to see. But if the rest of us let that stand, then it perpetuates a culture of ignorance. There's been a lot of perpetuating these last few decades. Which is why in 2024, despite all of our technology and progress, we are facing a presidential election between a woman and a man who openly expresses every ism and still gets 50% of the vote. |
Someone might say something happened in their life because of sexism but that doesn’t mean it’s “veiled sexism” to disagree. We should be able to disagree or be critical with someone’s assertions on anything.
The stuff about politics you bring up like the election is not relevant to this. It’s essentially rage bait that would essentially derail the thread when you bring up stuff like that.
You also never actually addressed the specific things that people in the thread said. The fact that her husband’s contributions were also mostly ignored and that we mainly know him just as a cofounder. Or the fact that the work she did was in marketing and people generally don’t know the names of marketers.
“ What the parent may not realize is that by writing off her story so dismissively, they made her point. It's clear for the rest of us to see.”
When you say things like this you imply that disagreeing with someone when they say something happened to them because of an “ism” then you are automatically being “ist”. That’s silly. Sometimes people are right. Sometimes people are wrong. You should be able to disagree with people when you think they’re wrong. About this or anything else. Without automatically being labeled as an “ist” or promoting a veiled “ism.”