[cantastoria]

If you are occupying the position of privilege, you have a duty to go read about why this is sexist

According to what? The Social Justice Handbook? king_jester please stop lecturing us on how to behave. You are not our proctor. You clearly subscribe to a post-structuralist/Marxist belief system and thankfully most of us do not. What you are doing is equivalent to a Evangelical Christian going into an Atheist discussion forum and telling them all they must consult the Bible to find out why they're behaving incorrectly.

[king_jester]

> According to what? The Social Justice Handbook? king_jester please stop lecturing us on how to behave.

My response was specifically to someone who demanded proof from affected before they would believe anything that is being said. You are free to do what you want, but I of course will call out sexism. There are tons of resources going over the basics a simple Google search away, so there is no excuse for someone to come into this thread and brush off people who are rightly pointing out this marketing stunt as sexist.

> You are not our proctor.

True, but that doesn't mean I can't call sexism out when I see it.

> You clearly subscribe to a post-structuralist/Marxist belief system and thankfully most of us do not.

Actually, I don't. Calling sexism out doesn't make me post-structuralist or Marxist.

> What you are doing is equivalent to a Evangelical Christian going into an Atheist discussion forum and telling them all they must consult the Bible to find out why they're behaving incorrectly.

Except I'm not telling anyone to consult my preferred religious beliefs and implying that not obeying my religion is behaving incorrectly.

The fact of the matter is dismissing people's criticism and experiences is simply moving the goal posts. That commenter could have easily done the bare minimum of googling to learn more, but instead they went with a brush off. I do personally behave that treating people ethically is the duty of folks who could otherwise treat people poorly, but that's just polite behavior.

[cantastoria]

There are tons of resources going over the basics a simple Google search away Actually, I don't. Calling sexism out doesn't make me post-structuralist or Marxist.

From one of your other comments: Gender is a performance, not a thing. You act in alignment with what you portray to others as your gender.

Oh bullshit. People that think "Gender is a performance" and that there are "basics" that have to be learned have clearly been steeped in post-structuralist thought or perhaps maybe you should Google more about the origins of your beliefs. And you're not just "calling out" sexism you're clearly instructing people how to behave and think.

That commenter could have easily done the bare minimum of googling to learn more, but instead they went with a brush off.

See what I mean.

I do personally behave that treating people ethically is the duty of folks who could otherwise treat people poorly, but that's just polite behavior.

Right.

[steveklabnik]

> People that think "Gender is a performance" and that there are "basics" that have to be learned have clearly been steeped in post-structuralist thought

As someone who knows a thing or two about post-structuralism, I also know many, many people who think "gender is a performance" and know absolutely nothing about it. Your assumption that everyone knows the entire intellectual history of the ideas they espouse is a bit wrong.

Furthermore, while it's true that Butler et. al are some of the more prominent proponents of 'gender is a performance', one could easily believe that gender is performative for a different reason. A implies B does not mean B implies A, and all that.