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In reply to the discussion: If you are the member of a privileged group AND call yourself progressive [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)though if a person told you that you imagined workplace bigotry because of your sexual orientation or that people didn't still make jokes about your sexuality behind your back, I think you might rethink your position.
As a woman, I am well aware that there is cultural bias that isn't even noticed or recognized by the general culture of the U.S.
As an example and example only, when society wants to say that we are weaker than them, they call me a "pussy" and you a "fag". Both have become synonymous with weak and effeminate (which in and of itself has become a term that means weak). When we admire strength, we say things like "_________ really has steel balls". Heterosexual and male is the pinnacle to be striven for, if we follow societies dictates.
While both of our classes are getting less oppressed with each passing year, I don't think we've crossed the finish line, not by a long shot.