Lightknight said:
Anita Tweeted this last month and it does not appear to have been covered so I thought I'd bring it up for discussion:
https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/533445611543363585
[tweet t=http://twitter.com/femfreq/status/533445611543363585]
In case she ever decides to back down and delete it:
"There?s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society."
This can mean either two things:
One she's gone full SJW (or tumblr feminist for those of you who take issue with that).
Two: "I'm not in the news for some reason, time to fix that"
There's no defending this. None. That's not what sexism means, there's not a single fucking dictionary in existence that says so, period.
And even if that was the definition that could still mean sexism against men is a thing. Like drafts that only effect men or the fact that men get longer prison sentences than women for the same crimes.
Lightknight said:
I've noticed other individuals begin to start inserting the "power" bit as being necessary to be sexist or racist. It's about as nonsensical as claiming that Hispanic individuals can't be racist against black individuals because they're not in power. Of course racially based hatred and gender based hatred can come from anyone of any race or gender. How bigoted to claim otherwise, seriously.
I heard that definition is used by sociologists when talking to other sociologists so they don't have to say "institutionalized" when they talk about institutionalized sexism/racism. Never seen a source for that though.
But other than that, it's used exclusively by assholes to say "it's not Xism, when these people do it". Seriously they'll twist the definition of power just so they can right in saying it never happens to their group.
Now I haven't read the rest of this thread but my gut feeling is that some of the regulars here will be defending Anita. If that's you please just stop. She is objectively wrong here. That doesn't mean she's wrong about anything else she's said, but it means that hopefully people will take what she says with salt.