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In reply to the discussion: If you are the member of a privileged group AND call yourself progressive [View all]FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)is interesting, as are some of the others. For the life of me I can't figure out these defensive responses to a post that asks people to just LISTEN to the experiences of others BEFORE dismissing those people as thin-skinned or with no sense of humor!! I don't know why that would bring out a defensive reponse in anyone. Obviously, though, the OP has experienced, just as most of us have, the dismissiveness of our viewpoints by others. Empathetic individuals know how that feels and try to avoid inflicting that experience on others.
Women, especially, no matter their color, have concrete examples of institutionalized discrimination and I doubt there is one who cannot give you multiple examples of it. We all know these things exist. It doesn't make most of us feel like victims, but it can certainly piss us off.