Privilege: You May Have It

misogyny, twilight, privileged,
A primer on Privilege, in case you need it.

I just had the most singularly frustrating argument with someone who shall remain nameless. I don't think my 10-year-old niece should be exposed to Twilight. The messages contained therein are appallingly misogynistic (hello, mormons): a woman is nothing without a man, abandon everything including your humanity for a man, 18 years old is old, you should want babiesbabiesBABIEEEEEEEEEES even if those babies could mean the doom of all mankind.

It's truly appalling.

I don't think Twilight should be banned. If people want to read misogynist trash, that's fine, but I don't think children should be exposed to it. The most frustrating part of the argument was that this person actively does prevent their children from viewing age inappropriate sexual and violent content, even though they enjoy such things personally. So clearly they believe that while some people can view certain forms of entertainment, those same forms of entertainment are unacceptable for children.

Clearly, the issue is that this person thinks that misogyny is appropriate for children, including little girls.

I've used "they/their", but this person is a man. A man who has no idea what it means to be a woman in our society, and feels free to lecture me on it. Misogyny doesn't affect him, so misogyny is okay. I wonder if his next feat of sensitivity will be to explain racism to black people.

Sorry, I'm a little too angry to be insightful right now.