I was raised on the concept of white and male privilege.
I don't object to women-only gyms, I object to women-only gyms being acceptable when men-only gyms aren't. If they were both okay, I'd be fine with that. If they were both not okay, I'd be fine with that. It's the double standard that gets me.
I realize that lots of X-only spaces exist because our culture is implicitly tilted towards white guys, and those spaces are frequently useful to people who are X. It sucks that they're as needed as they are, and I wish they weren't. But it goes right up my craw that someone can shout out "we need equality, and now!" at the same time as they say "...but you can't do this thing I'm doing."
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I don't object to women-only gyms, I object to women-only gyms being acceptable when men-only gyms aren't. If they were both okay, I'd be fine with that. If they were both not okay, I'd be fine with that. It's the double standard that gets me.
I realize that lots of X-only spaces exist because our culture is implicitly tilted towards white guys, and those spaces are frequently useful to people who are X. It sucks that they're as needed as they are, and I wish they weren't. But it goes right up my craw that someone can shout out "we need equality, and now!" at the same time as they say "...but you can't do this thing I'm doing."