Do Men Who Discriminate Have The Right To Complain About Discrimination?

By Johanna Higgs
26/06/2018

He was explaining how in Central Asian culture, men were considered superior to women. He was smiling and didn’t appear to think that there was anything wrong with this. Nor did he seem to be concerned that as a woman, that this might offend me. Indeed, when I did inform him that I thought such attitudes were offensive, he shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘well this is how we are here.’

A few months later, I was sitting in a small bar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia telling a man from New Zealand about my travels in the Middle East. After listening for a moment he said,

‘Wow that must be really difficult for you to travel through there.’

He said it with a sort of half laugh and in a sort of very casual, dismissive way. It was a response that I was used to. It is said in a way that acknowledged that I would be discriminated against in the Middle East as a woman, but dismisses it as if it’s no big deal, as if it’s a joke and something that inevitably, I and other women, have to accept.

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Chip, meet shoulder.

A few months later, I was sitting in a small bar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia telling a man from New Zealand about my travels in the Middle East. After listening for a moment he said,

‘Wow that must be really difficult for you to travel through there.’

He said it with a sort of half laugh and in a sort of very casual, dismissive way. It was a response that I was used to. It is said in a way that acknowledged that I would be discriminated against in the Middle East as a woman, but dismisses it as if it’s no big deal, as if it’s a joke and something that inevitably, I and other women, have to accept.

I didn't read any further, but what's the big deal here ? You meet someone in a bar who is just not very interested in what you have to say. The guy here is probably thinking more about whether he should have another drink, or whether he thinks she's cute, than the situation of women in the ME.

This is bar culture. I'm not sure what the writer was expecting here. She is allowed to be offended, but he is allowed to be bored, or to not care about her travel experiences. He's not her bf or her therapist. He's a random guy in a bar, and he's even polite, but he's not giving her the answer she wants.

What's the problem ? Finish your drink, and go find someone else to talk to.

I consider myself a strong man who works directly in women's rights, but I have zero tolerance for screechers. It's not often I'll comment on a linked article without actually reading it, but nope. Nope, nope. Take that politically correct feminazi agenda, and stay far, far away from me and the women I work with.

The real question is...

What is she doing out of the kitchen in the first place?

Traveling to find new recipes for her man is kind of acceptable as an answer I guess.

And they dont know how to ski because there's no snow between the kitchen and the bedroom....

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You could also ask do women who discriminate have the right to complain about discrimination? After all, feminism is mostly about special treatment for women not equality for men and women.

Heng Heng Heng wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:09 am You could also ask do women who discriminate have the right to complain about discrimination? After all, feminism is mostly about special treatment for women not equality for men and women.

Well, you can't be racist to a white man, apparently. White women - grey area.