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Date: 2023-08-02 05:54 pm (UTC)
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Yes, I think some of it is failure of intersectional thinking, just assuming that people live in only one category and can be neatly divided into "privileged" and "not privileged". But also, even in one dimension, it's wrong to assume that people who are on the "privileged" side of the scales are somehow invulnerable and never harmed by discrimination. White people who speak out against racism may be targeted by racists; that's less important than the attacks on POC, but it's still wrong to dismiss it as not harmful.

I can see the point that some people have completely terrible ideas about Christian "persecution" which is really just having to share a society with non-Christians. People wishing someone 'happy holidays' is not oppression of Christians. But I don't think it's a good idea to just swing to the opposite of that, to dismiss real, physical violence against Christians as nothing because Christians don't suffer oppression.

One issue with talking about sexuality based violence is that it's often mistargeted. GNC straight people may suffer homophobia because they're perceived as Queer. But homophobia is still homophobia and still causes harm even when it's incorrect. Equally, and bi and lesbian women may suffer sexuality based violence because they're perceived as straight. And attacks on women for being sexually involved with the wrong men, or getting pregnant, or expressing their male-directed sexuality in a way that doesn't suit the patriarchy, harms straight women even when it also harms Queer women.
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