Jedi is awesome. You may have discerned this by now. Let me share another story about why he's awesome.
He stops by my office yesterday with a troubled look on his face.
"What's up?" I said.
"Something happened and I'm wondering if it's another area in which I've been blind to male privilege."
[be still my beating heart]
"What happened?"
"Well, I was crossing the street, and there was a woman there waiting for the cars to stop so she could cross. I didn't wait, I just started crossing, knowing that the cars would stop for me."
He gave me a very worried look. "Do you think I assumed that because of my gender? That they would stop for me because I'm a man, but that they wouldn't stop for her because she's a woman?"
I laughed. "No, I think you assumed that because you're a resident of this tiny town and walking out in front of moving cars with the assumption they'll stop is what everyone does."
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Can I just say how much I love him for the fact that he considers these types of issues very seriously? He is the best.
He stops by my office yesterday with a troubled look on his face.
"What's up?" I said.
"Something happened and I'm wondering if it's another area in which I've been blind to male privilege."
[be still my beating heart]
"What happened?"
"Well, I was crossing the street, and there was a woman there waiting for the cars to stop so she could cross. I didn't wait, I just started crossing, knowing that the cars would stop for me."
He gave me a very worried look. "Do you think I assumed that because of my gender? That they would stop for me because I'm a man, but that they wouldn't stop for her because she's a woman?"
I laughed. "No, I think you assumed that because you're a resident of this tiny town and walking out in front of moving cars with the assumption they'll stop is what everyone does."
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Can I just say how much I love him for the fact that he considers these types of issues very seriously? He is the best.
1 comment:
Dude, you deserve extra points for turning a "I'm not intentionally sexist but I do things because I don't think" guy into a "Let me stop and think about privilege!" guy. That is so awesome.
Okay, Jedi gets some points for actually making the effort, but good on you, too. :)
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