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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Is it me or is this a uniquely American experience?

I loved in quite a few countries and I've never seen this kind of absurd behavior. Granted, in a man, but I've never seen a man cut off a woman like that just because she's a woman, and I've never seen or heard comments even remotely about someone being "exotic". I've heard questions like "ohh, and where are you from?" in genuine curiosity, which is fine, I've never noticed overt racism like that.

Edit: to clarify, I am not talking about myself. Yeah I had idiots treat me like that and you just ignore them. I'm talking about never seeing this behavior in groups. I've lived in Mexico (loooasds of high testosterone machismo there) and even there I've never seen anyone that a women so disrespectful just because she's a woman. Same for skin color or sexual discrimination or whatever. I'm sure it's out there but in Europe, Mexico, Canada, I haven't seen it.

Come to think of it: I have seen some of it. A guy who thought that at in company martial arts classes he could grab women's breasts. I kicked him out immediately, I could not fire him unfortunately as that was not my call. That guy was of course a loud mouth American.

This just makes me think more and more that this may be a problem in all countries, just that it's a huge issue in the US.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sorry, but this sounds exactly like what male privilege is. Assuming that it doesn't happen near you because you haven't noticed it.

Ask your female friends what sorts of sexism they genuinely face regularly and I think you'll learn a lot.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

This is why I learned to stfu about experiences I don't understand.

I say that as a person of color trying to explain my perspective and be given deer-in-headlights responses, or worse, dismissal and denial.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

That is what I meant. I've never seen this behavior in meetings where someone just dismisses a woman/person of color/lgbt/etc just because.

I think this sort of behavior is especially prevalent in the US because even in Mexico guys didn't behave like that.

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