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>>femfos+(OP)
There's a dark irony to the idea that the defenses against sexism (standing up and calling people out) are also causing an unintended secondary sexism by discouraging equal treatment out of fear of accusations.

I've held the belief that if a someone can't recognize and clearly identify the differences between criticism based on merits and criticism based on bias, then there is no point attempting to do "what they want," because they don't know how to identify what they want even if they got it.

>>daenz+2J
It's not really that strange, since these defences are very blunt and inaccurate to begin with. Sexism is seldom clearly identifiable, even by its victims. How can you really tell if criticism you are receiving is sexist and not bona fide? The answer is in many contexts you simply cannot.