don't come to me and whine about how prejudice against a class of people empowered by the state is the same as discrimination against a class of people that have been othered.

are you kidding me??? what next, white people are subject to racism? men are subject to sexism? cisphobia is real???

are you kidding me????

@tariqk men are subject to sexism & whites of racism, yes.

@FlaviaRini no. men, as in cis men, are subject to PREJUDICE.

i use the definition of racism and sexism and homophobia that uses the “prejudice against group + power to make these prejudices have impact”, because it's far more useful, and you can measure the effects.

otherwise you get into pointless definition fights that get nowhere.

@tariqk there are different kinds of power. Influence, coercion, autority, violence, etc. so everyone can be racist and suffer from racism because those kind of powers are accesible to almost everyone

@FlaviaRini your statement falls apart at closer examination.

I don't get threatened with rape. I can state, unequivocally, that I am at man, and no one will assume I am mentally ill, or find it necessary to subject me to surgery.

Most interestingly, no one can make people do these things to me, without extraordinary effort.

Some forms of power are more effective, require less effort, are subject to less accountability, and are less accessible than others.