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.

@tariqk I'm sorry but you can't narrow down the concepts when someone provide you a reasonable counter argument racism: prejudice + power. and yes rape is a serious issue but it's a crime like killing, i don't receive rape threats either, i'm sure i'm more likely to be raped than a men, but a man is more likely to be killed

@FlaviaRini by whom?

men get killed, but not because they are men. they are killed as peers.

women, too, are killed. but not as peers.

queer people, too, are killed. but not as peers. trans people, the same.

you'll notice that the numbers are there, and if you correct for total in populations? women, queer people and trans people suffer a disproportionate amount more.