“No one is saying men can't have opinions about sexual harassment. (IF ONLY) Just that women's opinions about something that disproportionately impact them are more important.
It's not difficult: the person who has to deal with an issue on a daily basis is more of expert than someone who never has to think about it.
Men are so accustomed to believing they know everything that simply asking them to LISTEN gets translated as 'silencing.'”
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