Comment by zxexz
Where in my comment do I even mention men? I was responding to a hateful comment from a person, not an entire gender.
Also, I guess I didn’t state my gender anywhere (I did not think it would be so relevant! Apologies for not realizing this), but I am a man. So I guess I expressed a “male perspective”. Hopefully that brings some joy to your day.
Sarcasm aside, I do think there may be some misunderstanding about how funding and advertising works for disease research. I am by no means an expert, but have found myself deeply embedded in this area for a while.
I’d be happy to talk with you more about these issues, if you’d like to drop a way for me to get in touch with you on signal, matrix, email or phone.
I'm not talking about your single comment. The entire problem here is the top comment and the peculiar responses to it. Many of your objections apply to that top level comment too. Yet you chose to reply only to people who objected to that.
Now, I did consider the possibility that you are not a woman. But that doesn't change the outcome, and neither does your sarcasm. People showing biases against their own kind is not unusual and that doesn't provide the missing justification. People sometimes aim for the easiest target and sometimes it's their own kind. Men showing bias against men is still bias and it's still not justified. Your 'male perspective' hardly invalidates those of the others.
And no, I don't want to discuss anything in private since it's hard for others to see the bias or point out any issues. And I don't agree with your argument on funding and advertising, since I have been at the receiving end of it in an extreme manner. You can quote as much technicality as you want, but that doesn't invalidate the fact that prejudices cause harm. Unfortunately, the modern society is oblivious of the boundary between empowerment and prejudice. I'm not against women in anyway and I sincerely wish for their well being too. All those problems can be solved cooperatively and without this hostility and the us-vs-them mentality. Instead, this sort of negative reinforcement will only splinter and harm the society in the long run. Reverse of sexism is still sexism, and it achieves nothing.