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Originally Posted by Izzle
The simple answer to the first question is really that when you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
I dont know where I heard it, but its not something I thought of.
ETA: Red Slinger has it right too. One cannot "lose" their rights.
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I'm a few pages behind here, but I wanted to comment on this, because I think this has a lot to do with the state of the US right now.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/ic.../krupnick.html
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/prejudice/women/
A few interesting studies, just focusing on the breakdown of time speaking in a group discussion. Men tend to dominate conversation. I've seen other versions of this study (I can't find them for the life of me right now, I can't seem to find the right google search terms for it, I guess) where in rooms where women spoke 30% of the time, men later viewed it as both genders spent equal time speaking--when women actually spoke 50% of the time, men later said they believed that women dominated the conversation.
Similarly, in the second debate, despite Trump's complaints that they allowed Clinton to speak more--he actually held the edge in time speaking (by only a minute or so, to be fair). Equal speaking time was viewed by him as her dominating the conversation.
To bring that to this current debate, the rift in America between beliefs and races: I think that white people are terrified at the idea of a black first family--a step towards equality feels to them like an an attack. And just the same way with Hillary Clinton, especially men are so worried of the idea of a woman having power over them, they see a strong woman as oppressive.
It's a really insightful point--equality looks like oppression when you're used to having the upper hand, and I think that answers a whole lot of why this country is so divided.