Tracee Ellis
Ross talking boldly about women’s experiences in the world, struck a note with
me. As someone who was “raised properly” by middle-class parents, I was taught
well how to put the lid on any indignation, frustration and rage that was/is
brewing deep inside. It is too messy to talk about. I wouldn’t want to offend.
And then, when you add racism and ageism to
the cauldron of bubbling horror, it is no wonder we are uncomfortable to lift
the lid. What words might escape our lips? What shadows would this cast upon
our idyllic lives? What realities would we have to except and act upon?
It would be
enough for just one of those realities to bubble out, “It’s men’s responsibility
to change men’s bad behaviour” and float around in the ether of our social consciousness.
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