Jonas WittwerDec 9, 2022

When can someone be blamed for being sexist? Can you be responsible for being sexist if you were raised in a sexist family and have never had a chance to become aware of a different world view? Could you be blamed as an individual? Does it even make sense to think of "responsibilities" and "blame" together?

(OFC I oversimplify here)

@philosophy

Show threadHermit PhilosopherDec 9, 2022
@feministepistemology @philosophy Explanations (for held perspectives and behaviour) are not excuses. Understanding why we’ve seen things the way we have so far, does not free us from our responsibility of improving how we approach things going forward. Humbly, Hermit
Show threadJonas WittwerDec 9, 2022

@hphilosopher @philosophy

Would you not make a difference between this two cases?

A was raised in a very progressive family. The parents of A taught them that women/men and further genders are equal.

B was raised by christian fundamentalists and learned how their father enforced his power over their mother and that in general cis man are superior to everyone else.

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Show threadJonas WittwerDec 9, 2022

@hphilosopher @philosophy

Now A and B both join a party with the goal to put non cis-men in their "natural place".

Personally, I would blame A much more. than B for joining this party.

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Show threadHermit PhilosopherDec 10, 2022
@feministepistemology @philosophy I’ve been trying to correctly understand the example you gave, but I struggle to see why one of them should be more responsible for their own actions than the other. I think I disagree. Humbly, Hermit
Show threadJonas WittwerDec 10, 2022

@hphilosopher @philosophy

Would you say that both had the same chance to become a decent human beeing?

Show threadHermit Philosopher
@feministepistemology @philosophy Would I say that both had the same chances of becoming “decent”…? I think I’d say that we all have the ability to change - and to break free from whatever we’ve been taught.
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