In the article “Shit White Feminists Need To Stop Doing” Theriault claims that white women should stop …show more content…
This simply is not true. Theriault is making a sweeping generalization about a large group of people, not knowing or stopping to consider that not everyone thinks this way. There are people who feel this way, and not all of them are white, cisgendered women. Theriault also claims that white feminists only support issues that directly affect them, which is another completely false statement. White feminists support countless organizations that fight a wide variety of issues. For example, Emma Watson, a white feminist, started the HeForShe campaign. HeForShe is a campaign for the solidarity movement of gender equality (HeForShe). Gender equality is not just a white feminist issue, but an issue for all people. Another example is the Hollaback! campaign that fights to end street harassment once again another issue that affects not just white women (Hollaback!). Ultimately, we are all on the same team and the fight for equal rights includes all people. A white feminist claiming that everyone is on the same team does not diminish her …show more content…
The author contradicts her earlier claim that she is a feminist once again by directly oppressing white women because of the stereotype that white women could not possibly know anything about hijabs, Burqas, or Sex-Selective Abortion. She does not consider the fact that there are white women whose religious beliefs require them to wear hijabs or burqas. Although it may be uncommon for a white women to be affected by sex selective abortion, to completely count them out of the conversation of it is oppressive.
Another subject Theriault thinks white women should not speak of is “Thinking That All Sex Workers Are All Miserable Wretches Who Hate Their Lives.” Theriault goes on to state “This one isn’t really white women-specific . . .” contradicting herself once more. Adding a topic that is not white women-specific to her article that is specifically about white feminism defeats the purpose and creates massive holes in this