My βall rich people are badβ brother would lose his fucking mind if I said βAll men, including youβ.
βErrr I donβt exploit youβ, oh but when I had to walk to school in a dense black abaya and long hijab under the sweltering heat and you walked alongside me in your loose dress shirt, your privileged ass never showed any meaningful sympathy?
When you got to play sports outside all day but we girls couldnβt because of our restrictive wear and fear of male discrimination and sexual harassment, was it not your privileged ass that didnβt mind?
When we went to the beach and or swimming pools, it wasnβt you that only wore shorts swimming comfortably while I was covered head to toe in my burkini, still being leered at by the creep across the pool so I couldnβt even enjoy myself?
When our male cousin lived with us during the summer, was it not us girls that had to dress modestly and βbehaveβ in our own fucking homes while you played video games shirtless?
When our baby brother was growing up, was it not you that never changed his diaper once in your fucking life despite us being only a year apart in age?
When you started studying Islam just like me, was it not you that accused me of being blasphemous when I brought up concerns about sexism?
You saw obvious discrimination, you experienced privileges and benefitted, and you never once helped. I donβt care that you were βniceβ to me and joked around with me and hung out with me sometimesβ the structure of inequality that you never cared to address is clear in my mind.
All men, INCLUDING YOU.
