Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen spawned after a lot of men started saying "not all men" as a response to the blanket statements being made about us. Are these generalizations done intentionally to rile a response, which can then be used to trend a hashtag, or post as content on their Tumblr blogs?
The #BanBossy campaign had a similar vibe. Sheryl Sandberg and company, if they did their research, likely knew how adamant most men are about free speech, so what better way to stir up controversy with men than to suggest a word be banned?
Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit? Either way, I suspect this strategy, if it is one, wouldn't be as effective if we didn't directly reply to them on social media. They wouldn't have anyone to fight against, and their arguments would be confined to their echo chamber.
The #BanBossy campaign had a similar vibe. Sheryl Sandberg and company, if they did their research, likely knew how adamant most men are about free speech, so what better way to stir up controversy with men than to suggest a word be banned?
Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit? Either way, I suspect this strategy, if it is one, wouldn't be as effective if we didn't directly reply to them on social media. They wouldn't have anyone to fight against, and their arguments would be confined to their echo chamber.