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4:13pm June 10, 2014
meatandtubes asked: would you mind elaborating on how ableism and sexism are related? i'm not sure i understand the connection but i really want to because your point is compelling. thanks

Any time that sexism tries to talk about the inherent abilities that women have, any time women are infantilized in a way similar to how disabled people are, any time talking about women becomes talking about the abilities that women supposedly don’t have or have lesser of, anything like that, that’s where ableism comes in.  And pretty much every oppressed group has an ableist thing that happens where they’re considered inferior to privileged people for reasons that are, at heart, ableist, rather than just sexist or racist or whatever else they happen to be.

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    that makes sense. thank you!
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