Bad Categories Prevent Smart Conversations | Sexual Intelligence

Bad Categories Prevent Smart Conversations | Sexual Intelligence



"Defining an unwanted “Lookin’ good!” (even from a scary-looking guy) as harassment trivializes real harassment. Defining catcalls as sexual experiences trivializes sex. Most importantly, defining words as violence trivializes violence.



Anyone—feminist, bureaucrat, politician, journalist—who promotes such nonsense should be held responsible for misleading the public, creating epidemics of sexual violence, and generating fear. Fear that intimidates and disempowers people. Fear that incites people to demand action, even if that action curtails their own and others’ rights.



Remember, the FBI says that today’s rates of sexual violence against both adult women and children are their lowest in over a decade."