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A revealing look at the puritanical twists & turns of patriarchal purity piracy. Photo by   Daniel Jensen   on  Unsplash . Originally published on Medium . Disclaimer : The essay I have written below is of my favorite type. It blends my love of history, facts, and satire. Otherwise, I like writing in the best boring dissertation style possible. Sadly, boring does not always suffice. I must warn you however, that my satire is very flexible, and not always recognizable as satire at first blush. I like sneaking into some of it. Also when I write in the first person, it may not be me alone I am referring to; it can be men in general. Essay Pertinent Background:   While   I may not be the best male dude to write about women, my knowledge is likely more personally informed than most other White men, and this essay is mostly   mansplaining men , and their views of women’s place in society. I write from the perspective of having 2 twenty-something daughters, an...

 Sometimes admitting to your situation is cathartic and insightful, other times it is this… Photo by   Gabe Pierce   on  Unsplash . Originally published on Medium . . You may think I have given up on White people by the content of this article’s title. Before I answer that question in my on way, I wanted to provide Whites the ability to redeem themselves. I cannot say this will be an easy task, but I am sure you will consider it with an open heart, fertile mind, and an accepting embrace of the truth of your sorry judgement, lack of positive engagement, and for your personal worsening of our skin color predicament. . First, I must say.   Wow, Whitey!   You are commended for taking all that on so willingly. It is   almost   like White antiracist hopefulness is ascendant… While fabricating this wholly inaccurate mirage is repulsive, it gives me the same ignorance of bliss feeling that our racist commissions and omissions have for hundreds of years. ...