It literally does not. First of all, partners of women in an L&D ward are a fairly random sample of the population of new fathers. Incarcerated Black men are not a random sample of the population of Black people. Second of all, an OBGYN in this position is reporting on something she is seeing happen with her eyes. A prison guard who thinks all the incarcerated Black people in their prison are guilty is making an assumption. And a OBGYN saying “many new fathers don’t act supportive of their partners” is nowhere near the scope or harm of a prison guard saying “Black people are criminals.” These situations are not the same and it’s frankly offensive to compare them.
How are they a "random sample"? 100% of fathers is not a random sample, unless you mean a random sample of men, then still it's not random, it's selected.
The comparison isn't about the severity or harm of the claim, it's about showing that there is the same fundamental mechanism underneath them, and I all honesty, as a man of color I find it disturbing you don't see it.
I literally said, “Partners of women in an L&D ward are a fairly random sample of the population of new fathers.” Meaning, it is more reasonable to form an opinion of how new fathers are likely to behave based on working as an OBGYN than form an opinion on Black people bases on working in a prison. But to be clear, I don’t even think that’s what the OP would theoretically be doing, I think she would be making a relatively light-hearted joke about something she observes at work.
And fundamentally, I just disagree with you. Not every situation is the same. And I think it’s offensive to compare women discussing lived observation of sexism to the way prison guards treat Black inmates. Why don’t you check your bias around women.
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u/okaygirlie Apr 24 '26
It literally does not. First of all, partners of women in an L&D ward are a fairly random sample of the population of new fathers. Incarcerated Black men are not a random sample of the population of Black people. Second of all, an OBGYN in this position is reporting on something she is seeing happen with her eyes. A prison guard who thinks all the incarcerated Black people in their prison are guilty is making an assumption. And a OBGYN saying “many new fathers don’t act supportive of their partners” is nowhere near the scope or harm of a prison guard saying “Black people are criminals.” These situations are not the same and it’s frankly offensive to compare them.