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Not here to solve sexism is a dismissive excuse for problems that's mostly used to silence complaints of oppressive conduct or other issues in a community (such as an online forum), project, or group. Analysis The mindset behind this rhetoric ultimately requires a firm belief that sexism/transphobia/homophobia/etc is of little importance in their community/project...

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rdfs:label	Not here to solve sexism
rdfs:comment	Not here to solve sexism is a dismissive excuse for problems that's mostly used to silence complaints of oppressive conduct or other issues in a community (such as an online forum), project, or group. Analysis The mindset behind this rhetoric ultimately requires a firm belief that sexism/transphobia/homophobia/etc is of little importance in their community/project...
dcterms:subject	Silencing tactics
abstract	Not here to solve sexism is a dismissive excuse for problems that's mostly used to silence complaints of oppressive conduct or other issues in a community (such as an online forum), project, or group. Analysis The mindset behind this rhetoric ultimately requires a firm belief that sexism/transphobia/homophobia/etc is of little importance in their community/project... * due to absence of women/non-heteros/trans people/etc in the community/project * ignoring or not realising that these people might be invisible or choosing not to participate due to hostile environment * often assuming that participants with no explicit identity markers to be cis, hetero males * dismissing or discounting the potential benefit of attracting more participants who are not cis, hetero, males, and more investment from those who are participating but feel unwelcomed * due to (perhaps mistaken) belief in the community's ability to not be jerks (Not my Nigel) * ignoring or not realising that oppressive behaviour can also be unintended * and that it can and often does take place in personal correspondence or otherwise out of their own view * due to lack of previous complaints * ignoring or not realising that making a complaint takes a lot of guts in an environment that already feels unwelcoming, even hostile. Relations * Especially when discussing issues with invisible or potential victims, it is often seen with a Not my Nigel statement such as "we don't need a CoC because our people are nice people". * It can be backed with appealing to the Broader issue, with the (faulty) logic that the issue on hand cannot be taken care of on a local level, or addressing conduct within only the project/community would be meaningless--and larger scale moves would indeed not be within the project scope.

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