The boys current within the video probably hadn’t even thought of the truth of utilizing a cellphone as a weapon of self-defense in a possible assault — as a result of that’s not one thing that males usually have to fret about in the identical method that girls do. The actual fact that this actuality didn’t even cross their minds showcases their privilege.
What’s extra, Paul, Eddie, and Denzel are — so far as the general public is anxious — unproblematic males. As one X person put it, “this encapsulates males being blind to male privilege in a nutshell. the truth that these guys– good guys, mind– are simply so unaware is nearly terrifying.”