Activist/Actor Ruffalo: 'Men Have to Make a Safe Space' for Women 'Inside Our Privilege'

"When you're privileged, you have a voice, and right now men are privileged over women."

Insufferably self-righteous activist/actor Mark Ruffalo recently sat down with the host of Buzzfeed's AM to DM morning show and pontificated about why actors shouldn't just shut up and act (it's because they have insights into human nature that even politicians might not be aware of, in case you wondered), what he's seeing among his fellow actors in the era of Trump ("one of the greatest political social movements probably since the Civil Rights movement"), and why Hollywood men aren't speaking up more about the #MeToo movement (it's awkward - they're afraid to be accused and they're afraid maybe they didn't do enough to stop the sexual harassment).

Ruffalo closed his comments about #MeToo by saying that "When you're privileged, you have a voice, and right now men are privileged. They have a privilege over women. That's just the way it is. So we have to make a space inside of our privilege, a safe space for women to speak up."

 

 

First of all, any man who uses the buzzwords "safe space" and "privilege" without irony automatically nullifies his man card and his credibility on any subject.

Secondly, women in this country don't have a voice? Celebrity women don't have a voice? If Ruffalo believes that, then he's even more detached from reality than the usual leftist celeb.

Certainly no one should keep silent and look the other way about sexual harassment and sexual assault, and certainly good men are protectors and not predators. But it's condescending and false to say that women don't have a voice in America, that they're victims of patriarchal control.

Speaking of women speaking up, let's hear what a few women had to say about Ruffalo's perspsective.

Conservative commentator and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch had a good response:

 

The "Factual Feminist" Christina Sommers had this to say:

 

But political and cultural commentator Kira Davis nailed it:

Sounds like Ruffalo might be the one who needs a safe space.

See the entire short Buzzfeed interview here:

 

 

Issues

People

Organizations