Confronting the Cis, White, Male Gaze: How Do You “Stick it to the Man,” When You’re in Bed With “The Man”?

Erin Monahan
6 min readOct 30, 2019

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Love, validation, connection, and community, are all human needs that are turned into commodities under a capitalist, white supremacist, patriarchy. In our society the white male gaze validates everything. If it’s worthy, a cis white male will sign off on it.

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Erin Monahan

Trauma-Informed Mindset Coach. Host of OFF THE DEEP END podcast. Founder of Terra Incognita Media. Guide at Vesta Business School. Writer + Speaker.