I have a (very nice) neighbor who has a bumper sticker that says "Divorce Your Republican Husband." There's just a certain anger to these messages that makes it seem that men are the source of all women's unhappiness. What a sad way to be.
Update: my ex finally responded, and apparently I will never see my dog again. Really sucks. I can't even believe someone I spent years of life with could turn out to be this cruel.
"Not as bad, but can we remember: this is a human being expressing distress and pain at not being able to see his dog! Would a woman receive these kinds of responses?"
I feel like this isn't necessary to your broader point, but ... yeah, women get told their feelings are wrong all the time on reddit. I think it's fair to say there's a unique experience in being treated with a sort of fearful contempt about it, but like, "bitches be crazy" is not exactly a rare sentiment.
Yeah, because bitches really be crazy. That’s why it’s practically a worldwide cultural moor that only heavy amounts of social engineering has been able to stem - and even then, just barely, cause we all still know it’s true.
A woman would never be implicated as being an abuser for missing her dog though.
""The most likely guy to commit sexual assault or get rapey? It’s the white knight who’s super nice, squirms into her life through a series of favors unasked for, and then when they’re drinking at a house party, corners her in a moment of weakness.""
Wow. Way to tar and feather a whole swath of men who are nothing of the sort. I don't think shitting a whole group of good men is the way to go here. Most of these men are just awkward and unsocially calibrated and it includes many successful professional people who wouldn't, couldn't dream of hurting someone else. You can do better than this
Wow, that sign from CA. is something else. Like you said, it's a "joke"...like when people say things when they are drunk, but they "didn't really mean it"...
I have a (very nice) neighbor who has a bumper sticker that says "Divorce Your Republican Husband." There's just a certain anger to these messages that makes it seem that men are the source of all women's unhappiness. What a sad way to be.
Update: my ex finally responded, and apparently I will never see my dog again. Really sucks. I can't even believe someone I spent years of life with could turn out to be this cruel.
"Not as bad, but can we remember: this is a human being expressing distress and pain at not being able to see his dog! Would a woman receive these kinds of responses?"
I feel like this isn't necessary to your broader point, but ... yeah, women get told their feelings are wrong all the time on reddit. I think it's fair to say there's a unique experience in being treated with a sort of fearful contempt about it, but like, "bitches be crazy" is not exactly a rare sentiment.
Yeah, because bitches really be crazy. That’s why it’s practically a worldwide cultural moor that only heavy amounts of social engineering has been able to stem - and even then, just barely, cause we all still know it’s true.
A woman would never be implicated as being an abuser for missing her dog though.
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""The most likely guy to commit sexual assault or get rapey? It’s the white knight who’s super nice, squirms into her life through a series of favors unasked for, and then when they’re drinking at a house party, corners her in a moment of weakness.""
Wow. Way to tar and feather a whole swath of men who are nothing of the sort. I don't think shitting a whole group of good men is the way to go here. Most of these men are just awkward and unsocially calibrated and it includes many successful professional people who wouldn't, couldn't dream of hurting someone else. You can do better than this
If you think this is good behavior I’ll have to disagree.
Wow, that sign from CA. is something else. Like you said, it's a "joke"...like when people say things when they are drunk, but they "didn't really mean it"...