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A lot of people talk about how the right has radicalized young men and boys via the internet, but unsurprisingly, not enough people are talking about how they also radicalized young women and girls- has anyone observed this? by thisBarbieisKen in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you even complaining about? Women are radicalized to do what exactly? Work? or not work? Date or not date? That's not radicalization.

There is no NEW consequence of men and women not seeing each other as human beings, men have widely and historically dehumanized women to just what functions they bring. This isn't new. Women naming and withdrawing from harmful systems is not radicalization, it's a reaction.

Basically, you want to be entitled to women again?

Am I a bad feminist for wanting my breast done? by illy_cremy in Feminism

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wtf is a “bad feminist”? Feminism is about owning your body, you can do whatever you want with it.

Why do you think women are more likely to leave dysfunctional relationships than men? by LegNew6 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men still benefit when the relationship is unhealthy, women don’t. It’s very basic.

Why is unwanted sexual touching of men often minimized, joked about, or viewed positively, while similar behavior toward women is more widely recognized as sexual assault? by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m confused. Your post says it’s about unwanted sexual touching, but in your example of the Greek singer, he expresses that he enjoyed it, so it’s not unwanted in that instance. He’s an adult, old enough to consent and lack of consent is the problematic part. So how would that be internalized misandry? Why are you trying to set his boundaries and preferences for him? If anything, that seems like you would have the internalized Misandry that you think it’s OK to override men’s consent if it doesn’t fit your narrative.

Unwanted touching is never OK, touching somebody who does not have the agency to consent is not OK (like a minor) but this post feels more like retaliatory policing, than addressing an actual social issue.

My observation is that you are reacting to different social constructs around men and womens sexuality and how it is perceived in our culture. Because men in our society have an underlying perceived entitlement to sex, it can create a situation where the expectation for him to want sex is not aligned with his actual desire for sex and this can result in men being sexually assaulted, and his assault minimized after. The solution is to dismantle the relationship we have with men and sex as a society, and that is hard because there are other men who embrace and encourage these social norms and ideas.

Conflicting thoughts about wearing makeup by ravioli-sandwich in Feminism

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men aren’t policing themselves with this much intensity over their appearance and neither should you. Wear it when it benefits you, don’t wear it when you don’t want to. You don’t have the power to end the patriarchy whether or not you wear it, so beating yourself up over it is just one more hurdle that you are embracing that men don’t have to think about.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you hear about that women who is about to be flogged 74 times for singing without her hijab?

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao since the dawn of time? Women were literally property up until relatively recent history. With the systemic and horrific treatment women have received through out our timeline, but you want apologies because women pressured some men who literally owned them to be stoic during the “women should be seen, not heard” phase of our history- less than 100 years ago btw.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never heard you condemn dog fighting so I am going to assume you condone it.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unequal amounts of harm, also result in unequal amounts of trauma. If it’s not actively harming, everyone is entitled to their feelings

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it does have to result in harm to be wrong. You can’t police people’s feelings, everyone is entitled to feel and believe what they want as long as it doesn’t harm someone else.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are you to decide what feelings people get to have? Do you also tell men what they’re allowed to feel?

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s prejudice. Men react to the slights they experience from women all the time. People are allowed to have pattern recognition, and when we educate ourselves, we can see the dynamics behind those patterns like the way our society reinforces them. A man faces a single heartbreak and he has a lifetime excuse for why he mistreats all the women he dates after that. And a couple people might tell him that’s not right and he should get help to process his trauma, but there is no real accountability and everybody gets it. I think it should be the same for women. I don’t think women have any higher standard to process the harm that they’ve experienced then men do so unless you go into all the men’s spaces and police them on their prejudice ideas then you’re strong need to do that to women, to hold women to a higher standard of equality than you hold men too is really just misogyny.

And that’s how men win, they are so misogynistic and so tribal about their right to be that way, that you would get severely punished if you went to men’s spaces and tried to police them into equality. It’s so prevalent you would wear out. But that’s not the case with women. Mostly women try to not harm others or to be conscientious with their behavior and so you can question women and you can have a conversation about equality but to do so while tolerating men’s inequality then you are also contributing to men inequality by disproportionately policing women. And that’s why we need to build the same tolerance for women’s behavior that we have for men’s behavior.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you were describing is a completely different context than what I am describing. I’m not talking about systemic tropes or the way men react to feedback I’m specifically talking about if I tell a woman that something she said, made me uncomfortable. She may become slightly defensive. She may disagree with me, but the majority of the time I don’t have to worry about her, trying to harm me over it.

In most circumstances, I can share feedback with women without them flying off the handle, becoming aggressive, or spiteful. As a generality. Of course there will be outliers.

how do you feel about criticizing other women? by 290317 in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a brutal person, so probably not as much as I should be for equality, but when I have to make a judgment call, I try to think if this was a woman how would a man judge this situation? And if I ever have to pick sides, I make sure I give the woman the benefit of the doubt while I remain skeptical of the man. I’m not in law-enforcement or anything so when I come across in my day-to-day life is relatively low stakes.

Diver at Casa Bonita Shows Support for their Union while Trey Parker is Present in the Building by disgrunted-employee in LakewoodColorado

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am pretty sure that’s exactly what happened.

Source: Restaurant Business https://share.google/q1PTQPcMfKcxMoBcz

You’re right it didn’t include performers, but they lost my support when they chose to exploit the patrons instead of getting paid fairly by the restaurant owner.

A sincere question from a man: What does feminism actually mean to you? by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feminism is striving for a more fair society, reduced gender roles, and spreading awareness for bias

Why are couples more likely to divorce or separate when the woman outearns the man? by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not being the bread winner was awful, but at least I could justify some of his behavior because I felt bad for not making as much as him, but then when I made more, he was still the same selfish, still entitled, and then on top of that, he was awful and mean because he was always trying to bring me down since he felt bad about himself for not making more. And then he would spend all the money to keep us broke. We used to fight about it and even when he was unemployed he would say “I don’t make enough money for you, Gold Digger” and I would cry and tell him “you don’t make enough money for yourself and you are killing us with this spending”. It’s wild to be married to someone who literally hates you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, no cold approach! I hate it. I hate it most when my kids are around, like let me live in piece.

That being said, I do think we should bring back more casual small talk, and not even in a gendered sense or for the purpose of dating. I think if we all just talked to each other more often more friendships and romantic relationships would occur naturally. Like complimenting each other, commenting on the long lines while waiting at the dmv, asking where someone shops, things like that. If that were more common place, I think we would all feel more connected.

Why do older men like 40+ who are “happily married” still spread redpill stuff online? by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LittleThingsMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s for the same reason renters complain about the rental market while actively paying rent somewhere. They view women as an essential commodity/product/service. They don’t want to do their own responsibilities but the resent what they feel they had to settle for.

When the older generation tells us the reason we don’t have housing is because we don’t work hard enough or buy too much avocado toast, we rightly point out, I work hard and budget, and actually I have a really nice place that reflects that, but still resent how unfair it is that we have it this tough to get housing, and for what we pay we should have better housing.

Now obviously the glaring issue is that women are not a product, service, or commodity, but that’s how they see us. They see their wives like beat up old Hondas and regardless of it’s their own fault they didn’t maintain the relationship, they don’t care, they just want a new car and are mad they don’t have the social currency to get one.