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maturing is realizing feminism can be just as empowering to men as it is to women, in a genuinely good way. its aim is to liberate EVERYONE from rigid gender roles and systemic oppression, including how the patriarchy harms men. l
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Anonymous 13w

yes this is feminism. Belligerently just hating on all men is not.

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Anonymous 13w

Yep, the patriarchy hurts men as well. Male mental health is such a huge problem in the U.S. because of the our patriarchal society. A LOT is expected from men, and men aren’t expected to show emotion or complain about their problems, because they need to be strong. That is the patriarchy at work

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Anonymous 13w

feminism is specifically about female liberation from patriarchy, male benefit is just a byproduct šŸ‘

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Anonymous 13w

I just realized I was (basically) trans like 2 days ago and I needed to see this. Thank you

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Anonymous 13w

The Patriarchy is based

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Anonymous 13w

Everyone wants to act like they are oppressed when they are the ones who put themselves in that cage

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

exactly. and this shouldn’t be seen as a ā€œwokeā€ or ā€œpick meā€ take either. we’re all deserving of humanity and recognizing how a system weaponizes every person no matter their place in a hierarchy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

There’s also the severe lack of a lot of men to talk to women and why so many men find it hard to find a partner. Because for almost all of human history before the last 50-60 years, having an income and a pulse was all you needed to get a wife, since they were dependent on men financially. Today, that’s not true, and women can want other qualities like being attractive, caring, funny, sweet, etc.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

^^ That is a good thing, but it’s hard on a lot of men because men have NEVER been expected to possess qualities that attract women before now. It’s why so many young men are confused as to what women like, because before the last few generations, men never needed to care what women found attractive

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

that’s true, it does focus mainly on female liberation. but we can’t be liberated from the patriarchy until those that uphold and maintain it recognize its abuse, on both women and themselves. of course it’s important to mention that the harms on women are far more severe and urgent, but we also can’t deny how the struggles men deal with (isolation, toxic masculinity, etc.) erupt from this as well.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

Yes, but we’re never going to fully be able to embrace it unless men are aware of the ways that our patriarchal society also hurts them

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w
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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

worth saying that hating on women for choosing traditional roles is not feminism either. i see a lot of this, and feminism is about the freedom to choose, not prescribing that the ā€˜old’ way of doing things is inherently wrong for everyone.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Also worth saying that the phrase ā€œwokeā€ was appropriated by the manosphere when it was originally used by the Civil Rights Movement to merely convey awareness of oppression

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 13w

so happy for you šŸ«¶šŸ’žtrans voices are so incredibly important in this conversation as well

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

^^ thank you for mentioning this

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

hearing someone unironically use the word ā€œwokeā€ to describe something makes my brain hurt. Like, I immediately do not give a shit about any of your opinions if you’re unironically calling shit woke.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 13w

what does this even mean lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 13w

Ah yes I remember when George Floyd asked the officers to politely close his windpipe, but he asked for it right? Dumbass

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

George Floyd didn’t build his cage. The system did and it cost him his life. What I’m calling out is the people who inherited keys but still act like they’re chained. One is real oppression. The other is theater.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

People want to act like victims and think everything is happening to them but the internet magnifies negativity. It may be all someone sees and it consumes them

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 13w

kid really said ā€œit’s up to me, some random on the internet to decide when people are allowed to be upset about being oppressedā€ with their whole chest and thought they cooked

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Not deciding what anyone feels. Just pointing out how online culture can trap people in loops of pain instead of help them move through it. There is a difference between validating struggle and monetizing it

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