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Source: uncontrollablechristmas“boys will be boys”
“he’s a guy, he can’t help it”
“that’s just how men are”
Source: prozdandsiroThe Bullshit Police in “Friend Zone”
Written by SungWon ProZD Cho
Illustrated by Jackson Siro Wyse
Ugh.
This story is a favorite of men’s rights activists who hold it up as evidence that women have always had it better. SURPRISE, it’s not based in reality.
Source: onionlike
From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, and we all (whether we admit it or not) think we’re heroes for just getting through our day.
So it’s very frustrating, and I mean frustrating to the point of violence, when we don’t get what we’re owed. A contract has been broken. These women, by exercising their own choices, are denying it to us. It’s why every Nice Guy is shocked to find that buying gifts for a girl and doing her favors won’t win him sex. It’s why we go to “slut” and “whore” as our default insults — we’re not mad that women enjoy sex. We’re mad that women are distributing to other people the sex that they owed us.
Yes, the women in these stories are being portrayed as wonderful and beautiful and perfect. But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.
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I’m so glad these are the people testifying on Capitol Hill about birth control today. I feel so represented!