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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] cardfire@startrek.website 21 points 1 day ago

I brought up an example of a specific sexist and controlling behavior I observed (guys holding their wives or girlfriends by the neck while walking across the street, like they were steering a chicken) in a meetup group and all the men around me said they had never seen it. The two women said they both had experienced it.

Repeat this a thousand and one times with other behavior I and presumably you, as men, will never have to experience but are just as real.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a whole generation of men being indoctrinated right now that believe women shouldn't have any rights. Most feminist women on Instagram that I have seen have gotten a multitude of rape and murder threats.

It is nice for you if you never noticed the rampant sexism and general hatefulness that people on the internet show against any minorities they find but I've seen several instances of similar exchanges as shown in this comic just in the last two weeks.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sure, misogyny exists. I'm talking about somebody referring to themselves as "high value" and calling the person they're talking to a "loud-mouthed, opinionated wench". It's just really heavy-handed dialogue.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

Those people unironically say stuff like "I wouldn't even rape you" and call women that don't look like they are about to die of anorexia fat. They exist in spades, Lemmy just isn't the right kind of social media for those people to come out with such stuff (except for maybe this post).

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

No but I've seen it. I'm not a manosphere wacko

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

These programming socks have no gender