#mysogny

[miia-x-miia]

Ready for a client, how do i look?

[dokjas-lostselfpreservation]

No you cannot romanticize mental illnesses. No you cannot joke about pandemics, epidemics, wars, protests, or certain people; not until you've lived through them, lived like the said people; Not until you've experienced the side effects one way or the other.

"i have depression bc I haven't felt like going out shopping for a while" no, you don't have depression Patricia. There are people out there who don't get out of their bed for weeks, don't brush their teeth for days, don't shower for months. All because they simply can't. Your self-diagnosis is not leaving the kind of light in which depression and the people who suffer from it should be regarded in.

The Jews wouldn't laugh at the jokes you make about hitler, the WW2, or the concentration camp. They lost an entire generation's worth of ancestors at the cruelty of a dictator. A tyrant.

The people who lost their loved ones, their brothers, lovers, children; they wouldn't laugh at your jokes about palestine or ukraine. They can't even afford a funeral, let alone afford humor for the horrors they are actively experiencing.

No woman out there would feel safe, let alone laugh at the outrageous misogynistic jokes/points you put out randomly. They have genuinely lived through the experiences you said as if it's something to laugh about. Even the "exaggerated" and "unrealistic" povs you've thrown at their safety, are probably something they have encountered in their life.

No queer person out there would find you humorous when you throw those unsolicited 'advice' and (not) cleverly disguised phobic jokes at them. You do not know what struggles the community went through to be able to show their true selves in the society, start pride parades. You don't even know the struggles of the said person you're talking to, how hard it could've been for them to come out, the amount of willpower that's needed for this. While you drop all that progress they've made and throw them back to square one by just making a joke about a community you don't belong in.

You are not helping anyone with your words at all, rather you're just using your position over them to make yourself feel bigger, in power.

[classycookiexo]

[vii11]

Never thought about that, really smart

[hypnosideblog]

please put me in my place im a wet needy slut who wants to be remindednof jow low i am in the oatriarchy

[thehollowwriter]

I was suddenly reminded of the Captain Marvel movie and I remember how much hate it got for Brie Larson and Captain Marvel herself. "Mary Sue" "woke feminism" (though that's not what woke means) "girlboss character" and more were all thrown around and it was dragged as the worst Marvel movie ever. People hated how much of a "bitch" Carol was and Critical Drinker's review didn't help things either. Was the movie good? Not really, but the hate was overblown, especially when you remember that other pretty meh Marvel movies or media with gary stus were defended to hell and back.

So why the hate for Carol? The obvious answer is mysogny of course, but I feel "people don't like strong, confident, and skilled women that's why" is only partially true.

It's a different genre, but I used to and still kinda do watch a lot of romcom movies with my mom. Stuff like The Cutting Edge or those generic Hallmark movies and whatnot. When I think about it, it was very common for the female love interest to be like Carol. Headstrong, confident, speaks her mind, serious, "too emotional", doesn't take shit, extremely skilled at what she does, etc.

But these characters didn't get that same reaction. I know it's not 100% comparable to a marvel movie, BUT it shows that strong women are not new in movies at all. Hell, just look at the first Jurassic Park!

So what's the difference? Why does Captain Marvel get so much hate, far more than what could he justified "bad writing"?Well, I think it's the existence of the male love interest. You see, in these other movies, these women would be the bitch character, the self-absorbed, prissy woman who needs to be taken down a notch.

This will be shown to the audience by her firmly putting other characters in their place, being unashamed of expressing her opinion, being confident in herself and her abilities and refusing to be treated like shit. The love interest would appear to be her rival turned lover, and he would "put in her in her place" and make her realise she ain't all that. She "improves", they get together, and boom happy ending.

Though funnily enough, if you look back you'll see the woman was often in the right. For example, in The Cutting Edge where the female lead got angry at her trainer screaming at her or saying things like "I want to see your ass in the air", or rightfully shut down the leas being a pos to her, or was strict on who her skating partner was because well- she's the one in a dangerous position!

Her constant rejection of possible partners is potrayed as her being stuck up, prissy and picky, but in reality, if her partner is the wrong weight or height, if he's not skilled or confident enough, he could drop her in one of the moves (where all he has to do is stand there and hold her up) and she could easily break her neck or something when she hits the ground! No wonder she's strict! But nope, lover boy is here to "tame the fire."

In many movies the "overly strict businesswoman" is potrayed as friendless and incapable of joy, and also is framed as a bitch for wanting to do her job properly and being frustrated at the male lead getting in the way of that. Then, she learns through him not to be so prissy and "high maintenance" ("traits" that would have a male character be called hardworking and no nonsens), she quits her job, they get together, happy ending. Boom! The fire is "tamed."

Captain Marvel, however? There is no love interest. There is no one whose role is to ensure Carol is "taken down a notch" or to "teach" her to not be so """bitchy""" (aka self-confident and firm even when opposed by a man) Hell, the guy who kept telling her to control her emotions got explode-ified.

No wonder so many people (mainly men) lost their minds. This was a real taste of a "strong woman".not tied to or watered down by a man. The actual quality of the movie almost felt irrelevant, as all anyone could focus on was how "woke" and "overly political" it was. (Ignore the Iron Man movie where Tony made weapons for the military and was also kidnapped by middle eastern terrorists)

Others have pointed out that the problem isn't that there was a strong female character. It's just that the writing was bad. But when some people are whining about how an "insufferable bitch" Carol was, and how "feminism destroyed movies", I know they don't actually give a damn about the writing. They just wanted to see either a male hero, or a strong female character get torn down and put in her place by a male character.

Or maybe I'm talking nonsense, who knows.

[strxnged]

im dating andrew tate

[trekkiehood]

I could be blinded by my love for Alex but sometimes I wonder how much is true sexism and how much is him just trying to get a rise out of people.

Now don't get me wrong. He is a misogynist in a lot of aspects but the little smirk he gets before commenting sometimes makes me wonder to what extent he just likes to rile people.

[most-adorable-nightmare]

Are "The first woman President of any nation in the world" and "The first woman President of any nation" are 2 different things? Am I that bad at English or??????

[gay-shrimp-eaters]

and have you heard of jk rowling

“women don’t have the capacity for misogyny” have you ever met a mother

[katarinamajerhold]

I dislike Indians, one of the biggest liars; treacherous, exploitative, misogynistic and homophobic people. Not to mention I totally dislike buddhism and their so-called lamas and gurus - don't believe in any of them.

[mx-pokirby]

Society if nerds were never handed the

"It's completely fine for a female character to be overly sexualized because 'she uses it to her advantage' so it's not sexist"

argument on a silver platter

[o4o41]

Lego

It is interesting how Lego follows "original male but female afterthought" formula.

[thehollowwriter]

Every time people start ranting about a "mary sue" or "woke feminism" character I sigh and go check out the character in question only to be completely unsurprised when it's just a female character who *checks notes* did not tiptoe around male characters' feelings, spoke too harshly than some men would like, and accomplished things in the exact same way as male characters who are praised for it in other media but uh it's bad now ig.

[half-life-crisis]

This is an #article I was dreading writing because I #predicted the #USA was going to re-reach this point.  I’ve always denounced #hate #speech, let’s #HealTheUSA.

A divided country benefits #authoritarians and #adversarial regimes. Change #StartsWithUs!

[waywordsstudio]

3 Word Review: “Severance” by Ling Ma -

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