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The imbalance never ran both ways. (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

Just saw this while scrolling on fedi being posted by this user: @Rasta@zeroes.ca

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[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lowkey, I don't view it as men vs. women at all. It's really just the bourgeoisie pitting us against each other by playing favourites.

tl;dr: Workers of the world, unite!

Edit: I made an additional statement, which was sexist against men. I have removed it. My appologies.

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago

Conditioning is really powerful. I hear your anger, but please don't make statements like "most men are disgusting monsters" again here

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 8 points 1 month ago

My appologies. I shan't do it again.

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago

It's fine we all post without thinking sometimes 😊

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah... I'm pretty guilty of that. Posting/commenting on the Threadiverse is more fun than sleeping :3

[-] RabbitMix 6 points 1 month ago

Posting without thinking is a time-honored internet tradition

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 3 points 1 month ago

That is true, that is true.

[-] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I would, lest you feel like stirring the pot all day. Im no mod here though

people are all capabale of vile depravity.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 1 points 1 month ago
[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 2 points 1 month ago

Should I edit/censor my comment?

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Thats very kind and would be appreciated

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 4 points 1 month ago
[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

❤️ 💙 💜

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 20 points 1 month ago

I'm all for a safe space for women but this reeks of sexism. Except the good ones, is a common trope among bigots who want to generalize without sounding like bigots.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think perhaps my opinions have shifted to fit in with my sisters and mother. They say things like that they hate all men, and say "it's not personal" to my dad and brother-in-law.

I appologise for being sexist. I shall attempt to course-correct.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago

Thanks for listening and owning up. I know it's hard to break a habit when casual sexism becomes your norm.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 10 points 1 month ago

I honestly have a tendency to avoid taking responsibility and acknowledging when I'm wrong, but I'm trying to do better. Feel free to correct/confront me in the future.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

I appreciate it. As someone who fought some hard rejection sensitivity issues, it feels way better to own up than to double down when I know I'm wrong.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 5 points 1 month ago

Oh. I looked it up, and that sounds like me. I wonder if it's connected to my social anxiety.

Also, yeah, owning up does feel better than digging my heels in.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

I learned it's part of ADHD, which I have. Naming it has helped me acknowledge when it's happening. Since anxiety goes hand in hand with conditions like ADHD, it might be related.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 3 points 1 month ago

I feel like I'm an egg, but for ADHD.

So many signs, but I won't say I have it unless I'm diagnosed.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

Depending on where you live a diagnosis can be very hard to get but worth it to start working toward sooner than later (fucking impossible with ADHD, I know.) You learn a lot along the way even if you don't end up having it.

The book Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté started my journey.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't particularly want to be diagnosed with anything. I'm definitely autistic, though, but I'm not diagnosed.

Permission to DM?

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[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly I'd really like to believe it's not most men that would do fucked up shit. Men are problematic because most don't speak up when they see bad shit, but I still think it's a minority that are actually doing the bad shit. I do think that not speaking up is conditioning that can be broken though.

At least that's me trying to live in a glass-half-full world.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 6 points 1 month ago

I would like to believe the same. It seems more likely than all men being extremely dangerous individuals whose composure might snap at any moment.

Anyways, cheers to half-full glasses!

[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m uneasy with this commonly seen argument here. There is a class war, but it’s not like the gender war disappears on the working class side when workers unite.

It’s only men vs women insofar as men uphold and reinforce the patriarchy like in the post.

People more eloquent than myself can probably elaborate on what I’m saying better than my admittedly brief comment here.

[-] ZDL@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 month ago

it’s not like the gender war disappears on the working class side when workers unite

Indeed the working class can be some of the most socially regressive people on the planet when it comes to racial and gender issues.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 5 points 1 month ago

That makes sense. I think you're correct. Touché.

[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Hey thanks for that. As Lady Butterfly said, conditioning can be strong.

I think the recent news about César Chavez really drives this point home.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 3 points 1 month ago

Oh gosh. I'd not heard of him. That's awful.

Also, I apologise for my behaviour. I don't want to be bigoted against anyone, and I'll work on it.

[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

We’re all human and thus flawed, but also we can grow 💕

[-] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Idk look around the world, even places practically untouched by capitalism, tribal villages, remote rural communities, isolated traditional societies… women are almost always second class citizens at best and subjugated livestock or even worse even in some places were women giving birth will not be provided care with out her ~~owner~~ husband present and it’s illegal to practice midwifery but men are not allowed to practice medicine on women, even animal get medical care that isn’t discriminatory based on their sex. I fear this is just human nature or at least post agriculture human behavior

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think it might be a natural thing. In the animal world, males are usually the boss, which is due to generally being larger and stronger.

I think it could be trained out of people—meaning both men and women. I'd like to think we're cabable of resisting nature through education.

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

In the animal world, males are usually the boss, which is due to generally being larger and stronger

This is why I love spiders. The females are big, beautiful, and full of color, then they eat the males once they have fulfilled their reproductive duty.

Humans should be more like spiders and eat men (not really, I’m just being silly 😊)

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42 3 points 1 month ago

Mantises do the same, I think.

I think bugs are the opposite of animals in this regard, with the females being bigger and stronger.

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