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Or just call your mom sometimes if you have one and she doesn't suck (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago by crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When I hear someone complain about men I always assume it's about the way men are socialized in our society not about literally all men. It's a way to air out frustrations, not an actual statement. Of course there are exceptions, some do mean it literally, but they are definitely a minority.

I mean I agree, it's silly to phrase it like that, but I find reactions like this even more silly. Someone is venting their frustration about a specific experience, that fuels a general frustration with the way a significant portion of men behave (which includes heinous crimes that are systemically perpetrated by men against women). And the reaction they get is "Well, actually, it's not all men, you know?". Like, come on. Is that really what's being said here? Isn't that reaction a kind of whataboutism? Instead of talking about what caused this or showing some empathy, you really want to make fun of it and point out the semantics?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except I've been at the other end where I did absolutely nothing wrong but because I'm a man I'm the perpetrator.

I've had women tell me to my face that they hate all men. I've been blamed for things women did because I'm a man and therefore must be the problem.

I've even been accused of rape by a woman I never even physically touched only talked to for 20 minutes. We didn't even talk about anything sexual much less sexually inappropriate.

The pendulum swings both ways. I don't hate women. I don't hate men. I recognize both sides have bad characteristics. I recognize both sides go through different struggles.

I'm just tired of being seen as an enemy just for having a penis.

So I poke fun at it.

[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I don't think that's very helpful, but then again neither is blaming all men 🤷‍♂️