Now this needs a million upvotes. WOW.

Also about how sad it is that society has convinced many people that romance is the only kind of love that is important. You barely see in media people showing family or friendly love to each other.

And these are the same people screeching about "CRT" being taught in schools because they still prioritize White feelings over truth

This one is powerful. I don't want to be beautiful as a woman to conform to a norm expected from me since I was a toddler. I want to be strong, resilient, intelligent, cultured, friendly, helpful, any adjective but beautiful. I am not a flower, I am a woman

It may be cultural. I've seen this some times in bored panda but I can affirm that in my country they will explain and they can be very explicit. And, if being among some men, all of them will talk much and at the same time.

If a man thinks this then he is an idiot and doesn't know how to have normal interaction with women.

I once was in a training class with a man who felt that a woman, who reported to police, having her bum slapped by a man at a party was over reacting (this was in a training scenario) When asked how he would have felt if the woman in question was his wife, he said he’d have been outraged. He genuinely couldn’t grasp that it was exactly the same thing whoever the woman was. He was training to be a police constable.

And it hurts everyone, to paint emotions as a weakness rather than a part of humanity

On the other hand, I invite men to have more fun (only people who wants to!) in their appearance. It's also feminism to allow non cis women to wear make up, jewelry, coloured clothes and other clothes different from a shirt or t-shirt and plain trousers. I mean, as a chice, never mandatory!

So very true.

I wish I could give this ten upvotes!

This i good and sad. Good that there is a illustration! Bad that neither me nor they have seen one.

Every female expert has to deal with these sorts of men almost every day. It is so deeply frustrating.

This applies to all gender!Thank you xx

if they can understand straight couples then they can understand gay couples

Are they gonna start making pockets when they realize the women are evolving?

Fear vs. Aggression.

Yeah, I'm not going to respect you when you just told me my entire existence disgusts you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some gay s**t to attend to

I buy extra and keep it at home so my wife won't have to panic because pads or tampons are not there.

Yes!

Next level sarcasm.

Women's contributions are consistently erased. Science is particularly bad about that. Or giving credit for women's ideas to men.

Say it out loud!!!

agree

They didnt think this through. If their penises are so big, wo wants them? This would be just painful.

Desi? What is that, a racial slur?

arguing the opposite is like saying Newton invented gravity

Also we all need to remember that privilege and oppression are not a one or zero aspect of life. A person can be privileged as a man but be opressed as a etnic minority or be white and disabled, rich and gay...

Someone said that to me once. I said, "Oh, well, what are other girls like?" And when he finished his diatribe, I said, "Well, it just sounds to me like you really hate women." There wasn't another date after that. Fortunately.

No bigger turn off than a guy trying to badger you into sex

please do not look at the misogynistic comment below for information, it is absolutely inaccurate for women are quite blatantly paid lesser for the same job, whatever crackpot justification they come up with next

How many women here on BP have had a loud or 'controversial/equality based' opinion attacked, and then been personally attacked for it too? Accused of being xyz, or the age old deflection of "oh you, a woman, disagree with me, a man? You must be obsessed with me" 🙄 Just about every deflection just to avoid the point you try to make? I've got my hand up

this should be way higher

i dont really see how this is patriarchy it's more of how bad buisness pay is getting. you work your ass off and they give you minimum wage or no raise

From all my young relatives and friends (40-20) only one could afford buying a house. Three others have a home because their parents/in laws could afford giving them a loan. The only one that can afford a baby is my 38yo cousin and only because his mum paid for the house. How are we supposed to have children? (Not that i want them)

I'm sorry, I hope this doesn't offend anybody here but I wasn't taught that and I can't imagine it's something that is being taught nowadays. At least, I hope not.

nope, that's not historians who say that, that's filmmakers... historians actually claim the opposite - she wasn't physically pretty, she had other qualities

Why can't just once in awhile when there is a person who has no brain cells comments that I can't just give them a couple extra 200 or so downvotes?

True

True

Its not hard to remember what a person wants to be called. Its just basic respect, which is of course why the transphobes consistently deadname.

"yes" means yes and everything that's not "yes" means no.

And that is vest case scenario. Worst case they refuse to do chores even if you distrubute them but then whine because "women are nags".

This is disgusting

When I got soft any form of "No" and it was often, I thanked them for their time, wished her all the best and walked away. That was that. Rejection is part of life. Parents should have taught their kids, regardless of gender, how to gracefully accept rejection without feeling hurt about it. That being said, I have had women get offended too because I did not persist as if I should have known that their NO was their code for me to put in more effort, so they would feel desired and pursued because according to them, men are hunters and women are prey. Frankly, I find this type of thinking f****d up and it is all about their ego-tripping. No means no. Full stop.

which coach? in 2001 there were two :P (Ferrer and Rexach)

This is extremely important. I have always considered myself an open minded person and I had disabled friends and family in the past. And I am embarrassed now that I am disabled of how many things I missed when it comes to accessibility. Yes, that metro might look like its almost flat and accessible but its too hight for my disabled scooter. That elevator is amazing but its too small for most disability aids. That street has 1 place where you can drive a wheelchair to cross so you need to do the most stupid detours to cross it. Any city planner should be forced to use a wheelchair or other disability aids for a couple of weeks in order to truly understand how not accessible cities are.

This is an over-generalization and not necessarily true. People change all the time. Anyone can change. Even different life-circumstances can make a person change on accident without the person really doing any work on themselves. Imagine if the person actually tried. The real decider is if they want to.

Hands: Difficult to draw since 20,000 BCE

I am sorry but this one is wrong. It is ok to fight inequalities and to be angry about them. But there is a fine line between that and giving in hate, considering everybody else your enemy. As a migrant and disabled I know very well how tempting that is. But I wont convince the xenophobes around me that I am a decent person by irrationally hating all people from this country. Or all able bodied people.