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

I've never got the whole 'they're too young for me to explain the concept to' idea. I mean, I really, really don't understand it. We are quite happy with them seeing mixed sex couples. Often the person saying it is openly part of a mixed sex couple. We don't feel the need to 'explain' it. So what has to be explained with a same sex couple? When Cinderella married Prince Charming did these people get all flustered thinking they had to now explain sexual intercourse, oral sex, and so on?

Me with a 3yo last week. "why (her friend) hasn't a father?" "Some people has one father, or two or any. He has two mothers" "Oh, yes!!! And they love each other!" *claps, satisfied and happy*.

Kids only "don't understand" gay couples after their parents shove a bunch of bullshit down their throats

Math teacher here... this is spot on and hilarious bc of the geometry aspect lol

what's to understand, two people who love each other very much, there simple, what ever is in there trousers should have no importance to a child,

there is nothing to understand it is just 2 people loving each others

it's impossible to make an actual love triangle if everyone in it is straight. boom, geometry plus love

Whoever says that clearly doesn’t have kids. They believe in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy but won’t believe two adults regardless of gender can love each other? Kids are so amazing to watch what you can accept without preconceptions before learning societal norms.

The fact that girls in the US are coming out as trans in clusters proves kids don't understand.

I regularly find that people that say "some group doesn't understand X as a concept" is actually saying "I don't understand X as a concept"

say it louder for the people in the back

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Kids understand what they are taught by their Breeders

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".