Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

Sadly, double standards are more often than not a reality with many things in our society. Tumblr has been discussing one such standard, but one that not many would expect. And an important one nonetheless.

One Tumblr user shared their thoughts on the idea of how it’s not all that shocking for men to see males expressing acts of violence towards women in various media, but when the tables turn and women start being violent against men, it suddenly becomes absolutely horrifying.

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Sadly, double standards are a thing, and here’s a more or less unconventional one that certainly needs to change

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

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Tumblr has been discussing the issue of violence, specifically how different people react to men-against-women violence compared to when the roles are reversed

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

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Tumblr user bau-liya pointed out one interesting thing: women are supposed to ‘grin and bear’ the various media showcasing abuse and violence against women and that being declared a ‘high art,’ yet when the roles reverse, it’s suddenly taboo and barbaric.

This inspired another Tumblr user, jujubiest, to share their experience and thoughts on the matter, leading to a now-viral thread on the social media platform.

This Tumblr user shared some of their insights and conclusions on the matter

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

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Juju took a course in modern horror films and had to watch a lot of them. During some of these screenings, they noticed how other family members were cringing and being shocked by a particular context of violence: when women are overly aggressive towards men.

They also provided other examples—one being how even the academics for the thesis were reluctant to discuss certain aspects that involved said violence and the various backlash by men on the topic.

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

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This led the Tumblr user to reach a conclusion that most men are fine and/or desensitized to male-on-female violence, but are intensely bothered by the opposite. Even the mere idea of it presented in the media is loathsome, let alone actually experiencing something like it.

Now, violence of any kind should not be a thing in any society in the first place. But the thread does raise a good point—how many are actually desensitized to violence towards women, but as soon as it’s vice versa, it becomes “fresh” and hence shocks us more, despite it being the same violence.

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

Image credits: jujubiest

The thread managed to go (very much) viral, gaining a staggering 290,000+ notes on the media platform alone. This is besides all of the reshares on other social media and news sites.

And as it turns out, the issue has been around for a while, as evident from a newspaper comic from 1993

Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

Image credits: jujubiest

What are your thoughts on this? Feel free to discuss the issue in the comment section below!

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

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Edward Galore 3 years ago

I loved this piece. It is a perfect example of male fragility. The idea that men are outraged by violent, empowered women on-screen, while finding media violence against women palatable infuriates me. The hypocrisy is so blatant. I witnessed a flame war on Reddit in response to a posted video where a woman admitted to being sexist against men. She was merely stating her opinion that she didn't like men "as a whole". Men responded by calling her a whore and with death threats. Disliking men as a group does not equate to advocating for violence against men, yet the men responded as if it did. Male fragility endangers women.

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Gin Marie 3 years ago

Call it what it is: guilt. It's like cops who shoot innocent black people or those guys who claim all rape accusations are false. It's a confession. They're afraid of tables turning because they have skeletons in their closets. Also, ever notice that the guys who scream, "Women do it TOO!" are ONLY interested in women attacking men? Never women vs. women or male vs. male? Or how they'd rather bitch about how women owe them rather than ACTUALLY help men? We had a guy in my city found a shelter for battered men. Every ex wife and child of his had a restraining order against him. He had been violent---only toward women and children---his whole life. And now that I'm actually far off topic, batterers like to claim that they need shelter so they can find out where the shelters and their victims are.

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Beans 3 years ago

The irony of it is that their reaction to her (berating, encouraging violence, trying to change her mind etc) only cements her belief that men are bad. Basically they proved her right.

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Ben Houghton 3 years ago

Don't know many men that think violence against women is okay. Films are films, the characters are meant to be monsters. Maybe the reason some men cringe more when watching a man get his nuts chewed off is because it's more relatable to them. And they can imagine it being excruciating. The same men probably don't cringe if a woman just shoots a man or hits him. Because they see that every day in films men to men. Makes no difference if its a woman doing it. And vice versa if a bloke crushed another blokes nuts then I expect they'd cringe at that. Isn't just cos its a woman

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Luke Oakridge 3 years ago

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Gin Marie 3 years ago

Incoming incels!

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K Witmer 3 years ago

Aww did your little incel feelings get hurt.

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CatWoman312 3 years ago

In teeth what set her off is how she was raped by a guy she trusted and then every guy she assaulted after that was trying to hurt her in some way. It’s not like she went out looking to assault men (except the poor doctor who was by all means an accident), she only assaulted the ones who hurt her. It’s a really good movie, but very graphic

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Ms.GB 3 years ago

That Dr. wasn't innocent...he was fondling her.

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Alasdair Cruickshank 3 years ago

The Dr was sexualy assaulting her. What he was doing was not part of any normal practice and definitely would have gotten him arrested if anyone had known. He deserved what happened just as much as any of the other guys.

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K Witmer 3 years ago

The doctor took his glove off so he could finger her. They showed his intent in the movie.

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Luke Oakridge 3 years ago

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Edward Galore 3 years ago

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Gin Marie 3 years ago

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Beans 3 years ago

The irony of it is that their reaction to her (berating, encouraging violence, trying to change her mind etc) only cements her belief that men are bad. Basically they proved her right.

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Ben Houghton 3 years ago

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Luke Oakridge 3 years ago

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Gin Marie 3 years ago

Incoming incels!

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K Witmer 3 years ago

Aww did your little incel feelings get hurt.

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CatWoman312 3 years ago

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Ms.GB 3 years ago

That Dr. wasn't innocent...he was fondling her.

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Alasdair Cruickshank 3 years ago

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K Witmer 3 years ago

The doctor took his glove off so he could finger her. They showed his intent in the movie.

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Thread With 290k+ Reactions Explains Contrast Between Reactions To Male And Female Violence Against Each Other In Media

Sadly, double standards are a thing, and here’s a more or less unconventional one that certainly needs to change

Tumblr has been discussing the issue of violence, specifically how different people react to men-against-women violence compared to when the roles are reversed

This Tumblr user shared some of their insights and conclusions on the matter

And as it turns out, the issue has been around for a while, as evident from a newspaper comic from 1993

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