it’s massive on Lemmy. any time you bring up an issue women have consistently faced in a patriarchal society, there’s people crawling out of the woodworks with the “not all men” bs.
it’s interesting, in my experience there’s enough knowledge of feminism on Lemmy for men to acknowledge that these things are issues, but most of those men don’t seem ready to accept that they can help implement actual change by calling out their friends and family. instead, it devolves to rhetoric that serves only to deepen the societal divide they claim to be against. definitely disappointing from a progressive and leftist platform.
Hard agree with your comment. Another phrase I keep reading when any women’s issue comes up: ‘Sounds like gender war bullshit to me’, or some other expression of the same idea, and I absolutely hate it.
People are happy to spout slogans like “ACAB” and “Eat the rich!”, but once they are faced with something that asks them to change their behavior, the hackles go up and they get all defensive.
it’s massive on Lemmy. any time you bring up an issue women have consistently faced in a patriarchal society, there’s people crawling out of the woodworks with the “not all men” bs.
it’s interesting, in my experience there’s enough knowledge of feminism on Lemmy for men to acknowledge that these things are issues, but most of those men don’t seem ready to accept that they can help implement actual change by calling out their friends and family. instead, it devolves to rhetoric that serves only to deepen the societal divide they claim to be against. definitely disappointing from a progressive and leftist platform.
Hard agree with your comment. Another phrase I keep reading when any women’s issue comes up: ‘Sounds like gender war bullshit to me’, or some other expression of the same idea, and I absolutely hate it.
People are happy to spout slogans like “ACAB” and “Eat the rich!”, but once they are faced with something that asks them to change their behavior, the hackles go up and they get all defensive.
I dunno, I spend most of my time on .ml, hexbear, and the grad so sexism tends to get called out better there