The guy "sexually assaulted and killed one woman and, less than six weeks later, beat and choked a 15-year-old so severely that she was paralyzed and disabled for life" and no one told the students that they'd be in class with him.

Now fangirling has its own fair share of criticism. Im not gonna deny that. But this is too far.

If they think ripped abs are the equivalent I got one better... It’s time for women to draw male characters with ridiculously huge sacks, as ridiculous as they draw breasts.

Girls can run in video games and comics with little armor and two giant bouncy balls in high heels? It’s time to have men attempt to fit through crevices and make ridiculous jumps like in Uncharted with these ginormous pants defying physics.

Sounds ridiculous? Good, I think it sounds only fair lol.

I (19F) am from a patriarchal nightmare country.y father (54 M) (who I will be referring to as “pig face” or PF cuz refuse any connection to him) is the most misogynist man I’ve ever seen. To make a long story short he has been giving “advice” to my male cousins that a woman “expires” after 25 and that they should only marry young women- mind u we were watching a show and there’s a girl who is like 21ish but acts like a fkin 7 year old because she thinks it’s cute and for some weird reason she is this sick freak’s favourite contestant, he called her pretty and keeps defending her actions when she throws “tantrums”, mind u if I even dare as to speak a word defending myself or my mother he would start shouting saying that I have no respect.-
He also told my cousins to stay away from divorced women because usually they are older or come with a baggage. He says men should always marry women who are richer than them so they can live without many responsibilities-
Mind u this man is JOBLESS (has been like this for 8 years now), all he does is watch TV all day (vertical Chinese dramas) on full volume cuz he’s deaf in one ear (trying to make us deaf too ig), shouts at my mother who is the person who makes money in this house (the house is also her’s).
And my “brother” (20 M) or PF’s son is the exact same fker . He kept screaming at my mother telling her how “single fathers are statistically proven to me more efficient and caring than single mothers” YEAH STATISTICS PULLED OUT OF HIS AS. And what’s more infuriating is that PF left our family for 2 whole years and provided us with no money, my mom had to work 10 times as hard to provide the tuition fee for both me and my brother- it was the most difficult period of our lives and my brother was there to witness it all in fact he used to hate him because of this- however now (PF lives with us again) he is all friends with him and even defends him. The audacity of this spineless man to say that fathers are more important than mothers when if my mom wasn’t present he would’ve starved to death. He’s also a red pill Incel who loves to “rate women” on the basis of this physical attractiveness. Mind u this idiotic man is completely unattractive himself, yet has the nerve to judge others. A full Incel istg. Also this is the same guy who every morning asks my mom for money because he wants to “buy perfume” or “go to the restaurant”. Why don’t u ask ur father for money?? Because he knows PF wouldn’t give him any. Yet he still defends him because PF shares the same misogynistic views as his. Uk I never indulge in any conversations these incels have because no matter how hard I try to teach a dog English it would always end up barking back at me, basically it’s a waste of my time and energy to debate these guys who ON PURPOSE say misogynist stuff so that I could say something back. Like it’s so pathetic to see how they say something stupid and then look at me expecting me to start a debate but I genuinely don’t give a shi and ignore them every single time. However I couldn’t control today cuz of all the “young girl wanted” stuff so I lashed out.
I always knew these good for nothing men were pathetic but now they’ve crossed all limits with being creepy predators as well. Should’ve expected that tbh.

I have an 8-year-old daughter and we live in Europe. Since she was I'm kindergarten, I've noticed other girls in her class using elaborate outfits, sometimes make-up and nail polish. At 7 some girls already had died their hair.

I found it odd, cause my daughter was always mostly covered in dirt and didn't even like combing her hair (she does comb her hair now, but still comes home very dirty).

I wonder if this is too young to get them worrying about vanity and looks, no? I know it is playful and probably mimics their moms, but I'm also worried about defining expectations and gender limitations too soon. What do you think?

Please VOTE.

Why do children traditionally get their father’s last name instead of their mother’s? My mother is the one who gave birth to me, raised me, yet I carry my father’s last name when he barely did anything for me. Why is the father’s surname the default? Wouldn’t it make more sense for children to carry their mother’s name?

Just found this post somewhere and it broke my heart 💔

Both my dad and brother are feminist, and many of the men in my life are too, online also seeing a lot of the same case. I know some people will say it's the bare minimum but seeing how men are now, I'm happy. I hope you guys can find men like this in your life as well

I watched it like five times in a row, then accidentally clicked out of the app and haven't been able to find it since. It was probably on YouTube shorts but I don't remember and can't find it in my history. I don't know if it's a full song or just the short I saw.

The singer is a young adult white woman and she's sitting sideways at a drum. It's not Paris Paloma but is a similar vibe. I thought it might be Earth to Eve, but i can't find it in her videos. It was a smaller artist and could have been someone who doesn't have any full songs yet.

I'm 99% sure I didn't imagine this but I can't find it anywhere and I'm starting to go a little crazy.

Lyrics:

50 men plus 7

that's 100% my friend

\[something about 1 in 3\]

cause two don't tell

that's 100 again oh well

\[something something\]

Throw them a rope

they'll hang you with your hope

And ask why did you have a rope

If you didn't wanna hang

I was talking to a colleague when he started telling me about his sister. He asked if I could learn eBay from her because she is very skilled at it. Then he went on to say that he believes women are naturally giving and that sacrifice comes easily to them.

He spoke about his sister with so much pride. According to him, she manages all the household chores, takes care of family members, cooks, cleans, works on eBay, and even teaches her brother-in-law’s children whenever they need help. Despite having so little time for herself, she somehow makes time for everyone else just to keep her family happy.

He was so proud of her, but honestly, my reaction was completely different. I was thinking, Why are you celebrating a woman for tolerating so much? She barely has any time for herself, yet instead of questioning whether she is overburdened or whether others should share these responsibilities, he presents her sacrifices as something admirable simply because she is a woman.

Then, one day, I had the chance to speak to his sister myself. During our conversation, she told me, “Don’t get married. Enjoy your life.” That statement really stayed with me. It made me wonder whether her own experiences had shown her how much women are expected to give up after marriage.

What struck me most was the contrast between the two perspectives. Her brother seemed proud of how much she could sacrifice, while I found myself wondering who was taking care of her. Does anyone consider her needs, her happiness, her dreams, and the fact that she might also want time for herself?

What bothered me was not that he appreciated his sister. It was that he seemed to admire her ability to put herself last. And I couldn't help wondering whether he would want the same kind of wife, someone who takes care of everyone, manages the household, pursues her own work, and constantly compromises her needs without expecting much in return.

There is a difference between appreciating a woman's kindness and romanticizing her exhaustion. A woman can love her family, care for others, and make sacrifices without being expected to give up her own life in the process.

Why is a woman's ability to endure so much often celebrated more than her right to rest, receive support, pursue her dreams, and live for herself, too?

Philosopher John Gray argues that moral progress is easy to lose and that history reveals a cyclical pattern of ups and downs rather than the linear improvement we so much want to see.

No matter which shape of history you prefer, progress can indeed be lost. Feminism and gender equality are no exception, with countries like Afghanistan and Russia showing in real time how 100 years of moral and political improvements can be destroyed right before our eyes.

I most certainly have no easy solution for geopolitical dilemmas, so my goals with this article are much more humble. First, I want to discuss what kind of feminist messaging on social media can better reach men and remind them of the benefits of gender equality. Second, this aims to encourage men to learn from the successes of feminism.

I've been on reddit since I was like 17. I'm 30 now. I swear that for awhile there, the general misogyny on reddit was improving. It felt for awhile like things were beginning to steady out and that people were starting to be less constantly aggressive and talk like people to each other more.

The last 3 years I wasn't online much, and the 2 before that I was mostly elsewhere on the internet. So in coming back on Reddit for things like mom subreddits and whatnot now that I'm pregnant and starting a family. Google provides terrible search results nowadays due to AI, and I thought real people would be easier to talk to.

Oh. Oh no. Huge mistake. Not only that, but even in predominantly female [assumedly] spaces now - it feels like things like victim blame/shame, "do it my way or you're wrong"isms, nuance generally has vanished. But it's only ever men towards women OR women towards women, and rarely do I see men towards other men or women towards men act like this. I feel like I'm going insane, but I swear at this point I can basically script what responses I will get ahead of time if it's a predominantly male or gender mixed sub versus a predominantly woman sub, and...both are bad? The reason I bring it up here, in ironically the most female possible sub, is I thought maybe it has something to do with recent politics and some sort of internalized shame in being a woman from those exterior forces, then sort of aggressively vented out at other women.

But idk. Thoughts? Maybe I am insane. Maybe the internet is all bots. Truly I'm not sure anymore.

Edit: for an addon, I swear the most comment male led responses I get are "what does this even add" whereas the most female led ones are "Get help/You need therapy" towards anything they don't like/get weirdly left field vitriolic towards. Sometimes out of what seems like truly no where.

i have a patient perspective, who has been brushed off by multiple doctors and who was told “chronic pain is normal for women in their private areas”.

what can i genuinely do? not necessarily for my own health struggles lol but for the systematical problem?

write articles, give feedback to hospitals, are there any big organizations in europe?

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as a very young woman this has been a total shock to experience such treatment in medical world. i know only so much can be done, the research is slow and hard in all diseases and the situation is: doctors genuinely do not know what to do with most of women chronic pain. but it’s because it’s not viewed as important and studied. and being in a position as a patient and be told to “wait” “calm down” “try herbs” “there is nothing wrong” “drink a lot” is crazy to me.

Hello everyone! I recently uploaded an episode on my podcast about Women in STEM and if you are interested, please do check it out and support it.

Watching The Mummy tonight, the best one with Branden Frasier and Rachel Weis, and the part right at the start where Anuk Sun Amun says 'My body is no longer his temple'.

I was young when I first saw it, but understood the context. Years (decades) later and I still find that statement powerful.

"The real question is whether she believes herself, especially when the alternative is acknowledging how far she has drifted from self-knowledge."

"How could someone be so calculated and so naive at once? At one point, Elizabeth lets slip that she does not believe he would have fallen in love with her if he had recognized her from the news right away. Is this a deliberate remark to draw sympathy or a revealing off-hand remark? Is she so divorced from reality that she doesn’t realize how she comes across?"

"If those questions seem misogynistic, that is the whole point. Elizabeth Holmes has been defined by two ostensibly contradictory, equally demeaning narratives: that she is a victim of grooming, and that she is a cunning sociopath who surrounds herself with men who will run interference on her behalf in exchange for power over her. "

"The final 20 minutes of YCSE made me sob, and it is basically impossible to explain why, even in coded terms."

"Because for as ridiculous and funny as YCSE can be, I left the film absolutely gutted. Elizabeth Holmes is a pathetic and tragic figure. I see myself in her even as she remains totally closed off from anyone. She is the kind of person that cannot be known; it is even unclear whether the choice to remain at a remove from herself was made by her or for her."

This last part is what I am trying to do here, trying to swim against the inexorable tide of relentless 2d negativity. I'm trying to speak for a woman who everyone speaks for. If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.

"Elizabeth has never been able to speak on her own behalf and she never will"

Her dad, Sunny, Larry, Nathan, Don, all projecting onto this hopeful woman. Pulling the strings. Its heartbreaking.