I didn't claim you were keeping me from talking. I said you were making ongoing demonstrable societal marginalization of women about you and asked if you also did that to Black folks. If you aren't actually fragile and a part of the problem, why do you have such a butt hurt attitude about real societal issues that harm real women? It's a simple question.
Men in Europe are "turning away from feminism" because they are entitled and weak and don't like seeing their unearned privileges eroding - same as some men in the US. Rather than blaming late stage capitalism and the way the oligarchs keep getting richer at their expense, they are blaming women. Weak, pathetic, and extremely off base... All types of violence against women and girls has increased in the past few years. Honestly, what do you expect women to do? Pretend it's all OK when it clearly isn't?
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/half-of-young-men-oppose-feminism-uk/
"Men’s rights and anti-feminism are increasingly becoming a slip road to the far right, appealing to young men feeling emasculated in an age of changing social norms," the report said.
HOPE not hate’s data is in line with research conducted by the women’s rights organization Fawcett Society, which found that young men are threatened by feminism. The Fawcett Society, however, also noted that younger men are more likely to identify as feminists, according to Fawcett Society Chief Executive Sam Smethers."This explains the high levels of misogyny, abuse, casualized violence, and objectification women experience every day," Smethers told Global Citizen via email. "We need a step change in men's attitudes if we are going to reverse it.
"Despite the perceptions of young men surveyed, critics would arguethat feminism has not gone far enough in the UK. The UK now ranks 21st on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Equality Index. Women in the country remain underrepresented in politics, and the gender pay gap is not narrowing."
In addition, a large number of female MPs chose not to run for re-election after facing astounding levels of abuse and threats of violence - simply for being women in government. Do you find that acceptable? Do you think we should pretend women shouldn't be angry about that?
Patriarchy demonstrably harms men as well, but rather than acknowledge that and work together to create a better society, too many men are lashing out. Of course, women are still angry. One in four will be raped, 85% start getting sexually harassed on the streets in childhood, the authority gap is a huge problem, 39% of college-age guys admit to pressuring women into doing sexual things they don't want to do, women surgeons get groped and harassed while assisting with procedures and nobody does anything, women are still expected to do the vast majority of home, child, and elder care, even if they work outside the home. I could go on and on and on with lists of all the ways that women are still treated terribly at the hands of the way "masculinity" is constructed in the West.
Men who don't want actual equality are backlashing against the few gains that we've made in the past decade - and taking to the internet to drum up more hatred and lies that scapegoat women for wanting to be treated with simple respect and equality. Making that women's fault is the ultimate victim-blaming scheme.
I'd like some actual answers, if you don't mind. What are women supposed to do in the face of the overwhelming sexual predation they face from childhood on and in the face of demonstrable inequality in all facets of society? What are your recommendations for handling a lifetime of objectification and second-class status other than for women to sit down and shut up and stop making you feel bad?
