all women get treated like objects under patriarchy. it's just "desirable" women are seen as valuable delicate objects, and "undesirable" women get treated like cheap disposable objects. yknow, the madonna-whore complex.
People purposely act obtuse when it comes to shaving and adhering patriarchal beauty standards. Is it so hard to admit a choice you make is influenced by harmful standards and beliefs. You’re not being told to stop, you’re being told to think
Once you start seeing how often women are used as shock absorbers in our society, you'll never stop seeing it. It happens in every way, emotionally, physically and sexually.
Just think, how many men come home and take shit out on their wife? How girls are put next to rowdy boys-
This is why the brocode was never about friendship code. Men are pretty terrible to each other actually. The dominance rituals never end. But they absolutely understand class solidarity against women, their designated prey, & enforce class interests.
Acknowledging this fact is literal kryptonite to most working class Americans. Their brains literally cannot wrap their heads around this reality, because it shatters what they think about their status/place in the world
I don’t disagree that men know what they’re doing when they sexually assault women, but I do think it’s extremely important to contend with the fact that a lot of what men think of as “normal sex” is actually rather violent and unfortunately, women have internalised this too.
Men don't realize how heavy it is to live in a society telling you non stop how dangerous men are and in the next moment saying women are lying about assaults. It's fucking madness.
This is why Korean feminists started the 4B movement.
“I will not give birth to a life that will discriminate against my gender. My own flesh and blood must not become a blade and turn against me. If the world born from my body oppresses me I will not let that world exist.”
You have a button, if you push it your life gets a little better, and the person behind yous life gets a little worse. They have the option to press the same button. Whether or not you press it, like whether or not you return your shopping cart, contains meaningful information
"Women say dying alone is better than being raped, the only solution is take their rights so we can rape them"
The only solution is to send every single one of you to an inescapable prison island.