Few adult men are killed by adult women. Our fear is real
2026-08-06 15:48 UTC
Replies (8)
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@velma@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-06 16:01
There has been a serious regression over the last ten years or so. I thought that 2010-2016 era online was the worst of it, with gamergate and all, but I see a lot of the same sentiment again these days. IDLES has a great verse in the song ‘Mother’ that resonates with me: Sexual violence doesn’t start and end with rape / It starts in our books and behind our school gates / Men are scared women will laugh in their face / Whereas women are scared it’s their lives men will take /
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@Wren@lemmy.today 2026-08-06 16:34
I’ll never forget the morning a friend called me up because she got roofied the night before. At least she was pretty sure she did. A blackout after two drinks. Thankfully nothing happened because she went back to sleep it off in her car. We spent the better part of a morning trying to track down her missing phone, which she left at the pub. While we sat on a bus bench and debated whether she should go to the hospital, some square-jawed older man gave us a grin and said we’d be prettier if we smiled.
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@PixellatedDave@feddit.uk 2026-08-06 16:49
It’s not a woman’s job to smile for a man’s pleasure.
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@Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 2026-08-07 08:36
Maybe women are just better at getting away with killing men.
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@switcheroo@lemmy.world 2026-08-06 19:45
More ladies need to be comfortable with performing acts of violence. We are brought up to not do that, to be kind, to accept that's how life is, but if someone is threatening your safety fucking going feral! I will chew through someone's wrist like a squirrel on some important car wires if someone grabbed me. Those eyes are going bye bye. Zero hesitation. Ever feel a nut burst like a grape? _You wanna???_ Men need to be more afraid of harassing us than they are now. Sure you got strength but we got MF-ing _gremlin energy_. (If you're wondering about the squirrel thing, that happened to my husband's car once haha)
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@GhostFace@lemmy.today 2026-08-06 22:16
I hate how demanding people are about being smiled at. A lot of people are really unhelpful unless you sit there smiling at them and laugh at their jokes. Mostly men but I’ve met other women like this too. A lot of people just don’t smile naturally. Rbf is real. I’ve taught myself to smile and laugh but it takes so much energy. I’m so tired of this performative nonsense. I shouldn’t have to pretend to smile and laugh at my boss in order for him to treat me nicely and take me seriously. I’m tired. So very tired.
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@CarpalTunnelButt@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-08 08:57
US culture is fucked.
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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-08-07 21:59
I replied on the crosspost and got lots of diwnvotes and was called a misandrist