A thread of our own- misogyny (Part 1)

I suppose they could have meant gourmet mac from a place like Homeroom:

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SMBC Women

Itā€™s a good start I guess. Just hopefully some day they notice that the list of things most women like is actually just the list of things most Homo sapiens like, and make the connection.

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Weird, itā€™s almost like women are people! I mean, like, really! How strange. (/s)

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Another fairly universal womensā€™ experience, via Twitter:

(Hopefully, this wonā€™t be as controversial as the last oneā€¦)

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That explained it SO WELL! Itā€™s so pervasive that I never figured out how to put into words. Like a fish trying to describe water.
Thank you. What is it they say, a burden shared is a burden halved?

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Is it just me or is that Tweet gone?

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Just you it seems? Although with Brave it takes me a couple of tries.

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Andā€¦it only took a few hours for that exact behavior to show up on her thread:

I canā€™t tell if heā€™s joking or not, but Iā€™ll take it for the laugh either way.

Doh, nevermind. Heā€™s serious. What an asshole. Still kind of hilarious, though.

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Ah thanks itā€™s back for me now too. Some kinda Twitter fart I guess.

Itā€™s a great thread! Great examples of a subset of Nice Guy behavior, useful term too: ā€œhelpful condescension.ā€ (And BBS is also often full of it, of course.)

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And yet so many members here who constantly engage in this behavior canā€™t seem to understand why many women find them and their attempts to be ā€œhelpfulā€ annoying.

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Yep. Or if you call it out even a little, even just responding with something like, ā€œyes, I know how renting a cement mixer works, thatā€™s why I mentioned itā€¦ā€ they or some ally jump in all wounded like, ā€œjeez, take it easy!ā€
The responses are one of the weirdest forms of gaslighting I experience. Leaves me thinking

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Oh oh, I know-- thereā€™s an elephant in the room!

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Iā€™m failing at this constantly. I am doing my best to be conscious of my privilege and improve but I recognize that I still do this. I am sorry. I will continue to try to do better and I appreciate those who call me out on it.

And Gov Cuomo has resigned!!!

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Some are saying that he resigned so he didnā€™t have a lifetime ban from office.

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Bye bye, asshole.

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By ā€œthisā€ do you mean the recent topic of ā€œhelpful condescensionā€? There are so many options for displaying misogyny (not specifically for you, just in general) that I want to be clear on what you are open to being called out on, if it should occur again. :wink:
And kudos on you for some self introspection. Thank you.

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Yes, I was specifically talking about ā€œhelpful condescensionā€. I will sometimes think that I am merely adding to the conversation, but am, in fact, mansplaining or worse. I find it much too easy to get into this defensive back-and-forth. But I would like to be called on any misogyny I display. Thank you.

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applause4

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