• kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    For several years I hated women because subconsciously I was angry that they are allowed to express their femininity and I’m not. Now that I’ve matured I hate the system that keeps me oppressed. I think if “alpha males” stopped taking out their anger on women and instead on the capitalist class we would start seeing some true progress.

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      2 months ago

      they are allowed to express their femininity and I’m not.

      A man expressing masculinity? “That’s violently toxic!”

      A man expressing femininity? “That’s disgustingly pathetic!”

      Now that I’ve matured I hate the system that keeps me oppressed

      Except… who reinforces those oppressive rules?

      It ain’t men, that’s for sure. We just passively submit and nod our heads yes to whatever women say, least we are painted with the same brush by association, and be labelled misogynistic or “not a man” for disagreeing.

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        A man expressing masculinity? “That’s violently toxic!”

        Okay, I have to imagine you’re here in bad faith because anyone who understands toxic masculinity would not phrase it this way.

      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        I was referring to the capitalist class that keeps people divided while they enrich themselves. Also it was primarily men who stopped me from expressing any sort of femininity while women passively agreed.