Every. Time. Every time someone on the internet mentions violence against women you can be damn sure there is some dude just waiting for the chance to tell them they aren't oppressed because their male friend got their wallet stolen once and that's totally the same thing.

  • Circra [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Call me an idealist but can't we make places safer for both men and women to walk about after dark? I mean it seems like many of the steps you'd take to do so would probably overlap quite a bit? Decent lighting for instance and all that.

    • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah seems kind of like a false dichotomy on both ends. Why shouldn’t we create a society that’s safer for everyone? Why does this “debate” between whether men or women are the real victims of violent crime even matter whatsoever? Some sort of oppression Olympics? The policies that would make the area safer for women would also make it safer for men and vice versa, it just seems like it’s all a distraction that prevents these policies being talked about (because instead we are arguing over whether men or women are bigger victims)

      • Circra [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah I really don't get why people like this feel the need to jam the oar in. Specificly discussing (in this instance I am guessing here) dangers faced by women walking about at night isn't saying 'fuck all those men who get assaulted' but they sure like to act as if it is.

      • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        It's because the dude arguing in the picture doen't actually feel unsafe at night he just wants an opportunity to shit on feminism

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Call me an idealist but can’t we make places safer for both men and women to walk about after dark?

      No. This is literally impossible. All we can do is complain about the other gender not recognizing our lived experience while we do genocide on the homeless.

      • Circra [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yep. Always funny when some psychologists rediscover that the traits for psychopaths and successful CEO's are basically the same and everyone just scratches their head and goes 'huh. Weird. Oh well, I'm sure society will function just fine if we give them a shit tonne of power and zero responsibility'