• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Spread equality! Beat up your husband today!

    …ah, did I get the wrong take on this?


    For real, though, men generally have more ability (and more propensity afaik?) to cause serious physical harm to women then vice versa, and, especially in many cultures, the woman is more likely to feel she has no option but submit and accept abuse.

    At the same time, though, arguments are normal in relationship, and it’s well worth both sides learning to understand what’s upsetting their partner and how to talk/act differently and how to process the struggles together in a healthy way.

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      11 months ago

      What are you talking about? The meme is that men can be abused and be yelled at and the problem sometimes is women. And you still flip it on men?

      That’s helpful.

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        11 months ago

        Also, in sports, there are no differences between men and women. Here, men can inflict more harm to women.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah in backwater shithole cultures like Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia or even closer to (my) home like Mexico that are way behind the times, women can’t report abuse for fear of being disbelieved, gaslighted, minimized, shamed, shunned, disfigured or even killed for reporting abuse.

      But the world has made some progress on that front for women.

      For men, trying to get help for abuse in the USA he fears all those outcomes. For men, modern society is still in the dark about this.