Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun
I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.
It's interesting how much people ITT are underrating social pressures and stigmas.
I did three years of med school. You know what I got asked by almost every single patient over 50 that I ever saw in that time? "Oh, you're studying medicine? So you're going to be a nurse?"
Stethoscope around my neck, big ol' badge attached to my blouse reading "MEDICAL STUDENT" in capital letters. Never ever happened to my male classmates. I wonder why?
One in four women will be -blam!-ly assaulted in her lifetime - that's in the United States alone, by the way - one in five women will be raped. The overwhelming majority of domestic violence is perpetrated by men against women. Women are paid seventy-five percent of what men are paid in equivalent positions. These are all facts. We have politicians who can claim that there are distinctions between "legitimate -blam!-" and other kinds , that pregnancy from -blam!- is a "gift from God", and that some women just "-blam!- easy". These are elected officials, by the way, not random people on the street. Rush Limbaugh - hardly respected amongst the majority of sensible thinkers, but a guy who rakes in the zillions in advertising dollars per year - accused Sandra Fluke of "having so much sex she can't afford the contraception" despite the fact that that's not even how the contraceptive pill works. These are all facts, too - easily researched, widely undisputed facts.
Now, do I want women to make more than men? Nope. Actually, I plan to marry a guy who will probably make more than me by virtue of his choice of career. Do I think women should "turn the tables" and beat men? I sure as hell don't. My mother hit my father, and I've never forgiven her for it. Do I think -blam!- against men doesn't happen, or that it's not as serious? Hell no. All -blam!- is serious, and honestly, men are harmed just as much by -blam!- myths as women are, because the myth is that men can't get raped and that they deserve to be laughed at when they are. These are all things I'm very vocal about in my activism. Many third wave feminists are the same.
The thing is, if every feminist were to pack up and go home tomorrow, men would hurt for it. They'd hurt for it every time they were trashed by their friends for not liking sports or for showing their emotions or for daring to wear the colour pink. They'd hurt for it as victims of domestic violence and -blam!- assault. They'd hurt for it in family court, where judges give women custody even if they don't deserve it because the societal perception of men is that they aren't nurturing because that's weak female -blam!-. And that would make me sad for every single man in my life that I love and cherish and want to be happy. But all those things considered, they'd still be better off than women. And that, no matter which way you swing it, isn't fair, not to anyone.