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Feminism has helped women gain things that once seemed impossible, or were treated like a luxury. The right to vote, access to education, the ability to open a bank account without a husband’s permission, the freedom to build a career and be your own boss. The list goes on.
But even after all that progress, there’s still a long way to go. Seriously, why are people still fighting over women’s bodily autonomy in 2026? And that’s just one piece of the daily sexism women still run into. It’s exhausting. It’s infuriating.
That’s why sometimes the best response is to vent online and say the quiet part out loud. The Facebook group Heroic Girls does exactly that, calling out the patriarchy with zero mercy. Scroll down for some of their best posts, and feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments.
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Forrest Hobbs 1 day ago
Mmm. When my grandfathers were born, they had no expectation of ever being able to vote. Equal rights? The rich keep the rest of us at each other's throats, distracting us from the real enemy - them. It's not a matter of men vs women or black vs white, but the wealthy vs everyone else.
General Anaesthesia 1 day ago
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose".
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Shelley Dawson 21 hours ago
And then there are males who decide they're women only to oppress us all over again. I have no problem with men who wish to live as women. Society should accept that and provide for their needs not take away from women.
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Sue User 23 hours ago (edited)
Dear April, sounds nice but there will be another crop of deluded rich white mean who take their place. I have been hearing " once these old dudes with no clue die thing's will get better" for half a century. They just got worse.
JoMeBee 23 hours ago
Be careful, this line of thinking got Oprah into a lot of trouble when they took her words out of context. And I agree with you that we are currently sliding back. There was a time when conservative didn't equal evil in my mind....
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Ikey Solomon 18 hours ago
its simple to find the people who have power over you. name the people you are punished for criticizing
Shelley Dawson 21 hours ago
Am I the lucky one. Have I watched men all my life, in business, and learned from them? Have I not had men who've genuinely helped me in my career? If you want to get rid of the Patriarchy, you need to start with one huge group that are treated like property and have no real freedom. Instead of pandering to them, educate them.
Today, we’re lucky to have countless platforms where women can speak up and share their experiences. Whether it’s an online group or a protest that makes headlines, women have more ways than ever to make their voices heard. That kind of visibility makes it harder to brush real issues off as “no big deal.” And that matters more than you might think.
#3
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 14 hours ago
D**n! And they even have to bring their own chips! Go, Jade!
#4
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
Why not both?! XD A dress with pockets and a pan of mac and cheese!
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Billo66 1 day ago
What has precious got in it's pocketses? ..Nothing stupid, they're womens pants.
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Pagan squirrel 1 day ago
Yes! It really annoys me that my boyfriend can get his phone in his pocket yet I can't even get my hand in mine.
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Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
Wait! Marry me first! I'll even talk to my husband about it!
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Danielle 18 hours ago
How about trousers with pockets large enough to hold a phone and keys?
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American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said, “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”
Every post calling out workplace inequality or story about unfair treatment chips away at the idea that these issues are normal or acceptable. It reminds other women they’re not alone.
#5
LizzieBoredom 1 day ago
Chasing down overall-wearing, carpenter-types while clutching a hammer, and yelling "I need you to nail something" has thus far not worked for me.
#6
Riley Quinn 1 day ago
It's long past time that people, not just men, learn that "No" is a complete sentence. Whether asking a girl/woman on a date, attempting to force drinks or food on someone who isn't interested or any other reason, if the response is No, then stop harassing the person.
John Dilligaf 1 day ago
partially blaming the entertainment media on this one. Practically every movie and TV show that has a romantic subplot rams home the "lesson" to not take no for an answer and the way to "get the girl" is to relentlessly hound her until she gives in.
Michael Largey 1 day ago
And if someone actually is the type that says "No" when they mean "Yes", take that "No" gratefully and run with it. You don't want anything to do with someone like that.
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 day ago
Hmmmm. I was brought up primarily by my mother. Nobody had to teach me this. Strange, isn't it?
Nizumi 23 hours ago
Told a contractor 3x I didn't want something done - verbally and in writing. 3rd time he asked I put it in writing, "Pursuant to my first two verbal refusals, please understand: If you do that, I will not pay for it - not the work, not the materials, and you will have to undo everything at your cost to put it back the way I want it. This is in writing to make it clear and put it on record." Fûcker asked me a 4th time. I asked him if this is going to have to get legal. Yep - he muttered "B!tch" when he turned away - but the work's be going smoothly since then.
Oskar vanZandt 19 hours ago
I'm assuming you won't be giving that guy a glowing recommendation... I surely wouldn't. Nor would I have him do any more work for me. 🤔
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Brian Droste 16 hours ago
If I ask a girl out and she said no, I would take that as a final answer. If a girl says no in a cute or playful way or trying to being coy about it, she is going to lose out. I am not going to play games or chase after a girl that has no interest in me.
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 4 hours ago
@Awenpotato - your inner incel is showing there, buddy. Better tidy that up. 👍
Chaos Pandas Unite 8 hours ago
I was hearing this like “keep trying, with other candidates who haven’t said no already.”
Ellinor she/they/elle 20 hours ago
Genuinely, no one does this in real life. Also when a girl tells you no then it's no, even if she's playing hard to get then she isn't worth the trouble. No is no.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
Not in the slightest. Harley Quinn (original/standard version of the character) is in a very, very dependent relationship with the Joker. She basically worships him and would do anything he asked of her. She's not really independent of him at all.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 8 hours ago
But then it would just drive home the stereotype that women are psychos.
But this ability to speak freely and publicly is shockingly recent. For most of history, women didn’t have these platforms. They didn’t have the vote or the education to make their voices count. Speaking up often meant risking everything, from social ostracism to actual violence.
Before feminism became an organized movement, women’s roles were largely confined to what men decided they should be. In many Western societies, women were considered the property of their fathers and then their husbands. They couldn’t own property or sign contracts in most places.
Education was reserved almost exclusively for men, and women who dared to speak publicly about politics or rights were often ridiculed or worse.
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Ali 1 day ago
I was once driving behind my husband (he needed to leave car at the train station for later, we would finish journey in my car) and he made a rude hand gesture at me when I came up behind him at traffic lights. It was a joke, not at all mean. I saw a man walk over and knock on his window, this lovely guy had seen and wanted my husband to pull over to let me get far away. He laughed when we told him, but we both thanked him lots for his effort.
Bookworm 18 hours ago
While I appreciate the thought behind this you really need to be careful approaching other drivers. Where I live it's even odds on whether this would have ended in a laugh or a road rage incident.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 20 hours ago
Not everything was closed for the totality of 2020
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Forrest Hobbs 1 day ago
Oh my word. So my comment got all those downvotes? Look, if you're doing physics at university, the majority of those in your lectures are male. Most such are heterosexual. That's just how it is. So, those who happen to be female are - well, rare and welcome (with a tendency to weirdness coupled with razor sharp minds - umm, along with everyone else in the cohort... 😬🤣). And trust me, I'm definitely right about the dress sense of the typical physics student. You're going to university to understand how the universe works - you think that sort of person is worrying about how to dress to impress in lectures? On special occasions, maybe - but otherwise? Pfft. 🙄
CK 1 day ago
I don't think your comment actually got downvoted. Other random comments are getting this too, so it's probably a glitch.
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Michael Largey 1 day ago (edited)
My wife bought a car. She shopped for it, test drove it, and paid for it. Guess who all the mail from the dealership is sent to? We told them to correct that, and they said they would. Of, course, they never did. Neither of us will be buying another car there.
Laszlo Larthlanc 21 hours ago
Went through the same thing. I kept getting email that was obviously meant for my wife since she was the one who went to the dealership (Jeep) to look for a new vehicle. I was just with her because we hang out together whenever we can. The entire time we were there the salesman kept addressing me. It became annoying beyond words, and I finally told the guy, "Hey -- she's the one buying the car, and she'll be the one paying for it." He stopped for about 5 minutes and then started up again as if I were the father of a teenager who was getting her first car. Needless to say, my wife did not buy a Jeep. (And I will never again give my email address to a salesperson who's hoping to sell something to my wife.)
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Bookworm 18 hours ago
Exactly this. Husband should say he never engaged their services and doesn't owe anything.
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Lazy Panda 2 22 hours ago
I'd return it with "not known here." But I do like the cheque for the wife approach!
Starbug 1 day ago
He probably knew her surname and addressed the bill to Mr. Surname
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Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
Excuse me what the fresh hell has religion got to do with this ?? NONE so what’s that stupid comment for , your name fits you !
Load More Replies...Yet even in these restrictive conditions, individual women pushed back. Writers like Mary Wollstonecraft published ground-breaking works such as “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” in 1792, arguing that women weren’t naturally inferior to men but appeared so because they lacked education and opportunities.
Wollstonecraft’s work laid important groundwork for what would eventually become the feminist movement, even though the term “feminism” itself wouldn’t appear for another century.
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Billo66 1 day ago
Well, he knows now doesn't he, They didn't consent to let him in. lol
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The Other Guest 19 hours ago
The funny part is, there *is* an International Men's Day (Nov 19th) and has been since the 1990s.
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Miki 18 hours ago (edited)
He wouldn't have to check the shoe. he would just see
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Crazy Cookie 1 day ago
THATS WHY IT HAS TO BE A MASQUERADE <- person who is totally chill about how Disney adapted Cinderella
JB 21 hours ago
But, but, but… the Disney adaptations (1950, 2015) it isn’t a masquerade ball. There are plenty of non-Disney adaptations where the ball is a masquerade, maybe you’re confusing them?
Load More Replies... Spannidandoolar 20 hours ago
Every year my sister calls or leaves a message wishing me "Uh...Happy Birthday!" in Gus Gus' voice.
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Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
For some women, having a guy put in the effort to find her after she lost one of her shoes might be enough for marriage, but that's just me. (I shall see myself out now.)
StrangeOne 8 hours ago
He wasn't the one who went door to door. It was his servants. He couldn't make the journey, himself. But I guess that would have been for the better, as all the girls crushing on him would have swarmed him. He didn't even know if she was in the kingdom or not. He wouldn't have found her easily, since Cinderella was locked up in her tower. Lady Tremaine sure recognized Cinderella. I think the servants were aware what she looked like, but just followed orders anyways. The shoe must have been notably small enough that everyone knew it would only fit Cinderella, so the Prince was comfortable enough to be sure it would only fit one girl.
The word “feminism” has French origins. French philosopher Charles Fourier is credited with coining the term “féminisme” in 1837. While it originally referred to “feminine qualities or character,” that meaning has long since faded.
The term didn’t gain widespread use in English until the 1890s. By then, women on both sides of the Atlantic were organizing in earnest, demanding the right to vote and own property. This became known as first-wave feminism, focused primarily on legal inequalities and suffrage.
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StrangeOne 8 hours ago
It also doesn't mean men should be able to harm women, and vice versa. That's always the reply some men have when equal rights are mentioned. It's not okay to hit anyone.
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April Pickett 1 day ago
That's true. Back before those ladies, you would have to have your husband/father sign off on you having a checking account, a car, a house. It wasn't that long ago that was the norm.
Leigh Currie 23 hours ago
Precisely why I always vote even when the choices are all equally unappealing. Women died and suffered (Cat and Mouse Act) to enable me to vote. The least I can do is walk to the polling station.
Earonn - 3 hours ago
This! Women who don't vote although they physically cold p**s on the graves of those who died for their right to vote.
Load More Replies... Søs, a danish woman 19 hours ago
Without them we wouldn't have the right to vote or have our own bankaccount
Lee Gilliland 13 hours ago
I remember having to apply to my father to be allowed to go to uni and having to also do so to open a bank account. My own mother, a 38 year old woman, had to get her husband's AND father's permission to go to grad school. Then the USAF made me get my father's permission to join the American military. " You've come a long way, baby" is not just an ad slogan.
Billo66 1 day ago
I think there is an old outdated law on the books in Alabama iirc that says a woman driving an automobile must have a man walking in front of her waving a red flag. Or some such nonsense. There's also an Army regulation against having relations with a chicken. It was frowned on. lol
Michael Largey 1 day ago
The state of Alabama is still full of red flags, but none of them have anything to do with women drivers.
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Kristiina Männiste 1 hour ago
Well in Estonia neither male or female Estonians (or non-germans as we were called back then) could own a house or be single against their owners decision from 14th century until 1816 as they themselves were property. We had our feminists, but mostly we had freedom fighters of any gender.
Kristiina Männiste 1 hour ago
Yep, if you happened to be a single Estonian past the age of 20 in the 17th century or so, your owner could just marry you to a man or woman of their choice - for more effective producing
Load More Replies... Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
True feminism, such as in the example above, is noble, something to aspire to for both men and women. I wish the term hadn't been appropriated by those who simply hate me because I'm a guy.
Earonn - 3 hours ago
No true Scotsman fallacy, here coming probably from a degenerate incel
Load More Replies...The suffrage movement brought women together in unprecedented numbers. In the United States, the Seneca Falls Convention in July 1848 marked the official beginning of organized efforts for women’s suffrage.
Around 300 women and men came together to discuss the status of women and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which boldly stated: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”
From there, the campaign grew. Activists marched and protested, and some were imprisoned or lost their lives for their activism. Women gained the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment, while in the UK, all women over 21 could finally vote by 1928. These victories came after decades of relentless campaigning.
#17
Callum Young 23 hours ago
"Older" women? Not any of the older women I know. They actually fired up the civil, women's, and environmental rights movements. Please check the ageism at the door, people.
Emilu 1 day ago
As great as the clapback here is, I'd have trouble not smacking anyone that said that to me in the jaw, if I'm being truly honest.
Bookworm 18 hours ago
No worries. You'll have heating in jail/prison also.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 day ago
That law degree won't steal the covers and fart up the bed all night either.
Lyone Fein 18 hours ago
Well, I’m 62 and I don’t know any older women who would say something like this. I think this attitude died out in the 1970s.
StrangeOne 8 hours ago
Some older women, I swear, feel so insecure with themselves they feel resentment towards those who become successful. Ever be told "Don't get smart" growing up? Or have a mom who desperately makes sure she is one step ahead of you, and thinks of all the ways to ensure she has the last word, the last comeback, and tries to "reeducate" you? Ever be told "post-secondary education isn't important. There's nothing wrong with being a receptionist."? Ever be told "I'm 65 years old. I'm older than you. I know what I'm talking about."? That is coming from feeling threatened by you, that you will surpass her wisdom, her experience, her intelligence. It's sad that mothers can be so jealous of their daughters they try to sabotage her chances of climbing up the ladder.
#18
Glen Ellyn 19 hours ago
I don't think most men want to be a female doctor or a female engineer. 🤪
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Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
Hallmark movies are a guilty pleasure of this guy. Sometimes I just want an ending where everyone is happy.
DH 1 day ago
I thought women should be able to want what they want? In this case, seeing as how popular these movies are, what they want are sappy romantic Christmas movies of questionable quality.
nicholas nolan 1 hour ago
Hand waiving away the part with the NYC boyfriend being a career obsessed misogynist d**k and the small town boy wanting her to be whatever she wants to be in life and just wanting to love her for her, but sure, go off on the poor fella.
Second-wave feminism emerged in the 1960s and 70s, broadening the conversation beyond legal rights to cultural inequalities. This wave tackled workplace inequality and reproductive rights alongside questions of sexuality and family dynamics.
Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” and Gloria Steinem’s activism helped galvanize a generation of women to question the limited roles society expected them to fill. The movement achieved significant legal victories, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title IX in 1972.
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Michael Largey 1 day ago
The standard reply for anyone should be "Back up 30 feet or so, and we'll see how that works."
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Auntriarch 19 hours ago
The only person who ever told me to smile is my mother. And she had yet to realise that was about the worst thing to say to a stroppy teenager.
Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
The beauty of never leaving the house , cos if a bloke said that to me , it gets a sarcastic comment as a reply , like I can’t see anything around her to smile at or worse depending on the day , , ie him lol it is one comment that instantly gets my hackles up ,
nicholas nolan 1 hour ago (edited)
A question for my bros: did y'all grow up around ancient old men working in factories with you that would tell you(and pretty much everybody) "smile, it's not that bad" or is that just my life?
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
I never liked Barbies or any kind of human doll/baby doll XD I remember for a few years, some relatives would still give me Barbies as bday/Xmas gifts, and I would always perform "surgery" on them XD I preferred my dinosaur toys, my Transformers, and my GI Joes. I had a bunch of cheap shoddy horse toys too, and I used to play with them in the backyard - they were a tribe of meat-eating horses who had a hierarchical rule system XD They would go to war with rival tribes of horses (aka the horse toys I liked the least) and have grand battles with a lot of casualties. I was a strange child. XD
Ms.GB 23 hours ago
My parents bought me a doll house and I used it to reenact the manson murders. I'm really surprised they didn't put me in therapy.
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StrangeOne 8 hours ago (edited)
I've mentioned this before a long time ago. I treated my daughter to McDonalds, I think this was back in 2011. Me: "What toy do you want, kiddo? Transformers, or Barbie?" Daughter: "Transformers, please." Cashier: "Is the happy meal for a boy or girl?" Me: "Well, she wants a Transformers toy, please." Cashier: "But... she is a girl." Me: "What? Really? Wow. I thought the doc snipped off the wrong cord. Thank you so much for pointing out what I know." Manager comes around. Mgr: "What's going on here?" I fill her in. Cashier dumbfounded: "She's asking for a boy toy for her daughter." Mgr: "So? Go get her the Transformers toy." So much drama over a gender. When I've told this to people, before, I've had men say "It's just a toy. Should've allowed the cashier to get her the Barbie. It's not that deep." It actually is that deep, because that's another example of how females are constantly being gatekeeped from choosing. It starts that young, with minor instances. (Btw, my kid has always been a much bigger fan of Transformers than Barbie, but she's not against Barbie. Just a leaning preference.)
Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
I was afraid to give my daughters Barbie dolls. She would use lighters and pliers to warp their limbs into terrifyingly inhuman forms, like the special effects department that did The Thing.
justanotherweirdo 17 hours ago (edited)
"don't we all"? THAT WAS THE BEST RESPONSE EVER!!! 😂😂😂
Bluonthefront 23 hours ago
I had one Barbie. Just wasn't into her. Now my stuffed animals and plastic horses...
Lady Eowyn 23 hours ago
Why obviously Hot Wheels for a boy? Boys can like dolls if they want to. What a judgmental comment.
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Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
Exactly this , I’m perfectly capable of protecting myself , I had to learn THE VILE HARD WAY !
Tea Drinker 7 hours ago
Or change US gun laws so only women can buy or own guns. And other groups that tend to be targets.
Third-wave feminism began in the early 1990s, responding to what some saw as the failures and limitations of second-wave feminism. This wave embraced individualism and diversity, challenging the idea that there was a single way to be a feminist.
It focused heavily on intersectionality, a term coined by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, recognizing that women’s experiences differ based on factors like race and class. Third-wave feminists also reclaimed terms and symbols that had previously been used to demean women, turning them into sources of power.
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Nikole 1 day ago
I'm trying to do my part, but it's been really cold out!
Load More Replies... emorinelli49 19 hours ago
There is a scene in an old episode of “living single“ where the women are all sitting in the living room, and one of them says “I wonder what the world would be like with no men?” Queen Latifah answers “a lot of fat, happy women and no crime. “
StrangeOne 8 hours ago
I wish it were true in real life, everywhere. There's so much girl on girl violence in Manitoba. I went to an all girls school. I got threatened with violence way more than going to a regular school. Most of the time it was rampant, malicious rumors being spread and verbal attacks.
Load More Replies... L. Murphy 22 hours ago (edited)
I keep hoping for a female Dexter that takes out misogynists in fun, creative ways.
Charlotte A. 1 day ago
Hey! We should only have to commit another 30% of the crimes! Fair's fair!
Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
Lmao well I never used to but decades of a b us e changed me for the worse so come on jessica you letting the side down girl !,
Billo66 1 day ago
Sorry you went through all that. It can change you for sure. When I got cancer I was very weak, my wife and I were arguing over her IV meth use. I threw away her stuff. She pushed me to the ground and repeatedly kicked me saying "I hope you die before the kids remember who you are." My kids don't remember her doing that thank goodness, but I have full custody now and she is in Prison. And despite her best efforts, I'm still alive.
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Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
She's wielding a nice piece of construction equipment. If she wanted to, she could definitely commit some chaos.
Apatheist 1 day ago
Side note (that you won't like): crimes committed by trans women share the same profile as those committed by men, not those committed by women.
Michael Largey 23 hours ago
Suggesting only that the negative conditioning men are given is given quite early in life.
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Tea Drinker 7 hours ago
I understand the point, but once again it suggests it's shameful for the boy to be tagged by a girl.
StrangeOne 8 hours ago
Last time I went to laser tag, I got hit so many times by everyone my laser gun wouldn't charge up enough to shoot anyone. I got so frustrated I cried and vowed never again.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
It's... it's a slang term, Ace. Not a grammatical error. It's a meme/slang term purposefully used in the proper manner here.
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Fourth-wave feminism, emerging around 2012, is largely defined by technology and social media activism. The #MeToo movement showed how quickly women could organize online to expose systemic problems in workplaces and institutions. This wave continues to emphasize intersectionality while using digital platforms to call out inequality in real time.
Yet progress remains frustratingly uneven. Women still earn less than men for the same work and face ongoing battles over reproductive rights. The fight continues, just with different tools than previous generations had.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago
As an alpha male I have to tell you that I find it very cringe when men have to tell people that they are alpha males themselves. I can assure you, as an alpha male, no true alpha male would do this.
Devin Schmitt 1 day ago
What about an epsilon male...do they need to announce it?
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Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
If u gotta tell people your an alpha you as far from one as you can get ,
Billo66 1 day ago
I'm not even Beta yet. Still Pre-release testing. My coder was drunk.
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Chich the witch 19 hours ago
Found this online: "anthropologist Monika Sumra found that one of the first academic uses of an “alpha” label appeared in 1921. A researcher discussing chicken hierarchies, otherwise known as a pecking order, gave the top chicken the first letter of the Greek alphabet."
Fraxinus excelsior 17 hours ago
Maybe they should be known as peckers instead of alphas?
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Lady Eowyn 23 hours ago
Male reindeer have antlers, they just shed them yearly and the females don't.
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Lotekguy 13 hours ago
Yes, and it offsets your previous comment that I described as sanctimonious.
Load More Replies... Giraffe Sitter 1 day ago
Why would us guys need experience if we’ll end up with someone who doesn’t know the difference?
JoMeBee 22 hours ago
Conversely is this why women should remain pure so we don't realize how bad oir partner is?
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The Other Guest 19 hours ago
Between "women should stay pure/virginal" and "no homo," what's really being said is that men should go f*ck themselves.
emorinelli49 18 hours ago
if a woman has never had s*x before marriage, How would she-even know if the guy was doing it the right way? She could go literally years without discovering that it’s supposed to feel good to her too.
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April Pickett 1 day ago
No, men are the ones worried that their spouse/GF is making more money than they are. I knew a couple that were going to Mexico. She was in IT and he was a bartender. Guess who had problems with that trip. (She didn't & he did because it was her money being spent)
Michael Largey 1 day ago
My wife always made more money than me, and we both would have been delighted if she had made even more.
Rosie Hamilton 16 hours ago
My husband and I would take turns. One would get a promotion and earn more and so on. He NEVER had a problem with me earning more. We run a company together now, not sure who is boss exactly... I think we still take turns, depending on the issue.
Load More Replies... L. Murphy 22 hours ago
If women are actually feeling this, it's because men in their lives made them feel insecure about it. Pick a dude who isn't this insecure about money. A dude should be happy if he lands a women who makes more than they do!
Rosie Hamilton 16 hours ago
Or not be worried bothered at all about how much the woman earns as that shouldn't be part of the equation.
Load More Replies... nicholas nolan 1 hour ago
JFC, who gives a s**t how many partners were before you, as long as you are the only one while they are with you?(assuming monogamy, in this case)
StrangeOne 7 hours ago
I don't even think about this until the topic is brought up. It's only brought up in media.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 day ago
Ha ha! Levels of misunderstanding that end up in perfect understanding....!
Chris the Bobcat 17 hours ago
Misunderstandings can be funny. I was wearing a Lamb of God shirt once and an old lady stopped me to express her appreciation of my wholesome Christian values. I just smiled and thanked her rather than informing her Lamb of God is a metal band.
nicholas nolan 1 hour ago
Well so is Slayer and 3/4 of them are mega Catholic.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 day ago
So we got our last Coivid stimulus check and I suggested we check out bathroom vanities for a remodel. My wife, practical person she is, "How old is the furnace?"..."umm..20 y/o"..we got a new furnace.
JB 17 hours ago
Me to ex: WE need a new vacuum cleaner. My Birthday present: Dyson vacuum cleaner. He got mad at me for not appreciating the “expensive gift I bought you, and it was what you told me you wanted!”
Rosie Hamilton 16 hours ago
Generally speaking, if it's a NEED, not a want, it shouldn't be a gift. Assuming money isn't a problem, just buy the needed thing when it becomes necessary!
Load More Replies... Ikey Solomon 18 hours ago
as a rule, I never give my wife a gift she has to plug in. thats an appliance. the only time I broke that rule was when I got her an electric mattress pad.
AtMostAFabulist 16 hours ago
Those are wonderful. I have one, dont know how I lived without it in the winter.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
I,ll buy my own washer , cooker etc thanks don’t need a man to do it for me , I,ll also fit the washer to ,cooker I leave to qualified sparkies obvs also all household appliances I always choose bought ,n fitted 🤷♀️
Rosie Hamilton 15 hours ago
Definitely better to leave things that need wiring, like the cooker, to qualified sparkies... we've seen way too many people who have 'had a go' and then 'had a fire'.
Load More Replies... LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 day ago
I got my wife, among other things, a cobweb duster. Far and away her favorite gift this year.
Pernille 1 day ago
I have an ostrich feather duster, and I love walking around idly dusting random things while being attacked by the cats trying to catch the strange bird. I wouldn't have been angry at getting it as a gift, as long as I could give you an automatic window washer.
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Ervin Conn 14 hours ago
Why don't women designers design clothes for women with pockets? I say call them out on it. All the designers can't be men right?
Tea Drinker 7 hours ago
{lifts cigarette holder} It ruins the lines, darling. Especially if it's a body-hugging type article of clothing.
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Pagan squirrel 1 day ago
Isn't the lack of pockets in womens clothes something to do with the handbag manufacturers? Some sort of agreement. Not sure if this is true but I can believe it.
Surly Scot 23 hours ago
I came across a video once explaining something like it goes back a couple of centuries where women's clothes didn't come with pockets so they couldn't hide feminist pamphlets/forbidden books, limiting their knowledge, ability to conduct business and economic opportunity. Carried on from there for one reason or another. Something along those lines.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
Nope. Try domestic víolence, séxual hárássment, rápe, ábuse, discrimination in the workplace, and stálking/unwanted attention/verbal hárrásment. DV and rápe and all the other things DO happen to men (my father was physically, verbally, and mentally ábused by my mother) but percentagewise, those things happen to women far more often.
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StrangeOne 7 hours ago
"It's not that deep". It most certainly is that deep for women. (Oh, gosh. I just made a "That's what she said" moment and I absolutely hate that saying. I'm just going to call that out before someone else does. XD)
Bluonthefront 23 hours ago
Change "man" replying to "male." The men get it and aren't the problem. The males are always the problem.
David Morgan 22 hours ago
Sorry, I don't understand this. Is this the argument that individuals aren't the same as society in general? If not, can you elaborate? Thanks.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago
Do not care try to take my masculinity away from me! I will throw a hissy fit it you try!
Billo66 1 day ago
Defeminized, Unwomaned, Masculinized, Unsexed, Unladylike. ..We have words.
highwaycrossingfrog 19 hours ago (edited)
I think the difference is that emasculated refers to a man being perceived to have his masculinity taken away, whereas unladylike is more often used to police women's actions. One describes how a man feels; the other proscribes how women should act.(The other words are uncommon and/or refer more to objects being rendered gender neutral or skewing masculine, than women having femininity taken away.)
Load More Replies... Ikey Solomon 18 hours ago
Masculinity= defend the defenseless, care for the needy. contribute to society. I guess it could just be the definition of human. It doesn't mean "don't cry" or "assume she wants it"
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David Morgan 22 hours ago
At the risk of falling exactly into the trap, my belief is that 'mansplaining' is when men feel the need to explain things to women, without first checking if an explanation is wanted or needed. If it WAS wanted or needed, then it isn't mansplaining, just a man explaining. Women of BP, thoughts?
Michael Largey 1 day ago
Is it really mansplaining if the guy has been explicitly asked to explain something?
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
What "certain tasks"? Peeing while standing up? Getting teabagged?
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago
So it's not that they think women aren't as good. They just think men are better. Got it.
DH 1 day ago (edited)
Truth is that all people, men and women and all other sexes, prefer to hang out with people that they feel comfortable with, which most often. Is people like themselves. This is why affirmative action is important. We need all kinds of people in all positions so that everyone gets an equal chance.
Tea Drinker 6 hours ago
People hate when I say affirmative action did some good. Now there are two of us! And, frankly, an equal chance rarely happens. Some groups need a boost. DEI is valid.
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Forrest Hobbs 1 day ago
That's Philomena Cunk as played by Diane Morgan. Watch anything entitled "Cunk on..." Charlie Brooker apparently has the writing credits, but Diane Morgan is a force of nature.
Roberta Surprenant 19 hours ago
When someone says b******t, my response is "so do cows, but they don't brag about it ".
Gerry Higgins 12 hours ago
I've worked in offices mostly staffed with women all my life. They never stop talking .
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago
Wait... Women can read assembly and set up instructions? Whatever next!
Ms.GB 23 hours ago
Shoot I'm the one that assembles things in our home. My husband can't figure out instructions to save his life.
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Remi (He/Him) 22 hours ago
My experience is that women are more likely to get the assembly right on the first try, because they're better at remembering to read the instructions first. Our Kallax looked mighty weird on the first attempt.
Lady Eowyn 23 hours ago
The only time I had trouble assembling a piece of DIY furniture, the person I called for help - a man, because I didn't know any females who could help at that time - also had a lot of trouble. It wasn't me, it was the directions.
nicholas nolan 1 hour ago
I am a dedicated direction reader, and they've gotten worse and worse over the years. Almost as if they're written for someone who has already built the thing at least once before.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 1 day ago
Lmao I’m the queen of flat pack stuff ! and I don’t need no de structions either ,they always useless , I’ve also taught my daughter as well as my son ,
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Neon_Pickles 1 day ago
Oh heavens no! Not the exposed brastrap! GASP! I'm not looking forward to this nonsense when I eventually go on HRT... the fact that people think it's inappropriate to show a brastrap is wild.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
Wait until it gets a little chilly and the níppareenos show, even through one's bra/shirt layers XD You'll get disdain and dirty looks from other women and unwanted attention/laser-focus stares from men. Wishing you luck on your future HRT journey and I hope it goes smoothly! <3
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Julie S 22 hours ago
And yet teenage boys walk around with their trousers/pants halfway down their butts showing the world their underwear.
MalayDragon 15 hours ago
As a man i can tell you I f.u.c.k.i.n.g hate that, Get a belt wear your pants properly ffs.
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Moving Enigma 1 day ago
It depends on if I am trying to keep my cross-dressing low key or if I'm in a "shock and awe" mood lol.
emorinelli49 18 hours ago (edited)
Actually though, I’m 76 and when I was a young girl, you would die if your bra strap or your slip showed. Now girls wear them as articles of clothing so who am I to tell them something is showing?
highwaycrossingfrog 19 hours ago
I once, whilst playing pool aged ~21, had a woman in the group i was with come over to me to tell me that my thong was showing when I bent over to take a shot (this was the era of low rise jeans), and then she and her friends laughed behind me about it. This was over 20 years ago and I still want to tell her to grow up and stop policing what other women wear.
Tea Drinker 6 hours ago
Ick. Saw a woman next to me at a cosmetics counter bend over. Her jeans were nearly below her b**t and her thong was fully exposed. The rest of us at the counter looked at each other and made "ew" faces because IT'S F*****G GROSS. They were right to laugh at you.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 7 hours ago (edited)
"1/10 of a point, because her bra was sticking out!" - Stick It
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Jaya 1 day ago
As they say: Men are nervous their date is gonna reject them, women are nervous their date is gonna k**l them.
Nikole 1 day ago
When I moved back home for a bit after college, I would text my bestie and also tell my younger brother. I'd tell them the guy's name, where I'm going, his phone number... Thankfully nothing ever happened, but better safe than sorry.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 day ago
Yup and call friend to confirm safely home afterwards (and adding in a date debrief as a side benefit).
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago
D**n it I am gay. Excuse me whilst I break the news to my parents.
Bluonthefront 23 hours ago
We are currently experiencing a crisis level of fragile male egos. The streets are littered with pieces.
Phil Green 23 hours ago
Me too! I am so gay! There is something brilliant about having married an "equal"! In many respects, my wife is so much better than I am!
David Morgan 22 hours ago
Of course, calling yourself an assassin and hiding your face just screams self-confidence and masculinity...ah, sorry, I mis-spelt 'edgelord'.
emorinelli49 18 hours ago
Are there really any submissive women? I hear men talk about them all the time, but I don’t know any women that are submissive. And if there are where do they come from?
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
I mean, kinda both? XD But for me, it was caused/perpetuated/first inflicted upon me by my mother all throughout my childhood and teen years. Then I managed to date a guy for 24 years who was basically my mother in dude form! Good times!
April Pickett 1 day ago
I was always to not be a distraction, give way to other people, be polite and considerate, and never to confront people.
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Michael Largey 21 hours ago
It's useful to know which men are made uncomfortable by feminism. In fact, it's all you need to know about them.
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Emilu 1 day ago
Naw. If I'm angry, trust me; you'll know I'm angry. It takes a lot, but you'll know.
Nikole 1 day ago
Ha, oh same. I'm not a shrinking violet, but I understand why some women are.
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Kalikima 1 day ago
Sometimes I cry when I'm angry, and it just makes me angrier and frustrated, and I can't say what I want to say clearly. It's the worst feeling. I never realized there was a reason for it, but I realize now I was never allowed to be angry as a kid. As a teen, I cried a lot and cut myself. Now I just cry when I'm angry, it's literally the only reason I've cried in the last 10 years.
Emilu 15 hours ago (edited)
I swear I cry more now than when I was a kid/teen etc. And I agree; it just makes you more frustrated because you *know* (whether it's actually right or not, you "know") the other person isn't going to take you seriously because "oh, you're just an emotional woman" or whatever.
Load More Replies... K Ma 22 hours ago
Ladies, really. Teach yourselves not to cry when angry. It totally screws up your aim.
Multa Nocte 20 hours ago
I absolutely refuse to deny my emotions if that's how I feel. If someone else can't handle it, so much worse off for them when I am finished with them.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 23 hours ago
You learn to not show anger if you have been a child and have always been punched in the face by your father for showing anger to him.
Dee Rutherford 13 hours ago
So sorry you had to put up with this.. I know how you feel. ☹️
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CCLoos 23 hours ago
While canvassing for the 2024 US elections a guy told me he couldn't vote for a woman because they are too emotional. I guess we should be grateful for the even-keeled leadership of D. Trump.
Multa Nocte 20 hours ago (edited)
Good thing that a comment from a bystander couldn't make him yell "Fuck you" and flip the guy off, right?
Load More Replies... DH 1 day ago
People are different. Don't shame people for not crying, or for not understanding why you are upset. Your reasons are yours and logical to you.
Forrest Hobbs 1 day ago
Ahem. What's this nonsense about "men's inability to show and properly communicate blah blah blah"? 🤨 Take a leaf out of Professor Germaine Greer's book and stop talking about things you don't understand - that is, men.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
Wow, wouldn't it be nice if men also did the same thing about women and female-centric problems and issues such as menstruation, abortion, etc.?
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Nikole 1 day ago
She's so awesome! She dumps on MAGA Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) all of the time.
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Forrest Hobbs 21 hours ago (edited)
Julie S: some of us white men aren't anything like as confident as you seem to assume. Everyone's different. White men without wealth and power often struggle as much as anyone else. Yes there are such things as "male privilege" and also "white privilege", but both mostly work out to be "not suffering from specific disadvantages and discrimination". Doesn't necessarily get you anywhere, especially not in such a class-stratified society as the UK.
Load More Replies... Callum Young 23 hours ago
The term is "suffragist". "Suffragette" is a derogatory term meaning "a cute little suffragist" ("cute" not intended as a compliment). It was a media-generated insult for impatient women who were getting a tad less "polite" in their activism.
Forrest Hobbs 21 hours ago (edited)
Callum Young: "suffragette" might have been coined with that meaning, but the women so labelled were the very antithesis of "cute little girls". They took direct action, some of it violent (they'd had enough of being on the receiving end...). The suffragist Edith "Garrud is best remembered for training the Bodyguard unit of the Women's Social and Political Union in jujutsu self-defence techniques to protect their leaders from arrest and from violence by members of the public. Garrud is credited with forging the image of the militant suffrage campaigner trained in hand-to-hand combat that came to represent the militants' struggle for the vote. " Links follow.
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Lee Gilliland 13 hours ago (edited)
Joan Rivers - "We will never have true equally until an unmarried woman of forty, losing their hair and thirty pounds overweight considers herself a catch."
Forrest Hobbs 21 hours ago (edited)
Julie S: some of us white men aren't anything like as confident as you seem to assume. Everyone's different. White men without wealth and power often struggle as much as anyone else. Yes there are such things as "male privilege" and also "white privilege", but both mostly work out to be "not suffering from specific disadvantages and discrimination". Doesn't necessarily get you anywhere, especially not in such a class-stratified society as the UK.
Load More Replies... Callum Young 23 hours ago
The term is "suffragist". "Suffragette" is a derogatory term meaning "a cute little suffragist" ("cute" not intended as a compliment). It was a media-generated insult for impatient women who were getting a tad less "polite" in their activism.
Forrest Hobbs 21 hours ago (edited)
Callum Young: "suffragette" might have been coined with that meaning, but the women so labelled were the very antithesis of "cute little girls". They took direct action, some of it violent (they'd had enough of being on the receiving end...). The suffragist Edith "Garrud is best remembered for training the Bodyguard unit of the Women's Social and Political Union in jujutsu self-defence techniques to protect their leaders from arrest and from violence by members of the public. Garrud is credited with forging the image of the militant suffrage campaigner trained in hand-to-hand combat that came to represent the militants' struggle for the vote. " Links follow.
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 13 hours ago (edited)
Joan Rivers - "We will never have true equally until an unmarried woman of forty, losing their hair and thirty pounds overweight considers herself a catch."
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