50 Women Who Called Out Sexist Things That Are Still Blatantly Accepted (New Pics)
InterviewWe have come a long way since the dark times of first-wave feminism when for a whole 70 years, women fought for their right to vote. During second-wave feminism, a fight began for a wider range of issues, from the workplace to de facto inequalities, family and many more.
With the French philosopher Simone De Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” released back in 1949, it paved the way to the more equal society we live in. Today, we will shortly be heading into 2023, but sadly, there’s still a lot to do. From the gender pay gap to the pink tax, to the lack of women in positions of power, our society is still pretty much governed by misogynistic and sexist attitudes toward women.
Luckily, there’s this corner of Reddit known as “TrollXChromosomes” which joins people with zero tolerance for sexism of all kinds. Below we wrapped up the newest batch of the posts shared here, so scroll down and be sure to check out our previous article right here.
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Regulate Guns Like Abortions!
So glad I live in a country where abortion is legal and assault weapons aren't.....
same. Also I live in a country where going to military service is mandatory for every man, they keep their rifles and ammunition at home, yet there has only been one reported case of someone shooting someone with that gun in the last 20 yrs (a man killing his ex gf). Wonder why.
Load More Replies...Also make him explain it to his boss, his priest, and a mental health expert. If any of them don't like his explanation, he can't have it.
this might be trying to prove a point but they absolutely should make people go through this to buy a gun
I will never understand what's going on with USA. How can American people allow so many guns? All the school's attacks? And what's happening lately with women's rights? You need to do something.
Half of America is completely fuucked up. The trouble is we don't know which half
Load More Replies...The sad part is, it's our politicians who are blocking abortion regardless of the nation's views. Upwards of 70% of Americans want to protect some form of abortion. You can obviously argue that we elected these idiots, but in many cases, it's likely gerrymandering at it's best.
The thing to understand about America is that there's an amendment in our constitution that guarantees the right to bear arms: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This made sense in 1791 when it was passed, but clearly the world has changed. Regardless, anytime gun control is brought up, certain people start squawking about their 2nd Ammendment rights. It's so frustrating.
The "tighty rightys" are hypocrites. They say that they believe in "freedom", but it seems to be only for themselves.
This is comparing gun purchasing requirements and women's rights to abortion
Load More Replies...The irony in the whole gun control conversation is that the people who complain the loudest against anything that looks or sounds like gun control do so while standing on the proclamation that guns are the first line of defense in protecting our rights from the government but they're also the very same people who will gladly limit the rights of people across every spectrum of life just because they don't like how those people are living their lives.
Can't up vote enough. This is the truest thing I heard in a long time.
This one is so upsetting & so angering. Not just because of the ppl dying to gun violence.. not just cause of the women dying by back room abortions... not just because women are losing their rights.. myself included. But because this can really be a very sound realization... yet nobody who has any power has looked at it this way & thought "wow... THATS REAL MESSED UP? We need to fix this!"
The country with the most fully automatic assault rifles in ordinary family homes is Switzerland. (that's how their army works) Yet there are never any violent incidents, such as school shootings.
I love this over and over but voting's finished. Send it to the US government PLEASE.
How do we get this made into a PSA repeatedly broadcast across all networks in all states once an hour, with visuals showing each step, for those who find words tricky???x
YES, I'LL START A PETITION AND GATHER PROTESTERS
Load More Replies...Parental permission? What about if you are, say, 35? Are you really going to call your parents to ask them if you can get an abortion? As if they still have that kind of control over your life at that age? I feel sorry for anyone whose parents still have very strong control over their adult offspring. My mom and I are very co-dependant, but not like that! We're aware that it is an issue and always will be, unfortunately, much to our frustration. There are some things we are not co-dependant about, thankfully.
Well, I guess it would make it extra difficult for an 80yo to buy a gun.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry-parental permission? Even if the woman was an adult? That makes no fvcking sense at all (if she was an adult, her being a minor makes sense though)
Well you're completely making up both the access to abortion and the difficulty buying a gun. If you actually believe what you wrote, you are delusional.
Load More Replies...Not someone, something. A featus does not have enough properties that you can consider it to be person. It is about as much a "someone" as a chicken is, and a featus definitely has less mental capacity at the state where an abortion is performed. (Please allow people to state different opinions and keep the debate alive by not banning them by downvoting).
Load More Replies...Longer Skirts
Sign From The Women’s March In Texas
Sexism is linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist assumptions about women and men, which manifest themselves as gender stereotypes, can rank one gender as superior to another.
Despite legal frameworks set up across Europe and the US to prevent discrimination and promote equality, women are still underrepresented in decision-making roles, left out of certain sectors of the economy, primarily responsible for unpaid care work, paid less than men and disproportionately subject to gender-based violence. Sexist attitudes, practices and behavior contribute to these inequalities day to day.
Props To That Guy
That post really made me smile. There are some awful dangerous men/women out there. Really nice to hear a positive example of human decency x
Found This At My School
First off, we have to make one thing very clear–sexism is harmful. Not only does it produce feelings of worthlessness, self-censorship, and changes in behavior, it causes a deterioration in health and wellbeing. While sexism lies at the root of gender inequality, it affects women and girls disproportionately.
According to data from Human Rights Channel, women spend almost twice as much time as men on unpaid housework (OECD countries). Moreover, a whopping 80% of women stated that they have been confronted with the phenomenon of “mansplaining” and “manterrupting” at work.
Troll Victory!
I'm so glad she got her moment, getting to name him publicly as he deserves. He now has to endure a tiny fraction of what he put her through. (Writing that second sentence made me sad.)
I Actually Chuckled At This One
Goated Tactic But Tbh I Would Never Have The Ovaries To Do This
one part of me wants to congratulate OP for being impowered, the other (way bigger) part thinks it's sad that she had to publish very private photos just to prevent a man from harming her..
Mansplaining comes from the assumption that women and other non-men don't have the intelligence to understand the topic at hand, which is a sexist and misogynistic assumption. The mansplainer will explain something that the woman probably already knows already, usually in a condescending and infantilizing way.
To find out more about this type of aggression towards women that many of them face on a daily basis, especially at work, Bored Panda reached out to Nicole Froio, a feminist writer, researcher and sociology PhD student.
Despite the fact that mansplaining has received quite a lot of attention and acquired a really bad reputation, many men do it nevertheless. Froio argues that an unconscious ego is to blame, “where they believe they're the most knowledgeable person in the room.”
Also Push For Child Support At 6 Weeks
We Don't Think Men Are Helpless, Clueless Creatures. We Know They Can Learn And We Believe In Them
Elderly Woman At The Women’s March In Texas
On other occasions, the feminist writer believes that men simply can't help themselves. In fact, Froio argues that men who mansplain are mostly oblivious to the fact that it’s demeaning to women. “Which is why I always recommend that people ask whether the person they're speaking to knows what they're talking about. It's just polite to check so you don't spend minutes telling them things they already know,” she added.
Great Advice
Please ladies ask for help and please please other people help them. I've been in a position where I was being harassed in public and not a single person tried to do a thing to help me.
Seems Fair To Me
Sadly, I'm sure there are plenty of old white dudes in elected positions reading these and wondering what any of it had to do with reproductive rights...
I'm Pregnant, And My Husband's Parents Want To See My Vajayjay In Action
For any woman experiencing mansplaining in the work environment, Froio suggests to politely respond in ways that make men know women are also knowledgeable. “So for example, saying things like ‘I know’ or ‘Yes, that's exactly what I was saying!’ or simply showing the person you're speaking to that you know what they're talking about by interjecting with a piece of knowledge on the subject you are talking about.,” she said.
Spot On
For Them People Who Says "Muh Degeneracy! This Modern World!, Muh This Didn't Existed Back In Muh Days!" Transwomen From The 50's
And I Am All For It
Most importantly, we have to start treating men's opinions as they treat everyone's opinions, Froio argues: “as opinions and not inherently knowledge.”
“Do not be afraid to interject and disagree. It's important to openly challenge this kind of behavior. I don't know if that means it'll be stamped out for sure, but it's a daily battle to make ourselves heard,” the feminist writer concluded.
Children's Splash Day
It Never Was About The Babies, It's About Controling Women's Bodies
Carved My Name Into His Leather Seeeaaattttsssss
🎶Good bye, Earl Those black-eyed peas They tasted alright to me, Earl You feelin' weak? Why don't you lay down and sleep, Earl Ain't it dark wrapped up in that tarp, Earl 🎶
*gasp* Women Have... Veins?! Impossible!!
"Don't Accept Assault As 'Part Of Life' As A Woman"
More Proof That Sexuality Isn't A Choice
I find it crazy that women are the number one prey for the male human species and nothing is done about it bc we were born with vaginas we are never safe
Ain't That The Truth
Please Let Women Just Not Have Kids I'm Begging You. Also Normalize Women Not Having Uteruses. Makes Trans Women Feel More Accepted
I Have A Complaint
Degrees > Boyfriends
Gone are the days when young women went to university to gain a MRS. degree.
Bring It On Please
This Is Horrifying
Why Do Men Need To Find The Most Creative Ways To Hate The Women And Girls In Their Lives?
I read an absolute game changer the other day, can't remember who or where so if anyone does... Basically, the time when women are most "irrational and might do something stupid because PMS hurr hurr hurr" is when their hormone profile most resembles that of a man. Increased testosterone, decreased oestrogen mean an irrational, bad-tempered and occasionally violent woman is merely acting like a man 1 week out of 4. I think it's probably men who shouldn't be allowed near anything more dangerous than a paperclip.
Shame
Get Comfy
well it's still patriarchy in a way if you have your dad's last name, you just gave their kids their grandpa's name ;) My parents always gave ppl who told them that "their name will die out as they only have a daughter" s**t, becaue it's just a last name, so what?
Payback
Not Wanting Kids Is A Valid Choice
Oh Well Nvm I Guess
I guess electricity got so expensive people started using gaslighting 🙄
Age Gaps
The problem, I'd say, is not that they're attracted to them, but rather that they act on their attraction in creepy ways and they can't take a hint that their advances are unwanted. I know some people might not agree with me, but I don't think there's anything wrong with attraction, just with actually acting on it
This Is Horrifying
Scary
or their daughter's moms. It's amazing how a man can talk to me like I am nothing but a piece of meat, but whenever I ask him what he'd do if someone talked to his daughter like that he goes batsh*t crazy
But Really...
Yes and giving her sneakers instead of high heels caused internet shitstorm
And What Happens When They Can’t Pay?
80% Chance This Happens In The Comments
It’s hilarious when people try to fight a point, and then prove it in the process
This Happens Every So Often
I didn't realize that I had been a victim of sexual abuse until I talked about it in therapy last year. A guy I went to school with would feel on my legs, put his hand between my legs, and try to put my hands between his legs. I had to go sit with two other guys to get him to leave me alone. Now whenever I see him I feel so dirty.
Literal Virtue Signaling
"Gold-Diggers"
I'm Looking For Some Cool Pro-Choice Charity Suggestions To Donate To!
Because forced birth isn't about life, it's about power over women. The fact that once born, mother and child can drop dead, should be a hint. It's not pro life, it's misogyny, anti-abortion.
Coachella
I Hate How True This Is
The Very Reason They Are Single Is Because Of The Way They Think About Women; Not The Other Way Around
You don't want to be an 'incel'? OK, get out of your parent's basement, learn some social skills, be polite, don't think of yourself as God's gift to the world, understand that other people (including girls/women) have feelings, take the rejections with the acceptances, in other words GROW UP AND BE A GENTLEMAN. (65 y.o. male speaking here).
This Is Not A Compliment
I Love This Woman
Weaponizing Consent Discourse?
right? If you think your previous behaviour is not acceptable anymore nowadays then it never was
Simple And Effective
One Hundred Percent Correct
He's Right; We Don't Care
This Is So Disappointing
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, Everybody!
"I Want A Wife"
This Is Awful
What the duck is wrong with this people??? I need to stop reading, these posts are getting one worse than the other.
This Is The Way
Do You Know How Much Work It Takes To Be A Queen??
I would, because I don't do hair and make up and I would love my kid to learn from a guy, so many stereotypes going down at once, it would be awesome.
I Cannot Describe How Fucking Enraged This Makes Me
Privilege
It’s Not So Much That They’re “Ridiculed” But Rather What They Enjoy Is Assumed To Be Lesser
Periods Are Normal
Except for Braceface, that Canadian cartoon. That was epic and actually had an episode on the first time the main girl got her period and they both didn't know what was going on and so the boyfriend called an ambulance. It was really sweet :')
Universal Childcare
The President's Commission on the Status of Women, created by JFK, ran from 1961 to 1963. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired it. Part of their mission statement was to make 'recommendations for services which will enable women to continue their role as wives and mothers while making a maximum contribution to the world around them.' A major reason for creating this was so that American women could help in the Space Race, as Russian women were seen as filling a far more equal role in society. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-1ICYrLqwky5375DnpCbroo_Li1VCWKLns0M7rd49M/edit
I’ll Be Eating My Popcorn With The Salt From Their Tears
Dating As A Pervert
just read an article about a sanctuary for Wildlife in Switzerland.. the author is a woman but how she depicts the employees.. the female vet is "tall, skinny and blonde".. the female assistant is "grey haired".. the male assistant is "a former lawyer".. because of coure, women are defined by how they look and men by their job.. and this was a quite a well known scientific magazine
Stupid question, but was the writer born female? I don't mean to offend, just curious to know why women who work in science would write like that. Especially as so many (including myself) have faced so much sexism we actively do our best to stamp it out and support each other.
Load More Replies...A Woman, and or the child, can still die during child birth. So my question is, if the law forces a woman who was raped to go through child birth and she, and or the child, dies, does the rapist get charged for murder?
The rapist wouldn't even be charged for murder if he attacked the women during the last trimester of pregnancy and hit her until the baby died as long as she survived. They only call it murder when it's an abortion during the first trimester and done at the woman's request. If the man kills the pregnant woman or causes her to loose the child, even if he attacked her and stabbed her belly actively killing her baby in the womb, it would only be one murder if she dies and assault if she doesn't because a foetus has no legal rights as long as it's not an abortion that killed it
Load More Replies...Media grab terms like Karren and Terf do not help the situation. It is dark times when a woman's opinion can be cancelled with a word.
TERF means 'trans-exclusive radical feminist', basically a transphobe parading as a feminist. Karen might be negotiable, but TERF is a full stop because transphobes are also misogynists.
Load More Replies...Nope. Misogyny exists all over the world. Ask any woman in Afghanistan.
Load More Replies...Are you trying to start the Rowling debate again?
Load More Replies...Are you saying all women say it's all men? Or do you agree that there are some women who don't think that way? Or is it just most women?
Load More Replies...just read an article about a sanctuary for Wildlife in Switzerland.. the author is a woman but how she depicts the employees.. the female vet is "tall, skinny and blonde".. the female assistant is "grey haired".. the male assistant is "a former lawyer".. because of coure, women are defined by how they look and men by their job.. and this was a quite a well known scientific magazine
Stupid question, but was the writer born female? I don't mean to offend, just curious to know why women who work in science would write like that. Especially as so many (including myself) have faced so much sexism we actively do our best to stamp it out and support each other.
Load More Replies...A Woman, and or the child, can still die during child birth. So my question is, if the law forces a woman who was raped to go through child birth and she, and or the child, dies, does the rapist get charged for murder?
The rapist wouldn't even be charged for murder if he attacked the women during the last trimester of pregnancy and hit her until the baby died as long as she survived. They only call it murder when it's an abortion during the first trimester and done at the woman's request. If the man kills the pregnant woman or causes her to loose the child, even if he attacked her and stabbed her belly actively killing her baby in the womb, it would only be one murder if she dies and assault if she doesn't because a foetus has no legal rights as long as it's not an abortion that killed it
Load More Replies...Media grab terms like Karren and Terf do not help the situation. It is dark times when a woman's opinion can be cancelled with a word.
TERF means 'trans-exclusive radical feminist', basically a transphobe parading as a feminist. Karen might be negotiable, but TERF is a full stop because transphobes are also misogynists.
Load More Replies...Nope. Misogyny exists all over the world. Ask any woman in Afghanistan.
Load More Replies...Are you trying to start the Rowling debate again?
Load More Replies...Are you saying all women say it's all men? Or do you agree that there are some women who don't think that way? Or is it just most women?
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