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Chaz Smith explains us why men are the only problem in sexual assault

B&W Adam Driver

Friendly reminder that “doing your best” does not mean pushing yourself to the limits of endurance, but only doing the best you can without hurting yourself.

Further, even friendlier reminder that it’s completely fine if that means you don’t do as much as someone else.

They’re not you, and your contribution is just as valid as theirs.

Something I needed right now.

someone: hey are you okay? me: *red eyed and sleep deprived* bow wow wow

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Amy’s face is everything, always.

anyways heres wonderwall

why is ur ukulele so big

i feed it well

How women prepare for first dates

Bonus: How men prepare for first dates:

Accurate.

Okay but the first set of gifs is not a joke like that’s literally how it goes.

One of the girls at work won’t get in the guy’s car unless he agrees to let her take photos of him and his license plate to text to her mother. If he gets mad or makes a fuss she cancels the date and goes back inside.

Reblogging for that 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

I’ve had someone take pics of me and my license plate on a first date before & I was okay with it. I’ve also had a friend allow me to view the tracking on her phone when she went to meet up with a guy the first time. This isn’t a joke at all & women have good reason to worry.

i have only ever met 2 people online, and made sure that we met up somewhere that was 1) public 2) close to my home. 

After, I walked to the dollar store that was a couple shops down until I knew they were gone, before walking home.

Louis C.K. kind of nailed it. Men worry that their date won’t measure up to their aesthetic preferences. Women worry that they’re going wind up dead.

The disparity is RIDICULOUS, and the fact that dudes get offended when women try to protect themselves is hard proof that way too many guys Do Not Understand how dangerous it is to be a woman. (Not to mention it’s fucking insulting. “How dare you not trust your life and safety to a complete stranger whose intentions you have no way of knowing”?)

Lookin’ at the notes on this post following my earlier reblog and just going….

Wow. WOW. Look at all these sheltered people and their internalized misogyny.

The point isn’t, “NOT ALL MEN ARE OUT TO GET YOU.”

The point is, “WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING A NICE GUY FROM A SERIAL KILLER.”

It’s not like they fucking wear nametags, okay? Moreover, the most awful people with the worst intentions often put on the nicest face or deliberately make themselves seem harmless and likeable, to lull potential victims into a false sense of security. (Read up on Ted Bundy sometime. It’s horrifying shit. Or read any thread on the “Let’s Not Meet” subreddit.)

In order to protect ourselves, we are forced to assume the worst of every man we meet, because statistically speaking, the biggest danger to women…IS MEN. Saying “not all men are out to get you, you’re just being paranoid” is like saying “not every car you ride in is going to crash, so buckling your seatbealt is stupid.”

When dealing with an unknown situation, in the absence of absolute proof of safety, exercising a little extra caution can be the difference between life and death. Shaming women for being what you may view as overly cautious is every bit as horrid as blaming them if something goes wrong later on.

And refusing to go to a secluded location with a complete stranger without letting someone know where you’re going, who you’re with, and how to find you is just common street sense, whether you’re on a date or just going out for business or social purposes.

If your life has been so sheltered (or your coping skills so incredible) that you see no need to distrust strangers or worry about the potential for violence, you should thank your lucky stars.

And you should also be aware that just because it hasn’t happened to you or anyone you know does not mean that it doesn’t happen.

Lemme say that louder for the people in the back.

Just because it hasn’t happened to you or anyone you know does not mean that it doesn’t happen.

>internalized misogyny

How does it feel hating women who don’t agree with you?

-scans previous post- Hm, no mention of hating anyone. Odd, that.

Plenty of material on why it’s harmful to belittle other women and to reduce the narratives of those with experiences outside your own to “paranoia.”

Women are free to disagree with me and with each other in the interest of having rational discussions of differing viewpoints. Such things are healthy. What is NOT healthy is the ignorance of individuals who would rather tear down the very people they ought to be supporting rather than admit that their own experience does not constitute the end-all-be-all of What Women Go Through.

Too Long, Didn’t Read?

Some of us have very real reason to be afraid of men. And calling us hysterical or paranoid or irrational because of the lengths we go to to protect ourselves is exactly what misogynists do to dismiss, devalue, and discriminate.

How does it feel to hate women who don’t agree with you? Judging by your blog content and the fact that you’re benefiting from feminism while simultaneously dismissing the need for it, I’d say you’re more qualified to answer than I am.

What do I benefit from feminism?

And by dismissing women who disagree with you or tell your experience doesn’t equal all, suffer from ‘internalized misogyny’ heavily implies they aren’t free to disagree with you without some hating you.

So again, why do you hate women who don’t agree with you?

What do you benefit from feminism?

Get comfortable.

Do you like being able to decide what to wear? Choose your career? HAVE a career? Do you like the wide range of career and job options that are open to you, including high-level and CEO positions? Do you like being able to attend college if you so choose? Do you like knowing that you can participate freely in the arts and sciences if that’s where your interest lies?

Do you like being able to attend social and political events, both private and public, without an escort? Do you like being able to have your own social and political opinions? Do you like being able to vote and have your vote count as separate from your spouse?

Do you like knowing that you can participate in military service if that is your wish? Do you like the idea that you would receive the same honors and benefits as a man (with some exceptions) for your service?

Do you like knowing that you are protected by law from gender-based harassment in the workplace, and that if it does occur (and sadly it still does), you have legal recourse that cannot affect your future job options or earnings? Do you like the idea of being able to be insured as a single person, or the idea of maintaining benefits for yourself without having to go through your father’s or husband’s name or employers? Do you like the idea of being able to start and own your own business?

Do you like the idea of having legal recourse if you are abused by your partner or spouse? How about retaining your property, earnings, and rights to your children while married and if you happen to divorce? Do you like the idea of being ABLE to get a divorce if you decide you’re not happy in your marriage? Do you like being able to decide when and if you will have children? Do you like the idea of being able to decide where you live, and not have it solely dependent on your husband’s wishes or career? Do you like being able to decide whom you will marry, or whether you’ll marry at all?

Do you, as a woman, like being considered a human being with agency and rights under the law?

If so, then you have benefited from feminism. Because we got ALL of this from feminist movements over the course of history.

Internalized sexism is when an individual enacts sexist actions and attitudes towards themselves and people of their own gender, even when members of the oppressor group (in this case, men) are not present. Which is exactly what you’re doing by claiming that I “hate” women who disagree with me. You’re taking my position based on logic and cited facts and reducing it to simple emotional pettiness, which is misogyny.

“You disagree with her? Omg, why do you HATE HER?” It is not the same thing.

I’m not dismissing women who disagree with me. What I’m dismissing is the idea that women have no rational reason to want to protect themselves and should be criticized if they choose to do so; or more broadly, that feminism is not still needed. Because when a discussion over a woman’s right to protect herself devolves into an argument over whether or not my stance on the matter hinges on my dislike of other women, we clearly still need feminism.

Lol, all the shit you mentioned were either not because of feminism, or because of feminism past. Mainly the suffrage movement.

Sorry but modern feminism hasn’t done anything.

The bulk of the items I mentioned actually had nothing to do with Women’s Suffrage, and involved other feminist movements and litigation ranging from the 1700s to the present day.

And though these movements happened in the past, WE AS WOMEN STILL BENEFIT. We would not have the freedoms and rights we currently enjoy, nor the clout to fight for the rights we still deserve, without the hard work of feminists in the past.

Modern feminism (by which I can only assume you mean feminism happening right this second, because feminism has made great strides for women’s rights even within the last ten years) is not just for ourselves. It is for our daughters and our little sisters, and for all the women yet to be born.

It really is a shame that you are so ignorant of the history and importance of the movement you so adamantly decry.

Lol, the history is great, it’s done good things.

Right now though, it bitches about air condition, cat calling, ‘man spreading/splaining’, and the mythical wage gap and patriarchy.

Wow. Okay, I’m going to go and do something worthwhile until you get out from under that rock of self-righteous ignorance, because this is clearly a waste of everyone’s time.

Let me just close by saying this: The age-old arguments against feminism have always included some permutation of “What are these bitches complaining about NOW?” and “But won’t this HURT MEN EVERYWHERE?”

If you knew the slightest thing about feminism, you would know that it a movement that upholds equal rights for all genders and races, and that it includes the idea that toxic masculinity (i.e. social and legal standards that are harmful to men based on gender stereotypes, such as guilty-first assumptions in domestic abuse and assault cases, lack of support for male victims of domestic abuse, lack of support for single fathers, and the idea that men must be loud, assertive, or otherwise dominant) needs to go.

And if you do not understand the need for an ongoing fight for gender equality or can only accept the idea of women’s rights if it benefits men also, you are part of the problem.

Good day.

*mic drop*

Watch: The contrast is clear, but the amount of love in the video is overwhelming.

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