As long as we live in a world where even one single man thinks it's ok to rape us, assault us, control us, dominate us, and take our choices away we will do whatever is required to make it stop. Whatever.
Only when we’ll start working together and stop tearing each other apart, and organise against the patriarchy, will the world actually begin its healing
Do these men realise that this saying can be turned around and applied to them too? If you're going to threatening me with a "weapon", we'll react to it like a weapon and "disarm" you. We're coming to a point where woman are going to say "f*ck it" and make these guys find out.
By all means attack men. You can all lose the election for American King again in four years. Like Kochanski, you all need to settle down. And smile more, even a goit like Lister looks better when he smiles. Ok maybe now. Smeghead!
If protecting ourselves, our sisters, mothers, wives and daughters is being mean, then so be it. I guess it is scary when women actually stand up for themselves.
Fascists, like Putin/Trump/Musk/GOP sow mass division. That's how Trump won- Russian sponsored lie tactics. The massive divide between men & women; blacks & whites; LBGTQ V "Christians";etc. ,is instigated by Putin/Trump's armies of white nationalist, Neo-Nazi, anti-American disinformation trolls.
Speaking for myself, I’ve had it. 💁🏼♀️
No male I know has or would ever say anything to me so demeaning as what that loser did (big man who now hides in his mom’s house 🙄). May I never meet someone who does. We’d be having a hella loud, very uncomfortable (for him) conversation.
Women should take two days off. Do nothing. Read or binge movies. Walk on the beach. 48 hours without us and the world would collapse. The bad news is women are too good to act like that.
Due to that ridiculously misogynistic comment I have trained my daughters how to trim penises.
They learned fast so MAGA beware !!
Anyone touch my girls you’ve earned what you get 🥚 ✂️ snip snip !!
Forget comfort and coziness this winter. We’re going to need to channel “Strange Women Lying in Ponds Distributing Swords” until the Nerd Reich is vanquished once and for all
I’ve been telling the women in my life: you need to start arming yourselves. They’re coming for you. They didn’t even wait until after he’s sworn in to gloat about it. If you don’t feel safe with a gun, get some Mace.
Someone needs to tell Rob, "You ain't seen nothing yet. Hold onto your sock garters."
I worked with female and with male inmates. The women would keep coming after you until you were dead. The men? Throw a punch. Knock you down. They won. Go watch TV.
They haven't seen mean yet. They've been scared of us our whole existence. That's why they try to oppress us. Same with all groups they try to suppress. It's 100% fear.
We need to stop telling others what they should want. Arabs, Latinos, Asians and white women voted against what us liberals thought they should want. We need to learn this lesson.
No more being nice. There is no room for tolerance when it comes to bad behavior. We aren’t going to be threatened into fear by mere mortal men. They can take their poor and sick attitude and go jack off in the closet.
I've always been a bit scary... "Go ahead, pal, take a shot. But, remember, you have to sleep sometime." -
something I said to a male who was threatening to beat me. I was 25 & holding a cast iron skillet at the time. He moved out shortly thereafter.
I was abused by my "husband" ...and my Father let my narcissistic Mother abuse me.......So, I've been "mean" for quite a long time...not just recently.💔
In ‘84 my boss denied my promotion because I didn’t show my appreciation for opportunities available. I asked his boss what I was supposed to do to show my appreciation. I got the promotion on the spot. No acts of appreciation needed. Scary female computer programmer.
I absolutely see why the 4B movement is going to take off. Why would women risk getting pregnant & dying from complications or miscarriage because they are denied access to healthcare for other people’s religious beliefs? The only thing that risks pregnancy is male sperm.
The Shakers were a religious sect that abstained from sex, largely because of the STDs. When hygiene improved, the sect declined. Now we see the rollback of hygiene.
I think the difference here will be that it isn't just pregnancy that is the issue. There is also a lot of mental, physical, and emotional labor that women do in relationships. The more content a woman is to be single, the less tolerant she is of laziness and abuse in relationships.
Financial independence is a huge factor in whether or not women can leave unhappy relationships. That's why so many men push women to move or quit school or take time off work or have a baby while her career is still taking off. Whether it is unconscious or intentional, the result is the same.
Yes agreed. Unfortunately religion keeps women trapped in bad relationships by shaming them for seeking help and holding them to toxic rules and dogma. Families and communities bully them into staying in bad situations.
Yes, it's terrible. There has been a huge internal push for women to be quiet about the 4B Movement, but it's important to talk about for these reasons. Someone out there needs to hear that they don't have to date, or get married, or have children if they don't want to. It helps women escape.
I was sweet and nice and accommodating for 3 decades. It got me harassed, assaulted, raped and controlled. About 15 years ago I wised up. Now I'm pretty scary. And perimenopausal.
Not enough characters available to give full expression of my thoughts. As my child said, “shoot them in the dick, not to kill them, just to leave them in a life of pure misery”. Hateful? Perhaps. Understandable? Absolutely. She fears for her own daughter and niece, as do I.
I think women should accept the “Your body, my choice” philosophy. I think they should all stand up, look at men and say, “Your body, my choice. And my choice is to have *nothing* to do with your body!”
We need to do more than post, “Resist”. Join your local chapter of https://Indivisible.org
Amplify your voice by adding it to others to hold Congress accountable.
It is true that men were literally tweeting 'your body my choice' but the problem is 55% of white women decided on election day "yeah, I agree which is why I voted Republican up and down the ticket" - this isn't the first election it has occurred, it has been that way for almost 7 decades.
That is *a* problem. *The* problem is the white-supremacist patriarchy. It's still those white women's fault bc they chose that, but if we focus on only that, we'll miss the bigger problem.
That's why we're still in a patriarchy - white men distracted us from *The* problem by blaming women.
My thoughts are the same for the "get back in the kitchen" crowd of misogynist, rightwing, pricks ... "It looks just like Skinny 'n Sweet... except for the little ☠️ on the label". "Be careful what you wish for, for you will surely get it". My play on two awesome movies.
I’m coming to realize that misogynistic men aren’t the issue. Too many women think that men are better leaders, so women don’t vote for women. Kamala lost because millions of women wouldn’t vote for another woman to be commander in chief.
It's absolutely decades of raising women in a church that defines them by the first sin, and somehow the mother of a god. The Pick me isn't born, she's created over time by a church that needs to keep women small, or fall into obscurity
There is a lot of truth to this. I was raised in MN in a different mentality. Learning about the southern female mentality is quite fascinating, and disturbing.
You can't. These are women who, for votes for the rapist because they are so bigoted against LGBTQ+ and immigrants that they can't see past the end of their own noses. They are so indoctrinated that they just can't see the problem.
They were also raised in a male centered society. My mother has said some misogynistic BS and I had to remind her she’s a woman. She raised us solo for years but my grandfather was on her mortgage because banks wouldn’t loan to a single female. It’s difficult changing your entire thought pattern.
Absolutely. Haven’t set foot in a church in years but some old rote shite will spill out occasionally. Actively working to rewrite those old scripts takes a lot of introspection.
As a single woman I was denied a mortgage 25 YEARS AGO. By a local bank-I wanted to keep my money local. We are so powerless one at a time but collectively we can make change.
Women of the dominant ethnicity can lay claim to a portion of power, and thus some limited autonomy by attaching themselves to men and the patriarchal power structure.
In the pyramid of White Supremacy, this puts white women above most other people, even if they're still below white men.
It is as I thought, at the root they are maintaining the caste system. They wouldn’t vote for Kamala because that would elevate a black woman above them, therefore demoting themselves in the caste system.
Not a woman but, my deceased sister knew her type of boyfriends were bad for her. But she kept being attracted by the same type. So, it seems more need strength to stay away from the toxic is needed.
It killed her in the end. So not scarier or meaner. But don't settle for nasty is my thought.
It isn't necessary to be mean. It's so ironic that whenever a man wants to insult someone as being weak the call them pussies. When, in reality, pussies are the most powerful organ on earth.
Women sit on the power of the world.
And, that scares the shite out of men because they know it's true.
But what happens to all of that power when it's time to vote? It goes away? Women had 2 chances to put a woman in the White house TWO chances....what happened?
All I know is the words "your body, my choice" sent me into a murderous rage that I've been trying to tamp down because I can't bring my cat to prison with me...
Change the language.
Standing up for myself and taking full ownership of myself, shouldn't be described as "mean and scary"
It should be considered fu*king normal!
Talk to Muslim women that is their reality. You live in a world where you decide who to have sex with, you have birth control, education
& the morning after pill; why is it necessary to wait six months & pluck the legs off babies to get rid of them and by the way that plucked leg wasn’t yours
How about threatening to randomly chemically castrate any man who's been caught saying this. Women working in restaurants, cafes & bars could spike their food beverages with castration chemicals. It will be random, so the dudes will have no idea when & if their willies will simply top working. 👿
We tried being nice and smiling, that got us nothing. It’s time we all looked after each other in all environments. Time to defend ourselves in groups.
Women need to be scarier now. Men need to learn to be more afraid. Tired of all the "safety tips" women have to memorize before going out after dark. The same speech that mothers and fathers of black sons have to give them in a traffic stop. When do we get to stop being afraid
Of the men who claim that they understand and agree that men and women are =(before the law, but also as humans; no gender is ‘superior’ to the other), far too many still behave as though women ought to obey them, and there’s nothing wrong with interrupting us while we’re speaking or ignoring us. 🤷♀️
What was fought for is being taken away. We need to unite and climb the corporate ladder, engage in politics, and most importantly support each other, whether trad wife or childless cat lady, we can do this!
A country's top leadership's "personality" is often reflected most in the behavior of early adolescents and teens It's frightening our young people r being influenced by "women are property" In schools assualts might again b covered up, victim's family will try 2 report & b told "Boys will be boys"
Look up St Helen, Oregon school sexual abuse. Hidden For years. Mandatory reporters failed to report and the Principal was a woman. The community is outraged.
Will do! Working in education, I have seen this in private schools time and time again. The staff experienced veiled threats and continued to standup until someone had to act. It was outrageous.
Women need to be raised to know their own value, and it isn't found hanging on some mans' arm. Likewise, men need to start bitch slapping the misogynists among them. Stop giving it a place in our society.
I suspect that if all Presidents and all Prime Ministers, in fact all politicians, throughout the world were required by law to be women - the world would be a far better place than it is now!
Men need to stay thinking what of that was my mother or sister or wife or girlfriend and some random incel loser rapist was threatening them, men need to put insecure little nobodies like Andrew Tate rapist trafficker in a box marked luck the living shit out of this cunt
Mace isn't legal everywhere, and your more likely to be shot with your own gun than to shoot someone else. Better idea, small can of deodorant or hairspray plus metal water bottle filed with water.
Absolutely! I carry pepper spray and a portable alarm system with me. They may look tiny, but they're mighty. I tested the alarm system, which has flashing lights as well and believe me, the alarm is loud enough to hurt your ears. The pepper spray also squirts blue dye.
I carry a portable alarm system and pepper spray with blue dye. They may be small, but they're powerful. I'm 70 and I have a t-shirt that says: To assume that I'm just a little old lady was your first mistake. Two others that say: Underestimate me, that'll be fun.
Every time I heard a woman obsess about her weight, her hair, her makeup, her breath, her laugh, her walk, her demeanor...I would get so angry. What this country has done to women is criminal.
Angry women can get some shit done. And, btw, I mean ALL women 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈👧🏿😈
I'm with you there, but what the world has done to women is unfortunately not criminal. Just trying to get law enforcement to take sexual assault seriously is proof enough.
A quick way to have a heated argument. Bring up abortion rights and you watch that quiet girl that doesn't say much has a lot to say all of a sudden. Yes I am that girl.
Real men are not scared of women. They value them and respect them. If you wish to enter a long term relationship with a women, you better get your shit together.
Rob - no shit Sherlock read the room.
Women too often are stuck deescalating the aggressive energy that fragile men approach women with and then have the nerve to act appalled we return that energy back.
Women don’t owe you shit. Least of all kindness.
Obviously, not mean enough coz after over 100 years of voting rights, some women are still voting for republican men like Trump & are in lust with men like Musk
i wine ordered this full outfit (handmade, from a woman off etsy) 4 days after the election). I live in a rural area with professional consequences but I may just wear it around my house.
Join 4B, as a guy I can tell you it is the quickest way to get them to fold. The men that are like this have the mentality of "I want a mommy I can F#@%" Let them leave the country to find a wife we are better off without them.
This is what my husband said. As well as women need to start companies that are mainly women and just corner the market because so many women only want to deal with other women.
I’m going 100% in on women owned small businesses moving forward. Yes, I will have less, but I want my money to stay with the people & not to the mega corps!
The republicans will sue. A non-profit that helps black women get start up grants for businesses was sued by the ADF guy and they were told they can no longer “discriminate” when they award grants. I can’t remember the state this was in…I want to say it’s one of the southern states.
Let’s help them directly so they don’t have to beg for grants. Start this holiday season seeking out and buying from black women owned businesses. I’m getting skincare first! Their skin is always gorgeous. I’m sick of looking haggard.
True. But from my friends whose moms came from some of those countries, they will beat their ass when they show up looking for the mommy. the things they can do with a shoe makes it a deadly weapon.
Look, we outsource enough misery to "poorer" parts of the world. We don't need to outsource toxic masculinity either. Women from countries less privileged than the US should not be outlets for American men's fucky behavior just because of money and our unwillingness to police our sons and brothers.
Like. I was born outside the US, although the country I came from was safer than and is at this point doing better than the US healthcare outcomes and average person quality of life wise.
I was still accused of being a mail order bride and coming here to have anchor babies.
We want shiny new iPhones. Workers are made miserable in factories. The metal is drawn from conflict-filled countries kept unstable so the mining can continue. We want drugs and our purchase of pot funds narcoterrorists. We want to have guns without consequence and those guns smuggled destabilizes +
In 2016, we held some of the biggest protests in the county, starting on trumps inauguration. I haven't heard of any yet planned for his 2nd inauguration. I don't get why we aren't already talking about mass protests against Trumps policies.
Humans started the transition from egalitarian societies to hierarchical societies with gender discrimination. If we end gender discrimination, the next step is making society egalitarian. That means no more billionaires.
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Patriarchy tried so damn hard to deny their existence, and attributed their accomplishments to men instead.
I am not opposed to giving them a proper history lesson.
No male I know has or would ever say anything to me so demeaning as what that loser did (big man who now hides in his mom’s house 🙄). May I never meet someone who does. We’d be having a hella loud, very uncomfortable (for him) conversation.
They learned fast so MAGA beware !!
Anyone touch my girls you’ve earned what you get 🥚 ✂️ snip snip !!
There’s nothing they can do to harm any of us.
Keep shining light.
We need you and appreciate you.
I worked with female and with male inmates. The women would keep coming after you until you were dead. The men? Throw a punch. Knock you down. They won. Go watch TV.
something I said to a male who was threatening to beat me. I was 25 & holding a cast iron skillet at the time. He moved out shortly thereafter.
FEMINISM is good for Everyone.
EVERYONE regardless of gender should be rejecting that shit.
This is not a female problem. This is a male problem. The essence of masculinity is to protect and provide.
We lack guys willing to take assholes like this out back and beat the ever living shit out of them. We’ve become too nice, too feminine.
The men saying they are “defending women” are also silent when their buddies are raping and abusing women. And laughing about it.
Step up ladies.
And say that phrase, out loud? and the speaker should be prepared to lose their gonads the hard way.
Amplify your voice by adding it to others to hold Congress accountable.
That's why we're still in a patriarchy - white men distracted us from *The* problem by blaming women.
In the pyramid of White Supremacy, this puts white women above most other people, even if they're still below white men.
It's foolish and short-sighted, but most privileged people are foolish and short-sighted.
Ignoring the safe word?
Maybe Cold & Remote scary?
They have been very bad boys!
It killed her in the end. So not scarier or meaner. But don't settle for nasty is my thought.
He is a neo-nazi.
Women sit on the power of the world.
And, that scares the shite out of men because they know it's true.
Standing up for myself and taking full ownership of myself, shouldn't be described as "mean and scary"
It should be considered fu*king normal!
Which was always the plan for her Christmas present.
They scare me.
& the morning after pill; why is it necessary to wait six months & pluck the legs off babies to get rid of them and by the way that plucked leg wasn’t yours
Implied caveat that we're not as scary or mean as men, just not meek and comforting in our proscribed roles.
Good odds the author doesn't consider women/men as people within the whole spectrum of who we can choose to be.
I think it's time for revenge to take over.
Angry women can get some shit done. And, btw, I mean ALL women 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈👧🏿😈
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A16gzm9eaa8
Stand up, be strong & never back down.
We all must face consequences of choices made whether individual or public.
Purpose to all = + or -
Women too often are stuck deescalating the aggressive energy that fragile men approach women with and then have the nerve to act appalled we return that energy back.
Women don’t owe you shit. Least of all kindness.
I've devoted the next year (at least) to only reading books by women authors.
I've known many men who don't read books by women, assuming they can't identify with them, but I've never known a woman to limit herself in this way.
I've decided women authors will be getting all my love.
I was still accused of being a mail order bride and coming here to have anchor babies.
FUCK THAT SHIT.