#Feminist Lies

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

If you make your political ideas a fundamental part of who you are, it makes them so much harder to change.

When your beliefs are built into your community, your work, your lifestyle, and how you identify; when you’ve quite literally bought and worn the t-shirt, changing such opinions is much like changing your skin.

It’s difficult.

One of these stubborn ideas is the antiquated notion of domestic violence being a “gendered crime”, and that ‘the vast majority of victims are women’; with male survivors a mere rounding error.

Such an idea is not reflected in the data – which continually proves that women and men are equally violent in relationships.

Straus, Dutton, Gelles, Desmarais, Steinmetz, Whitaker, Fiebert… the world’s leading researchers line up to show us the reality of domestic violence, and we wave them away. Why? Because our sassy mug, garish t-shirt, or that savage tweet says differently.

Paper after paper, survey after survey; each is slid across the table, to show equal rates of abuse, and each is rejected like a petulant child splitting out their vegetables.

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of studies, each showing gender symmetry, have been ignored, erased or denied for decades; so as to protect the egos and livelihood of the misinformed and the malicious.

And so the truth of the domestic violence industry becomes clear…

The mission is not really to protect abuse victims, it is to protect a divisive and outdated feminist ideology, and to save face, at the cost of lives.

So how high does the mountain of evidence have to grow before we accept the uncomfortable truths it unveils?

How many sources, studies and surveys do you need?

How many lives will such people sacrifice for their own pride?

How many times will the toddler stamp its feet, whinge and whine, before quietly chewing upon what the data tells us?

The ugly but uncontroversial truth – that women can do anything a man can, and that includes being abusive.

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Partner Abuse State of Knowledge (PASK) Project: https://domesticviolenceresearch.org

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As we already know, evidence can help correct a misinterpretation, a misunderstanding, a misconception.

But there is no amount of evidence that will address a belief based on faith and ideology, because they did not come to the belief based on evidence.

Faith is not a virtue. Neither is dishonesty.

#The Tin Men #domestic violence #domestic abuse #male victims of domestic violence #male victims of domestic abuse #male victims #violent women #faith based beliefs #feminist ideology #duluth model #feminist lies #patriarchy theory #religion is a mental illness

[blk-chauvinist]

"Women don't need men?" Too bad women don't think beyond their beliefs to see the Big Picture. Let's look at how much men "aren't needed...."

#Feminist Lies #Feminism Is Anti-Male #Feminism Is A Cancer #MGTOW #BMGTOW #Men Are The Prize

[intersectionalpraxis]

#feminist #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #freepalastine🇵🇸 #current events #settler violence #settler colonialism #tw child death #israeli lies #israeli propaganda #american propaganda #us propaganda #us imperialism #end the occupation #end the genocide #ceasefire now #gaza genocide #gaza strip #gaza #gazaunderattack

[mariejordans]

jordan being like hmmm who should i punch first and then picking the girl who betrayed emma’s trust and made her a laughingstock………..hot.

#also FEMINISM #FEMINIST WOMEN LOVE JORDAN LI #gen v #gen v spoilers #jordan li

[mzminola]

This is not a perfect analogy but I am making it anyway to try to convey what being online has been like for me lately.

Seeing people say "Oh, Jews are fine, I just hate zionists!" is like seeing "Oh, women are fine, I just hate feminists!"

Zionism and feminism are both very broad socio-political movements that have changed focus over time, that ostensibly have some very basic core tenets but you really need to ask the specific person you're talking to how they personally define it to be sure.

Both have been subject to legitimate criticism, and hostile reactionary bullshit. Had waves, sub-movements, splinters, people with damn near opposite views sharing the term and people with seemingly identical views rejecting it.

You can give working, broad definitions like these:

Feminism is the belief that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender, with a focus on women's rights due to systemic oppression.

Zionism is the belief that all peoples have the right to self determination and safety, with a focus on Jewish people finding it in Israel.

You can also give different definitions! Many people give different definitions! Many people also hold these beliefs but use different names for them for various reasons.

There are self-described zionists who are jingoistic, racist, etc, and who attribute those attitudes to their zionism. Just as there are feminists who are misandrist, bio-essentialist, transphobic, homophobic, and so on, who attribute those attitudes to their feminism.

There are also incredibly selfless, compassionate activists working for positive change in the world who consider themselves zionists and feminists.

It has been very jarring to see people, who I respect, uncritically reblogging posts or headlines that use "zionists" as a stand in for "bad people", just as jarring as it would be to see them sharing things that use "feminists" that way. Especially when those posts contain easily debunked conspiracy theories that I know you'd have seen right through if the OP said "Jews" but because they said "zionists" you swallowed it whole.

I am not asking anyone to stop sharing important information, petitions, news articles, resources, and so on. I am asking you to slow down and stop spreading inflammatory language that paints a broad socio-political movement for Jewish self-determination as inherently bad. The same way I would ask you not to spread inflammatory language that paints gender equality & women's liberation as inherently bad.

If the information is important, please look for other, more neutrally worded posts. Or verify the links yourself and make a fresh post! There is no situation online in which the only way to share information must be to spread such language.

#antisemitism #being critical of zionism is not automatically antisemitic #just as criticizing the feminist movement is not inherently misogynistic #but the way a LOT of people have been talking lately...it has been indistinguishable #please slow down #being Jewish in America #and online #I have so many filters and yet I cannot escape this even in fandom spaces #''Jews control the media'' repackaged as ''zionists'' or ''the Israeli government'' has been the one I've seen the most #but there's been some outright blood libel too #and of course the usual banking bullshit #when you accept a term like this as synonymous with ''bad people'' you swallow the lies more easily! you swallow the exaggerations! #you fact check less! you reblog from psyops and bigots who've found keywords! #and it doesn't have to be this way #please stop making it be this way #editing tags to add #zionism #I think I left it off originally to stay out of the tracked tags

[radicalmommyxx]

Idk man…I’ve literally never heard of men shaving bc their leg hair is ‘itchy’ or the hairy feeling is ‘uncomfortable’. Somehow I doubt that it’s a feeling only affects females.

#if you feel like you have to do it or face negative consequences then ok #do it #if you’re scared to let your body hair grow #I get it #but it feels like lies #you can just be honest #no one is perfect #not everything you do has to be explicitly feminist #but I feel like you should at least be honest about it #it feels so odd #like we both know the truth #we both know it’s a lie/excuse unless you have some sort of medical condition but again #surely this condition can’t only affect women or effect SO many women who are indoctrinated into shaving

[bitchthefuck1]

Rewatching succession it really is wild to see Kendall and Shiv convince themselves over and over again that they can "fix ATN/Waystar from the inside" only to completely abandon their morals the minute it gives them a strategic advantage.

When they're on the outside it's an endless diatribe about how evil and rotten the company is to its core, but the second they get the slightest whiff of power they suddenly decide the problems are actually really manageable and that with the right leadership it could be a force for good, and like...the saddest part is that they genuinely seem to believe that.

#where's that crime and punishment quote about how the worst thing is that you've betrayed yourself for nothing... #and they really seem to think its true! they genuinely believe that they can turn it around and make it good! it's not an act! #kendall really thinks he's a feminist and 'one of the good ones' and shiv really does think she stands with/for women and liberal #ideals and the truth is that no matter how much they might care about those things they will always love power more and they #are infinitely more invested in the power structures that keep injustice alive than they are in actually trying to stop injustice #roman is the only one who's actually aware and honest about how fucked it all is but he thinks that means everything's bullshit and #therefore nothing matters. which can be just as dangerous as convincing yourself you're the good guy (see: america decides) #that's one of the things i like so much about the ending for shiv and kendall bc they're finally forced to confront the lies they've been #telling themselves. and like. maybe that'll go nowhere. maybe they won't change. but they might. and the only hope they have #of actually growing as people and maybe doing something good is if that illusion gets shattered #idk man i just have so many thoughts about succession #succession #shiv roy #kendall roy

[communistkenobi]

whenever you open an academic article about gender and the author only uses the word queer and never mentions trans people specifically it’s gonna be a shit fucking article

#every time I interact with queer studies I have a bad time #like my experience with ‘queer’ in academic terms is a cover for not addressing transmisogyny #that ultimately lies at the heart of a lot of cis & tme feminist thought

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Unsurprisingly, I see a lot of conversation about the infamous ‘gender pay gap’.

A lot of opinions, and strongly held believes, and plenty of information that is not accurate, or at least… not anymore.

For the nature and shape of the pay gap has changed. And so out of the outrage, garbled conjecture, and political agendas; must come a new conversation that once again asks, ‘why are women paid less?’

Because the truth is, it’s not ‘women’ who are getting paid less, but rather ‘women with children’.

Mothers who are out of work, either full or part time, whose lower income drags the average down - they are a large piece of the conversation, too often missing.

No. Women are not paid less than men, and such slogans belong in the museum, not upon the placards of today.

Now it’s time to talk about parenthood.

To honestly discuss why mothers are paid less than fathers, and ask if this is a result of societal expectations… or women’s own free choices?

Do women want to be part time parents?

Do men? Who wants to work full time at a job they don’t even like anyway?

Do you?

We rightly talk about the price of motherhood on women; but what is the price of barely seeing your child at all?

What is the price of the late nights at work, or early morning shifts; or the second job, to make ends meet?

Also if mothers are to get equal pay, are they willing to share their parental leave with fathers in order to get it?

These are better questions.

And one’s I don’t see asked.

Instead I find the pay gap conversation to be a broken record; that redirects energy from logic and reason, into outrage and anger instead.

Yet another stick to hit ‘men’ with, another patriarchal poster child, and sermon preached from the pulpit.

It is a gap that is never closed, because it is never truly discussed.

So tell me, what’s in the gap?

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Sources:

The Economist, Motherhood Penalty: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/01/28/how-big-is-the-wage-penalty-for-mothers

US Census Bureau: https://towardsdatascience.com/is-the-difference-in-work-hours-the-real-reason-for-the-gender-wage-gap-interactive-infographic-6051dff3a041?gi=2dc24b441466

Denmark Study: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20180010

The Pay Gap Explained, full video: https://youtu.be/hP8dLUxBfsU

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What's in the gap is different choices and different priorities. It's sexist to act like men's choices are the default, correct ones, and if men and women make different choices and get different outcomes, there's a problem that needs to be solved.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18179326/

Abstract Previous research suggested that sex differences in personality traits are larger in prosperous, healthy, and egalitarian cultures in which women have more opportunities equal with those of men. In this article, the authors report cross-cultural findings in which this unintuitive result was replicated across samples from 55 nations (N = 17,637). On responses to the Big Five Inventory, women reported higher levels of neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness than did men across most nations. These findings converge with previous studies in which different Big Five measures and more limited samples of nations were used. Overall, higher levels of human development--including long and healthy life, equal access to knowledge and education, and economic wealth--were the main nation-level predictors of larger sex differences in personality. Changes in men's personality traits appeared to be the primary cause of sex difference variation across cultures. It is proposed that heightened levels of sexual dimorphism result from personality traits of men and women being less constrained and more able to naturally diverge in developed nations. In less fortunate social and economic conditions, innate personality differences between men and women may be attenuated.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27000535/

Abstract Men's and women's personalities appear to differ in several respects. Social role theories of development assume gender differences result primarily from perceived gender roles, gender socialization and sociostructural power differentials. As a consequence, social role theorists expect gender differences in personality to be smaller in cultures with more gender egalitarianism. Several large cross-cultural studies have generated sufficient data for evaluating these global personality predictions. Empirically, evidence suggests gender differences in most aspects of personality-Big Five traits, Dark Triad traits, self-esteem, subjective well-being, depression and values-are conspicuously larger in cultures with more egalitarian gender roles, gender socialization and sociopolitical gender equity. Similar patterns are evident when examining objectively measured attributes such as tested cognitive abilities and physical traits such as height and blood pressure. Social role theory appears inadequate for explaining some of the observed cultural variations in men's and women's personalities. Evolutionary theories regarding ecologically-evoked gender differences are described that may prove more useful in explaining global variation in human personality.

#The Tin Men #pay gap #pay gap myth #sex differences #earnings gap #motherhood #priorities #maternal instinct #myths that need to die #gender pay gap #feminist lies #religion is a mental illness

[blk-chauvinist]

Reality Check for Single Women...

Men are responsible for our understanding of most ideas, discoveries, and inventions you benefit from, including mathematics, philosophy, government, most scientific principles, most mechanical and/or technology, exploration...even the birth control you refuse to use.

What makes you think men don’t know what best for you?

#Men AreThe Prize #Feminist Lies #Feminine Narcissism #Anti-Feminism #Feminism Is A Cancer #Feminism Is Anti-Male #Feminism Is Anti-Family #Men Are Necessary #Men Know What's Best

[intersectionalpraxis]

The IOF lies. It's inherently part of their zionist settler-colonial agenda -literally. They are not to be trusted -everything they say is meant to distort and distract people from what is really going on. This is just another example of this.

#feminist #social justice #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #settler violence #settler colonialism #current events #israeli lies #israeli propaganda #israel is a war criminal #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #gaza news #war on gaza #palestine news #news update #end the occupation #ceasefire now

[zishuge]

The Spirealm 致命游戏 (2024) | Ep. 26

#the spirealm #致命游戏 #kaleidoscope of death #cdrama #cdramasource #kodedit #ruan nanzhu #ling jiushi #li dongyuan #huang junjie #xia zhiguang #liu xiaobei #userhanyi #*gifs:mine #rnz: who says men can't be timid #also rnz: who says girls can't be bullied 😌 #feminist icon #i would also like to point out that they are flirting over a LITERAL DEAD BODY #like. i had completely forgotten about that. and then. the camera panned out as they left the room. leaving behind. #THE DEAD BODY ON THE FLOOR #i was howling #also these gifs do not capture how soft nanzhu's voice is when he teases lingling about his questions #also it's my favorite thing to watch how smitten nanzhu gets (like even more so than usual) when lingling's brain starts working #okay i have to stop making gifs every other episode or else i'm never actually going to finish this

[uter-us]

radfem help !!

2 of my little cousins (14yrs and 15yrs) are both girls dating boys right now, and together we are coming up with a "dealbreaker list" of things they will never put up with from their bfs! and also we are including positives, like so they aren't just looking for the absence of bad things, but actual positive things

what do yall think are the most important things to add? (i put extra info in tags)

Thank you so much!!!

#I dont want it just to be “he doesn't hit me” as that's super important but they could end up with awful boys who don't hit them and still #mistreat them. there are certain vulnerabilities that make me worry the most for them. Ive been writing under the deal breakers like exampl #of how it would manifest like things they might say or how they might behave so that way in the moment there will hopefully not be as much #time spent questioning if it counts as a deal breaker. we want to do positives too so like I said in the post it's not just like "he doesn' #put me down“ but also ”he roots for me and encourages me and verbalizes it“. #they are 14/15 so I'm less focused on stuff related to like splitting domestic labor for example but I think a good translation could #be like “he spends as much time as I do planning dates” and “it's clear to me that he put a lot of thought into my birthday gift” or the li #anyway I know they are safer without dating boys (and for the record they both know I do not date men (and only one knows I am SSA) but #they ARE dating and it's much more practical and realistic to reduce harm here since they are doing it! #also this is obviously not the extent of my effort in making sure they are safe and well and not reliant on boys/men; #this list is just one small part!!! #thanks so so much! and if you don't know please share bc maybe someone else has advice! ty!!! #radfem #radical feminist safe #radblr #sex based oppression #mvawg #question tag

[blackpilljesus]

Males accuse women showing emotion to be manipulative but it's males who do this. Despite what many believe, males have no problem with being emotional; they just know being emotional with the wrong people leaves one vulnerable to being exploited but when moids want to manipulate women, part of their manipulation is being emotional i.e. speaking about troubles they face in life to get sympathy laid/justify bad behaviour or claiming their mental health is bad and will suicide bait. Moids aren't victims they know exactly what they're doing.

#dont fall for males lies #feminism #feminist #liberal feminism #liberal feminist #radical feminism #radical feminist #female separatist #female separatism #you dont have to be their therapist or be concerned about moids feelings ladies

[ghstwoods]

Sons should not suffer the sins of their fathers... What a foolish thing to say. Everyone knows it is the wives who are punished first.

killing of a sacred deer (2017) / big little lies / rebecca (1940) / the godfather (1972) / the story of pasiphae / l'enfer (1994) / fear x (2003) / widows (2018)

#killing of a sacred deer #fear x #widows #rebecca #rebecca 1940 #the godfather #big little lies #l'enfer #pasiphae #words #web weaving #word weaving #compilations #comparisons #feminist 👍👍👍 #almost put macbeth in here but i GUESS lady macbeth fucked up too #mine

[alphacrone]

angry mean competent bossy female characters 😍😍😍😍😘😘🥰😍❤️😍👍🏻 you agree

#been rewatching wot with emily nynaeve my beloved #i should reread bartimaeus kitty was my OG angry girl #wait no i lied it was katara #her feminist rage shaped me as a child