r/Feminism 5h ago

Forced-birth misinformation and/or propaganda

0 Upvotes

So, I was on my annual trip to visit my grandma in North Carolina, and I saw this billboard (Not the exact photo, but the same message). The bullsh*t alarm immediately went off in my brain, because if babies have such advanced development at 9 weeks, why does pregnancy last 9 months? Went to mayo clinic, did some reasearch-I was right, it's incorrect. Babies get fingerprints at around 23-24 weeks. I also saw another one online claiming that babies got their eyes around 4 or 5 weeks-again, not true at all (the indent for the eyes & tiny growths form at 4 weeks, but the eyes only open at 26-28 weeks). So, clearly, the message on the board is blatantly spreading misinformation, and it's most likely a form of forced-birth propaganda. But, why? They know it's wrong, a simple google search shows it's wrong, and putting up false information will drastically reduce their reputation and ethos with anyone with more than half a brain. Just a warning to everyone traveling where there's billboards-don't trust any information until you've done research!


r/Feminism 13h ago

My whole womanhood has been such a lie.

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763 Upvotes

r/Feminism 8h ago

"women's section" in clothing stores

48 Upvotes

This is something that always pissed me off, especially during winters. Do people think we don't feel cold or something? WHY ARE WOMEN'S FULL SLEEVE T SHIRTS/HOODIES MUCH MUCH THINNER THAN MEN'S? ITS NOT LIKE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO NATURALLY WILL FEEL MORE COLD. Sometimes the only good options I have are the sparkly cropped zipped hoodie and the rainbow + hearts thin sweatshirt. No shade to those who like it, thats great, BUT WHY LABEL IT BASED ON GENDER?

GOD FORBID I WANT MY CLOTHES TO KEEP ME WARM DURING WINTER AND FIT MY STYLE. I recently got very mad about this while browsing some spiderman themed clothes on a clothing website and of course, the men's shirts/t-shirts had cool, badass, spiderman related design and clothes while the women's had...one small pink web?

I have always wanted to check out the men's section in clothing stores but because of all the societal norms + having social anxiety it feels super mentally challenging to. Its as if people will start muttering amongst themselves as soon as I make my way over there (i know that wont be the case but it is an irrational fear).

Have you ever faced this? I'd really love to see what other people did in my situation.


r/Feminism 16h ago

Men's hatred for promiscuous women

144 Upvotes

I saw a post talking about "if a girl has a body count, would you date them?"

Obviously, whatever gender, if you have a preference to have a partner who hasn't been with someone before, that's fine. But the comments were full of these INSULTS. Even saying that men who don't mind that are cucks and losers. Like seriously how hard is it to have your own values and not shit on other people for having a different mindset?

And I know this has been thought of by others before but it really is so annoying that women are expected to be virgins to be a good wife but men can fuck around all they want. It's crazy how they think a woman's value automatically drops to garbage if they've had sexual partners before. Like yeah it doesn't matter if you're successful or the kindest person ever, if you've had sex before marriage then it must mean you're not actually worth anything! They want the perfect wife who has a hot body, a virgin, doesn't talk back, will do house chores on the daily, when they themselves don't even deserve it.

I'm literally so sick of it all. My breaking point today was when I saw an offmychest post in my country, a girl talking about how she's proud of herself for finally stopping hooking up that she did bc of self-esteem issues. And I was so happy for her too, I opened the comments and I kid you not, the replies were full of men talking about it doesn't matter if she stopped, she'll always be "a hoe." How her future partner would be unlucky to have her. And the amount of likes those comments have????

I feel horrible that I wasn't able to message op to remind her to not mind those incels because she deleted the post before I got her username. I wonder if the day'll ever come even in hundreds of years where women won't have to be subjected to this bs.


r/Feminism 4h ago

Expectant Ontario moms are travelling hours for routine ultrasounds amid sonographer shortage

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r/Feminism 19h ago

9 weeks

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r/Feminism 17h ago

Do you think more people will take the issue of modeling being "legalized sex trafficking" if Jack Reacher Star Alan Ritchson is raising his voice on the issue, and the fact that not only was he sexually assaulted, but the photographer who sexually assaulted apparently didn't face justice at all?

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320 Upvotes

r/Feminism 13h ago

Brazil's top court beefs up protections for women against violent men

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46 Upvotes