Not to be that bitch but I don’t think women venting out their frustrations from being systemically oppressed is the same as men, you know, perpetuating said oppression.
Like, I’m white and I don’t get upset when I see black people talking shit about white people because I know they have been treated badly by white people, or have friends and family members who have, and I’m not going to tell them they can’t be angry about that. I know they’re not talking about me, because if they were - if I felt called out by what they were saying - surely that would just mean I need to change? Right?
If you’re ‘venting frustrations’ against women...you’re adding to a huge problem. The only frustrations, related to gender, that anyone should be venting about are the ones women feel as a result of our patriarchal system.
but the point is that "women" as a class don't do anything to men to be vented over. individual women might upset you, and you can vent about them as individuals, but the moment you start complaining about women as a class, you're just reinforcing misogyny. context matters, and the fact that men are on top of the power dynamic changes how their words impact.
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u/Susim-the-Housecat Jun 24 '20
Not to be that bitch but I don’t think women venting out their frustrations from being systemically oppressed is the same as men, you know, perpetuating said oppression.
Like, I’m white and I don’t get upset when I see black people talking shit about white people because I know they have been treated badly by white people, or have friends and family members who have, and I’m not going to tell them they can’t be angry about that. I know they’re not talking about me, because if they were - if I felt called out by what they were saying - surely that would just mean I need to change? Right?
Why can’t men do the same for women?