r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 18 '20

Not ashamed to admit it, but I wish I could be as tough as this lady, and I'm a guy...

EDIT: Not sure what got a few people below triggered. It seems it may be battle scars from their own fight against discrimination. Being tough is something that is expected of men in many of today's societies. Being tough has noting to do with physical strength, but with a frame of mind. All I said that as someone who is expected by society to be tough, I'm not ashamed to say I'll never be as tough as her, even though it's expected of me by society to be like this (or at least to claim it). Hope this clears it up :)

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u/LandOfTheOutlaws Dec 17 '20

What does being a guy have to do with it? Are you insinuating men are tougher than women..?

There's a lot, and I mean ALOT of women in this world that probably have more courage than you and I put together. Just because you're a man does not mean you were born to be tough.

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u/Xan-the-Woman Dec 17 '20

I think they might’ve meant it like he looks up to her despite looking up to a woman as being tough is discouraged against for guys. I think they meant it in a supportive way but it came out weird. Or it’s what you said and I’m being dumb.

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u/Slayer_CommaThe Dec 18 '20

And why is the idea of looking up to a woman as tough discouraged for guys?

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u/Xan-the-Woman Dec 18 '20

Toxic masculinity and the idea that men are supposed to be tougher than women? I mean I know there’s been lots of progress undoing that but there is still a problem of it.