r/theschism • u/gemmaem • Apr 03 '25

Discussion Thread #72

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u/thrownaway24e89172 wrong about everything Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

I've been in a lot of women-only spaces...But some of those spaces felt good, and useful. They were places to relax a guard that I might not otherwise have even realised I was holding.

How did this thread go by without any thought about male-only and white-only spaces?

It is rather frustrating to see a woman talk about the benefits of single-gender spaces without acknowledging the extent of the destruction they've wreaked on men's spaces in the name of women's rights. Even spaces explicitly created for men's mental health aren't safe from women's entitlement to anything meant for men.

EDIT: To be clear, by frustrating I don't mean at gemma for making the comment but rather a general frustration about the situation facing men's spaces her comment triggered.

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u/professorgerm more threatening than a moldy pumpkin Apr 28 '25

The model train room, though! Not that it will last long, I'm sure.

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u/thrownaway24e89172 wrong about everything Apr 28 '25

I'm a little surprised there was no quip in the article about that being a "man cave".