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I’m going to tell you an uncomfortable truth - people stopped giving men social repercussions for their actions.
I know this, because since transition, almost no one holds me accountable when I’m a jerk the way they did pretransition.
I know this, because since transition, almost no one holds me accountable when I’m a jerk the way they did pretransition.
Seriously. People need to break up with their boyfriends over smaller things, before it’s a huge mess. We need to tell teenage boys that rambling about games isn’t interesting. We need to teach them there are consequences to ignoring the needs of your community
We need mothers to oppose fathers when they are being unreasonable, and parents to teach their boys how to care for the household, and how to look out for and protect others.
And people dating men? Please, hold us to a higher standard. There are SO MANY OF US!! dump a guy if they suck. and make sure to tell them why.
It’s not your job to help that person grow, but I think we forgot somewhere along the way, that if that guy has no social repercussions, he’s just going to find the next girl who puts up with him - because he can.
Stop letting him.
Stop letting him.
I understand the power imbalance. Looking back there were many times that I didn’t speak up when a man was unprofessional or harmful to me. But, I know now that there are more social ramifications to me staying silent, than to take the work to properly socialize men.
