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As a continuation of my thread about women's hobbies, men's hobbies also get made fun of as well, albeit in different ways. Men who enjoy traditionally feminine hobbies get made fun of, sometimes even get called 'gay' (there is nothing wrong with being gay but using it as an...
...insult is problematic). The issue here is that these men are being shamed for doing things that are thought to be inferior, specifically BECAUSE they are traditionally feminine. One example of this comes from Jordan Peterson's book, 12 rules for life...
...in which a man is kicked out of his job in a literal hail of stones for having a nice lunchbox. This is atrocious. Gender roles hurt everyone. However, this happening doesnt make shaming women "less bad". Loads of MRAs make it seem that because men are made fun of, its ok to..
...shame women. This is not the case, no one should be shamed for their hobbies, or expressing themselves, and MRAs using these men as an excuse to tell women to shut up is not ok. We can destroy gender roles for both genders without telling either one to shut up. Its not a...
...competition. I received a well meaning but unhelpful reply earlier about a boy being made fun for liking a certain type of music. While that was bad I was specifically talking about womens hobbies.
