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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I think the point is that people who say (shout) "Not All Men" are usually frustratingly insensitive and the thought of throwing them into a snake pit is fun. We know it's not all men, we aren't stupid, but we also know that even 1% would be one percent too many to feel safe alone with a stranger (and, unfortunately, statistics suggest harassment is certainly more than 1%!).

Well, most people aren't that stupid. There's a few who are, but I don't think they'd be posting here, lol.

That said, reading the comments, I get why some are offended even though being male is the privileged class in this comparison (after all, I don't feel afraid to walk home at 1am). Men are fucked by the patriarchy, told to repress their emotions, degrade people who break from masculinity, and so forth. But instead of saying "you're being sexist against men," please try to think of the systemic problems that led to that X% of assholes who make it unsafe for a woman (or POC, LGBTQ, etc) to walk alone on a street in America.

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

after all, I don't feel afraid to walk home at 1am

That is not because you are part of a "class". It might be your fully personal thing, it depends on your previous experiences, it depends on where you live or go (and this can also be an expression of being in a privileged social class), etc.

Depending on where I go, I do not feel safe walking alone all the time. I do not consider being sexually assaulted among the possibilities, but instead perhaps being mugged, or be bothered by someone looking for trouble or wanting to feel "alpha male" (as someone who grew up in rough neighborhoods, this is way too common during teen years).

I really don't understand where this idea that males have the privilege of going outside without ever worrying about anything comes from. I have seen it multiple times in discussions around this topic.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 37 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Guess we should fear all snakes then! Or all sharks! That hasn't lead to extreme fear based reactions where entire populations suffered because of fear due to a portion of the population being potentially dangerous.

The point about not knowing which one might be dangerous is a good point, but example is terrible. Use unsafe mechanical equipment or something instead.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Dudes will queue to use unsafe mechanical equipment, while telling you "hold my beer".

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[–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I'm just reading this thread and finding it hilarious how many are triggered by this. The post isn't even saying "all men" do anything, it's specifically pointing out a small subset of men.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 20 hours ago

That's snakist.

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