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Related: About this forum''I won't be scolded...''
If not an active ally, then at best men are passive participants in misogyny and violence of language and deed against women.
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''I won't be scolded...'' (Original Post)
Soph0571
Aug 2021
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AndyS
(14,559 posts)1. I was but over the years
I've tried to improve. I'm a work in progress but at least I'm aware of it.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)2. And that is what we want in an ally
call the other men out in your life when they are being inappropriate, hell they don't listen to us, but they do listen to other men in their lives.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)8. You also need to tell all the males in your life to have us too
Not too lecture but without all non toxic males having our backs, how can anything change?
LizBeth
(10,942 posts)3. "Not ALL men" ;) .
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)5. Yeah, it ain't me bro 👀 n/t
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)7. Before I clocked your wink I was about to do my righteous second wave rant LOL
But as you are a feminist extraordinaire I paused and looked properly at your comment LOL
LizBeth
(10,942 posts)9. Ya, I was hoping the quotes would help out.
Cosmo Blues
(2,843 posts)10. I have found this repulsive
Since my first or second year in junior high, one of the reasons I really don't hang out with guys, but when I do I always call them out when they're immaturity comes out