Men are so often mocked for acting too much like women.
I remember the single act that really got me thinking about the quiet, engrained, and socially sanctioned sexism in our society was a man mocking his friends.
A man working at Home Depot saw some of his buddies working down a specific aisle and he called down to them in a ribbing and âI love ya so Iâm going to insult youâ manner, âhey ladies! Why donât you get to work?!â.
He called them ladies. Like, a man being a lady implies heâs weak, slow, unable to work, and a whole host of negative imagery.
Another example I can think of I have personal experience in is during football season⌠A man I know calls the Vikings the âViqueensâ when they play his favorite team. Again, feminizing them in order to bring them shame and to show their inferiority.
No one uses being manly as an insult except when itâs being directed towards a woman to imply sheâs not feminine enough to be pleasing to look at or trying to take a manâs place in whatever sheâs doing.
Women in America undoubtedly have more opportunities and more rights than we ever have before. But itâs this undercurrent of thought that women and femininity is the lesser of things to be.
It is weak.
It is frail.
It is inferior.
It is subpar.
It is because men, and women too, are taught these things, not overtly⌠But very subtly, that women have less opportunity.
They donât deserve harder jobs because they canât really handle them.
They donât deserve higher wages because they donât do the job as well.
They donât deserve my vote because theyâre too emotional or irrational.
If theyâre being strong or though itâs obviously an act/for show because women arenât strong and tough.
Sexism isnât always a slap on the ass by a stranger.
Sometimes, sexism is the worldview of those you love most.
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