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Sexism is when "feminists" are bioessentialists that act as if humans don't have ridiculously low sexual dimorphism compared to other animals, especially other primates.

I am not going to comment on this, as in all honesty, I don’t know what half of those words mean.

Leaving this to the comments.

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I've never been sexist as a child and I've always seen and treated everyone equally. but then I always get told by my own dad since I was little to not eat a banana in a normal way, to not wear shorts or makeup in front of him and my then 5 year old brother (this is a thing in many conservative and religious countries), to hide my legs AT THE BEACH just because a random man was staring at them even though I stare at a man's chest and somehow it's no big deal. I'm also always told by him how men are dangerous because he knows how men are as a man himself. so that made me paranoid and really resentful because why do I have to limit my own freedom and make myself small because of men!? so I never wanna go outside ever again. it doesn't help that other people in my surroundings also see men as inherently dangerous, like one time there was someone standing there waiting for someone and people thought he was gonna do something dangerous and then when it turns out that it's a woman, they let their guard down. and also, I keep getting posts all over social media on men being creeps and "this is why women can't say no" despite hitting not recommend on youtube and blocking pages on twitter and instagram. I kept getting close calls from falling into the misandrist radfem pipeline because of all this, the only thing that keeps me from it is that the fault is from how society raises each kids with gender roles and how it segregates both genders. if you have any advice to help me stop falling into sexism then feel free.

I am not an advice blog, however I will attempt to give some, and comments are welcome to give helpful advice.

I usually dislike this phrase, as it’s often used incorrectly, but it’s important to remember that not all men are like that.

Are some men bad people? Yes, but that is because of their actions, and not their sex and/or gender.

I know how it feels to be afraid of the world, and specifically afraid of men due to what has been told to you as a child. What I find helps (with any type of group you’re afraid of) is finding one person, only one, in that group, who you trust, ideally someone you are not related to. Think of why you trust that person; what’s their personality like, what have they done to gain your trust, why do you like them? Remember it, write it down, whatever works for you. Then try and find someone else in that group who has some of those traits, and someone else, and someone else. Build yourself a small, private network of people you can trust, and try to built it every day, or every week, or just whenever you can. Remind yourself that not everyone within that group is like you have been told they are.

It’ll probably be difficult, but it’s incredibly important to note that you have come for help about your worried and thoughts, and you haven’t done the easier thing, which would be to hate. That deserves recognition, and I’m proud of you.

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literally any time someone makes a post about women’s issues and every other comment and reblog is like “!!!! and also men!!!!! what about the men!!!! why aren’t we talking about men!!!! we haven’t talked about men for a whole for 5 seconds!!!!!!!”

this is misogyny. not everything has to be about men all the goddamn time.

this is complicated, and comments’ opinions would be appreciated.

On one hand, I agree with you, anon. Derailing posts about specific groups is incredibly annoying and disrespectful. Even if there is overlap between the two groups, a separate post being made is better than derailing (even if accidental and not with malice) a post about a particular group.

On the other hand, lots of “women’s issues” also affect people who may not be perceived as “women” by society, due to sex or gender.

For example, if we were to talk about periods as a women’s issue, periods also affect trans men, intersex men, and people with complex genders. Labelling something as an issue of purely one group often does lead to direct or indirect discrimination.

(Apologies if my reply to this post doesn’t make much sense, I have stepped back from social media due to poor mental health, and I’m only just getting back into the swing of things)

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I haven't played it, so maybe it's not sexism, but I've just seen this one pokemon platinum ROM hack called pokemon Renhergade platinum.

( https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/5831-pokemon-renhergade-platinum/ )

This is the synopsis:

Experience a streamlined short version of the fan favourite ROM hack by Drayano Renegade Platinum, but with less map, less trainers and FAR less men.

Every male trainer, NPC and even Pokemon has vanished due to a mysterious event known as the "Manishing". Discover how this happened and make your way to the Elite 4 to challenge a new set of trainers for the title of best trainer in Sinnoh.

Is this misandry? Or maybe I'm thinking too much? It's just weird and off-putting imo.

Asking the comments for opinions here.

I am not sure at all here, unfortunately.