#equalitiy

[simplyyara]

Men love to be like “iF mEN diDN’t ExiST, Who’S gOINg to pRoTect YoU?”

Protect me from what? What would I need protection from if there were no men in the world?

I feel like because men, for years, having been getting away with doing the bare minimum, they have a really fragile idea of what is their masculinity is supposed to contribute. For centuries, the world has pushed this narrative that men should be protectors and providers. But know that people are becoming more mentally and socially aware, men are being asked to play are more emotional and intellectual role that they are having trouble fitting in their definition of masculinity. And it’s hurting all of us. 

In this age, where most women don’t need money or protection, men are struggling to find a role to play. Women no longer need to submit to men that are not worthy of their submission. Woman need partners —partners that are emotional, intelligent, thoughtful, loyal, respectful, grateful, responsible...etc. And men are having trouble being that because al they were taught since they were children is that they are already worthy of a good woman just for being men and that their main responsibility in this world is to financially provide. 

I personally feel like a shift has to happen in how men define masculinity — or how we all define masculinity. Because men have so much goodness to offer, and it’s truly a shame that it all being thrown away (and more harm is being done to those around them than good) because their definition of masculinity is no longer enough in this era we live in. 

[sabrina-wohlfeil]

Why men need to wear skirts

Why men need to wear skirts

and women should let them do

This title sounds a bit extreme – actually I am not the one to prescribe anyone what he or she should wear. But last week I posted a photo of am men’s collection with mini skirts and high heels on both my blog and private facebook page and got very funny comments. Therefore I thought writing a bit about more about what actually was just an inspiring picture at first…

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[the-samsquantch]

Here’s what I’ve noticed, human beings love to take things to extremes. Tumblr is actually a prime example of this. Don’t get me wrong, racism, misogyny, poverty, homophobia and cruelty to fellow human beings is wrong. I believe in equality, but when people take their ideology and start shoving it down people’s throats, claiming those who don’t have the same views are wrong and are the residue of Satan’s ass crack and having a black and white mind set is actually really scary. Some people’s views go the extreme to the point where they think misandry is okay, hating on white, strait cis people is okay. News flash, equality is when both sides can co-exist and both gain benefits, it doesn’t shift to one party gets privileges one doesn’t. People are people we are an immature species, we make mistakes, and we still have a shit ton of growing up to do as a species. I’m not condoning racism, or homophobia, or trans phobia or any of that horrible stuff. All I’m saying is that ‘social justice warriors’ need to calm their shit down, realize that bitching about things on the internet is not going to fix things and maybe, maybe once you’ve calmed down do something about it. I admit, me bitching about this is probably going to fall to deaf ears, but that just proves my point. Human beings will either not be to concerned about certain social issues or just not care enough. Side note men aren’t the scum of the earth guys, neither are strait, white cis people, I admit we have our privileges and it grosses me out, but why do you think some of those people are making strides for a better future? People give you respect and yet some of you guys shit on us, also not all gays or trans people or people of different races are angels, honestly you’ll get good with the bad. Hell apparently my only saving grace is that I’m a girl according to this website. So anyway, if you want to rant at me, threaten me, etc, etc whatever you’re further proving my point. 

[subtlebutdramatic]

Yes. I want to be independent and treated equally. No. I don't want you to treat ne rude or giving a shit about my feelings or safety. And yeah treat me like a fucking lady! Cause otherwise you can't call yourself "gentlemen".

[padfootfreak14]

I will say this about everyone calling people that don't like gay people or say something negative about them homophobic. YOU'RE USING THAT WORD SO WRONG IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY. Not liking something doesn't warrant the use of the word. I don't like spiders, at all. That doesn't make me an arachnaphobe. A phobia is an IRRATIONAL FEAR of something, not disliking it, and the fact that everyone misuses the word so frequently that people just take it to mean hating something drives me nuts. If someone doesn't like homosexuals, or even if they hate homosexuals that does not make them a homophobe. If they're irrationally afraid of homosexuals and/or their culture then by all means they would then be homophobic. But you aren't homophobic because you don't like it. Further more, you can't just demand someone not think that way. You wouldn't like it if someone told you that you had to change your opinion on something, because you're entitled to that opinion even if a lot of people think that your opinion is wrong. Some people are going to spend their entire life hating something and nothing you say or do will change that. Is it wrong of us to treat anyone (male, female, gay, straight, trans, pan, black, white, hispanic, any of that) worse than anyone else, I absolutely think so. But that's my opinion on it. At the same time, the same people I've seen supporting equality will at the same time be talking down on people's religions or acting like all straight white people (especially ones that have a religion and especially Christians) are these terrible people and that isn't any more fair than saying that all black people are (insert typical comment here) or gays are (insert nasty comment here). You can't say you support any sort of equality unless you're supporting it for anyone. Yes there are a lot of hypocrites in Christian religions, but those are the ones the media wants you to focus on, they don't want to show you the ones that use their own money and time to go to places that desperately need help and do it for no reason other than that is what the Bible told them to do (go out and help people). You see all the (white) cops that shoot innocent people but you don't see the ones that are doing their best to help people. They'll show black people robbing a store or committing crimes but they won't show you the ones bettering their communities. They'll have you think that all Muslims are terrible people and they're all terrorists but they bypass the fact that these terrorist are extremists who happen to be Muslim. Basically what I'm getting at is that you're making yourself look like a hypocrite when you're saying how oppressed and mistreated all these groups are, but at the same time generalizing anyone straight and white (and especially Christian) as terrible people. There is nothing wrong with having your Christian religion. There is nothing wrong with being a straight white person (because they've got issues too). There is nothing more wrong with that (and people have no right to demonize them) than there is if you're black or you're gay or transgender or whatever you identify you as. People need to stop taking things out of context and acting like people are being bigots because even if that is how that person is, they're entitled to their opinion even if you disagree with it. We all need to start treating each other as human beings and treat ourselves that way too.

A bit of a personal story, I went to a high school where most of my class mates were black or mexican and in an area where no one really had a great deal of money (most made enough to survive on but not really go too far with it). I didn't think anything of it because a lot of them I'd at least known of (I didn't talk a lot) most of my school years. Fast forward to senior year when it was time to apply to colleges and scholarships. I like everyone else in my school certainly couldn't afford school by myself and I knew my parents didn't have the money to foot the bill for me to go to school either. I spent my free periods helping out in the guidance offices so I had access to all the applications for scholarships so I figured I'd be set. Problem was, probably three-quarters of the applications I couldn't even apply for because the only people that would be considered were those of African-American lineage and no one else. (A considerable amount of applications even went so far as to only apply to those with a gpa below 2.5) It didn't matter that I had extra-curriculars (just music program but still) or that I'd spent my high school and middle school years making sure that I had good grades because most of the scholarships that I could find even on line I wasn't able to apply for. And that's great, I'm glad they offer all those scholarships that can help out African-American students, but much like my high school they skewed everything to give the absolute best opportunities to students who (in this case) didn't care, didn't bother and would rather ignore every rule the school had and not even bother with anything let alone trying to better themselves. The main point of this long story is generally simple, it doesn't matter if you've got the opportunities if you can't care enough about yourself or your life to go after them. The people I went to school with got better opportunities than two-thirds of the school (those being the hispanic students and the white students which were almost close to equal in number) The rules got bent for them, they had better scholarship opportunities and all the resources of the school were geared to help them out but most of them would rather spend class complaining about their lives than take advantage of what is right there waiting for them. Instead of doing their (incredibly easy) class work they treated the teachers like garbage and instead of meeting with the counselor to talk about scholarship opportunities they'd skip class and walk around town. No amount of opportunity for anyone will cause change if people aren't willing to go after the opportunities and change how they think about themselves. Everyone needs to take a step back and become informed about things on a higher level than what mass media shows and take control of their lives.

[iprefertobeartistic]

[itsanewdayjustine-blog]

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