Men's rights matter - a rant I posted on tumblr that I'm also gonna post here

[atoms_vibrating]

(TW: abuse, rape, assault, mental illness, mental health)

Men’s rights matter.

Why? Because men are human beings, too. Men are victims of the patriarchy, too.

Oh, absolutely: men benefit from the patriarchy more than women, in quite a number of ways. But men experience the dark and insidious sides of the patriarchy, too. The patriarchy as a systemic

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[atoms_vibrating]

We live in such a black-and-white society. Living in a privileged society (the West) has made it very difficult for people to recognise intersectionality and the fact that things are never as blatantly clear or simple as people seem to think they are.

[driftwoodwings]

Thanks for writing this.. :\ I've had to deal with shit all my life back when I read as a woman, and I often get things now more than I did before now that I identify as a man. Its like I wasn't and am not allowed to be either. And there's times I feel like I can never express myself because society puts me down since I don't act like a 'real' man, and then when I try and seek some kind of solace I worry I'll be put down by others because I "switched sides"... even though I was never on any side to begin with. I really get afraid of expressing myself online because I see how nasty some feminist can be more triggering like.. I am afraid to check emails because of what people might say to me during a debate, and they have no idea; I'm more afraid of women then of men, and i know that's stupid. Because men are far stronger than me.. its just.. I wish people would get it.. :{ and that people wouldn't hurt others. Yes some men are fucking assholes. But so are woman, too. Do these people really need to see my mental health medical record?

[atoms_vibrating]

I am not trans* (I am genderfluid), but my girlfriend is trans* and just from living with her and experiencing life with a trans* person, I understand everything you're saying. I have witnessed my girlfriend being constantly policed by people - she's "not girly enough", or she isn't "dressed girly enough", or she isn't "behaving girly enough", or other such bullshit cis people sic on her. She's also had that same bullshit dished out to her from trans*women!!! Trans*women policing how she identifies as a woman! WTF

[matrixmann]

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