• terwn43lp@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    since we’re bringing up stats. overwhelming majority of homeless people, prisoners, war victims, work accidents, and suicide victims are men. i get that men are more prone to violence, however verbal abuse often goes underreported and many studies show women are much more likely to engage in verbal abuse. my point is, both genders have issues that all stem from the same underlying problems (capitalism, healthcare, education). the reason women are often portrayed as victims is because of our cultural and genetic history, mixed with a biased media that profits off of “damstrels in distress”

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      5 months ago

      both genders have issues that all stem from the same underlying problems (capitalism, healthcare, education).

      How convenient of you to leave out patriarchy, which harms everyone, but benefits most men enough for them to refuse to fight against it.

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        5 months ago

        agreed to an extent but patriarchy benefits the 1% at the top moreso than the average man. i agree that we live in a hypermasculine culture that harms everyone