I hate how sexism and body shaming is accepted against men in leftist subreddits

Deadlocked02 · 2021-12-27T14:03:18+00:00

I find it curious how left-wing spaces are willing to acknowledge certain problems when it comes to black men (false rape accusations, police violence, court bias, bodyshaming and ridiculously high body standards), but that’s it. They make it a racial issue and act as if non-black men can’t possibly suffer with any of these issues.

ripyourlungsdave · 2021-12-27T14:13:01+00:00

I tried to call this same shit out on that post about how much uglier Stephen Miller is than Keanu Reeves a couple days ago. Because “hate ages you”.

And while I despise Steven Miller, we shouldn’t be mocking him for his appearance. Ugly people don’t deserve to be associated with people like him through their ugliness alone. And fuck people who do that shit.

Surprisingly, though, I didn’t get downvoted. It didn’t quite get to the front of the post, but I was given a few gold and like 300 upvotes. So not everyone on those subs behaves like that. But it’s way more prominent than it should be.

gabrielcoronel_ · 2021-12-27T14:32:30+00:00

but when the same language was used on men in general they all of a sudden became cool with it.

That's due to modern identity politics.

They don't acknowledge multiple cases of oppression against certain groups, because they don't consider those groups to be oppressed.

To them, you're not an individual, but a member of a group. This's why they don't acknowledge oppression or sexism against individual men, because to them men are always perpetrators and never victims.

Modern identity politics is what has driven me away from the modern left, many cases of oppression are overlooked (sometimes celebrated) and there's no true advocacy for some oppressed groups (men).

As a leftst myself, I find these people to be really hypocrite. They complain about conservatives' tribalism, but they're just as tribalist as them.

over348 · 2021-12-27T16:49:08+00:00

Dont get me started with leftist and short men

dath_bane · 2021-12-27T19:40:40+00:00

Yeah, just seen today in r/fuckcars. SUV, 4x4 and range rover drivers have small dicks they joke. Even though I hate SUVs, the jokes seem mean sprited and unoriginal.

StarZax · 2021-12-27T16:55:12+00:00

Got banned from DankLeft because of some shitty meme that made fun of men and feminism, cuz you know, it's funny to picture things as innacurately as possible. They just don't give a fuck and it got me worried because it's obvious that the right do take advantage of that

Hodor_The_Half-Wit · 2021-12-27T21:05:24+00:00

Don't even get me started on the "short dick man" song from TikTok.

LZmiljoona · 2021-12-27T19:32:40+00:00

Was just thinking that on reddit, this specifically seems to not be super bad, often people get called out for it. Then I continued to scroll for 10 seconds and saw this. A "leftist" subreddit I am subscribed to. Fuck this. Why? Do these people not have any awareness? My comment is probably gonna be downvoted anyway...

I guess this holds true.

Imaginary-Sense3733 · 2021-12-29T13:37:09+00:00

I still wonder if being a leftist is one of the things that exacerbated my body dysmorphia. Lockdown and dating definitely played a role but I've been in leftist spaces since I was 15 and I can imagine how the general lack of regard for men emotionally and physically, enforced by body shaming and bullying, could have a subtly corrosive effect on a young person's health and development.

xsplizzle · 2021-12-27T12:27:35+00:00

Well, its clear that its only accepted against white men in this instance and most instances

ferrocarrilusa · 2022-01-01T18:49:37+00:00

I'm a real leftist, and you won't find any misandry in plenty of subs I like, including Persecution Fetish, Fragile White Redditor, Black Lives Matter, Sanders for President, New Deal America, or AOC. Make sure you don't confuse leftists with liberals.

AdamChap · 2021-12-27T22:39:47+00:00

Considering how average men feel inadequate I've always felt particularly sorry for average black men, especially given the prevalence of the stereotype. You are bound to come across some white chick who's simply fetishizing the potential girth of your genitals.

However peoples focus on the black issue just goes to show that "Black" issues > "Men's" issues. The irony is if intersectionality was actually well thought out they would see that black issues are mostly issues of "poor men" as the overlap between "poor black men" and "poor men" is greater than say "black men" and "black women".

Yeah sorry but "leftists" are mostly retarded as hell these days, and very inconsistent with their world views. I mean the amount of shade they throw at white people is one step away from going full anti-Semitic, because the say excuses they throw around for abusing white people apply FAR MORE to Jewish people who literally hold far more positions of power and own far more wealth then any other "group", especially when you consider how very small the population is.

I know the left and right both have the stupid average following, but I honestly prefer trump-tards to these social Marxist degenerates. At least conservatives mostly think it bad taste to make comments on people's genitals.

SpanishM · 2021-12-27T15:30:56+00:00

You're right, but I've taken a look at that sub and it's horrible. I don't know what you're doing there.

I'm not going to defend here neither the left nor the right. Quite the opposite: there are people in both the left and the right trying to paint the other as the devil. I hate when people do this. It's hateful, and childish.

Most people on both sides of the spectrum are not like that. Right wingers are not nazis, and left wingers are not genocidal communists. I'm sure there are some, but this does not characterize the vast majority of the people. It's almost 2022, FFS, things have changed a lot since mid-20th century.

Please, stop participating in those sites.

Vandechoz · 2021-12-27T16:25:53+00:00

I believe they call this "punching up".

DefiantDepth8932 · 2022-01-08T09:02:48+00:00

There was a lefist guy mocking right wingers and wearing a nazi outfit while doing a character. Braindead leftists subs thought he's an actual neonazi and just launched a barrage of 'short dick' comments about him. So yeah, the double standards of body shaming on leftie subs are fucking crazy! Right wingers also engage in body shaming but with lefitsts it's the hypocrisy and double standards when it comes to men and women.

WeEatBabies · 2021-12-27T13:32:09+00:00

If they accept shaming, they are not leftist, period!

Title	I hate how sexism and body shaming is accepted against men in leftist subreddits
Author	veddX
Upvotes	288
Comments	57
Date	December 27, 2021 11:51 AM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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