B-but...being vulnerable is what the patriarchy wants! Also, wanting to advance in science & technology is also what the patriarchy wants therefore let's live in a cave to fight against the patriarchy!

R67H · 2018-04-12T16:05:19+00:00

I think she's confused

armaadi · 2018-04-12T14:20:36+00:00

You can be vulnerable and soft. You can falter, fumble and learn. None of that is keeping you from also being strong and resilient. I don't know why people think that showing vulnerability is automatically weak.

tenchineuro · 2018-04-12T15:19:16+00:00

"strength is, itself, a patriarchal hangup".

She's not been paying any attention to feminism, like, for her entire lifetime.

One recurring feminist sound-byte is that men fear strong women, when the reality is that feminists fear all men all the time. And what is a strong women? Other than that men fear them I have no idea and asking what it means has never resulted in an answer. Perhaps it's like an observer in QM, it's undefined, or perhaps left as an exercise to the reader.

TheStumblingWolf · 2018-04-12T15:03:51+00:00

That's strange, I associate failing, learning and keeping on going with strength...

col2eight · 2018-04-12T18:01:02+00:00

...they're going back to where they started.

Terminal-Psychosis · 2018-04-12T20:42:43+00:00

This is excellent advice, for women.

For men, no, not so much.

Samisseyth · 2018-04-12T20:20:04+00:00

How about you just be who you want to be and lay off the beauty magazines written by other judgmental women.

Couldawg · 2018-04-13T02:37:58+00:00

How about that. The patriarchy is now responsible for Girl Power.

NecroHexr · 2018-04-12T14:32:15+00:00

Haha, that's hilarious. Feminism has gone full circle. Now they want to cower and be weak and let men cover for them.

Blutarg · 2018-04-12T17:24:06+00:00

What a special snowflake, bucking the tide, saying what other people aren't saying. Courageous and brave.

moose-rider32 · 2018-04-12T15:04:22+00:00

At first it was "be strong" so you didn't have to depend on men. Now it's"be vulnerable" so you have to depend on them.

PeonSupreme · 2018-04-12T18:58:58+00:00

Every complaint like this pushes me further away.

Title	B-but...being vulnerable is what the patriarchy wants! Also, wanting to advance in science & technology is also what the patriarchy wants therefore let's live in a cave to fight against the patriarchy!
Author	ConstantIt
Upvotes	152
Comments	20
Date	April 12, 2018 2:03 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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