As someone with Tourette's, this is absolutely true. I have never had to do this, but I know other people with Tourette's who do, and it is genuinely shitty to make fun of them for it. Believe it or not, they are extremely self conscious about it, and people making fun of them for it is their worst nightmare.
AKA a pointlessly gendered term made up to attack men for existing
You know who spreads their legs too much on public transport when there isn't enough room, and doing so would make your neighbors uncomfortable? Rude people, not men. But people have become convinced that some bad behaviors are only possible in men, and come up with gendered terms to attack them.
It's called "being rude and taking up too much space on public transit", not "manspreading". It's called "being condescending", not "mansplaining". It's called "interrupting", not "manterrupting".
Can you imagine the blowback if people started throwing around terms like that, aimed at women for things they are perceived to do more than men? People would lose their minds at the sexism. But hey, if it's aimed at men, it's fine, right?
Sometimes, I like to imagine how much people would lose their fucking minds if these kind of gendered terms existed aimed at women.
Seriously. Think of a negative stereotype about women. It doesn't matter if you think the stereotype is fair or not. Just a negative stereotype about women. Now imagine there is a gendered term to refer to how women do that thing, instead of just a generic term for when people do it.
People would lose their fucking minds. "Ovary-acting, because woman are always overreacting to things, amiright?!" People would immediately shut that shit down as being intensely misogynistic. But when it's aimed at men, it's perfectly fine, right?
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As someone with Tourette's, this is absolutely true. I have never had to do this, but I know other people with Tourette's who do, and it is genuinely shitty to make fun of them for it. Believe it or not, they are extremely self conscious about it, and people making fun of them for it is their worst nightmare.
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But i save more than I rape
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It's actually called shebagging and it's a thing people complain about too.
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I don't know if it's an accepted or used term like man spreading but I know for a fact women taking up seats with bags is called that.
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AKA a pointlessly gendered term made up to attack men for existing
You know who spreads their legs too much on public transport when there isn't enough room, and doing so would make your neighbors uncomfortable? Rude people, not men. But people have become convinced that some bad behaviors are only possible in men, and come up with gendered terms to attack them.
It's called "being rude and taking up too much space on public transit", not "manspreading". It's called "being condescending", not "mansplaining". It's called "interrupting", not "manterrupting".
Can you imagine the blowback if people started throwing around terms like that, aimed at women for things they are perceived to do more than men? People would lose their minds at the sexism. But hey, if it's aimed at men, it's fine, right?
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Sometimes, I like to imagine how much people would lose their fucking minds if these kind of gendered terms existed aimed at women.
Seriously. Think of a negative stereotype about women. It doesn't matter if you think the stereotype is fair or not. Just a negative stereotype about women. Now imagine there is a gendered term to refer to how women do that thing, instead of just a generic term for when people do it.
People would lose their fucking minds. "Ovary-acting, because woman are always overreacting to things, amiright?!" People would immediately shut that shit down as being intensely misogynistic. But when it's aimed at men, it's perfectly fine, right?
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What? How does dyslexia give you a better change at going to jail and what does that have to do with being a man?
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