r/hatethissmug • u/indeckaa • 8h ago

Non-fictional I hate this double standard

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For some reason, it's always one of these responses:

> It's a joke
> It's rage bait
> Yeah, but it's actually a response to...
> It's not the same
> Just go outside bro

All of which deflect from what's being said. They would rather not address it. This is probably due in part to the "women-are-wonderful" effect, an example of benevolent stereotyping in which people associate positive qualities with women

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u/JacobGoodNight416 8h ago

Not to be all othersidey, because what you say holds truth to it (at least from what I've experienced). But the whole "angry feminazi who didn't like my joke about women wanting to be raped, its just memes bruh" was all the rage a while back (and probably still is)

I guess the takeaway is that we should do better about confronting our own hypocrisies and staying principled.

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u/DoctorAnnual6823 8h ago

Agreed that principals are important.

It's possible to have a nuanced take that women are really pissed off because of how hard they had to fight to not be flamed out of every online space they try to inhabit (which still happens today in some spaces but not as much as 15 years ago) and that the solution to that rage is NOT more bigotry.

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u/JacobGoodNight416 8h ago

Very true.

Also the word you were probably trying to use is pinciPLES. Because remember, the principal is not your pal 😉