#are biased or bigoted

[phoenixyfriend]

Some of the comments I get on my posts about the NYT just have me going "you are throwing out the baby with the bathwater"

#I think that's the best way to summarize some of my frustration with people talking shit about the #New York Times #yes it has some MASSIVE PITFALLS #but that doesn't make the thousands of other reporters useless or malicious just because a handful of reporters and upper management #are biased or bigoted #but that goes for ANY news source #your job as a reader and consumer is to read enough sources that you can draw a conclusion #one bad apple does spoil the barrel... but the NYT isn't just one barrel #personal #vent post #a big deal at least to me is that they have access a lot of other outlets don't. nyt got the interview with Schumer! #Democracy Now is further left and gets decent interviews but they didn't get Schumer when that context and questioning was what i needed

[a-polite-melody]

Something I’ve heard over and over again is that, somehow, trans men having a word to use to mean “the intersection of transphobia and misogyny as they intersect under the lens of transness toward societal masculinity,” or even having that sort of concept harms trans women.

I’ve never heard anyone try to explain how, exactly, except that it takes away attention from transmisogyny—as if trans men must suffer in silence or else we harm our trans sisters, rather than two conversations being able to happen simultaneously about how transness and misogyny intersect for different people depending on societal perceptions of both femininity and masculinity.

#my post #transandrophobia #transmisandry #‘the concept is transmisogynist!’ #how so? #do you want us to drop everything because we heard the word ‘transmisogyny’ even though no one can tell us how exactly #we’re being transmisogynistic in order to help us build theory away from biases you could be pointing out #you can just say ‘this is bigotry’ and we have to stop even when no one actually seems to see anything bigoted in it besides that you’ve #heard someone else say that because they heard someone else say it and so on

[prussianbluevelvet]

As a leftist, having ‘good intentions’ is not enough.

You need to be fucking educated.

Your intentions mean NOTHING, without accurate knowledge and education abt minorities, you’re just doomed to repeat harmful propaganda without A) being able to spot it and B) more prone to justifying your bigotry and biases via ‘I’m trying to be morally correct so I’ll just believe whatever makes me feel good 🥺🥺🥺’ which just results in you confirming and perpetrating you own biases.

Like… I have a migraine now. I just spent 2 HOURS explaining the history of antisemitism in europe to my mum and educating her about jewish stereotypes and the history/cultural context behind it cause she’s a typical well-meaning-but uneducated leftist who thinks that spewing antisemitic rhetoric is somehow ‘helping Palestine’ i think the fuck not! bitch ur literally european how the fuck are you NOT familiar with the BS myths and legends behind antisemitism… thought it was common knowledge but I suppose people are generally less educated than i thought????? ugh.

Being a leftist doesn’t automatically make you a good person, or ‘correct’ or even morally correct.

You gotta actually fucking learn about history, and various cultures, and the context behind different types of bigotry if you want to avoid repeating it.

Everybody thinks they’re ‘morally correct’. Nazis think their actions are morally justifiable.

Being a leftist isn’t about being ‘morally correct’.

#antisemitism #i/p conflict #leftist antisemitism #if ur leftism doesnt involve questioning ur biases than its useless #u gotta actually put in fucking effort to learn and unlearn and relearn again in an endless cycle #and always be on the lookout for potential propaganda because ur not fucking immune #intelligence wont save you from accidentally becoming a bigot #having good intentions wont either #cause intelligence and wisdom are two very different things! having the former doesn’t guarantee the latter #israel #palestine

[fromtheseventhhell]

Interesting how the Trident incident is the only moment where people question Joffrey's capacity for cruelty. He is almost universally considered one of the worst asoiaf characters, with no redeemable qualities. No one ever attempts to justify his actions when he abuses Sansa, orders Ned's executions, or any of his other many acts of violence. It's only this moment, a moment meant to introduce us to his cruel nature, that people seem to believe him to be a rational character with limits. It's honestly laughable. It's evident that the people who think like this are just biased against Arya; the majority of these arguments are centered not around Joffrey's violence, but Arya's actions to defend Mycah. People seem to truly believe that the better option would have been to let Joffrey "have his fun" and torment Mycah.

Debating how badly Joffrey would've hurt Mycah misses the entire point of the moment. Joffrey attacks Mycah because he's lowborn, he finds amusement in tormenting others, and he knows he can get away with it. He was quick to pull his sword and draw blood and, from what we know of his character, he undoubtedly would've taken it further. Arya stands up to him because she thinks that Mycah is worth defending which is significant considering she is the only one to do so. She is also the only character who mourns him and is affected by his senseless death, even books later (Ned is affected by his death but I wouldn't say he mourns him, although it is a moment that influences his feelings towards the Lannisters and Robert). Even if, which is a very big if, Joffery hadn't intended to go any further he had already crossed a line by attacking Mycah. The only alternative would be that Arya simply sits by and watches Joffrey further injure Mycah...and that's somehow the "better" option?

The people coming to the conclusion that Arya was the one who escalated the situation (and that it's somehow not Joffrey pulling his sword on an innocent boy) are coming from the perspective of the classist society that they live in. Joffrey attacking a lowborn boy wasn't an issue worth action, but harming a prince is "wrong". Mycah being attacked, and later murdered, is seen as inconsequential to the other characters (and readers) because he is lowborn. That's the thing though. You aren't supposed to look at this situation where a young boy is murdered for no reason and think that the only one who defended should've behaved differently. This moment is a criticism of the classist society these characters live in. It is significant that Arya is markedly less classist than a majority of other characters and cares when no one else does.

Further, if Arya were truly in the wrong for her actions then Joffrey wouldn't have needed to lie about what happened. From the very existence of the "trial" and Arya being given the chance to tell her version of events, we know that there wouldn't be any punishment if the truth of the situation had been told from the very beginning. The only reason there was an issue is because Joffrey decided to attack Mycah, and then later lie about what happened. Arya is not responsible for Joffrey's cruelty, Cersei's enabling, or Robert's subsequent apathy. The fact that people can't seem to comprehend this is maddening. I've never seen people have the same attitude towards Sansa for speaking up for Dontos, even though it incurred Joffrey's wrath and would've escalated had Sandor not spoken up. Why are Sansa's actions brave and kind, but Arya's are seen as stupid and reckless? What happened to not blaming young characters for the actions of others?

This is one of those things where the fandom decides for themselves that they know the story being told, without actually looking at how it's written. They would rather debate on (baseless) hypotheticals than look at why George presented the story to us the way he did. It takes an insane amount of misinterpretation to decide that Arya's actions are the reason for Mycah's death and misses a, rather large, point being made by the author. Notably, none of these people can ever provide evidence from the book to support their insistence that Joffrey would've simply left Mycah alone. You would think that since that's the basis of their argument and they're so adamant that their analysis is correct, they would be able to support their reasoning. It's almost as though the books don't support their interpretations...

#arya stark #ned stark #joffrey baratheon #the trident incident #anti arya bs #fandom nonsense #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #people are joining the class wars on the side of classism and that's just insane to me sdksdkdsk #you are not supposed to think that Arya defending a lowborn boy being attacked is wrong! or that her not being classist is wrong oh my god #yeah George's point was totally that it's better to bow to classist ideals than defend those who are unfairly treated /srs #he wrote a bunch of characters victimized by a bigoted society cause he was in a silly goofy mood he definitely wasn't making a point 🤪 #I've said this before but it really is alarming that George has more progressive ideas then a lot of people in fandom #anyways it rocks that Arya defended Mycah it rocks that she isn't classist it rocks that she wants justice for him #it rocks that she's constantly thinking about trying to protect those who can't protect themselves and that she wants justice for them #hurray for privileged characters growing beyond the ignorance of the society they were raised in!!! #praying people don't try and misinterpret what I said because my point about Sansa/Dontos isn't that she was wrong for speaking up for him #it's that people are hypocritical and biased when it comes to Arya and her behavior #the same people who say you can't blame Sansa for lying will blame Arya for Mycah and Lady's death it's honestly hilarious

[uranium-city]

the newest Helluva Boss was actually pretty decent & enjoyable, but the reworking of the narrative to paint Striker as a bigoted “supremacist” gives off some pretty uncomfortable classist undertones. We’ve seen Stolas abuse imps multiple times before (infantilization of Blitzø, using them as servants, treating an imp like a stress ball in Seeing Stars, etc.), yet we are being led to believe that he is completely innocent & Striker only hates him because of his race?? Feels weird to paint the guy who is validly upset at the mistreatment of his race as the racist villain & the privileged upper class guy who consistently abuses said race as the hero. I don’t like that at all.

#it’d be one thing if Stolas was actually innocent & Striker was just judging him off of his own biases which- still would fall flat as a #criticism since it isn’t addressing the larger systemic issue of class but like. i see the intention “don’t judge people off #their class but instead judge them for their character!!” but Stolas IS a classist character!! perhaps not intentionally so #(in fact i think Stolas not being aware of his biases is a more realistic depiction of racism/classism) but the narrative doesn’t address #that!! Blue blood Stolas is painted as a perfect little innocent baby & oppressed working man Striker is painted as a vicious bigot!! #it’s very weird i felt like i was watching upper class propaganda when i was watching this episode #helluva critical #vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical

[someguyiguess]

listen i know how some people are gonna read this but i just cannot understand bigots. like, regardless of what kind it is, i just do not get it. its one thing to be raised in it but then to grow up and develop the ability to question your biases and come out intentionally bigoted? i do not get it. its all so so stupid. “oh trans men are terrible male privelidged blah blah” grow the fuck up. literally what is the point. you sound ridiculous to anyone rational. especially coming from a different marginalized group like oh my god how do you not see the parallels.

#i understand i was bigoted myself but i grew out of it #and yeah i likely still have biases but i try my damndest to question them and look out for them

[furiousgoldfish]

me: going about my business

my brain: yeah but what would those piece of shit abusers think about you right now?? what would they judge you for? what kind of flaw would they point out?? would they approve anything about you?? how about you think about THAT for the next hour???

#its like being worried what the worst people on earth might think if they saw you #like who even cares their sins outnumber yours by millions #their opinions are worse than worthless they're self serving and manipulative and controlling #not to mention biased stupid unsourced bigoted shallow and incorrect #i should be thrilled they would think low of me #and yet my brain is like 'BUT WOULD THEY LIKE ME NOW???' #of course they wouldn't #they didn't like you when you were a toddler and they wont like you until the day they die lol #we don't need to be liked by monsters #we need to stay away from them #ugh #growing up around this kind of scrutiny really does a number on the brain

[sadgirlshome]

I think another thing that really annoys me on the whole sivi thing is that it points to a pattern I've been seeing lately that I'm really tired of.

I cannot believe this site was at one point peak leftism/sjw/progression or whatever you want to call it with the amount of harassment we have today. Look at all the TERFs & transphobes we have right now. I really hope it's not lost on anyone how many trans people were on that "most annoying Tumblr users" poll. That and the resurface of so many misogynistic ass posts from people you'd think would know better being queer themselves, the hate some of y'all have for atheists and secularity, constant infighting about the dumbest queer shit, the ableism, racism etc.

It's one thing when you go to some bigot's corner where they're just screaming at a wall with their hate like the human pet guy and another when these sentiments above are shared & liked by so many here and you guys don't even realise it because it's worded liberally enough or in a progressive way or because you find someone "weird" or "annoying" and you won't even examine why you feel that way and think it's okay to collectively harass them and bully them off.

So many of you are really no better than middle school bullies.

#t #p #tonysopranobignaturals #I wish sivi nothing but peace. #use your critical thinking skills #examine your biases #& most importantly be kinder. #and like!! if you're uncomfortable or annoyed by someone just block???? unless they're being an active bigot JUST BLOCK ITS NOT THAT DEEP.

[xxlovelynovaxx]

Me, a physically disabled (high support needs) neurodivergent (mid to high support needs) person: Hey, my neurodivergence IS extremely disabling in a way that a lot of you say "isn't possible" and also my physical and neurological disabilities often combine in ways that can't be separated and produce symptoms that are new or of added severity for me.

Responses I've gotten from disabled exclusionists (some of whom are also both physically disabled and neurodivergent):

"What drugs are you on, you delusional freak?"

"I've never experienced this and therefore you're a dirty lying physically abled neurodivergent person who just wants to be more disabled and oppressed than you are. My experiences are universal and anyone who has different experiences is a lying liar. No one can ever prove otherwise because my axiom is that anyone who claims otherwise is lying."

"The ableds are at it again."

"Sit down and let the REAL disabled people talk."

"You're never allowed to find similarities between disabilities that are of different types, even ones you have, and if you do you're actually the reason why accessibility is such an issue because conflating them is why ableist doctors don't give us what we need and why society thinks medical gatekeeping is good, actually."

"If you're that suicidal do us all a favor and kill yourself."

This is without even getting into stuff about how disabled labels often apply differently to systems. The big discourse now is "nonverbal" labels for headmates who are permanently, always nonverbal, primarily by people and systems who refuse to view systems as anything but "parts" of a single person. Which is funny to me because ah yes, we have actual studies showing physical disabilities such as allergies can apply only to individual headmates, but gods forbid you apply a neurological label to someone whose brain activity is not only visibly different on scans from yours, but to the extent that it changes your entire shared physical body!

Like here's a novel idea: maybe we could just stop policing how other disabled people talk about their disabilities forever! Maybe we could blame any and all harm done even from the unicorn-rarity "actual fakers/liars" (also don't think I don't see you being ableist against people with actual diagnosed that cause compulsive lying) on the ableists DOING the harm because it's actually perfectly possible for them not to cherrypick our words and listen to the MAJORITY of us!

Maybe, just maybe, we could form a coalition, focus on the REAL enemy (ableist medical professionals and lawmakers) and push for actual change for ALL of us!

#also. I have been called ableist for reclaiming the r slur in a 'so what if I AM unintelligent or otherwise socially/emotionally incapable #specifically BECAUSE it was used against me for YEARS to the point of severe trauma #specifically FOR being a socially inept 'gifted kid' #and yet I've been told telling the truth about my own experiences is 'speaking over people with intellectualdisabilities' #and that I didn't actually experience that and they were actually not insulting me becaude they were only insulting intelligence #and it's like 'a bullet with your name on it aimed at me that hits me isn't making YOU bleed' #the target of a bigoted attack is the person that gets hit by it regardless of if the bigot is wrong about their identity #because get this bigots don't actually stop and apologize if they find out they're 'wrong' about you #because the reason they're attacking you is to enforce normalcy on you and they've sensed you are abnormal #it's like hey maybe actually slur reclamation discourse is bullshit and the basis for reclamation should be 'have you been called this' #and 'listen to people with different disabilities' should never mean 'other people know your own experiences better than you' #because that's precisely the problem causing so much ableism towards neurodivergent people from physically disabled people! #'I'm more disabled and oppressed than you on the disabled hierarchy' #'and therefore I get to define your own experiences and the meaning behind them' #No! That's a fucking problem! And super ableist no matter WHAT your disabilities #'listen to other disabled people' goes both ways #you might actually have to examine your own biases and readjust your viewpoint #because newsflash the ableism you think is unique to YOUR disability? ISN'T. #boo fucking hoo you have to acknowledge other people have been hurt by the same things you have #hyper individualism is a plague. you are not special. we're all fucked under abled hegemony #and yes abled people listen to some of us more - lower support needs and intellectually nondisabled people most #but you cannot just assume based on ONE label or lack of that someone is in the 'listened to' category #ableds don't listen to me regardless of eloquence or w/e because I'm massively crippled and mad and have cognitive disabilities #like if you think I have privilege over you bc I'm 'smart' or w/e. abled people take one look at me being a crippled schizo #and write me off as completely crazy! NO ONE listens to mad people. we are in THE SAME BOAT #anyway this rant is not even at anyone or any particular group because I've noticed it coming from EVERYWHERE in the community #these are just some examples #discourse #tw suibaiting mention #tw delusional as insult mention

[horse-head-farms]

just realised a transphobe was following me, blocked now. 👍 but I mention this because their follow list was public and it was a complete 50/50 split between terf blogs and minecraft youtuber blogs which is the funniest combination I have seen in my life because how the fuck can you be transphobic in mcytblr what. everyone here is either trans or the biggest ally ever. it wasn’t a hatefollow thing either they were following a bunch of popular mcyt blogs, some CCs and xb themed blogs (like this one) which seems like a pretty normal selection. just losing my mind over the fucking transphobic xb fan out there. like what transphobe has a blorbo with pronouns in his yt bio and is a man that enjoys being called princess. a good chunk of the blogs they are following are openly trans too. how does this even happen. what

#idk maybe i should have kept them unblocked and just posted transfem hypno stuff and converted them to the good side #but then again im not even trans and it grosses me out to think about a bigot following me. horrible. and its not my duty to #fix other peoples problems #anyways thank you tumblr user hyp xb whose fanfic i was about to reblog and then saw you respond to this guy in notes #<- username spaced apart because i dont want to mess up my tag search #transphobia #cw transphobia #sorry for the heavier post this is just insane to me #this is the first time i have seen a hardcore bigot in the mcyt community. like people with subconscious biases yeah #but full on transphobic anti-surgery shit. no

[uncanny-tranny]

unusual question but what social media do you think is trans-friendly (and no, imo terfblr isn't)

I mean, I've personally accepted that because most social media is, in some ways, a reflection of broader society (even in small ways) that there isn't any one social media that's "clean" of any bigotry, even transphobia.

Instead, what I think people should do is work with the tools a social media platform gives them. Essentially, curate your experience. I used to pride myself on never blocking people, never fighting back, being docile and letting people say the most unhinged things they wanted about me and my transness, but the only person who hurt in the long run was me. I thought that the more "accepting" I was for anything, the better I was as a person because I never was a person. I didn't allow myself to experience anything, and so I kind of let social media be just as unwelcoming as my real life felt.

Maybe there is a small social media that I'm not aware of, but in terms of larger ones (e.g., twitter, facebook, instagram), I don't think they are at all free from transphobia, especially when algorithms are based in engagement, and seeing how anger and division drives so much engagement.

If you want to use these more well-known social media, I think you have to not let yourself be passive. You have to moderate your experience if you want it to be pleasant. Block people, leave groups if you find any hint of bigotry, keep debates about transness to a minimum if you're the debate type, report things that go against ToS, know that you don't have to deal with anything that doesn't make you comfortable.

I know of some smaller platforms, but I have not tried them. I have the most experience with larger, more well-known social medias, and I don't believe any of them are broadly trans-accepting. I know from experience, however, that this isn't the whole of the platform you choose. There will always be people who want to be trans-accepting, you sometimes just have to find them.

#ask #anon #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #long post #and honestly i side-eye smaller or lesser-known social medias because... #...of how many smaller platforms have little to no moderation and will thus allow the worst of the worst #that isn't to say that larger platforms are better though #like again i think people forget that actual people use social media... #...and that means that they bring in a lot of things like biases or even bigoted beliefs... #...i just see people who are like 'its not that serious social media is an innocent thing'... #...and while i see the appeal of holding nobody accountable for their behaviour i don't buy it completely #i don't mean to be negative when i say all this it's just.... kind of been my own experience the past seven+ years #that's also why i started being more direct with things i'm not comfortable with (which is something i'm so bad at lol) #and why i decided to turn off anon/reblogs whenever i feel the need #because tumblr is *not* the most queer-friendly app. like that's just a marketing attempt because it's the fucking opposite 9/10 times... #...and because it isn't queer-friendly it will attract queerphobes. which is why i've had to permanently turn off reblogs on a post... #...which seems monumentos because i've had this blog for years and years and it's just... permanently off because it got so bad #i like the UI of tumblr most times which is why i'm still here but if you ask me if i like staff i'm going to side-eye you for it

[stardustdiiving]

Do people forget what the theme of Fontaine is? Fontaine, and the way the city looks by extension, is a front, that's the whole point of Fontaine as a nation, that's the theme of Fontaine that was spelled out in the first trailer

Of course Fontaine might seem to be better to some people at first glance, but if those people thought about it for two seconds they would realize that Fontaine is not, because I'm fairly certain that's the point

(In response to this)

YEAH EXACTLY. I feel a lot of it is unconscious biases revolving around xenophobia etc, but also I think there are a lot of people who play genshin for just like general gameplay (or gacha addictions because genshin is a flashy gacha game ultimately) based entertainment, and storytelling just isn’t really a part of what they’re playing the game for at all. Especially in ehhh. “Normie/dudebro” kinds of spaces which is where I see this dialogue crop up in the most (though not exclusively)

So I guess to me it’s not even that they forget, it’s just um. I think some people do not consider the concept of genshin’s story presenting a theme or purpose when they play through it? NSHNDJCJD

#fern.txt #asks #even if they dumbed down the writing a lot or the writing was extra good or bad etc i don’t think anything #rlly stops ppl if they’re just going to come into somethign and apply bigoted biases tho #but also I feel on top of this a lot more people are way more discouraged and detached #from an interest to apply comphrension or analysis to a lot of things thsn some ppl realize

[ciderjacks]

the problem is I hate advertising Deadloch as The Gay Show bc it’s possibly the best show I’ve ever seen and so just saying “well it’s got gays so. Watch it.?” feels like an insult esp since you sort of forget it’s gay halfway thru bc the story is what really draws interest but also like half the stuff I want to say is Major Spoilers. So.

GuyS PLESSE watch it it’s so good I can’t spoil but the pacing is insane, the buildup is amazing, the slow peeling back of the onion is SO GOOD and makes you want to watch it more than once just to catch stuff you didn’t see before bc the first time watching you’re gonna be too caught up in the story to think about it. When I first watched it I didn’t even notice really obvious stuff or even the jokes bc I felt like I was living the story with the characters, like. Like it made me Feel Things. It has really good messaging that I don’t usually see in media at all, it’s funny, the characters are so well written like they feel like Real People more than I can say for literally anything else I’ve seen, the conflict is well done, the show doesn’t treat you like you’re stupid and it doesn’t ever stretch out anything to fill time bc it doesn’t have to. The mystery is really compelling, so many scenes gave me real chills which is awesome, the music used is PERFECT. It doesn’t take itself too seriously but it knows when to be respectful of a scene or character. The cinematography is great, the camera framing is a character of its own. the writing is incredibly good, everything feels (and probably is) intentional, there’s only 8 episodes so it’s not a huge commitment if you’re worried about that. BASICALLY PLS WATCH IT.

#deadloch #Also should make clear that while it’s a detective show it is very much not pro-police #Something that gets more and more heavy handed in each episode #The system is depicted as corrupt biased bigoted violent abusive and stupid #And every officer besides the main 4 is depicted the same way #Especially the commissioner #tv shows #queer shows #Also if u don’t already have Amazon prime don’t buy it lol I have the episodes downloaded I can get them to you for free #Bc while it’s not on the boycott list Amazon is on the pressure list #Which I assume includes prime #So

[thedisablednaturalist]

This is why only like 1% of physically disabled people actually have a job. People just assume we don't want one/can't do any job.

#wrenfea.exe #or they force us to do minimum wage jobs and then underpay us #honestly most people arent even thinking this conciously #like they aren't bigoted they are just...completely separated from our world #it never crosses their minds #ive spoken to so many leftists who pride themselves in being open and facing their biases #and they were SHOCKED and DISGUSTED with themselves because they literally NEVER considered things from our pov #they can understand what its like to be depressed or unfocused due to adhd #they cannot fucking understand what its like to rely so much upon others. what its like to be in constant pain. #what its like to not be able to move your body or not even have that body part #they do not see us as people and dont even REALIZE they feel that way #also they do not see people with neurological or severe developmental disabilities as human either #we are the hypothetical. The news story. The friends cousins sister in laws niece #chronic disability #chronic pain #cripplepunk #angry cripple #disability #physical disability #physically disabled #working while disabled #like they fucking assumed that they didnt even need to prepare anything for physically disabled people #because of course no physically disabled people actually GO to college or apply for jobs #we all sit on our asses and take the governments money or burden our poor abled family and friends!

[tittyinfinity]

I hate when I see a post on here that makes a pretty good point, but you've seen some of OP's other posts and know that they're definitely not a reliable source for anything

#like I'd love to back you up but i unfollowed you a few months ago over some bullshit you said #you can't go off on people about being bigoted and discriminatory while also saying that #certain LGBT people don't exist and ''invade our spaces'' #even if you're right it's extremely hypocritical to expect everyone BUT YOU to examine their biases #.bdo

[prettyboyscollection]

“females are inherently victims and they can never escape this fact ever. males are inherently predators and no matter what they’re dangerous. this is the natural way of things. hey why are you walking away”

#the belief that women are always victims is stupid as fuck for a lot of reasons but the one that irks me the most is #a lot of women will use that as a way to get away with actions that are just as bad as what men do #or even worse #women who rape their male partners get away with it because they’re a woman #women who abuse their kids in any way get away with it because people are biased to believe a woman over her kids #(like my mom who lied to CPS about her abusing me and my siblings) #thinking that women are forever victims and that men are forever dangerous also just sucks. what a bleak outlook #thinking that some people are genetically hardwired to abuse people is such a disturbing mentality to have #there’s no biological feature about men OR women (or people outside of those!) that makes them better or worse than the other #and believing there is…… it’s a very concerning thing to believe in #it takes away agency from everyone #there is no biological component that makes people commit sex crimes or abuse their kids or be bigoted #anyone can be that way #and saying it’s innate and how the world just IS is giving bad people a free pass to do bad things #z.txt #vent post