"no see they're not being transmisogynistic, they don't hate trans women! they're specifcially talking about *men*, and trans women aren't men! so no one would EVER refer to them as such"
wow you're sooo smart, you're so smart and understanding, your brain is huge y'know that. you're sooooo intelligent and thoughtful and you really get it y'know, you smart person you.
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Even something as basic as advice on how to exercise to keep disease at bay is based on male-biased research. If you run a general search for whether resistance training is good for reducing heart disease, you’ll come across a series of papers warning against resistance training if you have high blood pressure. This is in large part because of the concerns that it doesn’t have as beneficial an effect on lowering blood pressure as aerobic exercise, and also because it causes an increase in artery stiffness.
Which is all true. In men. Who, as ever, form the majority of research participants. The research that has been done on women suggests that this advice is not gender-neutral. A 2008 paper, for example, found that not only does resistance training lower blood pressure to a greater extent in women, women don’t suffer from the same increase in artery stiffness. And this matters, because as women get older, their blood pressure gets higher compared to men of the same age, and elevated blood pressure is more directly linked to cardiovascular mortality in women than in men. In fact, the risk of death from coronary artery disease for women is twice that for men for every 20 mm Hg increase in blood pressure above normal levels. It also matters because commonly used antihypertensive drugs have been shown to be less beneficial in lowering blood pressure in women than in men.
So to sum up: for women, the blood-pressure drugs (developed using male subjects) don’t work as effectively, but resistance training just might do the trick. Except we haven’t known that because all the studies have been done on men. And this is before we account for the benefits to women in doing resistance training to counteract osteopenia and osteoporosis, both of which they are at high risk for post-menopause.Other male-biased advice includes the recommendation for diabetics to do high-intensity interval training; it doesn’t really help female diabetics (we don’t really know why, but this is possibly because women burn fat more than carbs during exercise). We know very little about how women respond to concussions, ‘even though women suffer from concussions at higher rates than men and take longer to recover in comparable sports’. Isometric exercises fatigue women less (which is relevant for post-injury rehabilitation) because men and women have different ratios of types of muscle fibre, but we have ‘a limited understanding of the differences’ because there are ‘an inadequate number of published studies’.
— Caroline Criado Perez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Never date/marry a man who:
is a misogynist, is anti-feminist, is religious, is conservative, thinks women should cater to him, doesn't know how to cook, doesn't know how to clean, is a mama's boy, a man-child, expects you to take care of his parents, isn't willing to leave his parent's house to live with you separately, doesn't add value in your life, has a 50/50 mentality, has a traditional mentality, isn't financially stable, isn't emotionally stable, calls himself 'alpha or sigma', is broke, has a high body count, consumes xxx videos, is a drunkie, doesn't support your career and dreams, has the audacity to dictate your life, tells you what to wear, doesn't respect women, use misogynistic slurs like "whore" or "bitch" or "slut" for women he doesn't like, plays video games 24/7, barks too much, prefers physical intimacy over casual intimacy, does not worship the ground you walk on, doesn't believe women are goddesses, is uneducated, is illiterate, is dumb, is a coward, needs therapy, belongs in an asylum, belongs in jail but is free to roam, is a rape apologist, has toxic friends, idolizes misogynist men, is a tater tot, listens to his alpha daddies podcasts, sexualizes women, young girls and children, doesn't find the sexualization of women in movies/shows problematic, is envious of powerful women, isn't okay with you being wealthier than him, calls women "gold diggers" for having high standards his broke ass can't afford, only likes feminine women, but is himself an ugly gorilla who looks like a forest, thinks he deserves to be the first priority in your life, lives in a delusion that you would choose him over your dreams anytime, is miserable, has a victim mindset, is insecure about everything, thinks he's superior to you because he's a man, has an attitude, is egoistic, looks innocent but deserves a slap on his face, makes fun of your hobbies, makes fun of common women's hobbies, is annoying, is being an obstacle in your journey to your dreams, thinks your life should revolve around him, is a narcissist, and, you don't feel safe and loved in his presence.
The list goes on... I will add more red flags 🚩 if/when I find out. Men have been exposing them at an accelerating rate.
Don't make the mistake of ignoring any one of them. Otherwise you will suffer.
Feel free to add more to the list.
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*Note* if you see any man crying about this blog, it's because he feels called out. If it's a stupid woman complaining, it's because she is dating one of these red flags and is miserable about the fact that you won't settle with a garbage like she did.
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Mean thoughts about Kylar. Both F and M Kyler <3...
Bullying M!Kylar by flirting with other people right in front of him, scowling down at him in a way that makes him whimper and paw at his pants while your hand lingers for a second too long on someone else. Doesn't matter who, only that it's not him. Encouraging his jealousy to grow by joining in with your peers and calling him names. Dirty, annoying, weird. Doing everything possible to put him down and still he wants you, which is disgusting, right? He deserves to know how fucking nasty he is. Pushing him to his limits by acting exactly like his bullies in private, shoving him around and belittling him, reminding him of how gross and weird he is with your foot on his cock, digging your heel against his erection and laughing about how pathetic the whole display is. Forcing him to the point of kidnapping just so that he can show you how serious he is about you, doing everything but admitting to him that you like it so that there's a higher chance of his desperation growing, taunting him from your restraints just to have him frantically hump into you to shut you up and prove you wrong.
Bullying F!Kylar by pulling her panties to the side so you can go knuckle deep in her little cunt in the middle of class. Purposefully sitting next to her so you can keep her edged the whole lesson, letting her rock against your fingers only until she's close, whispering for her to stop and she does!!! She'd do anything for you, even if it's painful for her to be stopping every few minutes. Telling her you'll only let her cum if she gives you her panties as a reward afterwards, and she looks so cute when she flusters and sobs for release, taking off her underwear in sheer frustration so that she can cum. Pulling on her hair to get her attention only for her to moan, and to make tugging her hair the only way you get her attention from then on so that you can embarrass her some more. Making fun of her for being so weird but giving her so many kisses afterwards so that she knows you love it anyway. Conditioning her to understand that you only bully her because you love her, soaking her panties every time you call her names, standing on her tippy toes for a kiss after you take advantage of her; in public or private.
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women will literally accuse women and esp lesbian circles of "not unpacking ""man-hating""" alleged ""misandry" sweetie xo" getting offended ppl aren't appropriately uplifting how "men are amazing and awesome and attractive and i won't be shamed for thinking so" as if appreciating men is a real counter opinion than blame whatever gave women of every sexuality instance to be jaded weary cautious and tired and who'll complain every now and then and continue on with her life until she dies putting up with patriarchy. just welcome to the "woke" internet where misogyny's over and "man-hate" "shamed for not hating men" is worth springing to defences for
yeah i've only seen people talk like men's rights activists and think they're being unbelievably progressive on tumblr it's kind of fascinating. like i can see how seeing people hate on men could mess with people and stuff but you can't demand men appreciation posts that's literally the whole world outside of idk your tumblr dash (or even on your tumblr dash because fandom misogyny from people who think they're not misogynistic at all is really something). men get praised for "babysitting" their own kids like be serious? it's very let men be masculine
i don't think being like men are soooo gross and we hate them is actually constructive and it can definitely veer into transphobia (you'll always be a man/"a male" and thus a danger to women/why would you ever want to become a man they're the enemy and the bane of society etc) and homophobia relatively quickly?
but the way people ON TUMBLR ""combat that"" is often so off to me like if the most basic feminist principles offend you then i'm not really sure where to go from here. i remember seeing a post that was like "men aren't your enemy. they're your friend/brother/father/colleague/neighbor" with a lot of notes and like i don't know how to tell you this but that's literally who's most likely to harm a woman, the men she knows?😭 and obviously not every system of oppression is exactly the same but would you say the same thing to someone criticizing white people like...just very weird
i think women who are attracted to men and dating them making jokes about how they only tolerate being attracted to men because they have no choice and especially the whole i'm bi so i love every woman and only find 1 in a 1000 men attractive (very often said while in a relationship with a man) thing is obnoxious and annoying for like everyone who has to hear it lmao but also when women who date men make jokes about it (not about them being ugly or unattractive or whatever but about them being bad partners in general) it's like. what else are they going to do like you said they're gonna endure patriarchy for the rest of their lives and as girlfriends/wives/mothers they go through the most it's very bleak? idk. it's not like you can date a better man yourself out of patriarchy
of course men aren't a all as bad as the worst guy you can imagine and they're not all out to get you or whatever but saying things like "men don't all benefit from the patriarchy rich men benefit from the patriarchy but jake, 23, is not oppressing you" is like. kind of insane. jake, 14, was oppressing me like have you never interacted with boys in school😭 and it's not like it was entirely their fault we all have to outgrow misogyny it's just you know society etc but some of them never outgrow it lmao and just...the takes you see on feminism on tumblr are astounding i hate it here
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I started Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men today, and I have a few thoughts so far:
Firstly, I like how she weaves different, typically unconnected examples of misogyny into a coherent and compelling whole, even if her execution isn't always the best.
Secondly, relatedly, I hate her writing style so goddamn much - it sucks, and, when she jumps between points, it undermines the power of her point.
Thirdly, it's not a radical feminist book, it's a liberal feminist book.
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