I couldn’t believe my eyes seeing this advice to teach young boys to hit girls so as to restore the boys’ self esteem and pride.

This is the kind of toxic belief that shouldn’t be allowed to proliferate here and yet is embraced with open arms by other users.

That boys can only regain their pride and self esteem by hitting girls leads directly to more violence against women and girls.

    • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1210·
      9 days ago

      And this one example is sexist as fuck.

      Teaching 4 year old boys that they can restore their pride and self esteem by hitting others is horrible advice that only perpetuates more violence. And it hurts those boys when they aren’t taught to develop any other sort of conflict resolution than using their fists.

      • Lumidaub@feddit.org
        217·
        9 days ago

        Debatable. In any case, there is nothing here to suggest a very sensational “Lemmy has a sexism problem”.

        • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          54·
          9 days ago

          Lemmy does have a sexism/misogyny problem. It especially comes out whenever a woman isn’t on the left “team”. They bring out the classic misogynistic insults. Just look at any of the Nicki Minaj related posts. They’re filled with people laughing at sexual harassment and general misogyny, all because she’s not on the left.

          Sexism and misogyny is never okay.

          • ScoopMcPoops@lemmy.world
            31·
            8 days ago

            Doesn’t she also surround her self with pedophiles? It’s a little disingenuous to say that people were “mean” to her only for being on “the wrong team”.

            • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
              5·
              8 days ago

              Attacking how she looks or celebrating her being sexually harassed has nothing to do with criticism for her aligning herself with pedophiles.

              There’s a difference.