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.

  • zoloftt@lemmy.world
    41·
    11 days ago

    Totally. I’m not discounting that it exists. In my original comment I just wanted to know what comms this was happening in, and just like you gave an anecdote about your experience, I gave my anecdote.

    I’ve had so much worse of an experience on Reddit, but I had been on Reddit since ~2010.

    I promise that I ALWAYS call out misogynistic posts/comments that I find. Need to make an effort to change the culture 1 step at a time.

    • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
      71·
      11 days ago

      I promise that I ALWAYS call out misogynistic posts/comments that I find. Need to make an effort to change the culture 1 step at a time.

      <3