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theres-whump-in-that-nebula · 8 months ago

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Imagine doing so much hard work and persevering through law school to have your failed tests advertised on the internet news. The bar is really hard; he’s not “cringe fail.” I am jealous of his ability to even attend college without committing suicide. He did a good job. Leave my dude the fuck alone.

I don’t care if they’re elites. If they’re elites; then make fun of them solely for being rich nepotism babies. There are non-elites who have failed the bar (or any important test) once or twice as well who will see this and feel bad about themselves.

#My uncle failed the bar I think three times before he passed and he’s a smart dude. It is extremely difficult #I respect anyone — even if they are an elite — who is capable and willing to put in that much mental work on anything #No one deserves to be ridiculed for moving past failure and trying again #That is a strength.#Or do we as a society only care about the “naturally smart” and “gifted?”#I’ve failed tests and retaken them before and so have you; should the internet ridicule us?#The SPED kids I work with very often don’t understand things the first the time around; should we ridicule them as well?#At what point do we stop judging people for their mistakes?#Also if the roles were reversed and the former princess took the bar three times; would you still say she were “cringe fail?”#or would you be too afraid of sounding “anti-feminist?”#Why? Is it because men are “supposed” to be smarter than women #and tasks that are “expected” from them would make a woman a “girlboss” for completing them?#or perhaps is it because we just don’t like men and think them creatures of lesser intellect worthy of our jeering and pet names?#Because I for one am androgynous and sick of the double standards. They help nobody #Don’t expect more from men than you do from women; don’t expect less from women than you do from men #That includes how one gender group speaks of and behaves around the other #It is the reason why a man feels he cannot physically fight a woman who is attacking him #because if he successfully defends himself he looks like an asshole; and if he fails he looks like a wimp #It is the reason women vastly underestimate and devalue their physical strength and resourcefulness as a tool #because men are the strong resourceful ones because it’s “in their biology”#Even though I am androgynous and would possibly love to be on testosterone #I don’t need testosterone or a man’s body to pull off great feats of strength and cunning and neither do you #Ladies! Build some determination: “I CAN do it and it WILL work because I fucking say so.”#Get angry. Mess your hair up. Break a nail. You are a durable physical beast put on this earth for more than looking pretty #You are meant to break a sweat. You are meant to do things that aren’t “ladylike” because women are STRONG. Physically #Men you are not less manly for enjoying housework; and ladies you are not less feminine for enjoying outdoor labor #Crush gender norms. Vive la résistance!

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