#the average person's mistrust of men i wouldn't say crosses into misandry territory | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

justtogetthrough · 3 months

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I'm sorry if this is a bad take but years of being witness to TERF rhetoric on tumblr.com about how ~bad~ men are just because they are men, has really fucked up how I respond to music where a man sings about a woman. Especially any song that at all come off as angry or jealous. I need to consciously remind myself that men are humans who have these feelings and these are normal to feel in the context of relationships - they are not inherently toxic people for feeling this way about a woman in their life they've lost or can't be with. We all feel these ways.

I'm bad with subtext so it's entirely possible I'm missing cues and they are singing about creepy behaviour, but I seriously doubt it? I honestly think I've absorbed enough men-are-bad commentary against my will through this hellsite that it's made my default approach to men being anything but fawning over a woman to be one of feeling highly suspect.

And I hate that for myself and everyone else on tumblr.

#ten years ago misandry was a joke because it ~didnt exist~ but like. have we made it exist #we villify men so much for such stupid shit and there are people who actually. openly. ravenously hate men #would that not be misandry #have we willed it into existence because terfs are so damn irrational and reactionary #the average person's mistrust of men i wouldn't say crosses into misandry territory #it's specifically the violent rhetoric terfs spout that I think would count as anything that could be called misandry #idk #i just woke up #and a song came on that has always made feel a bit weird but it wouldn't be weird if it was a woman singing about a woman or a woman about #man or even a man about a man really #mb

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