Statistically speaking.. single women and married men are the happiest of all 📊... In patriarchal society, after marriage, the Happiness, Health, Longevity, Quality sleep, Quality life, Life expectancy, finance, career, alll of tht decreases for women📉.... N increases for men📈 Marriage is made for men's convenience hahahha 🚽

Many people will have different ideas what the ideal situation is but how do you see whats the perfect situation? Should men and women have some rights that are not gender equal? (outside biological facts like childbirth). Or is it better if society is completely gender neutral (for example neutral sentencing in courts and no double standards). I personally think biological differences ensure that we cant treat both genders the same in every situation.

I have grown up in Finland and so I also see benefits of a more gender neutral culture. Since men and women are not that different they understand each other more. Like the increase of women in conscription service reduces the sexism. In polls women are against gender neutral conscription though and many claim they are happy with the current situation. Domestic violence seems to be the biggest issue for women here.

A detailed, sobering historical analysis of how Trumpism compares to the movements of Hitler and Mussolini, describing how they took power and how Trump may do the same. Among other things, it analyzes Trumpism's attitude toward women.

https://acoup.blog/2024/10/25/new-acquisitions-1933-and-the-definition-of-fascism/

So I am taking gender studies in school right now and our final due on December 12 is to post a PSA somewhere and record the feedback we receive from our audience. My PSA is about how it’s okay to say no and be impolite or assertive. Sort of just making the point that we don’t have to play into the harmful stereotypes for women in the workplace/school. I was thinking about posting it here but I’m not sure, any advice for other subs or social media platforms? I am aiming for this message to reach teenage girls

Obviously, if it's not your thing, no worries. I just thought it would be cool to do a follow spree of fellow feminists so that we can support each other. My handle is @esgee.bsky.social

This is more of a petpeeve but even among more progressive circles women are always presented with a ton of "extras" instead of just their natural selves.

For example yesterday I show a drawing of a woman, I dont remember the text but it was about respecting women so it was clearly a progressive message, it was not something that was trying to promote patriarchy or strict presentation.

Yet when I start looking at details I see:

-Perfect skin/makeup but its 2D art so let's say its just easier to draw that way
-Eyeliner with strong eyelashes
-Stylised eyebrows
-Red lipstick
-Earring, ring, necklace
-Long painted nails
-Random bracelet?!

So even from the supposedly progressive side, women are often presented as dolled up with a ton of extras, none of this are part of natural femininity, we arent born with those.

Male drawings on the other hand other than some flawless skin dont have extras, its like women need to be presented as dolls who spend a lot of time preparing for their presentation as if we are somekind of art performer.

I completely understand that depiction in the mainstream, they are trying to push their ideal pretty lady idea, but it just feels so sad when you see it from places that are meant to be progressive.

Hi all,

I’m turning 25 next year, and I feel like it’s one of those milestone ages that makes you reflect a little. I’m excited for what’s ahead, but I also want to make sure I’m making the most of this stage in my life.

For those of you who’ve already been through it, what’s one piece of advice you’d give to your 25-year-old self? It could be about career, relationships, self-care, finances, or anything you wish you’d known back then.

Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom—I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

•	A fellow woman navigating her mid-20s 💚

I was fortunate to have a wonderful, loving grandmother up until I was 34. She was just over a 100 years old when she passed. She was born in 1920, the same year white women were given the vote. I was also fortunate enough to have the presence of mind to ask her questions about abortion and gay marriage. I did this when I was a teenager. In response to by question about abortion she said, “That is nobody’s business except for the woman and her doctor”. When I asked her about gay marriage she said, “Oh I wish people would stop talking about that. What two people do is no one else’s business”. This all came from a conservative woman. My grandmother also spoke very candidly about her own mother half-heartedly trying to abort her, because at the time her mother was sixteen, poor, and pregnant. I wonder about the younger women who voted for Trump. Do they talk to their grandmothers? Or have grandmothers become so young, that they have no memory of what things used to be like? For many cultures this is a no-brainer. Of course they talk to their grandmothers. But I, admittedly coming from a very WASPY background, am alarmed at how many young white women voted to remove their own freedoms. WHERE were their grandmothers? Why has generational wisdom NOT been passed on to these young women, specifically among my demographic?

For starters I’m a 17 year old girl and I’ve been watching a lot of TikTok and TikTok comments where people kind of make it seem like being feminine as a woman is appealing to the male gaze and that it’s setting us back 100 years. Should I change my wardrobe?

The recent fight of Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul got me wondering about society's forgiveness of rapists.

I guess I was living in a rose tinted world where I thought a convicted rapist wouldn't get so much acclaim, but here we are. For a remainder, he claimed that his best hit was his wife and was condamned for 6 years for rape. The woman received a lot of harassment for daring to speak up (as usual).

But I've seen people claiming it was when he was young and troubled and he seemed to have changed. I personally don't think rapists and abusers should be forgiven. I mean who would forgive a child rapist ? What are you thoughts on this ?

Just under an hour ago, a user posted a comic that portrayed explicit sexual harassment of a woman, titled “social studies.“ underneath, the poster comments “He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit.” (Referring to the sexual harasser portrayed). This comic hasn’t really gotten any backlash at all. The women on this post are horribly exaggerated in their chest and hip areas, to a horrifying degree. There are people making jokes, such as that they’d use their autistic trump card and complimenting the comic and it’s just.. allowed?

What REALLY adds insult to injury for me here is the notion that earlier this year, one comics creator posted a comic portraying what would happen if women said the things that men said to them to men. This creator got IMMENSE backlash, and was accused of being a misandrist. it was tone deaf at WORST. The amount of hatred was insane.. but this person portrays literal sexual harassment and it’s ok? Why? What’s wrong with people? Also, i commented on the comic in question, and, uh.. the OP blocked me. gross.

What are your thoughts? I'll try and respond when I can

I’m a young millennial woman and when I look at that subreddit, I see SO MUCH vitriol towards women, all under the guise of “women just need to try and empathize with us! They need to try and see things from our perspective.”

That’s rich, since none of those men seem willing to see anyone else’s perspective. All they seem to do is get defensive and whiny about women blaming men in general without ever looking at WHY women blame them, or say generalized statements. Like yes, we know not all men are like this, my guy. It’s not news. But it’s such a large percentage of men that it’s a fucking problem.

My gen z sisters, woah. I’m sorry. We’re here for you.

You can read this moral philosophy essay here if you haven't read it before.

Please, for the love of god, delete any and all period tracking apps you may have before Trump becomes president. If, god forbid, someone was to become pregnant with a pregnancy they did not want or could not carry to term, termination (which will already be legally fraught if/when Project 2025 goes into effect) will be made even more difficult with a period tracking app that data can be subpoenaed from. If you're late and law enforcement knows that, you may be targeted. Don't just uninstall the app. Delete your account before you uninstall. This is no joke, people have already died due to abortion bans preventing them from getting medicial treatment. Tread lightly.

Hi!
I am a 30-year-old male teacher from southern Europe who teaches in another Western country (a much richer and advanced one) at a school full of kids from non-European backgrounds. I like my job, and as much as I enjoy the teaching part, I also like getting to know the students and helping them where I can. Here’s where I need help—or rather, suggestions. Plus, having so many kids with cultures that are, in a way, closer to mine than the one I live into, makes the job a lot of fun.

Recently, two girls in my class had a fight in the middle of the schoolyard. When I started digging into the situation, I found that most of these fights stem from frankly horrific comments in the chat groups they use. Maybe because I was already disheartened by events like “Trump getting elected by many women,” I figured I should tackle the issue of female solidarity—or lack thereof—in class.

I want to help them understand that as long as they continue saying such foul things to each other, and even escalate to fighting in the schoolyard, they make themselves easy prey to “divide and conquer” tactics by, say, many men.

This might be an overly simplistic way to introduce them to feminism, and I know the issue is much bigger than this, but I think it could be good for many of these girls to hear.

At the same time, I feel the discussion shouldn’t be started by me—that it would be better if they heard it from another woman. However, I don’t have that type of colleague at the moment. Plus, the topic isn’t easy to approach, given that many of these kids’ parents are very conservative when it comes to women’s roles in society.

What should I do? I don't feel I should just continue and only teach the subject I teach into. I should also try and show them other possibilities. But many believes that is all I should do.

Thanks in advance for the answer!

Hi all! I've been doing research for a paper on third wave feminism, and I'm trying to establish a basic rundown of the second and first waves and specifically how white feminism was the main form of feminism to establish context for the rest of the paper. In doing so, I've been trying to find a primary source, like a newspaper clipping or something along those lines, of her Betty Friedan coining the term "lavender menace", but I haven't been able to find anything. I don't know if this is because I'm a bad researcher or if it's just really hard to find, but either way, I would really appreciate if anyone has any direction to point me to, or any primary source at all of this. Thank you for your time!