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Check on your male friends to see if they need help (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/tumblr

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[–] Gustephan 40 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Gotta love that even the very emotional "men have feelings and need support too" post ends with "treat them as wretched because they are wretched." Absolutely fucking tonedeaf to bring that type of negativity and derogatory generalization about men to this context. Big "not all men, but..." energy

[–] repungnant_canary 22 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Now you're reading it incorrectly: it is "treat [wretched people] as wretched because [wretched people] are wretched", not "treat [men] as wretched because [men] are wretched "

[+] Gustephan -10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Quote me a single part of that third post that is explicitly gender neutral rather than explicitly about men, without adding your own interpretation in brackets.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

don't treat them as wretched just because they are men

Why would gender-neutral language be appropriate for this venue? It's a discussion of how men are treated, and people who parrot "men are scum" will automatically say "yeah but what about the bad men? are we just supposed to feel bad for them?". It's written for an audience that is not specifically you.

[–] Gustephan 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gender neutral language would not be appropriate for this venue, but it would be required for the "it's about wretched people, not wretched men" interpretation in the comment I was replying to