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"b-but bears are actually dangerous!" Shut the hell up.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Indeed. It strikes me as pointlessly gendered. All people, safety is more important than feelings.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The whole thing was meant to be rage bait.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

or it's purposefully gendered in response to the man vs bear thing

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Which is also rage bait

[–] Draconic_NEO 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah this meme as well as the original bear one were meant to be divisive and make people angry. That's the point of these kinds of memes, they're not really meant to be intelligent, they're meant to stir up drama and make people fight.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

~~you know what else is pointlessly gendered? the patriarchy~~

feminist messaging has to be gendered because the patriarchy is a gender issue.

that said, feminism is for everybody. liberating women from oppressive structures by nature does the same for men.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If it’s not gendered and is for everybody, that isn’t that just the original statement? That safety is for everybody? That seems rather circular.

But I think I get what you’re saying. We focus on lifting up women, and everyone benefits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yeah i see how my comment was a little confusing let me try to edit :p thanks for the good faith question tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hey no worries. More people should act in good faith in my opinion. We don’t even have to agree with everyone but we should have mutual respect for each other and want a better world.

[–] Kolrami 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If this weren't gendered I'm not sure I would connect that this was posted as result of people's reaction to the bears vs men thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Ah, good point! None of us would be here in that case.