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Oneironaut

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10. Patriarchy. This sort of messaging is everywhere.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:44 PM
Jul 18

Everything in our culture is about placating men. Women are conditioned from a very young age with toxic bullshit to excuse poor male behavior towards them and blame themselves for it.

Men are taught to have only one emotion: anger. They’re taught that might is right, being “gay” is the worst thing ever, and, to never show feelings or embrace anything “feminine.” The way to teach a boy to “be a man” is to beat it into them - verbally and with violence.

It’s a sickness. Furthermore, if you point this out, many people will get angry at you for pointing out how fucked up our society’s idea of masculinity is.

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