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12. Teach not in the sense that women are not smart and need instruction but in the sense of becoming aware of patterns that

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:00 PM

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show women that some men might be dangerous or hurtful.

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Why does the culture tolerate abusive males? [View all] Stargazer99 Jul 18 OP

Because it's the abusive males who are in power. Ocelot II Jul 18 #1

A cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Jul 18 #2

You lost me at "teach women" leftstreet Jul 18 #4

+1 nt berniesandersmittens Jul 18 #5

Goes all the way back to the very beginning NewHendoLib Jul 18 #6

Because it has for thousands of years SocialDemocrat61 Jul 18 #7

It's weak men projecting their weakness onto others. usonian Jul 18 #8

How right you are! Stargazer99 Jul 18 #13

Broadly speaking, there is an imbalance of power snot Jul 18 #9

Patriarchy. This sort of messaging is everywhere. Oneironaut Jul 18 #10

We're not civilized. justaprogressive Jul 18 #11