29 People Call Out What Things We Should Stop Accepting As Normal And Call Them What They Are Sexist
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Society has normalized a lot of things that are blatantly sexist-that's what the 'Power To Her' channel shared in a viral TikTok video that caught the attention of many women on the platform. According to the 'Power to Her' project's video, one of the most mind-blowingly sexist things that are still prevalent in modern society is the fact that women are pressured to change their last names once they get married. Meanwhile, other TikTokers pitched in with their own examples of what kinds of sexist behaviors have been normalized. From brides wearing white dresses that symbolize purity, innocence, and virginity, and fathers 'giving away' their daughters after they walk them down the aisle to other sexist behaviors that you can find in everyday life. Have a look at some of the most insightful responses to 'Power To Her's' video and upvote the ones that you've noticed in society, too, dear Pandas. More info: TikTok PowerToHer.org This post may include affiliate links. #1 I've tried numerous times and asked numerous doctors if I can have my tubes tied because I don't want to have children, nor does my husband. They want to have a meeting with both me and my husband, they tell me I'll probably change my mind, that I'm too young or that I need to wait until I have at least one child. Even though I don't want any. But my husband can make a phone call and set up an appointment, just like that. linds.shelton , Ketut Subiyanto Report Final score: 301points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago THIS. Even if the laws are on your side, most doctors won't do it and give you all kinds of illegal and irrelevant excuses, and there's nothing you can do about it, except for going from doctor to doctor until you luck out. Had a huge fight with my former OBG/YN because he wouldn't tie my tubes because "I was too young (23) and eventually *my husband* could want kids. I literally kicked him in the nuts while cursing at him. Would do it again. 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 School dress codes. This logic about girls needing to "cover up" is so problematic and flawed, because we're teaching girls that they are responsible for how men act when they show any part of their body. lilbaby__98 , cottonbro Report Final score: 277points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, this is absolutely fcked up. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 The prefix for men is Mr. and the prefix for women is Miss, Ms. and Mrs. A prefix for women is directly dependent on if she is single or married. It stays Mr. for men all their lives. power.to.her , Tima Miroshnichenko Report Final score: 247points POST Amy Dodds Amy Dodds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Or just keep yours Ms, which is neither single nor married 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments The 'Power To Her' organization aims to empower women in their communities. "We hope to encourage social change through promoting, educating and providing the necessary tools and services for progress," the project explains on its website. The founder of 'Power To Her,' Sachreet Chahal and Shuchi Jain, seek to end gender-based inequalities on a global level. Having met at the Schulich School of Business, the two women eventually grew closer together, shared the things they faced as women, and decided to form the organization. #4 Back in 2017 I bought a house as a single woman, this year I sold it. My and my partner decided to buy a new house together. With the money I made from selling my old house, I put the entire down payment on the new one. The mortgage company, the insurance, home warranty addresses him as the owner of this house and I'm the "co-borrower". notsansa , Jordan Bauer Report Final score: 208points POST Sofie Sofie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's just wrong! 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 A woman with boundaries is selfish, rude, mean, harsh. A man with boundaries is confident, powerful, successful, ambitious. scarrednotscared , Raychan Report Final score: 208points POST Omi bub Omi bub Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A woman is 'bossy' a man 'has good leadership skills'. In same vein though women are sensitive & men are soft. 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 When people come up to me and tell me my daughter's really beautiful and that I better watch our for her when she gets older. Like, they're actually expecting our daughters to be sexually assaulted. charissacooke , cottonbro Report Final score: 204points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Okay. So where I live. We have arranged marriages. I don’t mind. What I do mind is that I’m 17 and our weird neighbour hinted my mom that she thought I was pretty and her son was at marrying age. Ewgh. Creepy old ladies. Edit: Yes my parents shoed her away. 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Power To Her means giving the power back to each and every single woman and providing them with the help and resources to live their most authentic life," they explain. Founder Shuchi, a professional dancer and choreographer with a penchant for traveling and content creation, hopes to raise awareness about the issues that women face through the project. Meanwhile, Sachreet, an aspiring writer and a philanthropist, has always had a passion for social activism and always dreamed about starting a non-profit organization. #7 Women are forced to take sole responsibility for contraception, when women are only fertile 3-5 days of the year. Men are fertile every single day of the year. The biggest gimmick of all was that it was sold to us as a way of independence. nezzysparkles , cottonbro Report Final score: 193points POST Celeste Grant Celeste Grant Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That must mean 3-5 days a month, not a year! Most women have a fertile period every cycle. 139 139points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 How male actors like Ryan Gosling or Leonardo DiCaprio can play the main character their entire careers but each time their female co-star/love interest gets younger. emilydeahl Report Final score: 183points POST Amy Dodds Amy Dodds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't forget the actresses for the 'mums' are often only a few years older than the actors playing their 'son' 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 It's not only normalized but viewed as "cute" when a man can't do the basic parts of parenting. "Oh my husband can't even be with the kids for two hours without calling me haha". "That's nothing, mine won't even touch the dirty diapers." What's funny about only women being expected to know how to take care of their children? chrystheauthor , Anete Lusina Report Final score: 180points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have to say where I come from, that's not true (anymore). When I go on a 3 day trip with my girlfriends, the dads stay with the kids and it's perfectly normal. No problems whatsoever. 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments 'Power To Her' bases its activities on three main pillars in order to empower "a large network of women from different backgrounds and ethnicities." The first pillar that the project is founded on is all about mutual support and growth. The second is about educating society about women's issues, gender stereotypes, toxic beauty standards, access to education, inequality in the workplace, and the lack of women in positions of power. The final pillar is providing people with the necessary tools and services to empower them to give back to marginalized communities. #10 Whenever a girl has an attitude or is in a bad mood, she gets asked if it's her "time of the month". ginger.gemini420 , Priscilla Du Preez Report Final score: 174points POST Liset Vossen Liset Vossen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh, i say that to guys too.. :) 90 90points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 It's so normalized for women to change their last name after getting married. This is the name you got your degree with, the name associated with all your accomplishments. Yet society just expects you to pack it up and change it the second you get married.
The fact that so many men expect their S/O to change their last name for them is a red flag.
I understand all the arguments for why you would want to change your last name. To be part of the family and it's easier for the kids and all that. BUT the fact is that the pressure is solely put on women. power.to.her , Lưu Đức Anh Report Final score: 166points POST Mooncat83 Mooncat83 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I never changed my name. I love my husband, but I'm his wife/partner, not his sister. And I'm quite pissed that my children MUST have my husbands name, why not both surnames? 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 When anything happens to a woman, be a crime or an accident, they're almost always referred to as a wife/mother first on a news broadcast. The fact that she's not reffered by her name first but by her relationship to others is messed up. There's always a difference when men are mentioned. It's always "local man", and then they later mention that he's a husband or a father. amandajustvibin , Strawser Bonnie Report Final score: 158points POST Liset Vossen Liset Vossen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the netherlands they recently referred to the royal couple as "The queen and her husband" in a newspaper, fun fact: in this case the husband is actually the monarch of the country i.e. he is the king 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Literally everything about traditional weddings. Your dad gives you away so that you can be passed from one man to another man. You have to wear a white dress, because if you're not a virgin, you're [useless]. It's bad luck for the man to see the bride on the day of the wedding because back when marriages were all arranged, if the guy saw the bride before, sometimes he would want to call it off because he didn't fancy her, and that would bring shame on...the bride. That's also why the veil is a thing. Traditionally, the bride's family pays for the wedding. miramimihi , Thomas Christian Report Final score: 153points POST Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) This depends on where you live, most of these don't apply to my culture. In my country the bride and groom make their entrance together for both the civil and church marriage ceremonies. There is no giving away of the bride as part of the marriage ceremony itself. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Shaving. If a woman doesn't shave, it's considered "manly" and "nasty". Makeup is targeted specifically towards women, and when a man uses it, he's considered less of a man. inspirit_shinee_88 , KoolShooters Report Final score: 138points POST Kelli from Fitness Blender Kelli from Fitness Blender Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally like how my legs look when I shave them, which is why I shave them. If someone doesn't like that on themselves or just doesn't want to, they shouldn't be forced to. Same thing for makeup. 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Giving the mothers the custody on Monday-Friday, and giving the dads the weekends where they get to be the fun parent, no school, no pickups, no homework. lindsayevz , Tiger Lily Report Final score: 137points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Could be avoided if parents behaved like grown ups when splitting up and work things out fairly for them and their children, though... But it seems a lot of people forget their children come first, not their mutual hatred. 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 The way society expects girls to be polite vs the way women expect men to be polite. Women are raised to be overly polite from childhood. This is a huge disservice to women — their conditioning to be polite can be so strong that it can lead to situations that put their safety in danger. tubbybridges , Alexander Suhorucov Report Final score: 137points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I once saw a experiment on TV, where the girl stopped saying "thank you" for a whole day. She wasn't being rude at all, was smiling when she felt like it and talking in a normal tone. Whenever her boyfriend gave her a compliment or something, or did something normal like passing the remote control or just normal relationship stuff, she answered him but didn't thank him. and by the end of the day he was absolutely mad at her, for no "real" reason. I think about this sometimes, because I say "thank you"all the time, even when it's not "my turn" to say it but men don't say "thank you" half as much, and it's totally okay. 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I carried my baby for 9 months and birthed her, and yet she has my husband's last name. tianatianataylor , Anna Shvets Report Final score: 131points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She could have yours, although yours it's your fathers.... 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Why do we say "grow a pair" or "get some balls" when referring to a situation where someone needs to be strong or tough? victoriagarrick4 , Polina Zimmerman Report Final score: 125points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works both ways, "crying like a girl" and "being a pussy" 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 If you're a woman and you're walking anywhere, and there's a man coming at you, they'll expect you to move to accommodate them, they won't do it for you. I started playing a little game where I don't move for the man, and the amount of times they've run into me, because they expected me to move, is actually insane. effieelizabeth , Kaique Rocha Report Final score: 117points POST troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I call bs. I'm a woman and I've noticed that it's usually the women who won't move 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 It's normalized to ask a woman "when are you expecting to have kids?". Would you ask that if I was a man? When corportations hire women, they usually anticipate that they're going to take a maternity leave and this is considered a due cost for them, and this is something that people use to justify the pay gap. power.to.her , Tima Miroshnichenko Report Final score: 102points POST Marc Marc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago At least where I live, such questions are forbidden in job interviews. And rightly so. This is 2021, not 1960. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Drinking. Everytime I order a whiskey on the rocks, men look at me like "really, you like whiskey?" Where does it say that girls are only allowed to drink wine or sangrias, and if she likes stronger drinks, she's trying to be something that she's not. And even with roles reversed, why are guys not allowed to order fruity drinks, how does that make him less of a man? power.to.her , Terricks Noah Report Final score: 91points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Who the fck gives this much thought to other people's opinions, anyway? I drink whisky and the one time someone pointed it out, I replied "are we making a list of all the drinks we orderdered?' and that was it. 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #22 I'd have to say gift giving. Presents from "mom and dad", but the dad has no idea what's in them because mom bought them. merry1688 , Nicole Michalou Report Final score: 88points POST Monika Rhodes Monika Rhodes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's not sexist- your partner is lazy ass if they can't be bothered to shop for their own kids. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Our fathers walking us down the aisle whenever we get married, because that comes from a time when women were considered property. The father is giving his property away to a new man, because now the woman is supposed to be the husband's property. I feel like that should've been done with when women got rights, it's not cute. I'm not doing that. amberereignn , Jakob Owens Report Final score: 77points POST Kay blue Kay blue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have no issue with the idea of my dad walking down the aisle with me. However, I would not include the line "who gives this woman to this man". 47 47points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 Organizing parties. Not only do women take care of the food, they also clean everything up afterwards. Men are just standing there unbothered. jessisquatcher , Nicole Michalou Report Final score: 69points POST Marc Marc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Although it probably happens far too often, I find it problematic to complain about sexism - definitely rightly so - but then peddle stereotypes. Not every man is like that. Not every man is an ass. Not every man behaves like an axe in the woods. There are also men who know how to behave, who are helpful, and who certainly help at parties. Such stereotypes are neither right against women nor against men. 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 Men playing video games all day. If I were to play video games all day then I'd be neglecting my kid, but when a man does it, it's a good thing that he's home and not out there cheating. basicmichi , Alexander Kovalev Report Final score: 60points POST Jonathan Jonathan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Because female gamers are non-existant? How sheltered are these people? 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Girls are raised to be wives and told what they can or can't do in their present for what their future husband might like. You have to keep your "purity" because your future husband might like that, you can't wear that, you can't look this way, you can't post those videos, you have to know how to cook and clean as if those aren't human traits that we all need to know how to do as adults to stay alive. But "boys will be boys" and are allowed to do whatever they want. laysieeeb , One Shot Report Final score: 44points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In what century were you raised?? This hasn't been the norm for a lot of women in a lot of different countries for at least a few decades... 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Engagement rings. We have a "symbol" on our hand saying we belong to someone else, while men get to go around and do whatever they want, no one knows if they're taken. lindsaynoell , Jake Pierrelee Report Final score: 37points POST Jonathan Jonathan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago But guys wear engagement rings too though. 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 When a woman decides to propose to a man, she is looked down by society. It's so normalized for only men to propose. power.to.her , Jasmine Carter Report Final score: 32points POST Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) It's unusual for sure, but are women who do this actually looked down on? I've never met anyone who'd think that. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Why are ships and cars referred to with the pronouns she/her? The English language doesn't really refer to things as "masculine" or "feminine". The fact that we personify these inanimate objects as women and give them female names, doesn't sit right with me. Research says that this has a variety of reasons, ranging from viewing a vessel as a motherly, womb-like, life sustaining figure, to jokingly likening a ship to a woman who is "expensive" to keep and needs a man to guide her, and a lick of paint to look good. power.to.her , Matt Hardy Report Final score: -10points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wat. The moon is referred as she. I like that. Grace and elegance 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Unpopular as usual, but most of these are enforced, allowed, encouraged and even justified by other women. If you married a useless slob and keep doing everything for him, it's not society forcing you to do it, it's just you being dumb. If it bothers you, stop putting up with it. It's really simple. Also, anyone can say crap to you, but it's you who give importance to their opinions.. this kind of posts piss me off, because it's just women complaining about crap they willingly put up with. Grow a pair of tits and ovaries, ffs! 26 26points reply Nadine Bamberger Nadine Bamberger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I understand that some of these posts piss you off fir those reasons, but please consider that you are talking like someone who is in a position of power, not all women are being born into societies where that's the norm. Maybe try to see things from different angles before you're blaming the victim. Try to empower, not put down, feels better. 29 29points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is not easy to simply defy one's entire childhood of training, cultural expectations, etc. To do so can require a lot of hard work, and some societies will ostracize you for not behaving to "norms". Speaking as one who cut ties with the entire paternal side of my family to be free of the poisonous crap? .... That was 25 years ago and I still hear about how awful I was to *them*! Didn't stop me, but it might stop others. So, moral of story: TLDR: Defiance of "norms" for the right reason is not easy, but it is worth it in the long run. 20 20points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Leo Domitrix, I agree with your comment and can wholeheartedly relate. 4 4points reply Ash Ash Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago People should try to break the cycle with their own children. My mom did that with my sisters and I. I know it doesn't work in all cases but it is start to get society to change. 0 0points reply Penny Fan Penny Fan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I suggest you read "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez. Then tell me again how women are complicit in their own issues. 12 12points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Medical databases are based on men. When they run your numbers, the male norm is the standard. Women don't actively and knowingly participate in that, yet... we're going to lose out because of it. Ditto the fact crash test dummies in cars, and car seats, etc., are designed for... male bodies. We *are* built differently. Etc. So, yes, please consider what you may not even know has been built into the world around you. Med school was one hell of a shock to me on that score. 3 3points reply Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. So are you saying that women can't act and think independently? Aren't we able to stand up if something is not good for us? If you are indifferent and tollerant towards something and your only solution is to complain, you are part of the problem. -4 -4points reply Vera1 Vera1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is not at all what she is saying. Besides, one cannot change what one doesn't know and that is why this book is so important! (and infuriating!) 6 6points reply Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I will never have any amount of respect for anyone who tolerates shït they're not legally obligated to tolerate, and think complaining and blaming others is a valid way of being an adult. If you can name it and complain about it, you can at least stop tolerating it. -9 -9points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Eslamala, Please consider that there are better ways to express your point about women not participating in their own mistreatment. 5 5points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So as long as you won't go to jail, you have to do things that will get you bullied and discriminated against, and you're not allowed to object to being bullied or discriminated against? 3 3points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Women who simply stop putting up with it face backlash. 9 9points reply Nora AlMeida Nora AlMeida Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Crap they’re willingly put up with? That’s some nonsense. Domestic abuse is rampant. All over the world. Women and girls fear for their lives on the daily. When a woman or a girl breaks up, the few months after the break up tend to be the most hazardous period in which her ex might try to kill her. So yeah, if a woman or a girl dated a male, and she thought he’s fair and decent, but some years later he displays some of the issues mentioned here and she gets grossed out by his actually unfair mindset, she might still hesitate to break things off for a while out of fear of his reaction. And some of the things mentioned aren’t complete dealbreakers (like the woman taking charge of the gift giving on behalf of them both, and few other things in the post), but it is still unfair so women are rightfully pointing out the unfairness because a number of women would like to believe that there are decent men out there who would conscientiously change their unfair behavior. 2 2points reply Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was a great victim blaming and congratulations! "Noone is forcing you and you are being dumb?" For real???? 1 1point reply Ben Smith Ben Smith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Extremely well said. 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I agree. It's post like this one makes women weak and helpless. -6 -6points reply Softsquatch Softsquatch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. YES! This article annoyed me so much -6 -6points reply ??????_?????? ??????_?????? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally hate the phrase "Boys will be boys" because it just gives them an excuse to treat people however they want. 21 21points reply Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I especially hate it when male teachers say this about predominantly male classes. I try to explain to them that they are giving the boys excuses that will backfire later and arent teaching them anything other than it is ok to be pains in the a**. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The only situations I’ve actually heard anything like that have involved rowdy toddlers and it’s been said in a very tired voice. 1 1point reply pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many women continue to use their original surname and are named with it, at least in Northern Italy. 15 15points reply Load More Comments POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Unpopular as usual, but most of these are enforced, allowed, encouraged and even justified by other women. If you married a useless slob and keep doing everything for him, it's not society forcing you to do it, it's just you being dumb. If it bothers you, stop putting up with it. It's really simple. Also, anyone can say crap to you, but it's you who give importance to their opinions.. this kind of posts piss me off, because it's just women complaining about crap they willingly put up with. Grow a pair of tits and ovaries, ffs! 26 26points reply Nadine Bamberger Nadine Bamberger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I understand that some of these posts piss you off fir those reasons, but please consider that you are talking like someone who is in a position of power, not all women are being born into societies where that's the norm. Maybe try to see things from different angles before you're blaming the victim. Try to empower, not put down, feels better. 29 29points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is not easy to simply defy one's entire childhood of training, cultural expectations, etc. To do so can require a lot of hard work, and some societies will ostracize you for not behaving to "norms". Speaking as one who cut ties with the entire paternal side of my family to be free of the poisonous crap? .... That was 25 years ago and I still hear about how awful I was to *them*! Didn't stop me, but it might stop others. So, moral of story: TLDR: Defiance of "norms" for the right reason is not easy, but it is worth it in the long run. 20 20points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Leo Domitrix, I agree with your comment and can wholeheartedly relate. 4 4points reply Ash Ash Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago People should try to break the cycle with their own children. My mom did that with my sisters and I. I know it doesn't work in all cases but it is start to get society to change. 0 0points reply Penny Fan Penny Fan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I suggest you read "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez. Then tell me again how women are complicit in their own issues. 12 12points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Medical databases are based on men. When they run your numbers, the male norm is the standard. Women don't actively and knowingly participate in that, yet... we're going to lose out because of it. Ditto the fact crash test dummies in cars, and car seats, etc., are designed for... male bodies. We *are* built differently. Etc. So, yes, please consider what you may not even know has been built into the world around you. Med school was one hell of a shock to me on that score. 3 3points reply Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. So are you saying that women can't act and think independently? Aren't we able to stand up if something is not good for us? If you are indifferent and tollerant towards something and your only solution is to complain, you are part of the problem. -4 -4points reply Vera1 Vera1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is not at all what she is saying. Besides, one cannot change what one doesn't know and that is why this book is so important! (and infuriating!) 6 6points reply Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I will never have any amount of respect for anyone who tolerates shït they're not legally obligated to tolerate, and think complaining and blaming others is a valid way of being an adult. If you can name it and complain about it, you can at least stop tolerating it. -9 -9points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Eslamala, Please consider that there are better ways to express your point about women not participating in their own mistreatment. 5 5points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So as long as you won't go to jail, you have to do things that will get you bullied and discriminated against, and you're not allowed to object to being bullied or discriminated against? 3 3points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Women who simply stop putting up with it face backlash. 9 9points reply Nora AlMeida Nora AlMeida Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Crap they’re willingly put up with? That’s some nonsense. Domestic abuse is rampant. All over the world. Women and girls fear for their lives on the daily. When a woman or a girl breaks up, the few months after the break up tend to be the most hazardous period in which her ex might try to kill her. So yeah, if a woman or a girl dated a male, and she thought he’s fair and decent, but some years later he displays some of the issues mentioned here and she gets grossed out by his actually unfair mindset, she might still hesitate to break things off for a while out of fear of his reaction. And some of the things mentioned aren’t complete dealbreakers (like the woman taking charge of the gift giving on behalf of them both, and few other things in the post), but it is still unfair so women are rightfully pointing out the unfairness because a number of women would like to believe that there are decent men out there who would conscientiously change their unfair behavior. 2 2points reply Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was a great victim blaming and congratulations! "Noone is forcing you and you are being dumb?" For real???? 1 1point reply Ben Smith Ben Smith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Extremely well said. 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I agree. It's post like this one makes women weak and helpless. -6 -6points reply Softsquatch Softsquatch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. YES! This article annoyed me so much -6 -6points reply ??????_?????? ??????_?????? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally hate the phrase "Boys will be boys" because it just gives them an excuse to treat people however they want. 21 21points reply Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I especially hate it when male teachers say this about predominantly male classes. I try to explain to them that they are giving the boys excuses that will backfire later and arent teaching them anything other than it is ok to be pains in the a**. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The only situations I’ve actually heard anything like that have involved rowdy toddlers and it’s been said in a very tired voice. 1 1point reply pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many women continue to use their original surname and are named with it, at least in Northern Italy. 15 15points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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29 People Call Out What Things We Should Stop Accepting As Normal And Call Them What They Are – Sexist
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Society has normalized a lot of things that are blatantly sexist-that's what the 'Power To Her' channel shared in a viral TikTok video that caught the attention of many women on the platform. According to the 'Power to Her' project's video, one of the most mind-blowingly sexist things that are still prevalent in modern society is the fact that women are pressured to change their last names once they get married. Meanwhile, other TikTokers pitched in with their own examples of what kinds of sexist behaviors have been normalized. From brides wearing white dresses that symbolize purity, innocence, and virginity, and fathers 'giving away' their daughters after they walk them down the aisle to other sexist behaviors that you can find in everyday life. Have a look at some of the most insightful responses to 'Power To Her's' video and upvote the ones that you've noticed in society, too, dear Pandas. More info: TikTok PowerToHer.org This post may include affiliate links. #1 I've tried numerous times and asked numerous doctors if I can have my tubes tied because I don't want to have children, nor does my husband. They want to have a meeting with both me and my husband, they tell me I'll probably change my mind, that I'm too young or that I need to wait until I have at least one child. Even though I don't want any. But my husband can make a phone call and set up an appointment, just like that. linds.shelton , Ketut Subiyanto Report Final score: 301points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago THIS. Even if the laws are on your side, most doctors won't do it and give you all kinds of illegal and irrelevant excuses, and there's nothing you can do about it, except for going from doctor to doctor until you luck out. Had a huge fight with my former OBG/YN because he wouldn't tie my tubes because "I was too young (23) and eventually *my husband* could want kids. I literally kicked him in the nuts while cursing at him. Would do it again. 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 School dress codes. This logic about girls needing to "cover up" is so problematic and flawed, because we're teaching girls that they are responsible for how men act when they show any part of their body. lilbaby__98 , cottonbro Report Final score: 277points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, this is absolutely fcked up. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 The prefix for men is Mr. and the prefix for women is Miss, Ms. and Mrs. A prefix for women is directly dependent on if she is single or married. It stays Mr. for men all their lives. power.to.her , Tima Miroshnichenko Report Final score: 247points POST Amy Dodds Amy Dodds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Or just keep yours Ms, which is neither single nor married 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments The 'Power To Her' organization aims to empower women in their communities. "We hope to encourage social change through promoting, educating and providing the necessary tools and services for progress," the project explains on its website. The founder of 'Power To Her,' Sachreet Chahal and Shuchi Jain, seek to end gender-based inequalities on a global level. Having met at the Schulich School of Business, the two women eventually grew closer together, shared the things they faced as women, and decided to form the organization. #4 Back in 2017 I bought a house as a single woman, this year I sold it. My and my partner decided to buy a new house together. With the money I made from selling my old house, I put the entire down payment on the new one. The mortgage company, the insurance, home warranty addresses him as the owner of this house and I'm the "co-borrower". notsansa , Jordan Bauer Report Final score: 208points POST Sofie Sofie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's just wrong! 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 A woman with boundaries is selfish, rude, mean, harsh. A man with boundaries is confident, powerful, successful, ambitious. scarrednotscared , Raychan Report Final score: 208points POST Omi bub Omi bub Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A woman is 'bossy' a man 'has good leadership skills'. In same vein though women are sensitive & men are soft. 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 When people come up to me and tell me my daughter's really beautiful and that I better watch our for her when she gets older. Like, they're actually expecting our daughters to be sexually assaulted. charissacooke , cottonbro Report Final score: 204points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Okay. So where I live. We have arranged marriages. I don’t mind. What I do mind is that I’m 17 and our weird neighbour hinted my mom that she thought I was pretty and her son was at marrying age. Ewgh. Creepy old ladies. Edit: Yes my parents shoed her away. 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Power To Her means giving the power back to each and every single woman and providing them with the help and resources to live their most authentic life," they explain. Founder Shuchi, a professional dancer and choreographer with a penchant for traveling and content creation, hopes to raise awareness about the issues that women face through the project. Meanwhile, Sachreet, an aspiring writer and a philanthropist, has always had a passion for social activism and always dreamed about starting a non-profit organization. #7 Women are forced to take sole responsibility for contraception, when women are only fertile 3-5 days of the year. Men are fertile every single day of the year. The biggest gimmick of all was that it was sold to us as a way of independence. nezzysparkles , cottonbro Report Final score: 193points POST Celeste Grant Celeste Grant Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That must mean 3-5 days a month, not a year! Most women have a fertile period every cycle. 139 139points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 How male actors like Ryan Gosling or Leonardo DiCaprio can play the main character their entire careers but each time their female co-star/love interest gets younger. emilydeahl Report Final score: 183points POST Amy Dodds Amy Dodds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't forget the actresses for the 'mums' are often only a few years older than the actors playing their 'son' 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 It's not only normalized but viewed as "cute" when a man can't do the basic parts of parenting. "Oh my husband can't even be with the kids for two hours without calling me haha". "That's nothing, mine won't even touch the dirty diapers." What's funny about only women being expected to know how to take care of their children? chrystheauthor , Anete Lusina Report Final score: 180points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have to say where I come from, that's not true (anymore). When I go on a 3 day trip with my girlfriends, the dads stay with the kids and it's perfectly normal. No problems whatsoever. 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments 'Power To Her' bases its activities on three main pillars in order to empower "a large network of women from different backgrounds and ethnicities." The first pillar that the project is founded on is all about mutual support and growth. The second is about educating society about women's issues, gender stereotypes, toxic beauty standards, access to education, inequality in the workplace, and the lack of women in positions of power. The final pillar is providing people with the necessary tools and services to empower them to give back to marginalized communities. #10 Whenever a girl has an attitude or is in a bad mood, she gets asked if it's her "time of the month". ginger.gemini420 , Priscilla Du Preez Report Final score: 174points POST Liset Vossen Liset Vossen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh, i say that to guys too.. :) 90 90points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 It's so normalized for women to change their last name after getting married. This is the name you got your degree with, the name associated with all your accomplishments. Yet society just expects you to pack it up and change it the second you get married.
The fact that so many men expect their S/O to change their last name for them is a red flag.
I understand all the arguments for why you would want to change your last name. To be part of the family and it's easier for the kids and all that. BUT the fact is that the pressure is solely put on women. power.to.her , Lưu Đức Anh Report Final score: 166points POST Mooncat83 Mooncat83 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I never changed my name. I love my husband, but I'm his wife/partner, not his sister. And I'm quite pissed that my children MUST have my husbands name, why not both surnames? 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 When anything happens to a woman, be a crime or an accident, they're almost always referred to as a wife/mother first on a news broadcast. The fact that she's not reffered by her name first but by her relationship to others is messed up. There's always a difference when men are mentioned. It's always "local man", and then they later mention that he's a husband or a father. amandajustvibin , Strawser Bonnie Report Final score: 158points POST Liset Vossen Liset Vossen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the netherlands they recently referred to the royal couple as "The queen and her husband" in a newspaper, fun fact: in this case the husband is actually the monarch of the country i.e. he is the king 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Literally everything about traditional weddings. Your dad gives you away so that you can be passed from one man to another man. You have to wear a white dress, because if you're not a virgin, you're [useless]. It's bad luck for the man to see the bride on the day of the wedding because back when marriages were all arranged, if the guy saw the bride before, sometimes he would want to call it off because he didn't fancy her, and that would bring shame on...the bride. That's also why the veil is a thing. Traditionally, the bride's family pays for the wedding. miramimihi , Thomas Christian Report Final score: 153points POST Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) This depends on where you live, most of these don't apply to my culture. In my country the bride and groom make their entrance together for both the civil and church marriage ceremonies. There is no giving away of the bride as part of the marriage ceremony itself. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Shaving. If a woman doesn't shave, it's considered "manly" and "nasty". Makeup is targeted specifically towards women, and when a man uses it, he's considered less of a man. inspirit_shinee_88 , KoolShooters Report Final score: 138points POST Kelli from Fitness Blender Kelli from Fitness Blender Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally like how my legs look when I shave them, which is why I shave them. If someone doesn't like that on themselves or just doesn't want to, they shouldn't be forced to. Same thing for makeup. 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Giving the mothers the custody on Monday-Friday, and giving the dads the weekends where they get to be the fun parent, no school, no pickups, no homework. lindsayevz , Tiger Lily Report Final score: 137points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Could be avoided if parents behaved like grown ups when splitting up and work things out fairly for them and their children, though... But it seems a lot of people forget their children come first, not their mutual hatred. 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 The way society expects girls to be polite vs the way women expect men to be polite. Women are raised to be overly polite from childhood. This is a huge disservice to women — their conditioning to be polite can be so strong that it can lead to situations that put their safety in danger. tubbybridges , Alexander Suhorucov Report Final score: 137points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I once saw a experiment on TV, where the girl stopped saying "thank you" for a whole day. She wasn't being rude at all, was smiling when she felt like it and talking in a normal tone. Whenever her boyfriend gave her a compliment or something, or did something normal like passing the remote control or just normal relationship stuff, she answered him but didn't thank him. and by the end of the day he was absolutely mad at her, for no "real" reason. I think about this sometimes, because I say "thank you"all the time, even when it's not "my turn" to say it but men don't say "thank you" half as much, and it's totally okay. 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I carried my baby for 9 months and birthed her, and yet she has my husband's last name. tianatianataylor , Anna Shvets Report Final score: 131points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She could have yours, although yours it's your fathers.... 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Why do we say "grow a pair" or "get some balls" when referring to a situation where someone needs to be strong or tough? victoriagarrick4 , Polina Zimmerman Report Final score: 125points POST If I could I would live under water If I could I would live under water Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works both ways, "crying like a girl" and "being a pussy" 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 If you're a woman and you're walking anywhere, and there's a man coming at you, they'll expect you to move to accommodate them, they won't do it for you. I started playing a little game where I don't move for the man, and the amount of times they've run into me, because they expected me to move, is actually insane. effieelizabeth , Kaique Rocha Report Final score: 117points POST troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I call bs. I'm a woman and I've noticed that it's usually the women who won't move 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 It's normalized to ask a woman "when are you expecting to have kids?". Would you ask that if I was a man? When corportations hire women, they usually anticipate that they're going to take a maternity leave and this is considered a due cost for them, and this is something that people use to justify the pay gap. power.to.her , Tima Miroshnichenko Report Final score: 102points POST Marc Marc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago At least where I live, such questions are forbidden in job interviews. And rightly so. This is 2021, not 1960. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Drinking. Everytime I order a whiskey on the rocks, men look at me like "really, you like whiskey?" Where does it say that girls are only allowed to drink wine or sangrias, and if she likes stronger drinks, she's trying to be something that she's not. And even with roles reversed, why are guys not allowed to order fruity drinks, how does that make him less of a man? power.to.her , Terricks Noah Report Final score: 91points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Who the fck gives this much thought to other people's opinions, anyway? I drink whisky and the one time someone pointed it out, I replied "are we making a list of all the drinks we orderdered?' and that was it. 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #22 I'd have to say gift giving. Presents from "mom and dad", but the dad has no idea what's in them because mom bought them. merry1688 , Nicole Michalou Report Final score: 88points POST Monika Rhodes Monika Rhodes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's not sexist- your partner is lazy ass if they can't be bothered to shop for their own kids. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Our fathers walking us down the aisle whenever we get married, because that comes from a time when women were considered property. The father is giving his property away to a new man, because now the woman is supposed to be the husband's property. I feel like that should've been done with when women got rights, it's not cute. I'm not doing that. amberereignn , Jakob Owens Report Final score: 77points POST Kay blue Kay blue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I have no issue with the idea of my dad walking down the aisle with me. However, I would not include the line "who gives this woman to this man". 47 47points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 Organizing parties. Not only do women take care of the food, they also clean everything up afterwards. Men are just standing there unbothered. jessisquatcher , Nicole Michalou Report Final score: 69points POST Marc Marc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Although it probably happens far too often, I find it problematic to complain about sexism - definitely rightly so - but then peddle stereotypes. Not every man is like that. Not every man is an ass. Not every man behaves like an axe in the woods. There are also men who know how to behave, who are helpful, and who certainly help at parties. Such stereotypes are neither right against women nor against men. 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 Men playing video games all day. If I were to play video games all day then I'd be neglecting my kid, but when a man does it, it's a good thing that he's home and not out there cheating. basicmichi , Alexander Kovalev Report Final score: 60points POST Jonathan Jonathan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Because female gamers are non-existant? How sheltered are these people? 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Girls are raised to be wives and told what they can or can't do in their present for what their future husband might like. You have to keep your "purity" because your future husband might like that, you can't wear that, you can't look this way, you can't post those videos, you have to know how to cook and clean as if those aren't human traits that we all need to know how to do as adults to stay alive. But "boys will be boys" and are allowed to do whatever they want. laysieeeb , One Shot Report Final score: 44points POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In what century were you raised?? This hasn't been the norm for a lot of women in a lot of different countries for at least a few decades... 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Engagement rings. We have a "symbol" on our hand saying we belong to someone else, while men get to go around and do whatever they want, no one knows if they're taken. lindsaynoell , Jake Pierrelee Report Final score: 37points POST Jonathan Jonathan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago But guys wear engagement rings too though. 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 When a woman decides to propose to a man, she is looked down by society. It's so normalized for only men to propose. power.to.her , Jasmine Carter Report Final score: 32points POST Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) It's unusual for sure, but are women who do this actually looked down on? I've never met anyone who'd think that. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Why are ships and cars referred to with the pronouns she/her? The English language doesn't really refer to things as "masculine" or "feminine". The fact that we personify these inanimate objects as women and give them female names, doesn't sit right with me. Research says that this has a variety of reasons, ranging from viewing a vessel as a motherly, womb-like, life sustaining figure, to jokingly likening a ship to a woman who is "expensive" to keep and needs a man to guide her, and a lick of paint to look good. power.to.her , Matt Hardy Report Final score: -10points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wat. The moon is referred as she. I like that. Grace and elegance 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Unpopular as usual, but most of these are enforced, allowed, encouraged and even justified by other women. If you married a useless slob and keep doing everything for him, it's not society forcing you to do it, it's just you being dumb. If it bothers you, stop putting up with it. It's really simple. Also, anyone can say crap to you, but it's you who give importance to their opinions.. this kind of posts piss me off, because it's just women complaining about crap they willingly put up with. Grow a pair of tits and ovaries, ffs! 26 26points reply Nadine Bamberger Nadine Bamberger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I understand that some of these posts piss you off fir those reasons, but please consider that you are talking like someone who is in a position of power, not all women are being born into societies where that's the norm. Maybe try to see things from different angles before you're blaming the victim. Try to empower, not put down, feels better. 29 29points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is not easy to simply defy one's entire childhood of training, cultural expectations, etc. To do so can require a lot of hard work, and some societies will ostracize you for not behaving to "norms". Speaking as one who cut ties with the entire paternal side of my family to be free of the poisonous crap? .... That was 25 years ago and I still hear about how awful I was to *them*! Didn't stop me, but it might stop others. So, moral of story: TLDR: Defiance of "norms" for the right reason is not easy, but it is worth it in the long run. 20 20points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Leo Domitrix, I agree with your comment and can wholeheartedly relate. 4 4points reply Ash Ash Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago People should try to break the cycle with their own children. My mom did that with my sisters and I. I know it doesn't work in all cases but it is start to get society to change. 0 0points reply Penny Fan Penny Fan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I suggest you read "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez. Then tell me again how women are complicit in their own issues. 12 12points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Medical databases are based on men. When they run your numbers, the male norm is the standard. Women don't actively and knowingly participate in that, yet... we're going to lose out because of it. Ditto the fact crash test dummies in cars, and car seats, etc., are designed for... male bodies. We *are* built differently. Etc. So, yes, please consider what you may not even know has been built into the world around you. Med school was one hell of a shock to me on that score. 3 3points reply Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. So are you saying that women can't act and think independently? Aren't we able to stand up if something is not good for us? If you are indifferent and tollerant towards something and your only solution is to complain, you are part of the problem. -4 -4points reply Vera1 Vera1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is not at all what she is saying. Besides, one cannot change what one doesn't know and that is why this book is so important! (and infuriating!) 6 6points reply Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I will never have any amount of respect for anyone who tolerates shït they're not legally obligated to tolerate, and think complaining and blaming others is a valid way of being an adult. If you can name it and complain about it, you can at least stop tolerating it. -9 -9points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Eslamala, Please consider that there are better ways to express your point about women not participating in their own mistreatment. 5 5points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So as long as you won't go to jail, you have to do things that will get you bullied and discriminated against, and you're not allowed to object to being bullied or discriminated against? 3 3points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Women who simply stop putting up with it face backlash. 9 9points reply Nora AlMeida Nora AlMeida Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Crap they’re willingly put up with? That’s some nonsense. Domestic abuse is rampant. All over the world. Women and girls fear for their lives on the daily. When a woman or a girl breaks up, the few months after the break up tend to be the most hazardous period in which her ex might try to kill her. So yeah, if a woman or a girl dated a male, and she thought he’s fair and decent, but some years later he displays some of the issues mentioned here and she gets grossed out by his actually unfair mindset, she might still hesitate to break things off for a while out of fear of his reaction. And some of the things mentioned aren’t complete dealbreakers (like the woman taking charge of the gift giving on behalf of them both, and few other things in the post), but it is still unfair so women are rightfully pointing out the unfairness because a number of women would like to believe that there are decent men out there who would conscientiously change their unfair behavior. 2 2points reply Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was a great victim blaming and congratulations! "Noone is forcing you and you are being dumb?" For real???? 1 1point reply Ben Smith Ben Smith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Extremely well said. 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I agree. It's post like this one makes women weak and helpless. -6 -6points reply Softsquatch Softsquatch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. YES! This article annoyed me so much -6 -6points reply ??????_?????? ??????_?????? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally hate the phrase "Boys will be boys" because it just gives them an excuse to treat people however they want. 21 21points reply Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I especially hate it when male teachers say this about predominantly male classes. I try to explain to them that they are giving the boys excuses that will backfire later and arent teaching them anything other than it is ok to be pains in the a**. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The only situations I’ve actually heard anything like that have involved rowdy toddlers and it’s been said in a very tired voice. 1 1point reply pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many women continue to use their original surname and are named with it, at least in Northern Italy. 15 15points reply Load More Comments POST Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Unpopular as usual, but most of these are enforced, allowed, encouraged and even justified by other women. If you married a useless slob and keep doing everything for him, it's not society forcing you to do it, it's just you being dumb. If it bothers you, stop putting up with it. It's really simple. Also, anyone can say crap to you, but it's you who give importance to their opinions.. this kind of posts piss me off, because it's just women complaining about crap they willingly put up with. Grow a pair of tits and ovaries, ffs! 26 26points reply Nadine Bamberger Nadine Bamberger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I understand that some of these posts piss you off fir those reasons, but please consider that you are talking like someone who is in a position of power, not all women are being born into societies where that's the norm. Maybe try to see things from different angles before you're blaming the victim. Try to empower, not put down, feels better. 29 29points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is not easy to simply defy one's entire childhood of training, cultural expectations, etc. To do so can require a lot of hard work, and some societies will ostracize you for not behaving to "norms". Speaking as one who cut ties with the entire paternal side of my family to be free of the poisonous crap? .... That was 25 years ago and I still hear about how awful I was to *them*! Didn't stop me, but it might stop others. So, moral of story: TLDR: Defiance of "norms" for the right reason is not easy, but it is worth it in the long run. 20 20points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Leo Domitrix, I agree with your comment and can wholeheartedly relate. 4 4points reply Ash Ash Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago People should try to break the cycle with their own children. My mom did that with my sisters and I. I know it doesn't work in all cases but it is start to get society to change. 0 0points reply Penny Fan Penny Fan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I suggest you read "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez. Then tell me again how women are complicit in their own issues. 12 12points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Medical databases are based on men. When they run your numbers, the male norm is the standard. Women don't actively and knowingly participate in that, yet... we're going to lose out because of it. Ditto the fact crash test dummies in cars, and car seats, etc., are designed for... male bodies. We *are* built differently. Etc. So, yes, please consider what you may not even know has been built into the world around you. Med school was one hell of a shock to me on that score. 3 3points reply Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. So are you saying that women can't act and think independently? Aren't we able to stand up if something is not good for us? If you are indifferent and tollerant towards something and your only solution is to complain, you are part of the problem. -4 -4points reply Vera1 Vera1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is not at all what she is saying. Besides, one cannot change what one doesn't know and that is why this book is so important! (and infuriating!) 6 6points reply Eslamala Eslamala Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I will never have any amount of respect for anyone who tolerates shït they're not legally obligated to tolerate, and think complaining and blaming others is a valid way of being an adult. If you can name it and complain about it, you can at least stop tolerating it. -9 -9points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Eslamala, Please consider that there are better ways to express your point about women not participating in their own mistreatment. 5 5points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So as long as you won't go to jail, you have to do things that will get you bullied and discriminated against, and you're not allowed to object to being bullied or discriminated against? 3 3points reply Something Something Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Women who simply stop putting up with it face backlash. 9 9points reply Nora AlMeida Nora AlMeida Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Crap they’re willingly put up with? That’s some nonsense. Domestic abuse is rampant. All over the world. Women and girls fear for their lives on the daily. When a woman or a girl breaks up, the few months after the break up tend to be the most hazardous period in which her ex might try to kill her. So yeah, if a woman or a girl dated a male, and she thought he’s fair and decent, but some years later he displays some of the issues mentioned here and she gets grossed out by his actually unfair mindset, she might still hesitate to break things off for a while out of fear of his reaction. And some of the things mentioned aren’t complete dealbreakers (like the woman taking charge of the gift giving on behalf of them both, and few other things in the post), but it is still unfair so women are rightfully pointing out the unfairness because a number of women would like to believe that there are decent men out there who would conscientiously change their unfair behavior. 2 2points reply Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was a great victim blaming and congratulations! "Noone is forcing you and you are being dumb?" For real???? 1 1point reply Ben Smith Ben Smith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Extremely well said. 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I agree. It's post like this one makes women weak and helpless. -6 -6points reply Softsquatch Softsquatch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. YES! This article annoyed me so much -6 -6points reply ??????_?????? ??????_?????? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally hate the phrase "Boys will be boys" because it just gives them an excuse to treat people however they want. 21 21points reply Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I especially hate it when male teachers say this about predominantly male classes. I try to explain to them that they are giving the boys excuses that will backfire later and arent teaching them anything other than it is ok to be pains in the a**. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art Nia Loves Art Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The only situations I’ve actually heard anything like that have involved rowdy toddlers and it’s been said in a very tired voice. 1 1point reply pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many women continue to use their original surname and are named with it, at least in Northern Italy. 15 15points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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