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What is your least favourite thing about men?

Anonymous in /c/WitchesVsPatriarchy

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Little list to start us off:<br><br>- Thinking they’re experts in everything<br><br>- Feeling like they have a right to my uterus<br><br>- Thinking they deserve a cookie for doing something nice for me and then acting like I’m a bitch if I don’t give them one<br><br>- Being physically stronger and using that against me when I’m already small and weak<br><br>- Thinking they can do a better job of being the woman than me<br><br>- Thinking that I’m somehow beneath them<br><br>- Walking along the road and harassing me<br><br>- Thinking that I owe them a smile, or a hug, or a kiss, or my body, or my time, or my cab fare<br><br>- Whingeing about how hard done by they are all the time<br><br>- Having to always be right, and refusing to back down on something that really isn’t that important in the long run<br><br>- Being so arrogant about something they would have no chance of understanding<br><br>- Think that they’re the ones raising the kids because they see their child for 2 hours a day and then put it to bed<br><br>- Thinking their careers are more important than mine<br><br>- Thinking that I should be happy to stay at home and now earn my own money, and then complain that I’m not contributing to the household income<br><br>- Thinking that I have no right to call myself a feminist because feminism is about equality<br><br>- Thinking that they are the equals of women and they have the right to speak on behalf of women<br><br>- That they seem to think they’re entitled to my money, my time, my body, my actions, my words, my feelings, my thoughts, my decisions, my future etc<br><br>- That they then act so horribly fucking offended if you point out that they don’t have a right to any of those things<br><br>- Thinking that they are capable of doing my job better than me<br><br>- Walking into a roomful of women and acting like they own the place and everyone owes them something<br><br>- Feeling like they are owed sex or romantic/sexual contact<br><br>- Invading my personal space and standing inches away from me, or following me and lurking behind me everywhere<br><br>- Thinking that they can talk to me like I’m their child and telling me I’m not allowed to do things<br><br>- Thinking that I’m overreacting all the time<br><br>- Thinking that they are necessary for me to function<br><br>- Walking behind someone who’s clearly alone and trying to intimidate them to make them afraid<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them just because I’m smiling or being nice and talking to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m wearing a certain top or a certain skirt<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out at 10pm<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m listening to my music or have my headphones in<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I smiled at them and said hello back when they said hello to me and smiled at me<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I thanked them for holding the door open for me<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I said “please” and “excuse me”<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m wearing makeup<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out without a male chaperone<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m talking to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being nice and friendly<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out having fun<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m smiling<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being polite<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being respectful<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being civil<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being generous or thoughtful or compassionate<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being friendly and approachable<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being kind<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being gracious<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being humble<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being considerate<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being open<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being warm<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being cooperative<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to work together with them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to let them talk and have their turn<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to listen to what they have to say<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to engage with them or try to find common ground<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to trust them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be vulnerable<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be intimate, which does not necessarily mean sexually<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be open and honest with them about myself and my life<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic towards them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be socially polite and courteous and to have good manners<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being willing to be nice to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being genuinely warm and friendly and approachable and open and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and willing to work with them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I smiled at them and said hello<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being friendly and warm and approachable and open and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m being nice to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m trying to be kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I was talking to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I was being genuinely warm and friendly and approachable and open and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I was being nice to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I looked them in the eye when I was talking to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I looked at them when I was talking to them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I laughed at their jokes<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I thanked them for something<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I said “please” and “excuse me”<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I was being friendly and approachable and open and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I smiled at them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I said hello and smiled at them<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m a woman<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public and I’m a woman<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public and I’m a woman and I’m smiling and I’m being nice and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out and I’m a woman and I’m smiling and I’m being warm and friendly and approachable and open and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out and I’m a woman and I’m smiling and I’m being nice and I’m being polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m a woman<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public and I’m a woman<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public and I’m a woman and I’m smiling<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out in public and I’m a woman and I’m smiling and I’m being nice and polite and courteous and humble and gracious and cooperative and kind and generous and compassionate and empathetic and understanding and sympathetic<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out and I’m a woman and I’m smiling<br><br>- Not getting that I’m not flirting with them because I’m out and I’m a woman and I’m

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