Telling a guy to "man up" is the same as telling a woman to "get back in the kitchen".

I see a lot of posts on Chambers of people whom have gone through traumatic experiences in their lives; be it war, rape, suicide, depression, that sort of stuff.<br><br>Usually, 50% of a comment thread consists of 'man up' and 'X can't happen to men!'.<br><br>It's annoying as all hell, and yeeah often those comments do get downvoted, but not enough to send them straight to the bottom of the list.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>EDIT: Holy shit this blew up.<br><br>EDIT NO. 2: As said by u/Zap__Dannigan:<br><br>> Context is important, which it seems many people don't understand. <br>> <br>>If I tell my buddy to man up because he's scared of snakes or heights or sharks, I'm not perpetuating a harmful stereotype. We all know he's not scared of any of those things. I'm just telling him to be a little braver and face one of his many irrationally fears. <br>> <br>>If I tell him to man up because he was raped or his wife left him or he has depression, then that's an entirely different story. <br>> <br>>One is harmless, the other is harmful. <br>> <br>>It's the same with any phrase. It's not the words that are the problem. <br>> <br>>It's the context of those words.