People freak out when he hits her in public. Watch what happens when she hits him.

[Serendipity 7,821]

Plenty of these social experiments are floating around lately, but this one really made me stop and think. It's pretty hard to ignore the extremely different reactions you see between the two scenarios. Check below the video for the why that's missing from the experiment.

 

Have you ever noticed that when women are being abused, people are more likely to intervene...

...but when people see a woman harassing or abusing a man, people tend to laugh it off?

BUT! Did you know there's a social structure in place that allows for this double standard of gender violence to exist?

Tell 'em, Joe!

 

That social structure, my friends ... is calledPATRIARCHY.
Patriarchy is why:

Men are expected to be big, tough, macho dudes who hit things and are allergic to feelings.
Women are expected to be maternal, nurturing, emotional ladies who are delicate and love babies.

These gender roles are bad for everyone.

Patriarchy blames women who are abused by men for provoking their "natural male aggression."
Patriarchy hurts MEN, too. It says that men must be strong, which is why many male victims of domestic abuse feel they can't ask for help.

Just how big is the problem of gender violence? Here are some stats on the same scale — seconds AND per year.

Abuse in seconds:

Abuse per year:

What can we do? How can we care? This is a quagmire of gender yuck.

The answer, my friends, is FEMINISM.

Feminism: A movement that seeks to achieve social, political, and 
economic equality for people of all genders.

Feminism seeks to dismantle the patriarchy. You don't even have to ask it to! (But you can!)

Yep.

Remember how feminist folks want equality, even for dudes? Making what happens in this video a thing of the past is *exactly* what those feminists are talking about.

So there you have it. Gender violence is a problem; feminism wants to solve it. So let's all dismantle the patriarchy together.

Who's with me???

 

If you need help, please don't be afraid to reach out. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233 or (800) 787-3224 for TTY.

[kennji 546]

are we using clickbait titles here now?

[mister max 18,480]

i dont like the term feminism

because it looks like its only for womens...

 

[Lady Palutena 3,147]

All I'm going to say is people of both genders shouldn't fight, period.

[Didymus 34,380]

Well, surely it has something to do with physical strength, but yeah, there are plenty of other examples that expose the hollowness of women claiming their s-x to be the suppressed one. In fact, there's much evidence to argue that women, by being privileged in specific situations, take on the role of "the weak one" as eagerly as men want them to.

But, still, the image of everyone laughing at a woman taking physical control and kicking a man's ass shows something interesting: do they enjoy seeing the man being kicked off of his metaphorical throne or do they enjoy seeing the woman rise in power, acknowledging that this ass-kicking and/or rise in power would be justified compared to social standards? There's still hope then for feminism.

Very interesting stuff for discussion anyway, thanks for posting.

& God bless Joseph.

[Serendipity 7,821]

i dont like the term feminism

because it looks like its only for womens...

 

​Feminism: A movement that seeks to achieve social, political, and 
economic equality for people of all genders.

[Phoenix 17,395]

I like the OP and I mostly agree. 

[Rino 5,124]

​Feminism: A movement that seeks to achieve social, political, and economic equality for people of all genders.

​as the Queen B said

and yeah, I'm a feminist 

[Cody Draco 2,531]

​Feminism: A movement that seeks to achieve social, political, and economic equality for people of all genders.

​To deny the fact that the appearance of the word "feminism" and to try and say the root "fem" does not equate to feminine is ridiculous.

As for the dictionary definition of the word, you are correct. The way in which some people embrace the word is incorrect.

[RedHotAndBlue 12]

#meninist

Women have been opressed for years. Let the men have a taste for once.

[witchcocktor 1,438]

#meninist

Women have been opressed for years. Let the men have a taste for once.

​**** you.

​Feminism: A movement that seeks to achieve social, political, and economic equality for people of all genders.

​Double **** you.

[RedHotAndBlue 12]

​**** you.

​Double **** you.

​Do you have a problem, sweetie?

[witchcocktor 1,438]

​Do you have a problem, sweetie?

​Yep, you. Take your heinous comments somewhere else so I don't have to snap at your blatant misandry.

[RedHotAndBlue 12]

​Yep, you. Take your heinous comments somewhere else so I don't have to snap at your blatant misandry.

​Misandry doesn't exist. It should, though.

[witchcocktor 1,438]

​Misandry doesn't exist. It should, though.

​Reported.