The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and unchanging and incapable. It’s patriarchy that says men have animalistic instincts and just can’t stop themselves from harassing and assaulting. It’s patriarchy that says men can only be attracted by certain qualities, can only have particular kinds of responses, can only experience the world in narrow ways. Feminism holds that men are capable of more – are more than that.
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On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone
Exactly this. This is why I despise it when men refuse to have a conversation with me about these issues and instead play dumb.
