Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Men are upset that women feel the need to protect themselves against men.

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  • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, men are upset that there’s nothing they can do to assuage that fear. Imagine if half the world thinks you’re a grenade with a faulty spoon, and there’s nothing you can do to show that you have had your gunpowder removed and cannot explode.

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    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Following your example to its logical conclusion.

      There is something we can do. We can hold the other grenades accountable for their explosive nature. Something that has traditionally not been done. Which has led to the situation as it stands now. The company line has always been grenades explode, that’s just their nature.

      We’ve been indoctrinated into believing that if we step in and tell a man to back off from harassing a woman that we are “cock blocking” them and that is impolite. It’s not and men aren’t entitled to being allowed to talk to women just because they want to.

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    • sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s nothing men can do to assuage that fear? Are you serious?

      Be kind. Be gentle. Get involved in your communities. Get to know your neighbors. Volunteer. Be a known and safe presence for your peers. Be engaged in your hobbies and share your knowledge with others. Live your life with honesty and integrity.

      I love men and I love the men in my life. Men can be great. Throwing your hands up and whining that women haven’t told you what to do to be a good person so you simply won’t try is acting like a child.

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      • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I do all those things though. What else can I do?

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  • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Okay but where? On balance there are not a lot of those comments and they’re downvoted through the floor. The complaints make it sound like they’re alone in a sea of angry men.

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    • sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can sort by controversial or just open the replies under your comment. There’s plenty of sexism against women here.

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