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

• buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Assuming I’m one of these hypothetical men that you want to do that, what exactly did I fail to do? You’ve forgotten that men have also been told they don’t need a man’s assistance, they are independent and equal. Those are conflicting with being told to believe women when they say things, but don’t believe them situationally, and we must be psychically aware of when we’re supposed to act vs not act.

    So what did I do wrong that warrants me being assumed to have failed at doing? If I can do better I would, I just don’t see what I missed.

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• sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’re just resigned that you will always be viewed as a threat even though you stay far away in public, don’t talk, keep eyes down, ear buds in, stay at home and hardly leave the house.

      Not according to your original comment.

      It’s not women’s fault that they make moves to protect themselves when out in public.** It’s not a personal attack on you that women don’t want to be raped or assaulted.** Just because a woman may opt to ride with a female driver doesn’t mean that they refuse to interact with men in public.

      The men that are in my life haven’t been in my life since I was born. How do you think men who have relationships with women (all types of relationships, not just romantic) do it? You cannot tell me that all men are cowering in their homes because they’re just so scared of women being scared of them because it’s objectively not true.

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      • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        When did I say you make me feel that way?

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      • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes they are. And your refusal to admit men can feel fear about women is amazingly sexist. Sounds like you think it’s impossible for women to present a threat to a man.

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