Comment by Lauchmelder@feddit.org on Stitch rule

Jesus Christ, what kind of sick person comes up with stuff like that?

After the mother gives birth to a healthy baby boy, the father leans to the doctor and whispers “how long until we can have sex?”. The doctor replies, “I clock off at 3.”

I worked for a man that thought it would be a funny thing to say soon after the delivery.

Look, I’m a guy. I laughed, until his (now ex) said that he actually said it.

I mean come on. It’s funny as a joke, you don’t ACTUALLY say that to a delivery nurse, my god.

Yeah, people who act like it could never be funny are insufferable and people who actually do it are psychos.

Sick people that’s who.

Ok but in this case it’s men, specifically. That is what the hashtag is about.

That’s very generalising though.

Personally, I try to avoid that whenever possible.

When this was invented, the majority of doctors were men.

It’s not generalizing if it’s true.

Good on you.

It’s not generalising tho, these women describe situations they have experienced.

Huh, and here all the men I know have never even the slightest bit upset about broad generalizing statements about men because they are secure in the knowledge that the statement doesn’t apply to them… Sounds like a skill issue tbh.

This statement doesn’t apply to me. Still, when I am constantly lumped in the same category as rapists, sexual predators and any or all other demeaning terms, it does start to affect my self-esteem and make me doubt myself.

Just like when you look at social medias and all the women are perfect. You know it’s a tuned photo with a lot of work behind it. But you see it all the time : on your phone, TV and ads in general. And it does affect women, even if the beauty standards are irrealist, and humans come in all size and forms.

This is the same principle in the two cases.

So what is your point?

What is your smug, dismissive attitude achieving?

I know this statement doesn’t apply to me, but it still hurts me. Just the same as any generalisation.

I’m sure you’ll say something about privilege, and I somewhat agree, but someone having privilege does not make it okay to completely dismiss them and group them in with shitty people for things out of their control.

And again, rhetoric like this is one of the reason that young men are moving away from progressives into the hands of the alt-right. If you want things to get better and want men to be better, the first step is to not be an asshole to them for no reason.

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