Male Privilege

[polly7]

260. Insulting, really?

What is more insulting is telling us ad-nauseum how put upon we are and how everything we do is in some way affected by the patriarchy. As a woman, I see where men are just as hard done by in today's economy, I see their concerns laughed and scoffed at, I see very little resources available to help them. I've seen the suicides right up close ... as close as one can get, so don't tell me the patriarchy is making these men kill themselves. If you want to be a victim, be one ........ but don't ever compare yourself to a woman in a third world country or developing nation where simply being born female is considered a curse.

Oh, and I see the world through the lens of many co-workers, friends and family and by reading and watching the news, where women have made astonishing advancements and accomplishments. You have no fucking idea what I 'think' so don't try to elevate your poor, poor women on DU shtick by putting words into my mouth. Instead of bemoaning the DU rape culture and telling women like me who HAVE dealt with DV and helped victims of it, or organized and worked to help the homeless that we're rape supporters, or whatever the hell that was supposed to mean, maybe you should consider that male and female both experience bigotry and discrimination. Definitely, that will always be the case, but to assume that women here have it so bad because the dreaded patriarchy is making us all victims, is insulting.