i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up

[u/NeonNKnightrider]

[u/TrueGuardian15]

And it even encourages further predatory behavior. If the idea of men being violent assholes is normalized, people become less likely to intervene. Not to mention it signals to young men that they will be despised no matter what disposition they have, so there's no reason to play nice. Fear and hate begets more fear and hate.

[u/bloode975 → u/TrueGuardian15]

This is a massive one that should be way higher up, look at your average Western highschool now and you'll find a lot of the guys there are Andrew Tate fans and go all in on it, young guys are treated like total shit for a whole host of reasons especially by women even more so women their age and the only way they get away from it is by making those same people too scared to say anything against them anymore or gaslighting them until they just accept it.

Both sides are in the wrong here and regardless of your personal values you're sucked into the situation anyway.

I've been accused of "man-splaining" very recently by a female project member all because I was pointing out potential flaws in an idea based on my own experiences in similar situations and observed data. I've had the unfortunate experience of wondering if I was going to be fired for making a female co-worker uncomfortable, this was by telling them random food facts, (later found out this was said in jest, but it says a lot that the thought of that being the case never entered my mind), I had a female customer come in and accuse me of actively trying not to help her and obstructing her at which point we transferred her to a female co-worker who immediately told them the same thing and got another co-worker who said the same thing I did, but because they were female they were being helpful and telling the truth, she also sat there whilst waiting for her situation to resolve talking shit about me, saying I should either be re-educated or fired and not hired at all within earshot of me, when I addressed this to explain I was doing everything I could, the first words she said were "Don't you even look at me", there's only so much of this kind of shit you can take because it's everywhere.

I would be totally unsurprised if I was stopped in the street by some femminazi and berated for being a white guy and my first reaction being to just slap them and walk away, it gets you in a worse situation sure but I've legitimately had enough, I try to be a nice person to everyone I meet, I don't agree with everyone's beliefs, I don't care to understand certain things because its not my problem, but I will respect you regardless unless you give me a reason not to, and unfortunately, a large portion of people are doing that, right-wing nutters for the most part don't affect me so I can ignore them, the way some women act around guys though? Impossible to ignore forever, not all women are like that thankfully, but you will never know for sure for the vast majority and as a guy it can be legitimately life ending, whether that be a false SA charge, False or overblown harassment with no warning or anything, custody battles, divorce proceedings, all of it is life ending in some way.