Name one thing patriarchy normalized so well– you never even realized it was patriarchy

Assumed relationship dynamics in lgbt relationships, there doesnt need to be a masc or fem, like “man” in the relationship and “woman” in the relationship   2 reply

There's actually a long list, never ending. In my culture there's patri local residence. Woman moves to her husband's place. So there's these podcasters going around asking women if they would stay with her husband's parents or separately. And they shame her when she says she wants to live separately. They're like when we ask men the same question,......   reply

there was this riddle that was popular a judge has a son. the father of the son is a policeman. what is the relationship between the judge and the son? the answer is that the judge is the son's mother a lot of people are going to unconsciously assume that the judge is a man. professions like doctor, lawyer, judge, soldier.. if i mention them mo......   2 reply

People assuming single mothers are the result of being a widow or just generally the absence of a man like there isn't adoption or getting yourself a kid through other means. "Where is their father?" "Such a shame the kid won't have a proper support system" like men are the only ones who can get a job and/or competent to give that child a good life......   1 reply

add on the second one, fathers being praised for something EVERY mother does to their child like they're some peak representation of a good father ? ? ? and when the mother does the same thing everyone is suddenly silent because it's what they're "destined" to.. cooking for your kids ? you're such a good father, dressing up your kid ? you're such......   2 reply

bodycount. i swear to god if i ever see a man irl talking about a woman’s bodycount im gonna smash his head and stab him. why do men’s bodycount doesn’t matter because they have « needs » but women’s bodycount is so important ? like we don’t have needs ? we don’t masturbate or have sex ? are we supposed to be innocent girls ? or d......   reply

when I told my ppl I shave my pits but they started questioning why. apparently shaving underarm hair = womanly? i thought shaving ur pit hair nowadays was a choice not by gender, but ig not lol   1 reply

When women are often written as needing help, being submissive, or weaker than a man when it comes to heterosexual couples. Hence the reason why I hated romance as a genre and didn't know why at first.   1 reply

Being expected to be as hairless as a baby as a woman. And girls always go "I don't do it for men, it feels better / it feels cleaner", but be so for real, if it wasn't already such an established thing in our society, you would not think twice about having hair on your body.   reply