We are a women's only community, so please no male comments.

Edit: thanks all for reporting the hostile remarks! You really are an amazing group of people. Really appreciate how positive so many men have been as well. I see you all and value you ❤️

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[+] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • Maybe, but in the tweet, did soph say "white men" or "all white men"?

    There are times when hurt people do call out all men in their wording, which isn't accurate to say, but there seem to be more times when the language is just ambiguous or overtly does not call out all the people of a group and the #notallmen people read into things and then get angry on the internet.

    But beyond even that, I sort of just think social media was a mistake. #notallmen wasn't a thing in the past because women vented in person to each other, or to male allies they trusted enough about other men. Women could express their feelings, and a portion of men wouldn't get angry due to feeling as though they were personally called out. Everything about Twitter from its limited character counts precluding context and people feeling like they can say any horrible thing to each other without consequence has regressed us as a species.

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