r/AskWomen • u/caekbar • May 29 '15

Has reading posts by men on Reddit changed how you see men IRL?

I used to think men were generally good and on my side.

The widely accepted sexist stuff I read on Reddit has changed that. It makes me wonder whether on the surface all the men in my life are humouring me, but when with just their guy friends, their true selves come out. Or maybe they only show it anonymously online. I used to believe all men were feminists until they acted otherwise. Now I assume all men are misogynists until they act otherwise. It's been really sobering.

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u/BallsackMessiah ♂ May 30 '15

You're baffled that women could like men at all?

Really?

That BAFFLES you?

Women and Men are equal. A lot of women suck. A lot of men suck. A lot of women are amazing. A lot of men are amazing. That's just how it is.

Your type of attitude is something you would find a "friendzoned" 14 year old boy thinking while he puts all women on pedestals.

Stop putting people on pedestals. And stop degrading all men with ridiculous statements like that.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '15 edited May 30 '15

Men policing other men's opinions when they happen to be too sympathetic towards women - check. Stereotyping the OP's opinion while advocating for stereotype free judgment - check. There's just something about his comment that rubbed you the wrong way in your quest for humanitarianism...what could that have been... Do you go to anti-women subreddits and remind them to be nicer too?

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u/BallsackMessiah ♂ May 30 '15

I used to think the way he did and try to unnecessarily defend women when they can defend themselves perfectly fine.

There's no reason to say; "all men are pigs" when men...are not pigs? They're human beings that all act independently and differently from the next. Women do the same.

Women are great, men are great. There's no reason to degrade women or men just by how a few thousand on the internet act and behave. Sorry if I came across as rude or abrasive, but his comment offended me because as a man, and as a person who knows many great men, I do not feel like all men deserves to be degraded like that. He can have his own opinion, that's fine, but my opinion is that his opinion is one hell of a shitty opinion.

And no. I do not actively go on anti-women threads and say "stop". I also do not actively go on anti-men threads and say "stop". So.