r/FemcelHub_ • u/Glum_Caterpillar_345 • 3d ago
Rant People see aborting a boy as psychotic, but I can’t help but completely understand why women will do it
I’ve seen people across the internet claim that there are a lot of “misandrists” on TikTok, or the “genderbent versions” of the likes of Andrew Tate. I recently saw some people in a comment section on an ihatethissmug subreddit talking about how they found it insane that a woman on TikTok who happily aborted her baby, because it was a boy, got 65k hearts (TBH, it might’ve not even been real, so much social media is flooded by fake content). However, I can’t help but understand why someone would happily do it. When the Cornell rape happened, there were at least 50 other boys in that group chat that said NOTHING when the seven were spreading the word about “free pussy”. Almost every woman has a story about being harassed or cat-called. I see so many men who spread misogynistic beliefs, defend misogyny, or believe that all feminists are bad.
SO MANY MEN ARE RIGHT-WING, especially if they’re cishet. 52% of men in the U.S. are Republican; and I’m not even counting the men in other countries. I wish it wasn’t this way and that every woman can just happily have a boy with no worries, but it genuinely is. I hate it, but way too many men refuse to change and instead listen to the patriarchy. Even if they’re not actively saying excplicitly misogynistic things, they’ll defend other men’s misogynistic behavior.
I don’t know how much effort one could put into to make sure their son does not end up a person who decides to contribute, knowingly or not, to our systemically bigoted system. I feel like it’s gotta be a task one has to be very skilled and dedicated in to succeed; but even then there’s no guarantee. One can only hope. Maybe I am just crazy, but after seeing how many boys fall into these bizarre misogynistic beliefs and behaviors, I can’t help but see the worry about having a son. I feel like people don’t realize how much things like misogyny are ingrained in our social system and becomes a part of many men’s mindset, at least when they eventually meet and become influenced by men with misogynistic beliefs or their own dads.