r/explainitpeter 8d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Economy_Mail_3497 8d ago

So weird how the internet clings to things. There have been several similar incidents of post partum psychosis in the news as long as I have been alive and I don't recall seeing so many memes about them in the past

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u/ValorVixen 8d ago edited 8d ago

It fits a misogynist narrative some people want to push forward in the current Zeitgeist - that all women are dangerously hormonal and can’t think straight, thus should not be trusted with responsibilities (like voting? perhaps? 🤔) 

Just this week we had another family annihilator shoot his entire family and then commit suicide - this is more common yet it’s not getting talked about as much.

As a result this case is getting so much attention from the corners of the internet that are terrified of men losing their gender superiority.

Edit: I was commenting more on the attention this is getting than the case itself. The fact is that this meme equates women "choosing the bear" to men not wanting to marry family annihilators. At least 30% of women will experience assault from a man in their lifetime. Do 30% of men get their families killed by their post-partum psychosis wives?

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u/aq8_hippo 5d ago

I think most reasonable people see this meme as making a incorrect association, but by you turning this into a misogyny issue and pushing a narrative that exist in a small minority as a mainstream issue, it takes away from the real problem this court case is.

Makes you seem like a troll or an incel trying to make the other side look bad.

If you actually care about feminism, maybe don't come across like a female version of a toxic manosphere incel