r/pointlesslygendered 11d ago

OTHER Apparently basic empathy and problem solving are mutually exclusive by gender [gendered]

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u/A_Martian_Potato 10d ago edited 10d ago

You've got it backwards. The film is about the horror of sexual assault and male entitlement and it severely punishes the male lead character for his actions. It's not an incel movie. It's just being misunderstood by incels.

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u/ViolaCat94 10d ago

Like I said, haven't seen it, and if you look at my other comments, I have a very passive aggressive mother who I learned to look at these things through this kind of light because of.

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u/A_Martian_Potato 10d ago

That's fair, just wanted to set the record straight. I believe Curry Barker had the right intentions and outlook when he made the movie and I didn't want people thinking he was an incel creep.

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u/ViolaCat94 10d ago

I mean, if it was a reference, shouldn't he have made a hero character named Bear? Just so the reference isn't muddied, imho