Athena
Buzzkill.
I got into a pretty exhausting Facebook argument over one of these tweets last week, so I thought it would be interesting to bring it over here and get people's opinions on the matter.
Last September, the hashtag #MasculinitySoFragile took off. Intended to simply point out the failures and dangers of the "masculine" archetype, many, many men took personal offense to this Twitter wave (ironically proving it to be true). I ran across one such individual.
The tweet in question: "#MasculinitySoFragile that it's more important to teach women to reject men politely than it is to teach men to accept rejection peacefully."
Apparently, this bitch is just fighting for the right to reject men coldly. Except, no, that's not it.
As we know from stories on this site, and projects like WhenWomenRefuse on Tumblr, a collection of stories of neutral or polite refusal resulting in harassment and violence, it's not a matter of chicks being uppity bitches. And, yet, many women get the impression that it's their responsibility to turn down advances in the most gentle way possible, rather than society cracking down on male entitlement.
There are lots of other fun tweets to discuss, though.
Do you have examples of your own? Guys, what do you think about this stuff?
Last September, the hashtag #MasculinitySoFragile took off. Intended to simply point out the failures and dangers of the "masculine" archetype, many, many men took personal offense to this Twitter wave (ironically proving it to be true). I ran across one such individual.
The tweet in question: "#MasculinitySoFragile that it's more important to teach women to reject men politely than it is to teach men to accept rejection peacefully."
Apparently, this bitch is just fighting for the right to reject men coldly. Except, no, that's not it.
As we know from stories on this site, and projects like WhenWomenRefuse on Tumblr, a collection of stories of neutral or polite refusal resulting in harassment and violence, it's not a matter of chicks being uppity bitches. And, yet, many women get the impression that it's their responsibility to turn down advances in the most gentle way possible, rather than society cracking down on male entitlement.
There are lots of other fun tweets to discuss, though.
Do you have examples of your own? Guys, what do you think about this stuff?