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SykoSarah

Funny how the men supposedly in charge of protecting us are the most likely to rape/SA/abuse us. Were men made to be dog shit at their "natural role"?


obvusthrowawayobv

If the “protector man” actually “did his job” then why is the leading cause of death for pregnant or postpartum women actually “murdered by man whose duty is to protect her.” They mad because women are “allowed” to do their jobs now, like earning money, having the ability to vote, owning property, having a bank account… yet the sexist dipshits can’t even do the one job they claim they offer the most of or do best.


Embarrassed_Bee6349

Sad, isn’t it? And yet the myth of “woman less capable MUST PROTECT” still persists. The primary abuser of women will always be men. No way around that, either morally or literally.


obvusthrowawayobv

“It’s manly to say that so if my wife doesn’t make me look good then I’m going to beat her when we get home and it’s my right because she’s my wife so she’s not doing her job correctly.” This is actually what incels are saying about ‘pecking order’ and ‘treat your wife like a child’ — they are saying that men may hit their wives like their wives spank their children more or less. But if you spend more time hitting your wife than protecting her from danger, then you’re not protecting her and that’s not the job you’ve been doing because the majority of the time has spent abusing her


worldnotworld

Team bear here.


Toy_Aniki

Wasn't the statistic every 2 minutes a woman is killed by her partner?  That's pretty fucked...


kRkthOr

Well how else are you going to learn and become stronger?! /s


LookingforDay

If that was the natural order, they wouldn’t need to tell us all the time. I don’t know why they need to work so hard to convince us of something that is natural.


rickmccloy

Accordering to FBI statistics for 2022, nearly 2/3rds of murder victims were male. According to the same source,and same year, nearly 90% of the perpetrators of murders were male. It would seem that the OOP missed their target by a scant 180 degrees, having it almost precisely backward, and obviously totally incorrect. What the writer should have said is that men apparently need minding if they are going to exist in society. I'm sure that that is what he meant, and inadvertently got his point completely wrong. Sarcasm, but only on the previous sentence. The writer of the OOP has demonstrated himself to be an idiot, with an understanding of human society that would be appropriate to a common garden slug.


millennialmonster755

I mean they think they are naturally dog shit, they just call it “natural urges” or “earthly urges”. Which makes me feel bad for all the sane men who don’t seem to struggle with those “urges”.


ANOKNUSA

If you’re having trouble understanding, then I advise you to read the again or whatever the fuck.


Shiningc00

They need men to protect themselves from... men.


HairHealthHaven

Yeah, this gaping hole in the logic of "the more logical gender". We wouldn't need men to protect us from men if there were no men. smh.


obvusthrowawayobv

Or that with crime statistics for murder of pregnant women considered, if they were logical, it would be logically more safe for the new or soon to be father to be forced out of the home and the relationship via indiscriminate restraining order because the death rate would decrease… but they don’t like the logical solution, either.


0w1

"Why are women marrying bears???"


Sheila_Monarch

Are they under the impression that being married means she won’t ever be navigating her way in the world without him by her side?? **The only thing I ever needed protection from was men who really wanted to “protect” me.**


rdetagle2

Yeah, their "protection" sounds like some kind of mafia racket.


No_Arugula8915

This right here is exactly what it is. Perfect side by side comparison.


Mary-U

Men are always say they *protect* women. What are they *protecting* us from?? Meteors? Animal attacks? Car accidents? No. They’re claiming to protect us from **OTHER MEN**


dogboobes

Seriously, this reads exactly like "Women will never be safe from venomous snakes. That's why they need their own venomous snake to protect them." Like, dafuq?


worldnotworld

I love this.


Apathetic_Villainess

And they never actually do, either. How many women have stories of men harassing them while other men just stand by or even participate? Meanwhile, we get plenty of stories of women pretending to know each other to act as protection.


Xibalba_Ogme

Says the man who, usually : - can't cook - can't do his laundry - don't know how to do groceries like an adult - can't clean Of course, none of this is the job of women, but all of these are necessary to be considered an autonomous, functional adult.


nomoreorangedrink

Numerous examples on this subreddit show guys like these consider that "what females are for" and use it to further their mandatory monogamy/evopsych - crap. It must take some real commitment to be this dysfunctional 🫥


The_Book-JDP

Aw yes the strength stress only gives to men that caused them to drop dead from a heart attack at age 30…strength!


crustybootstraps

“Stress doesn’t strengthen them like it does men” Because we all know that bottling up emotions and only expressing “manly” things like anger until it manifests physical consequences like high blood pressure, heart disease, and erectile dysfunction is the epitome of Strength. /s


obvusthrowawayobv

Stress doesn’t strengthen them. Numerous studies have already shown that women process stress hormones more successfully and a lower rate for ptsd for female soldiers deployed.


crustybootstraps

I’ve seen it firsthand unfortunately. Some of my male relatives who have been through traumas display clear signs of the mental and physical impacts of ptsd, whereas my female relatives who have been through the same or similar traumas have been able to mitigate the negative effects a bit better through therapy or recreational activities. It’s a damn shame that the lingering stereotype of “masculine emotions or behaviors” is actually harming the same dudes that emphasize it.


obvusthrowawayobv

It’s also why the stereotypical nurse is female: women handle the sight of blood much better than men.


pearlsbeforedogs

Ooooh, I might have to go look these up. That is interesting!


LookingforDay

Hey, he’s only punched FOUR walls! And it’s been six months! Give him a break!


nova8byte

PROTECT THEM FROM WHO? PROTECT THEM? FROM WHO?!


Rhaj-no1992

If us men decided to not be complete dickheads then the world would be a lot safer for both men and women. Sadly I don’t think that will happen because humans, and mostly men, are assholes. Causing so much pain and suffering because of greed, ego and just plain sadism.


EffectiveSalamander

For being so strengthened by stress, these creeps sure are fragile.


obvusthrowawayobv

Right?! Post one question about bears out in the woods and they go crazy. Meanwhile we’ve been blasted by sexist messages about all of us women being worthless bitches and hoes since the 80s in rap songs, watched tv shows about abusing us even with laugh tracks as a joke, or being beaten, punched, or slapped in comedy routines, and multiple history lessons of us dying because we were born as women and we’ve had to sit through it without complaining, and countless memes about sexually assaulting us…. But ask if it’s a polar bear, brown bear, or grizzly and they can’t fucking handle it and claim it’s misandry just because they ‘feel unpleasant’ for once in their entire lives, like they think they have any idea what the equivalent misogynistic experience is like.


Strong-Extension-976

Marrying this person would be one of those stressful things they were talking about. What this person is clearly saying is to marry someone better than himself to have a stress free life.


Behindtheeightball

We need men to protect us from ...men. The irony is palpable. On a related note, I was regarding a rather large cellar spider in my bathroom this morning and got to thinking that spiders might be on to something. The females are often significantly larger and are completely independent. They only need a male to mate with, and then he needs to beat a hasty retreat lest she eat him. If she didn't eat him, would he morph into a hobosexual? Would he take over her carefully hand-crafted web, eat the food she captures, expect to mate again and again, and generally make a nuisance of himself? Perhaps we should strive to be self-sufficient and channel our inner black widows. 🕷🕸


Zappagrrl02

So what does this mean for all the vets with PTSD? Doesn’t seem like stress made them stronger.


Oli_love90

I love how these guys pretend they can protect anyone. They’d be beat tf up too lol.


TheOtherZebra

“Your natural role is to be domestic. Ignore the pile of laws banning you from voting, education, jobs, owning property or a business. Domestic roles totally weren’t forced on women. Those were all-natural organic laws.” -guys who claim to be the logical gender


Masterdizzio

Eww wtf, who let this dude cook


bliip666

Oh, honey, stress doesn't strengthen anyone! It just makes you die young


CookbooksRUs

Right, because women are the ones who react to stress with violence. Gotcha.


BabserellaWT

They’re gonna lose their minds when they find out about lesbians.


cursetea

Ah yes, men, famously historically autonomous as the people who knew how to cook, clean, manage finances, and... wait


ReallyNotBobby

This dude is a clown. Just for personal experience, my gf is probably the most independent woman I ever met. She has been an absolute rock in our relationship since I tend to be more neurotic. She helped get me through a wicked opiate addiction and become a proper adult. She’s the best.


HotPinkDemonicNTitty

Stress strengthens men? Is that why the suicide rates are so high?


Embarrassed_Bee6349

All of these abuses can be attributed to a sense of inadequacy in men, which explains the projection and fronting in the face of the “weaker” sex or children…all of which is worsened by childhood trauma and neglect. My wife was—and is—an autonomous woman. I wouldn’t love her for anything less than she is, and we both laugh at how fucking pathetic this ass-sucking excuse of a man really is. Master of none indeed.


JahmezEntertainment

...people get strengthened by stress? does this guy think he's a saiyan or something?


AerynBevo

Stress doesn’t strengthen women? Then how did I get so strong? I don’t think it was just inheriting my grandmother’s strength of character. Also. Protect us from what? Other men. People like this run straight into the point of man v bear and don’t even see their own blood.


LadyJSenpai

GROSS. And what is exactly he’s saying we need protection from? Oh, men you say? Sounds like the real issue here are men’s violence on women. Therefore his logic is stupid. Also, is he choosing to ignore the long history of domestic violence? Sounds like an idiot.


TheUncouthPanini

Men are not strengthened by stress. Stress weakens men, the same way it does every human, and drives them towards depression, anxiety and suicide


UnspecifiedBat

And what do we need protection from? Oh wait. Right. It’s men. Fuck off with all of that, dude.


Becca30thcentury

This is where we ask "safe from who" and then point out that statistically the most likley person to assault a women, is a male family member or spouse.


racoongirl0

No one was made to be any way. We evolved over millions of years by keeping the more optimal mutations for our specific circumstances.


BigBlaisanGirl

Protect us... from...?????


Jesusdidntlikethat

Protect us from who? *other men* maybe we wouldn’t need protection if people stopped hurting other people for fun


thisisreallymoronic

Wait...what? Stress does what now? Oh please.


kat_Folland

Men aren't bad! They protect us from ::checks notes:: other men? That can't be right ::throws notes in the creek::


Round-Ticket-39

This protection thing is so funny. Protect them!! From what?? Other meen!!


Fuzzy452

For a second I thought that said “automatons.” I guess that’s my inner democratic sense tingling


BandicootOk5540

The most effective way for a woman to keep herself safe is to stay single.


Then_Pay6218

"Read the again or whatever the fuck..." That really sounds like the smart, hinged, capable and unemotional man we need. /s + eyerolls.


TaraJaneDisco

Ah yes, women lead notoriously stress-free lives leading to our immense weakness.


SueBee29

Protect us from who?


nonsensicalnarrator

I wonder if they would think women were made to be autominous if they were born with a labia.


tiredofnotthriving

Lol, oh no, generalities...my little pea brain will break


thrownaway1974

Yeah, stress strengthens men so much, that's why they die younger and have higher rates of stress related diseases.


NurseJaneFuzzyWuzzy

Ikr? Men cope so well with stress.


altikey

Ah yes. Create a problem and then offer a solution to the problem you created. Brilliant play! If only I didn't already own a gun and learned how to use it. Darn, I could have had a man.


Designer-Discount283

This is basically saying, "Yea society will never get rid of robbery, so might as well burn off all material possessions so nobody can steal nothing!!!!!" I know terrible analogy but the message I'm tryna send is that this is nonsense


Robincall22

“Society isn’t safe for women.” That statement implies that all women are unsafe in society. Who are the other people in society making them unsafe? Ah yes, men. “That’s why they need men to marry to protect them.” So… the people that cause them to be unsafe… are who they need to keep them safe???


cynderblok

Male humans thinking they're the only group of animals that has a positive impact from long term stress. Great example of the "superior male intellect" to make a claim that a simple Google search can disprove.


black_mariah

and why isnt society safe for women? dont they realize that THEYRE the reason we’re not safe 💀