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JamRadFem's avatar

I have always thought this, this also intertwines with race as well. From the beginning with male scholars it’s been very evident the goal has been to suppress the female sex and fully brainwash us into not knowing the full extend of our autonomous power. This is why in all spheres they attempt to always dominate and control us.

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KC's avatar

How have the men in your life tried to dominate and control you that is any different than how women try to control and dominate men? Did they succeed? If you are the victim, explain how you are the more powerful person in those scenarios simply because of your gender?

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JamRadFem's avatar

If you don’t shut the hell up and go read a book, or two.

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KC's avatar

I was asking valid questions about your personal experience, there's no need to be hostile

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JamRadFem's avatar

Shut the hell up.

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KC's avatar

That sentence does not even make sense, probably because of an overemotional reaction, and chances are I have read more books than you. However, what books would you suggest I read? Enlighten me

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JamRadFem's avatar

Shut the hell up.

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KC's avatar

Your profile says "always questioning, always learning" it sounds more like questions are ok for you, but not others. And learning is not part of your agenda even though I am inviting you to help me learn

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JamRadFem's avatar

Invitation NOT accepted.

Why are you harassing me?

Shut the hell up.

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KC's avatar

What have I done that has you so offended you can't answer anything except in a hostile childish way? Youre undermining your own point here...

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JamRadFem's avatar

Shut the hell up.

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ForHumanity's avatar

You had your chance tens of thousands ago till presently and what are you doing then? Nothing because you are fucking inferior and weak. Look into the mirror and the blood you discharge every month, does it look like you are strong? You are fucking vulnerable cunt. Accept that you are our little inferior servants on this planet!

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JamRadFem's avatar

Damn clown. Seems someone wasn’t strong enough to abort you ;)

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Ma'ammal's avatar

His oh so vulnerable dangly bits are shrinking in fear.

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Diana's avatar

You must be struggling so much mentally. I send love and light your way.

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Kali's avatar

Thank you for writing this.

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Huh's avatar

Umberto Eco's 8th characteristic of Fascism:

"8. The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”"

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Lucinda K's avatar

I needed to read this today. Im currently suffering legal abuse via the employment tribunal. Im being put to proof of my disabilities, that I was hired for & had treated by my employer (a health trust). Years of being treated like im worthless is taking its toll. But, in my struggle I have now found 6 other women suffering the same and all being driven to suicidal ideation.

Somethings gotta change cos society aint getting any better.

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Beth Barany's avatar

And, why do we believe this BS? If we're so powerful. I do believe we are. So then how did we let ourselves come to this? My thought is it's fear - fear of survival. We can train to handle that. If we fight back with all the ways we are strong.

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To All My Darlings's avatar

I've thought of this too and feel it's maybe a combination of suppression of any history or legacy of agency and holding our children hostage. Once we're married our world shrinks to the family. Also social media helped because I used to think I was the only one and now I'm hearing other women validate what I've been thinking - so being able to be in a community of sorts??

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Beth Barany's avatar

Can you say more about the legacy of agency? Such a great point about community. That is when we're strong!

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To All My Darlings's avatar

I glad you like it but I'm still working on it. 😹

When I think of legacy, that's man speak, they're the ones that think about what they will leave behind, what mark they will have left on the world. Specifically this was triggered by my own father when his group won a court case to fully fund rural schools. Like it's not a bad thing but I started thinking so when does this happen to women? When do we think of women as having this legacy that is passed on. I don't think I've ever heard any woman talk about their legacy.

Agency is to what effect are our actions producing results? Women have no sustained action under patriarchy. We have bumps in the road where we are given privileges (you can't call them rights since they can be taken away) and then a backlash of them being taken away. It is always back and forth.

The legacy is one of sustained oppression instead of agency.

Anyway that is my rambling about it. 😹

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Diana's avatar

I love this blog. It has validated how I feel to extreme levels than lots of other media I have seen. Thank you. And for the insecure people in the comments their insecurity is REALLY loud and someone who has emotional intelligence can sense that. Insecure people will only try to bring other people down to their level so if you’re being hated on, you know you’re doing something right. The patriarchy doesn’t benefit men or women in a lot of ways.

Men can’t feel through their emotions and allow themselves to be human or have loving and lasting relationships where they know how to communicate their needs. Women are exploited, abused, and taken out of their personal power due to fear. And for the males that like others in fear and hurting others like the emotionally immature/unavailable people they are, obviously have a lot of mental issues going on because I know that it doesn’t feel good to do harm in this world and they’re doing it all the time so they must really be suffering.

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KC's avatar

The title of this article was so insanely hilarious that I just had to check it out. Yes, as you point out it sounds like an oxymoron because...it is. If they were more powerful, they would not be oppressed. And since they, in fact, are not oppressed at all, but are so entitled and incapable of self reflection that you actually believe the 'patriarchy' is to blame for your lack of whatever it is that you value. You will probably find a lot of support from ignorant women and insecure, desperate men who have spent their lives playing the victim, but if all you want is validation without having to work for it then you have no idea how dependant you are on men who have what it takes and are willing to sacrifice so much just to keep you in that little privileged bubble you live in.

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ForHumanity's avatar

What a fucking stupid post. It sounded like you are raped and abused till you brain goes stupid. You fucking little ignorant inferior cunts can try all you want to be more "superior" because I can assure you, we can easily bring you down to your knees and command you to suck our cock and make sure you are submissive.

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Dr Jessica Taylor's avatar

Lmfao. Another weakling talking big on the internet I see. Were you getting off whilst writing these comments? They read like shit literotica.

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To All My Darlings's avatar

ForHumanity, Eric, KC are

all the same person too 😹😹😹

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Ala Young's avatar

Ooh an unaborted incel playing with himself

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Yvonne's avatar

YES! All so very true.

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Eric's avatar

No that 's the objective fact

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Tatsat's avatar

It Cant Be A Fact It Is Objective

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Stafv's avatar

@sofiessource The way you generalise people is akin to the way Adolf Hitler with Jews, though I may note that your actions end beliefs are highly likely not as harsh as his. But my point stands that neither men nor women should be generalized. While they are in face being categorised in groups of gender, you can’t just generalise people because everyone is a person with independent thougths and an independent mind so please treat them as such.

PS: this is no criticism, just a plea to not generalise people and even lifeforms in general

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Ants's avatar

I find it sad how men on here talk to woman, let them vent about how things have been done wrong to them. It helps us men understand where they’re coming from. Woman aren’t weak, they are strong.

I think reproduction is the main reason men control woman I think it all leads back to that. Sex and reproductive. That’s my views and take on it. Patriarchal societies advanced quicker Thant matriarchal societies hence why it took over.

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PatriarchyWillRule's avatar

What a pathetic echo chamber! Hahahahaha!

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