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gosling ([personal profile] gosling) wrote2014-05-29 07:01 pm
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More and more in the last few days I am in this place of complete feminist rage. And I am so so so tired of the attitude that says if I am furious about all the dangers and obstacles and general horribleness that women face every bloody day that that means I somehow must hate men.

I have a husband, a boyfriend and many many male friends whom I utterly trust and who are completely made of awesome. I have two sons who are the center of my universe. I have dedicated my career to caring for kids of all genders, and I care immensely about the well being of all of them.

Which is a part of *why* I am so furious at all the misogyny and general crushing of lives and emotions and freedom I see everywhere. I want a better world for those kids, and I want a better world for all of us who were once exactly like those kids. I want the whole world to be free of the damage the patriarchy does to us all.

#yesallwomen

[identity profile] hammercock.livejournal.com 2014-05-30 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
And I am so so so tired of the attitude that says if I am furious about all the dangers and obstacles and general horribleness that women face every bloody day that that means I somehow must hate men.

OMG so with you. I don't hate men. I want men, collectively, to be better because I like and love them, and because I refuse to succumb to the soft bigotry of low expectations of them.

[identity profile] gosling.livejournal.com 2014-05-30 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
May I borrow your awesome phrasing?

[identity profile] hammercock.livejournal.com 2014-05-30 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Sure! :)