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Man can't even explain why he understands her pain without shitheads like you mocking them. He never said her pain was lesser, he was explaining his own pain, grow some empathy
Edit:actually I'm not fucking done. This is why men suffer in silence, this is why we avoid therapy our problems are mocked, emotional trauma and mental illness are character flaws instead of something to be treated when men have them
Woman: I am experiencing pain.
Power: Bah, you're just complaining because you're a woman.
Man: I too am experiencing pain.
Power: Bah, you're just complaining because you're a woman.
Transwoman: I too am experiencing pain. Hunh... Maybe I am a woman.
Power: Nope, you're just complaining because you're a wom-, uh... man...? Er, wait... how do we patronize you? What the...?
Transman: I also --
Power: Stop! Just... Stop thinking and feed the machine that makes us powerful, damn it! Fuck's sake, this was so much simpler when we could just claim divine right.
Yeah no that has nothing to do with the comic
I feel like if this was a specific character going "wait that's not normal lol" the joke would land better. But as it is the only frame of reference we have is one representing women and one representing men.
And it just all falls flat because women can have mental illnesses too? And yes men are forced to repress it more often but women often have their physical or mental health dismissed or ignored so it's not much better either way.
I'm trans so I'll never face a period but I can't imagine the agony of going through one in addition to a mental health crisis or other sickness. And it's not like women get "period days off" of work or school so you're just expected to push through it.
Why are you all bitching women aren't even real
Just like birds
That's why the brits call them that.
Lemmy: MISOGYNY!
Meanwhile, me, a dumdum: Damn the author has experienced critically low self-esteem...or the joke is as fun as a rock in the field.
Like, either it's self-depreciating/edgy humor or it's not humor at all lol.
I immediately understood it to be a description of severe depression. If a neurotypical person suddenly experiences a low from a period similar to a depressed person's average day, why is it suddenly misogyny?
Misogynistic drivel.
Woman: I'm suffering
Man: I have it worse!
Shut the fuck up and listen. If someone says they're suffering you pay attention to their problems not make it a contest.
It's about depression you git. Does he have "all men" tattooed on his fucking forehead? It's one dude. You sound extremely hypocritical
Unless they are a man, of course, then they should just get a therapist.
Misogynistic drivel.
Seems like you dragged in a load of baggage/assumptions: I just see a dark, dramatic turn of characterization without generalities.
So you're just ignoring the part where the woman says that the man doesn't understand? That's the whole reason why he says how he feels. He's not just saying that to undermine her struggle. He's explaining why he thinks he understands her better than she thinks.
Why would we listen, you just did the opposite. No empathy for those who don't show any.
What the person you replied to is correct regardless of the genders involved. When someone brings up a problem to you, it's a rude thing to immediately respond in ways that make it about you and your own pain. There's a line between sharing your own experiences to establish understanding and empathy and making it the pain Olympics.
Especially in this comic, the man couldn't possibly understand how it feels to have the unfortunate symptoms that come from having periods, and he instantly equates putting up with his partner during their period as equivalent. It's eye rolling on multiple levels.
He never made it about him. You made it about him. Where did he equate it to putting up with her? He didn't, you did. He only explained how he could in fact understand her pain. You are saying he can never express his pain, he can only agree with her, pure bigotry
You do undermine your own point a bit by trivializing men's suffering in the same breath as demanding nobody trivialize suffering.
The comic is bullshit for sure but you did exactly the same thing it did.
He ignored her suffering and diminished it saying that for 5 days a month she feels what he deals with every day. He's ignoring her point and one-upping her. That's toxic behaviour that doesn't help anything.
That he is also suffering is a separate conversation that also needs to take place but that's a different conversation. The first step is resolving conflict is by listening to the other person's point of view, not dismissing it as less important.
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Also OP is a new account with only posts and no comments. Lots of red flags.
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I love the comments demonstrating exactly how men's mental health issues are marginalised, ignored and treated with contempt.
BTW, international men's day is November 19th, and no one gives a shit.
I give a shit. Stop saying no one gives a shit, it's not true. The media powers put those words together, stop repeating the lie they sell you.
Give a shit
Having once been a part of reddits /menslib. I can safely say that if that is the best we can do then its hopeless.
People yelling misogyny are not comprehending shorthair’s unresolved mental health crisis. JimBenton is exemplifying someone who has the bloodlust, depression and self-disgust and needs a therapist to help tackle the issue.
It's legitimately amazing women can endure a flaw in our biology and have emotional endurance NOT to kill, feel disgust, and depression ALL the time. But most other mammals do not have periods. We fucked up our evolution along the way.
Hopefully we can fix those genetic errors next CRISPR research. In the meantime, if you find people like shorthair, intervene, and recommend them a good psychiatrist.
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