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That's... just the default for most of cultural history. Odysseus gets back from war, slaughters like thirty dudes in the dining room, and his wife is just thrilled that hubby is back. The other way is the subversion of classical treatments of violence in fiction.
yep. also like... has this person been in a relationship?
my exes loved it when I was a raging asshole to other people. they hate it when I was nice to them. it was morally repulsive to me how 'hot' it made them. they loved impulse to anger and violence, and were 'turned off' it when i was reasonable and calm. because people calm and kind isn't 'strong' or 'manly'.
sadly a lot of people are driven by biological/cultural defaults, and one of those men must be violent and hostile to prove their ability to 'protect' the women/children.
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This comment so perfectly encapsulates toxic masculinity that it should have its own exhibit in a museum.
That guy is one of the best example of toxic masculinity I’ve seen on lemmy. He’s swallowed the manosphere BS whole hog. It only takes a few minutes looking through his profile to understand why he’s single in his 40s.
I’ve run into him a few times before and he’s always like that. I gave him the below advice, he completely ignored me and continues to parrot that kind of misogynistic language.
I’ve noticed your complaints up and down this thread, I’ve also noticed them around the threadiverse for a while and I am beginning to see a pattern. You tend to be aggressively argumentative, denigrate women as a whole/complain about “woke”, refuse to see things from other people’s perspectives, and don’t listen to anyone’s advice. Have you ever heard the phrase “if everyone around you is an asshole, then maybe you’re the asshole”? Perhaps part of the issue is your behavior and attitude.
Idk, I think you just have bad taste. I don't know any people like that, women or otherwise. Maybe you attract shitty people for some reason? Maybe it's your attitude and behaviors? Can't be sure, I don't know you. But it's worth consideration! I find being nice to people usually results in them being nice to me. It's almost like that should be some kind of special rule we teach toddlers, it could be so valuable. I'd go so far as to say that rule would be as valuable as gold...
Have you considered that the way you generally behaved around people created a selection pressure in your dating pool? If you behave like an asshole in public you will only attract people who are turned on by or at least accepting of asshole-ish behavior.
Wow this post made me so grateful for the women in my life (for not being this way).
This is much more cultural than it is biological. Protection doesn't equate to violence outside of the extreme circumstances.
You would think massacring kids would turn a woman off, but once you find out that Natalie Portman is Israeli it all makes sense.
Holy shit it's true.
Just watch the movie Shoot Em Up. The protaginist and love interest have sex while killing about 40 henchmen
I guess this person never watched any action movie.
Er, wut?
Yeah, I mean she pretty much ditches Anakin once he fully reveals his fall to the dark side. Like, she was cool with the slaughter of sand people, sorta, but when he denounces the Jedi, she tries to get out and he force chokes her, which she does not think is hot at all, and does the whole "dies of a broken heart" trope (thanks George 🙄).
Like, she was cool with the slaughter of sand people, sorta.
I mean, that's kinda enough... 😬
"I killed them all. They're dead. Every single one of them. And not just the men… but the women… and the children too." Followed immediately by "To be angry is to be human" and a few scenes later by "I truly… deeply love you… and before we die, I want you to know."
If the meme fits, wear it, Ms Padme...
Oh, 100% yikes at that point for sure, but once he goes full Sith, she's all, "You're going down a path I can't follow" and, "You're breaking my heart". Plus, if she was really into it, I'd think the force choking would be the hottest part 😜
It's kind of leopards eating face.
Anakin killed Sandpeople children but I never thought he'd kill white Jedi children.
"SHE'S LOST THE WILL TO LIVE?!!! What is your degree in POETRY?! You sorry bunch of hippies! For god's sake don't use the BILLIONS of dollars of medical equipment! Maybe we should just get on our knees and PRAY??!!! WE DON'T HAVE KNEES YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!"
“dies of a broken heart”
Probably some Sith dark side sorcery. Might even be unintended by Darth Vader. They are codependent, or he might even have inadvertently done some kind of brainwashing on her that had this side effect. Like a psychic vampire.
They don't give any explanation of that in the actual movie, though, just like "she lost the will to live 🤷♂️"
Me too. That and just once could we get a movie where the female love interest is in doubt about her relationship because her fiancee is working all the time to buy them a dream house and financial foundation to start a family, but then goes home to find her childhood friend who she doesn't really know anymore has grown into the love of her life.
isn't that just every hallmark movie
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oh wait that was the joke
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Her basically, "I got your back, you did the right thing."
Him: 😮
I get the joke/meme but the social stigmatization, personal traumatization and potential violence that comes with and at a female for even trying to leave a male love interest with a shocking capacity for violence is just too real.
With that said, I would love to play Padme in a story driven game like, say, Detroit: Become Human and cut Anakin's throat in the middle of the night instead of meeting him at... Was it Mustafar? 🔪😈
doesnt everyone have a capacity for violence? I think you shouldnt judge by capacity but intention and control
if I am carrying a 2 liter jug of boiling water, I wont spill it intentionally or accidentally on some random person
if I am carrying a 2 liter jug of boiling water, I wont spill it intentionally or accidentally on some random person
I understand your point, but this is not a good comparison. How often do people of any gender get targeted by that? How often do women fall victim to domestic violence because they chose not to judge by capacity and potential but instead they wanted to believe that this time it might be different?
There's a societal component that harms men and women, and is perpetuated by both.
As a guy whose all about "love and peace," I've often been viewed as too docile and effeminate to be attractive or datable. So many hetero women treat me like I'm invisible and choose to give their attentions to the guys who display overt acts of aggression and domineering behavior.
Maybe the queer community has different standards, but lesbians aren't into me, and I'm not into guys. Bisexual women think any man that's attracted to them are fetishizing them for the unicorn potential. And straight women who are against toxic masculinity are more likely to just trash me for being a man rather than getting to know me and my soft side.
People say they appreciate when men show vulnerability, but whenever I show vulnerability people view it as a weakness to exploit and pile on me as an easy target. They do it for the clout if for nothing else.
Like, if we want to change men's behavior then as a society we should probably stop rewarding the worst kinds and punishing the rare exceptions for being different.
I'm aware that this makes me sound like a "nice guy," but honestly it's such a self-destructive and counter-productive trope that I've had to stop taking it seriously and just hope the rest of the world catches up at this point...
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