"Thus humanity is male and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being."
Anger, anger, anger. CONSOLE ME BEFORE I ERUPT.
Okay. Y'know what?! You, yes YOU are a manipulative SEXIST and narrow-minded MISOGYNIST. You've heard the word 'Respect' millions of times in circumstances and teachings that society has so carefully sculpted for you yet you have no idea how to exercise it?! Well big fucking surprise. Is it simply a case of bad luck that I know people that may be the most distant thing from being progressive, possible? All that shit we hear about, all the disputes, all the controversies regarding sexual inequality and sexualisation, objectification, domination and violation of women - is in fact...let's see, TRUE. HAPPENING. ALL AROUND US 24/7. Patriarchy is not a lost invention, our world is COATED in its sticky permanence even when we have been fully aware this whole time of its fluidity and fallibility. When you talk or act in a demeaning manner to a person, it IS disrespect unless your relationship rests on a mutual understanding that you both do not in any way actually believe the jokes and shitty comments bubbling out of your mouth. What right, may I ask, and in what type of CONTEMPORARY WESTERN SOCIETY does this shit remain such a norm? What happened to the feminists, the academics, the progressive, the humanists and fighters for equality? Since when did they become minoritised?! With women surrounding me, internalising corrupt and wrong images from the media, I am growing so bloody tired. And yes I ascribed the media and sociocultural influences as WRONG and if depiction of the female body and its so called 'perfection' as something other than the diversity that it naturally carries is WRONG then something is definintely fucked up. I am sick of hearing wonderful people complain to me about their stomachs, their thighs, their chest sizes, their limbs and their faces, their skin and their hair, their physical genetic makeup evolved from millions of years of tested survival is apparently insufficient and appallingly unattractive. Ever think about function over aesthetic?! Is your acne really preventing your nose from sticking to your fucking dumb shit face? WE are labelling ourselves disgusting, hurting from our own words then transferring and establishing an escalating pool of fear, self hatred, lack of confidence and BLINDNESS. We are internalising our own pain, nodding our heads to voices that tell us we are inadequate, acting in bad faith that shoots bullets through nobody else's but our very own brains, letting the poison that is discrimination and imbalanced power infiltrate our minds, and pollute our daily functioning. We can make jokes and dip our uncertainty and uncomfortableness in humour but what happens next, who the hell is going to demolish the psychological oppression of every single bloody individual who has been exposed to our twisted societies, cultures, traditions, religions and norms when there are in fact NO NORMS?! NORMALITY DOES NOT EXIST.
And if you're like me and don't even actively facilitate and fight for equality (which is shit enough), at least be fucking aware of your own actions and words and how much power they thrust in the faces of the unknowledgable and vulnerable. AT LEAST BE RESPONSIBLE. Nobody should have the right or opportunity to fucking hurt another individual by manipulation and complete ignorance. This is ridiculous. This is bloody common sense. This is the 21st century. This is no laughing matter we can brush off our shoulders.
World, you make me so, so angry.
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