Oh dear answering these questions in excruciating.
13. Why do you think that it's ok to harass women and make offensive comments about women, but when someone does it to your sister, it's not ok?
Do you like it when someone harasses and makes offensive comments towards your brother? This isn't a gendered issue (like any of the things discussed so far). We all make derogatory comments about people at some point in our lives, emphasis on OTHER PEOPLE. Unless you aren't fond of your family, no one sits around and lets their relatives be harassed.
14. How does it feel to interrupt me when I'm in the middle of making a point during a meeting?
Men are the only ones who actually do this? Women don't do this to other women, and men only interrupt women, not other men? To actually answer the question at hand: people always interrupt me whenever I'm speaking, so I guess I can't give you a response to this (then again I'm pretty sure this question was rhetorical anyway-- though it's still a pointless thing to ask regardless).
15. Why do you have to sit with your legs so wide open?
Because I have balls between my legs? Like, how wide-open am I actually sitting for this to be a problem? Unless I'm taking up two seats, you're fine. Even if I am taking up too much room, just tell me to make some room for you and I'll manage. Also, now I have to feel bad about my biological anatomy? The way I sit is a signal of male oppression and misogyny now? What the fuck even is this?
15a. I get that you have balls, but I don't stand around with my arms wide open to make room for my boobs.
You know, if my balls were on my chest and not between my legs, I wouldn't need to open my legs a little to make room for them. This point is completely invalid. Breasts distend past the point of your sides and are localized to your chest; there's no need for you to make room for them because they're not getting in the way of your arms in the first place.
16. Why are women perceived as the 'weaker sex', even though we literally birth you?
Going back to biology: men were made to be stronger than women so they could hunt for food and build shelter for their families. Women were made to gather fruits, plants, and other things needed inside the home and to be sensitive to the needs of their offspring. That's just the way it worked out. Just because you have the equipment to give birth, doesn't mean that your muscle mass, skin, or any other part of your body is as strong as or stronger than a man's. Also, the frat-boy/man-whore argument still stands: THEY perceive and promote you as the weaker sex, the rest of us are just trying to get along with you.
17. Why is it so bad to show your emotions?
It isn't. Once again, this is a construct that society places on ALL OF US, not just men. Women also perpetuate this idea in addition to men. I know we need to stress the fact that showing your emotions is normal and acceptable, but blaming men for this cultural norm isn't going to get us there.
17a. It means you're human
You're just preaching to the choir, honey. Most people of any gender would agree with this.
18. Why are you always trying to 'prove' your masculinity to me?
I thought women found muscles, confidence, emotional/mental stability, and leadership attractive in men? Doesn't it make sense that a man would flaunt these characteristics to a potential mate (like most male animals do in nature)? Once again, this isn't a social construct brought on by the patriarchy, it's biology. Natural selection weeds out the weak; but in order to do that, the strong must present themselves as such so that they can find a mate and reproduce to create stronger offspring. But screw human survival, I guess?
19. Why the fuck isn't it ladylike to cuss?
It's not courteous to swear no matter your gender or the situation. 'It's not ladylike to cuss' is not an ideal held-up by society: it's called 'common decency'.
19a. When did words get genders?
Other than pronouns (he, she, him, her, it, they, them), no words have a gender associated to them. Are you sure you should be asking these questions? It doesn't seem like you know what you're talking about.
20. Why is it your first instinct to doubt women who've been sexually violated, or raped?
One: 'accused' does not mean 'guilty', there's going to be some doubt from someone no matter what. Two: People have lost their jobs just because of accusations of sexual assault and rape (even after evidence proved they didn't do it). It isn't always everyone's first instinct.
Three: Assuming that all men and only men doubt rape victims is an over-generalization if I've ever heard one. Women doubt rape victims too. Women blame the victim too. This is not a gendered behavior, and it's not even a behavior that's prevalent among everyone in the world. Do you get out much?
21. Why do you assume that a woman's angry because she's on her period?
Am I missing something here? Isn't one of the unfortunate effects of the menstrual cycle irritability? I was under the impression that the increase in hormone levels, cramping, bloating, and the fact that blood is coming out of your vagina made women more susceptible to anger. Menstruating isn't an easy thing to go through, so I can understand if you're angry. Having a period doesn't make you angry all the time, and believe it or not, men actually know this! No man 'assumes' that your period is the reason for your anger (it's common knowledge that Aunt Flo only comes once a month, not the entire month). Maybe you should stop listening to trolls and stop making assumptions about men because of them?
22. Why do you think that women who wear make-up are false advertising?
I don't. Please refer to these aforementioned arguments: frat-boys/man-whores are the ones saying this shit, stop assuming all men think this way when you've only heard/seen this behavior from a relative few
22a. We could say the same thing about your dick size
Unless a man is walking around with a sign over his 4 inch dick that says "10 inch anaconda in here", no you can't.
23. Why isn't it weird that there's a bunch of old white men sitting in a room, making legislation about what I can and can't do with my body?
You mean those old white men in congress that were elected by men AND women into that position? It's not weird because that's how our legislative process works. If you have a problem with them, give them shit for their actions, not the rest of us who don't give a damn about your body and what you do with it.
23a. Do you have a coochie?
Um...they're men....so no? Either this is the worst rhetorical question ever made, or you don't know the male anatomy at all (actually, seeing that you were bitching about 'manspreading' earlier in the questionnaire, that wouldn't surprise me).
24. Why are straight guys so obsessed with lesbians?
Well let's see: straight guys are sexually attracted to girls (regardless of their sexuality). That's it. Or were you referring to lesbian porn? In that case: straight men are sexually attracted to girls (regardless of their sexuality). Also, I don't know what constitutes being "obsessed", but I can tell you that straight men aren't building shrines dedicated to lesbians or constantly following them around or talking their heads off. Just because you like something, doesn't mean you're obsessed with it.
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