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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
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Son, we need to have a serious talk! (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

How does hyperbole help foster an open conversation?

I'm male, though I consider myself non-conforming, for context. I've ridden home on the metro with coworkers in their thirties because it's 8 PM and they don't feel safe - and I have friends that are SA survivors. The difference in perception is absolutely something to be aware of and if you think most women can enjoy a nice 3 AM walk without massive anxiety you're clearly out of touch.

This is an important conversation to have and it's important to be more aware of what gestures we might make that can be perceived as threatening, however, this article was posed with such a hyperbolic title that it won't ever spur those conversations. Were the misogynistic assholes that responded with "You're gonna wish you had a man" to the author assholes? Absolutely. But even a charitable reading of the title doesn't yield a helpful place to start a conversation.