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Wasn't prepared for all the dudes telling me to beat my kids (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's always in a joking manner... but not really? Just like "yeah you gotta pop em once or twice so they'll know". Idk shits weird

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Typically, physical violence towards boys is seen as normal, expected and necessary. As violence is seen as the natural realm of males. While girls are perfect flowery princesses that must be protected. At least until puberty when everyone* who is not their parent seems to regard every teen girl as an incubator.

*: People who uncritically abscribe to traditional misogynistic conceptions of gender.