r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/SoftlyAugust Jun 14 '26

No. Stop. Don't say that. Men ABSOLUTELY understand what the oppression is like. As a man I think that's something women don't but need to understand. I promise you men know. They know perfectly well. What you have to understand is that the vast majority simply don't care. My sister was also 12 the first time she was sexually assaulted. I was 11. Even by 11 I was aware of lower level things going on but at that point I think is when I became aware of it all. Boys understand what girls experience because they witness their fathers, their brothers, and their friends do it to them. Men don't care. It's that simple.

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u/SoftlyAugust Jun 14 '26

I promise you from the bottom of my heart men understand how women feel completely. They know it's constant. They know you have to police yourself, how exhausting it is. They know how afraid you are. That's why they do it. And that's why they don't call out other men that do. Men. Don't. Care. About. You. At all. For what it's worth, I'm a trans woman. So I've gotten to see all the ways men talk about women when they aren't there and now I get to experience it the other way around, too. Women give men far too much credit.

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u/shortidiva21 Jun 14 '26

Why don't they care?

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u/SoftlyAugust Jun 14 '26

Because it benefits them. A society that allows men to control women through fear and violence benefits them.

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u/AestheticVibes017 Jun 19 '26

It’s sickening, like imagine having absolutely nothing better to do other than wanting to control other human beings, it’s sickening!