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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks agoI agree that assault and violence are grave problems, but that’s not what i’m talking about.
People are scared of each other and divided (which, if you think about it, is really the same thing) because they don’t try to understand each other’s situation. In other words, it’s empathy that’s lacking and that’s the more important issue than looking at the issues of women in isolation.
In other words, i would embrace if people tried to have more empathy in general (and this one isn’t targeted towards a specific group of people), instead of trying to make it a “women vs men” thing. If you make it a “A vs B” thing, you end up with division, which is arguably the opposite of what you want to achieve, which is a harmonious society.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yes, people under stress, or more accurately the duress of a chronic, barely relenting, and ubiquitous threat, are going to be reacting defensively in a reflexive manner, and that sometimes, especially for people who aren’t emotionally intelligent, means that they are going to stereotype.
Frankly, it is important to remember that there is a lot of cognitive load, trying to figure out who is a threat and who is not.
So, please have compassion in this situation, and recognize that many of the people you see as stereotyping or painting “men” with a broad brush are dealing with a kind of PTSD. Once you keep that in mind, it’s a lot easier to have a thick skin, and with compassion can even help them see things more clearly without being oppositional.