• guldukat@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Why the flying fuck is it censored? Do advertisers really have our balls in a vice that much? It says bitch slut.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    Swap sexes/genders.

    Exact same thing plays out, with slightly different wording in panel 3.

    Probably the woman accuses the man of being gay, broke, and/or busted, and/or ‘probably having a small dick anyway’, possibly also remarking on their asserted status as a virgin/incel/creep.

    The woman is … roughly as likely to post a tiktok of this encounter, aimed at socially destroying the refusing man’s reputation, as the man in the original situation is to respond to being refused with additional, actual physical violence.

    Both cishet sexes and genders objectify the refuser’s sex/gender in a mocking/insulting way, in their indignant retort.

    That.

    That’s about what I expect.

    That immature and insecure people are unnecessarily cruel when their egos are damaged, and are roughly equally likely to escalate their indignant response to something more serious and damaging, its just that the manner in which they would perform that escalation differs.

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    21 hours ago

    Women should just be honest… and then women and men should work together to correct anyone who fails to respect their honesty.

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    22 hours ago

    I’ve seen enough other dudes have interactions with women similar to what this comic depicts that I’m not going to bitch about it just because I’ve never responded that way to rejection. There’s lots of trash people in this world.

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    Calling this comic “bait” avoids engaging with what it is actually describing. Dismissing it as provocation reframes women’s experiences as manipulation instead of responding to the pattern being shown, and that reaction itself reinforces the point.

    The first panel matters. A lot of men say they want honesty, but what they often want is honesty that does not hurt. They like the idea of honesty, but do not understand how to use it to reflect, grow, or regulate themselves. When straightforward rejection is met with insults, anger, persistence, or contempt, people learn that honesty is unsafe. That is not gamesmanship. It is conditioning.

    Honesty only works in environments where it is not punished. In my marriage, honesty works because my wife knows it will not be used against her. That took years of consistent behavior to build. Outside of relationships with that level of trust, honesty can carry real social and emotional risk.

    Transparency is not cruelty, but it only functions as kindness when the person receiving it is capable of kindness. If you respond to honesty with hostility, you are not being harmed by truth. You are demonstrating that you cannot tolerate it.

    People who claim to value honesty but lash out when they hear it are not victims of dishonesty. They are teaching others to protect themselves. If you punish honesty, you should not be surprised when people stop offering it.

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      1 day ago

      Very well said. It’s very much the same vibes as the bear in the woods. If you feel offended by a bear winning out, maybe you should ask yourself why that hurts, and understand why women would make that choice.

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        Yup. Imagine being personally offended by the man v bear drama. I’m confident that any woman I know would choose me specifically over the bear. Why would I feel slighted by the fact that they would, on average, choose the bear over a guy that isn’t me?

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        20 hours ago

        and understand why women would make that choice.

        I understand it fully, but am incapable of making the actual < bear guys change. If you try to reason with a chad, they just blow you off and walk away to hang out with other chads. The guys in the < bear circles are completely disconnected from my social circles.

  • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
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    Yeah seems like dating now-a-days is completely borked.

    The adult thing to do in that situation is to just accept their decision without drama.

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    Please don’t do that. If a woman told me she’s interested in me, I’d either lock up or vanish into the ether.