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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)

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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hm yes, I'm probably a bit more extreme in my position and I try to be reflective about what portion of it is a legitimate criticism and what is a trauma response. I get it has to do a lot with growing up perceived as a boy and being repeatedly penalized by society for not fulfilling the role of a boy/man that led me to my misandrist tendencies.

But apart from that, actually most of my friends have the policy to distrust cis men until they prove not to be assholes (with an unfortunately low success rate). I'm very much open to the idea of cis men emancipating themselves from gender roles and patriarchal expectations. But until this happens, it will be necessary for anyone who isn't a cis men to distrust them and be careful around them.

(Btw, is there an acronym in English for saying "everyone that isn't a cis men"? In German there is an acronym to say women, lesbians, inter, trans, nonbinary and agender people -> FLINTA*)