SC
3 min readSep 25, 2021

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He hasn’t made an impression on you because most of your articles and comments are in the vein of, "feminists claim to be perpetual victims but never take responsibility for themselves or what’s in their own head". You get a lot of positive feedback from that, mostly from men.

But, if you look into those men, you’ll find a fair number of them make trollish, asinine, twisted, deranged comments to other female writers. Some of them, often. Or, their own articles are clearly misogynistic, antagonistic, or dehumanizing toward women.

You often make a lot of good points. It’s time for all women to start stepping into their hard earned sovereignty so that we don’t lose it. Again. But, imho, you miss the mark just as much because you consistently fail to grasp the realities of living in a rape culture for many women and living during an era of femicide.

And so, you feed mens' own victim narrative because they love to hear that women are at fault for their unhappiness and struggles in life. If only women would pander to them, and comfort them, and appease them, and cook and clean for them, and give them head whenever they want it. What bliss! They could feel like a real boy!! Make no mistake, these guys believe men are the victims of women; feminism is the cause of falling sperm counts in young men, single mothers are responsible for the supposed increased feminization of young men because Harry Stiles wore a dress for a photo op, ad nauseum infinitum.

Blocking is a bit of a Catch-22. There’s a whole article right there. Several, probably. I don’t block because I’m a feminist, not a victim. I guess, for now, it would not be completely wrong to consider it a social experiment or something akin to war games, though I’m not completely happy with that term or comparison. Men have made it clear that the vast majority have no intention of stepping up and policing their own. The ones who are going to step up have already done so and are doing good work. That means we women have to accept it and live with it, as victims, or find our own way to respond as sovereign human beings utilizing our own agency. It is what it is. You make your own choice on that. You don’t need my permission or my blessing. I don’t need yours either.

You’re making an assumption that is not verifiable about his avatar. Marilyn Monroe is a perfectly normal name but it was a stage name. Her real name was Norma Jean Baker. Most of the images we have of her were manipulated somewhat, even from back then, though not what we would call ‘photoshopped’ today.

Stage names or pen names aren’t always obvious nor can we just assume that a picture of a guy is "that guy". It could easily be a composite/photoshopped image of someone else entirely who may or may not know that their image is being used.

Conversely, just because someone is anonymous doesn’t mean they are disingenuous. SC stands for something that is relatable to me and my avatar is my dog. There are legitimate reasons to stay anonymous for everyone other than that you want to be a nefarious actor on the internet. I don’t give the same credence you do to people who use “their real selves" because it “looks" more real than someone who uses an obvious stage or pen name. At least they are being honest and up front about their anonymity vs someone who uses the perception of “real" to claim integrity, trust, validity they haven’t actually earned.

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