Luckily that is not the case in all countries.

I mostly blame Christianity. The prior civilizations (Etruscans, Egyptians, etc) all revered women, and most of the iconography and art is about or depicts women. Fast forward to men cosplaying in dresses in the Vatican. 🚫✝️🚫

Well...

How do you explain Muslims? Confucians?

Christianity has 2.4 billion followers, Islam has 1.9 billion so I started at the top…😁

I was actually going to add Muslims to the Christianity post, they’re even worse misogynists.

You will never convince me that organized religion was not a ploy to subjugate women. Modern religion especially. Look at the Abrahamic 3. Each iteration further minimizes and restricts women.

Preach!

European Christians have elected women leaders, despite the Catholic hierarchy. I think it’s US Christianity influenced by US “individualism” that’s the problem. White men here are threatened not only by reproduction but also by women who know how to live in community.

Amen. 😉 US was founded by Calvinists, a fringy Christian cult. Volumes.

Oh, not just Christianity, but definitely that is one of the women hating religions.

I think Islam, although slightly smaller than Christianity, is more misogynistic.

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Don’t forget the shiny red shoes

And no participation from women except in subservient roles.

In the west, somewhat, but Pre-Empire Rome, Classical Greece, China, India - all of them limited the roles of women. It wasn't All Marija Gimbutas Fertility Cults All The Time.

That wasn’t the extreme kumbaya image I was describing. You’re right that there was always control over women, but there was more female iconography of the power of women in many unrelated cultures. Christianity has preserved male dominance in all things to this day.

Because only women have the power to create life basically from scratch over a 9-month period, and then nurture that life for two years afterward through breastfeeding. Men? All they have to do is function. Literally. That's all their bodies do. And a not small percentage of them HATE us for it.

Sperm was always portrayed as a super-soldier racing to plant a flag + fertilize the egg, when in reality, female bodies, hormones and the egg itself have to coax the sperm along at every step. Millions of sperm to fertilize one egg? Evolution knows most sperm will fuck off and stop at a bar.🙄

We need less men. Far less.

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*Fewer. But yes.

I blame religion in general. And men’s pitiful need to be validated by being acknowledged as The Authority, regardless of subject

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So they created God. And put all of their hurt into making an omnipresent father who could impregnate teenagers.

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PS: I'm in no mood for tone policing when women and girls in this country are losing our right to bodily autonomy THANKS TO A BUNCH OF CHRISTOFASCIST MEN. Kindly fuck off with your virtue signaling bullshit. If you're so concerned with tone, you clearly have nothing more substantial to worry about.

Preach, Sista!! ❤️‍🩹💪

This. Our culture teaches that one of the rewards for hard work is getting a wife and family. As if they are medals to be handed out for winning and not human beings that you need to forge a relationship with. Our culture still treats women and children as property.

eh I mean i look like Danny Devito and i have a clearblue on my grocery list, I dont think its that cut and dry yknow

I apologize. My post really should have said "cis women".

oh no need to apologize! I was being a bit tongue in cheek, and my larger point was less about trans inclusion and more about how sexism can't be boiled down to a rational objection to some innate divine feminine power - women and men aand sexism are more complex than the stuff our bodies can/'t do

theoutline.com/post/5426/di... this is one more eloquent expression of what I was getting at, ik divine feminine discourse is a complex conversation that's a bit out of my wheelhouse as a dude but idk I think these conversations within feminism are fascinating!

PS. Love the article! Once said very well by Carol Burnett in The Four Seasons, and paraphrased here, “Don’t call me perfect!! Because when I’m perfect, I cease to exist, I don’t have needs!” And in Garrison Keillor’s manifesto “Snow:”

Thank you for being a cool guy! Can you send more people like you out to Loa Angeles because dating here is terrible… 😊 (Present company excluded, we are so far into toxic masculinity, that I always fire back, “Bring on the toxic femininity!“)

haha yr sweet! there are many beautiful beautiful tboys in LA for those with eyes to see i promise 👁

but your heart being in the right place goes a long fuckin way and I don't wanna quibble over semantics TOO much; my initial reply was a bit flippant because frankly I took that for a terf reply and I'm pleasantly surprised to find our it was more of a person-with-a-slightly-different-perspective 1

You're right, though. It totally did, and I am so sorry about that! I was focused on the historical treatment of women (as a collection of body parts to be exploited, esp with re reproduction), and fired my comment off in that vein.

2/ FWIW, I believe a LOT of Anti-Trans hatred stems from the fact that Trans womens' bodies cannot be used/exploited for reproduction, because this really seems to enrage the Christofacist Bros no end. ❤️

Truth!! ⬆️

REAL!!!!!!! It's all connected!!!!!

Religion as a whole seems to prioritise men, but I'm unsure if that's a core religious belief or something men planted. I assume most if not all religious scripture was written by men. I believe some tribes have women that take a more leadership role, but I don't recall specifically which tribes.

“Man created God, because women create Life.”

They hate us cuz they ain’t us.

I believe there is a deep male resentment toward women for being the bastion of Life. That’s why they keep trying to control women and birth. Not all men, but sooooo many.

Preach

These were more or less my exact, unarticulated thoughts as I watched the election returns come in in 2016. And then again in 2024.

All the women, youth, and minorities that voted for 🍊💩🤡 caused loss of faith in humanity. We are a damn lemming species. The rest of us should evolve, and leave these folks in their swamps.

I agree. You know, many may disagree with me, MANY, and that's okay, as long as they are respectful, should they choose to comment... but I wonder if Kamala may have done a great job, along with Tim Walz...like, why not? She's a positive thinker, very brainy, great credentials... 🤷‍♀️

Just don't endorse a full blown genocide and you'll do well. peoplesworld.org/article/did-...

And the fact that fellow women continue to vote for these low class men needs to end. They are as much to blame as men who refuse to value women and grow up.

"Whoa".

God damn right!

This just might be the century for ALL women everywhere to see political office a duty, not just a job! 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

GOVERNORS- must fight- FIRE With Fire! Trump’s executive orders is a declaration of war against the American people! 🛑 WE MUST SAY NO: • No to dictatorship. • No to disenfranchisement. • No to treason. Because If We Fail Now We Might Not Get Another Chance!

Who wrote this? It’s so 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

It's a christian thang. Christians are dragging the USA back to primitive thinking, and now christians have control of our government, Military, Supreme Court, and Congress.

Cassandra is a metaphor.

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Well ... there have been strong women leaders. Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Bhutto, Meir and today several countries are led by women. Even Canada had a woman leader for a while. US has several women Governors, so that's something. TBH, I don't believe that Trump won ALL SIX swing states.

Nor do I! CHILD RAPING TRUMP ADMITTED AS MUCH AS HE THANKED ELON MUSK FOR STEALING THE ELECTION FOR HIM! EVERYONE JUST LAUGHED!

Add a black man. Obama was able to capture the vote because of what he offered and the GOP did not have 10 to 12 years to continuously denigrate and character assassinate.

When Trudeau appointed a gender balanced cabinet I, a progressive, liberated woman thought “good, as long as they’re qualified”. Then I caught myself and realized I never say that about the men. We’re brainwashed from birth.

This.

Any *heterosexual* man. And they’re especially deemed better than *black* women. Just a couple extra details that add even more nastiness to the truth in this post.

I voted for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. I've always voted down ballot for the best candidate. Sadly, the Oval Office seems to be impenetrable for wonderfully competent women. As a corporate manager, I hire and promote the best no matter what. Voters don't get it.

Who is the author?

Obviously this is an American writer.

BOOM! This is exactly 💯! 🔥

Its the patriarchal system across the world...teaches males to never lose grip of that power

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There are so many injustices that need to be corrected, but we must demand that women stand on the same piece of ground as men. Basic rights and opportunities between sexes or we will never progress as a completely equal society.

We need women’s perspective, compassion, and strength and intelligence to equally populate our political scene.

Who wrote this? Where is it from? Attribution would be helpful.

I saw the same passage on LinkedIn with this "The original author wished to remain anonymous."

Yeah, at first I thought "how ironic" that even THIS brilliant post is uncredited, then thought it through-that maybe it was on purpose, knowing the trolls would definitely come out from under their bridges...😱

And every time in which women were powerful and purposeful men came along later and wrote them out of the historical record. Men like Hegseth. Miller. Vance.

Maybe Take some solace that in Europe there are a lot of women in leadership roles. It can happen, it will happen if women keep pushing and refuse to not be credited and from time to time take credit. Dont ask demand.

But try to remember Hillary got 3 million more votes, the people did want her, but the system abused by the right wing didn't.

Euclid might have been a woman. The name comes from an Arabic translation and means "a greek man", which is not necessarily a woman. We know Theano wrote about math too, but we don't know which texts. Pythagoras was credited all sorts of things he didn't invent, but he didn't write anything down.

* not necessarily a man

This has to be written by a maga or former maga because no one else would start from the original premise that women need to be trained There have been amazing women achieving incredible accomplishments throughout history. That's a given. Underground Railroad? Madame Curie? Self-"trained"

I hate to say it but if women want to compete with "the perception of men" in the world that men built, then they will have to learn to be more aggressive, angrier, even violent. If instead women should build a better society and stop paying tribute to the men built society, we get a better world

Mexico, MEXICO! land of Machismo elected a woman before the USA. Let that sink into our supposedly enlightened self’s.

No lies detected. When he was first elected, I realized my delusions. America hates women.

Lets pick a night. Its "fixable"

Speaking as a white male Christian, I'd like to see a 25-year moratorium on white male Christians holding Federal elected offices. No, I'm not being facetious. I'm effing DONE with these jackasses.

I thoroughly appreciate your sentiment! 🥰

Thank you!

I blame religion. The Bible doesn't speak of women in leadership roles, unless they are the villain or the femme fatal. See any evangelist preacher instructing his flock not to vote for Harris in 2024.

Scholars have figured out that the older text where Paul says women should not speak, was actually encouraging them to speak.

The bible was written by men and alot of the old scriptures disappeared, religion only man's interpretation.

The Bible does that on purpose because it seeks to quash the goddess religions and paganism. It starts with Genesis where they are in paradise until a serpent (symbol of goddess religion) tempts a woman to bring about our fall. It’s all about politics and control.

Plus ça change…

Don’t forget these: Oppress the Gays Oppress the “Blacks” Keep the Asians and Latinos in Line Keep Everyone Hating Each Other

They don't want us sick the want us dead.

But only after we serve our duty as host bodies.

Infuriating & intolerable.🤬

Sad but true 😒

Who are you quoting?

Seems to be intentionally anonymous? www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-lin...

The US is a penocracy.

Im an executive for 10 yrs now & the most frequent lie is there aren’t qualified women to lead, Or that we don’t want to. We’re here and able. The opportunities to do it are what’s missing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat in a room with mediocre men and wondered how they got there.

You are correct (unfortunately)

My boss told me he wasnt voting for Kamala cause he “hated her laugh”. But a 34 count criminal, Rapist and potential pedophile didnt cross the line for him!

💯 well said.

Truth! I would love to see a woman become president of the USA and have voted twice for that but America is too dead set against women being in charge, sucks for those of us that just know a woman could do a better job but will never have that chance.

Droppin' truth bombs with gay abandon like the IDF lining up a tasty orphanage...

It is the belief in religion that drives this hatred of women. Whether it's Islam or Christianity, the guiding principles of these religions are that all women are 2nd class to men. These principles were developed 2200 years ago and persist to this day. The apostles didn't trust Mary Jesus's advisor

Truth

Pretty much. [Sigh]

It's sad but true....

I voted for Hillary, and Kamala. I will shoot myself before I vote for or take orders from Trump.

It didn't help that the two opportunities for a woman president were really bad candidates. Hillary is certainly preferable to Trump but fuck is she terrible otherwise. Not just a bad person but entitled.

I think we did chose her. For the record. The pedo party had other plans.

Agreed. Voting totals need to be audited. The obvious nature of the corruption shouldn't make it less investigated. #VerifyTheVote

I’m sure of it, and wonder with ALL of the evidence and CONFESSIONS by CHILD RAPING Trump, DEMOCRATS just let it slide!

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if there was a few of them in the files.

😢

I said something similar to my class this week- asking how many feel hopeful they’ll have more opportunities than their parents. Most do. I did too at their age- but I’m older now & it was a lie to tell a girl she can be anything here, like President of the United States.

This is so heartbreaking because it is so true.

I think that the US presidential election is especially vulnerable to gender bias, amplifying a tendency that our society as a whole is working to overcome. Remember that the election is decided by manipulative ads targeting a small number of poorly informed people in a handful of states.

To be clear, the bias is real, but this is the place where even a small amount of bias is most visible.

I lived through the Thatcher years. Bloody awful. But at least the music was good.

I was seven and I told my Mam the world would be better with women in charge and she swelled with pride.

🎯 And when a woman was chosen,it was the one whose ideas were most like that of men.

I’ve been fighting this since my younger days. Retired now, and still gobsmacked that it exists. Been knocked down, got up, tried again, more knocking down, but I will not stop fighting.

Introduce me to a woman & you've introduced me to someone who knows what it is to be treated as: - less intelligent by men who are not intelligent; - sexually available when we're not, by men we'd never consider; - passed over for promotion in favor of less qualified men; & - it's a long list.

To think that we Euros thought Americans were so ahead of us 😏

Words of truth

There are female leaders in other countries, but Americans are indoctrinated that men are the leaders. Men are cowboys, who don’t need to be pussy whipped. He is the BOSS of the family, like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and other rugged macho MEN, not Spencer Tracy who was Katherine Hepburn’s equal.

We have always had capable, intelligent women ready for leadership. I never thought it was due to lacking the right women, the best candidates have been women for centuries. We live in a highly misogynistic country - both men & women misogynists always choose the man, qualifications don't matter.

Feel this in my bones. I know there have been countless women who would have made excellent presidents. I also know I can’t risk this country voting for a woman in the primaries for at least 2 decades, and I sincerely doubt I will see a woman president of the US in my lifetime. 💔

Women need to stand up together! Like the women in DC Canadian women are behind you Women CAN rule the world While nurturing and loving 🥰 We also have many strong men that stand behind us! Let’s go girls 🎶😎❤️

She's right.