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My point is, you’re supposed to leave that phase of hating girls behind. Straight or gay, you’re supposed to grow the hell up.
What might be temporarily tolerable in a boy when he’s nine is pretty damned ugly when he’s fifteen and it’s downright psychopathic when he’s twenty. Instead of maturing into a man’s role and a man’s responsibilities, a lot of boys are stuck at the phase of hating girls and women. The boys continue to treat them like diseased subhumans right through adolescence and into adulthood.
Men have more power than women: financially, politically, and physically. What distinguishes a real man from a boy is that a man takes responsibility for his actions and does not abuse this power. If you don’t treat women with courtesy and respect –- if you’re still stuck in that “I hate girls” phase –- then no matter what age you are, you are a boy and not entitled to the privileges of adulthood.
"This is amazing. Can we get a version of this for, um, everything?
(A list of other industries / cultures that need this manifesto: Advertising, Comics, Technology, Start-Ups…)
(EDIT: I also assume this ‘men have more power line’ is operating on the assumption that, despite being accurate, this is fucked up and it’s up to men to help by trying not to make it any worse)
#gaming #sexism #hate #maturity #growing the fuck up
