This is so well said and such a demonstration of why this problem will take a fundamental cultural shift to solve. The irony is that the op (and everyone else don’t get me wrong) can’t see this exact problem in their post for the reason you said.
Change is gradual and always a result of a person believing they are the ones who chose to change, sometimes change comes along and the person thinks they’ve stayed the same.
And, not to downplay the OP, but men have changed for the better. It sounds ridiculous, but compared to the 1900s? Holy shit have things gotten better. The issue is that there’s so much more societal consciousness about it and it’s still agonizingly slow.
It’s changed for the better since the '70s/'80s even. It’s also backslid a couple of times since then (and we’re in the middle of a massive backslide right now in much of the world).
This is so well said and such a demonstration of why this problem will take a fundamental cultural shift to solve. The irony is that the op (and everyone else don’t get me wrong) can’t see this exact problem in their post for the reason you said.
Change is gradual and always a result of a person believing they are the ones who chose to change, sometimes change comes along and the person thinks they’ve stayed the same.
And, not to downplay the OP, but men have changed for the better. It sounds ridiculous, but compared to the 1900s? Holy shit have things gotten better. The issue is that there’s so much more societal consciousness about it and it’s still agonizingly slow.
It’s changed for the better since the '70s/'80s even. It’s also backslid a couple of times since then (and we’re in the middle of a massive backslide right now in much of the world).