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[–]msteacherlady 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

That we are not different when it comes to things we are competent at, and that we are different when it comes to things men take for granted.

Examples: Idiot man complains about the computer he's using in a computer lab I managed, criticized how I went about solving the issue even after it was fixed.

Husband puts a grocery item only I use on a high shelf. Proceeds to explain to me that our height difference isn't that impactful. I have to stand on the counter to get it. I have to stand on the fucking counter for him to "get it".

[–]missdaisycan 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

My Arrrrghhhh just woke the neighbors ( I live in a house - to indicate volume.)

This!!! The inherently male belief that if something isn't important to him/men, it isn't important at all. 99% of men have no capacity for empathy Men will never understand the constant social considerations women perform.

[–]msteacherlady 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It is the most frustrating thing ever. Not to continue throwing my husband over the bus, but every time I talk about "trans stuff" he gets taciturn and his only response is "well I haven't heard anybody talking about it!" We listen to NPR together and almost every day there's some dumb sjw crap, and even then he keeps insisting it's such a small minority that I should ignore it and not let it get to me. I showed him the fucking trans manual they gave us at our last professional development (am high school teacher) and he still thinks it's just some nutty fringe thing and calls my administrator an idiot for letting this one-off weirdo run a training session. I'm trying to tell him this is much bigger and not something my admin has any control over. I showed him two issues of the National Science Teacher Association's high school publication that explicitly published writing about trans inclusion in science curriculum. No one is trying to wear gender-affirming high heels on his job site so therefore it's not a problem. He can reach the box of fig newtons, so it's not a problem.

I'm not going to wax on about how great he is otherwise, but I will say this: At least he's not a "feminist" blowing smoke up my ass while actively undermining feminism to include the trans cult. And at least we basically agree that this shit is nuts, he just doesn't think it's as prevalent as I do.

[–]yishengqingwa666 4 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

Divorce him.

[–]msteacherlady 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for your advice internet person.