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[–]anxietyaccount8 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Is it really getting more acceptable to be a misogynist? I know that in some ways, it is. Modern leftists are obsessed with gender ideology and promoting sex work, and. But in other ways, (the OP was responding to that meme about Reddit), it's not as bad as before. Reddit has always been a horrible place for female users, but I think anti-feminist/conservative viewpoints are actually less prevalent than before...

[–]BEB[S] 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I was young, but active, during the tail end of 2nd Wave feminism. As JK Rowling said, I have never seen a worse time for women than now.

In my experience (US), women my age wore what we wanted, which was often "sex-less," wore makeup or not, sexting didn't exist, we slept with who we wanted, but usually had some kind of relationship attached. BDSM, or even a request for anal sex, would have gotten the man ostracized.

The men I hung out with treated women as equals. I honestly think I hit the Golden Age of male-female relationships. I feel so incredibly sorry for younger American women now.

[–]penelopekitty 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we are the same age and my experience was much like yours. I'm appalled at how things have devolved.