What are the issues with gender abolition?

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[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

There's a tremendous mental burden to overcome to break out of the established patterns, and often it's difficult to quantify the time and effort it takes to do so. Combine that with a universal public effort to push people back into those patterns (and even justify them as "self-care" or fitting in or whatever) means that the only people who break out are those who commit a tremendous mental effort to an incredibly unpopular idea without prior direction or guidance and somehow persist at it until it works.

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

My dad gave me good guidance, how to work hard and struggle thru hard times. I don't always live totally like that, but I'd be screwed if I didn't have that guidance as a kid. Nothing else gives that kind of guidance, not online or the media anyway. Certain self help people will give that advice I guess.

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

My parents did nothing for me on that front. They're both huge narcissists still. I had to break out of that mindset and to this day talking to them is difficult because of how they see and relate to the world.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

One thing about my dad too was he was narcissistic and lazy, he had made some money before but basically retired in his 40s and sometimes his hard work advice went in one year and out the other when I'd see him laying on the couch all the time. That being said it could have been worse with no dad at all, my mom gave me 100% bad advice all the time.

[–]BATMAN-IS-A-FAGGOT 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

IT SHOULD BE LEGAL TO RAPE OR KIDNAP OR MURDER YOUR PARENTS.

THAT WOULD KEEP THEM IN LINE MORE.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wish you'd get raped

You're a net negative on humanity

[–]BATMAN-IS-A-FAGGOT 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wish you'd get raped

You're a net negative on humanity

i hope you work thru your daddy issues.