Some may say society has made immense progress when it comes to gender equality, but when it constantly feels as though the needle is moving backwards when it comes to women’s rights, that’s a hard statement to believe.
1.“People don’t freaking believe you. They think women are not able to accurately remember or interpret their own experiences. Even as witnesses, they don’t believe you, and it is positively maddening. They’d rather give the benefit of the doubt to the perpetrator, like they identify with them more.”
2.“Women’s medical procedures are constantly being done with no pain management. Some examples are a colposcopy (where they literally cut out a chunk of your cervix for biopsy while you aren’t even provided with a Tylenol) or an IUD insertion. Meanwhile, male vasectomies get local anesthetic.”
“And in particular, old men who don’t have any medical training or know how my body works. Old men who have no qualms about cheating on their wives with a younger woman, then paying for that younger woman to have an abortion on the DL because it’s convenient for him.”
4.“Everything I say is an argument. I can’t have any opinions without it getting brought back to man-hating. My own experiences are argued against, and it’s exhausting.”
5.“The development of AI and deep fake technologies terrifies me. They can literally generate naked pictures from a normal one. So, as a woman, I personally don’t feel safe posting pictures online these days.”
6.“The obsessive culture around anti-aging that begins as a teen.”
7.“Being thought of as a bitch when you’re not overly accommodating and agreeable, when men who act similarly would not be received negatively for it.”
9.“The responsibility always seems to get put on women to prevent pregnancy, and every time a man is asked to wear a condom, they complain because ‘it doesn’t feel the same’ or ‘it’s uncomfortable.’ The one time they created a birth control pill for men, they took it off the market due to side effects such as depression, mood swings, and weight issues. Meanwhile, women have to do a ton of trial and error to find a pill or implant device just to prevent their lives changing completely due to pregnancy, while dealing with all of those same side effects.”
10.“I’m not taken seriously when I present medical issues to doctors.”
11.“There is a clear lack of empathy for women. I was upset over a miscarriage and asked for two days off of work, and my doctor said to me: ‘I don’t know why you’re sad, just try again.’ He’s no longer my doctor.”
12.“The way that women are supposed to dress compared to men — especially in business situations — is ridiculous. Why do we have to wear high heels, tight skirts, jewelry, and makeup, when men get to wear a comfy loose suit and flat shoes?”
13.“Maternity care. I shouldn’t have almost died giving birth a few months ago as a healthy 26-year-old woman. Everything that happened was preventable.”
15.“Having men believe that just because you gave them the tiniest amount of attention, it means that you automatically want to date them. Or their belief that you somehow owe them your time when they…