Feb. 12th, 2016

rynling: (Cecil Harvey)
I've been avoiding Facebook for the past two or three months because everything I've posted has turned into a pilot episode for "Men Explain Things to Me: The HBO Miniseries."

What I've decided to do is to remove every straight cisgender man I'm friends with from my feed. Whenever a dudebro leaves a comment on one of my posts, I'm going to flag it as inappropriate.

I'm not a radical feminist, and I don't hate men. I don't understand male-gendered patterns of interaction, though. Like, in what universe is mansplaining considered a prelude to civil conversation? I'm not saying that my female friends and acquaintances are all 100% easy to deal with, but at least I get the impression that they assume a basic level of competence and intelligence on my part. If nothing else, I don't find other women (and gay and trans men) as emotionally draining.

I'm still not sure what to do about Twitter.

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