. . . w/ a smile on my face & a twinkle in the eye

thenewwomensmovement:

Patriarchy: ‘He loved women’
Translation: ‘He fucked a lot of women’

Patriarchy: ‘You’re a feminazi/ bitch/ dyke/ delusional woman/ whore/ desperate for a fuck’
Translation: ‘I am threatened by your argument and am scared of you and it’

Patriarchy: ‘Smile, love!’
Translation: ‘Why are you not deferential to my masculinity?’

Patriarchy: ‘I’m not being racist/ sexist/ hetrosexist/ agist, but…’
Translation: ‘I’m about to say something racist/ sexist/ hetrosexist/ agist and I don’t want to be called on it’

Patriarchy: ‘feminists are humourless’
Translation: ‘feminists don’t laugh at my jokes about rape and violence’

Patriarchy: ‘you’re delusional’
Translation: ‘I can’t attack your argument, so I’ll have to attack you’

Patriarchy: ‘if we didn’t have prostitution/ pornography there’d be more rape’
Translation: ‘if we don’t get exactly what we want, you’ll pay for it’

Patriarchy: ‘you’re too emotional’
Translation: ‘this issue only hurts women, so why get upset?’

Patriarchy: ‘it’s natural’
Translation: ‘if I say it enough times, that makes it true!’

(Source: octagon-surgeon)