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Allan G. Johnson (via loveyourchaos)

This rings SO true!

(via radicallane)

Or they ask “Why are you so angry?” “Who hurt you?” or find other ways to trivialize the expression of anger or disagreement.

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or tell you you’re overthinking things or try to change the subject immediately. 

Why exclusively apply this to women? It’s not socially acceptable to be angry whether you’re a male or female.

I’ll start off by saying that I understand the source of anger mentioned. Let’s just get that out of the way. It’s not like I don’t understand anger having a source of oppression. What I’m saying, is from a purely asexual, emotional standpoint: you cannot get angry at anything without someone questioning it. However trivial or important, there’s going to be someone or someplace that doesn’t find the anger acceptable, even if it is justified. There will be some “offended” idiot, probably someone who doesn’t see the problem with the source of anger, giving a look or going to tell a person in authority.

I wield anger like a blade. I know where to put it and when to use it. I know this, because if I ever get angry at something or someone, I can’t just express it in whereever I am. I can’t shout at barking, annoying, possibly dangerous dogs because it’s not socially acceptable. I can’t angrily tell a parent to shut their whiny little crotch fruit up, because it’s not socially acceptable. I can’t get angry at incompetent restaurant and/or store employees because it’s not socially acceptable.

If I display anger to a male, then it’ll be analyzed as “male/male fighting over pride.” Anger at a woman is “abuse”. Anger at a Republican government fucking things up is “UnAmerican”. Anger at a Democratic government fucking things up is an “-ism” of some kind, despite the fact that I’m far left leaning.

So, while I understand the reason for the quote above, I just want to point out that displaying anger is not socially acceptable whether you’re male or female.

Last thing. Women should realize there’s something like this for men, too. We can’t show weakness or sadness AT ANY POINT EVER. I’m not joking. Crying is unacceptable as a male, even with sensitive friends. Because of social upbringing, I haven’t cried in like a decade. Not even at my relatives funerals. It’s a little ridiculous. I think the only time I’ve ever seen acceptable crying as a man is that like “single man-tear when a hero dies” thing.