• MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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    15 days ago

    Girls be like “where’s my 6 ft+ millionaire bf who also likes to stay home, cuddle, read feminist literature, and does the dishes and laundry without being asked”, meanwhile they’re a single mom with 30 extra pounds and crippling student loan debt.

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      15 days ago

      Problem is having unrealistic expectations regardless of who you are. You can have preferences but don’t objectify.

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      15 days ago

      You see this a lot in the comment sections of short videos complaining about men. The expectations are wild. Of course they’re unrepresentative, but these women clearly are out there.

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      14 days ago

      If you really wanted to express that this goes both ways:

      In the post, it’s “meanwhile, they’re just some guy”. Why not say “they’re just some girl” instead on bashing on single mothers?