Men are Still Trash..?

Apparently "men" didn't appreciate being called trash in the very title of the previous article. Because it's generalizing. How awful!

But do you know what I don't appreciate either?

Being catcalled on a daily basis in Egypt. And what's even worse, being taught to just walk past them. "Don't reply".

Being looked at by bored men sitting on the streets or the coffee shops. Their eyes follow me as I walk, I can feel them. It's scary, especially at night.

Watching beloved friends live after a trauma such as sexual harassment. Their families asking them "to just move on" and telling them "it's okay as long as you're still a virgin."

Feeling helpless when my friend tells me her father refuses to finance her studies. Just because. Another one with a father who gives her less money than she needs because money is more important than her. He told her that. And I always feel angry. Angry and helpless.

I feel disgusted seeing pedophiles living their lives normally, around me. Being accepted by their community. Granted a happy comfortable life. I just want to punch them in the face then lock them up.

Men leaving their kids behind and not bothering to ask about them, needless to say they don't even fund them. Fathers who have no idea how their children are doing, how old are they. In such situations, I find it really hard to advise my friends to contact the "father". It's insensitive and not logical. How could a child care for a parent who threw them away? A parent who never took a part in their life. And probably left them to suffer financially. How?

How about a boy promising his girlfriend to get married one day, just to get into her pants? And then leaving her? And when she suspected being pregnant he came back to her, with all the fake care and kindness, how about that? It pisses you off, doesn't it?

I believe the main reason why this is still happening is because men used to be the ones with the money and power back in the days and they haven't evolved much since. I mean, women evolved, they go to college now and work. On the other hand, there are men who still think that women belong to the kitchen, etc etc.

This won't stop unless we start taking serious actions, like representing empowering women in the media and ending all the old-fashioned content. Ads are still marketing cleaning products to women only, with lines like "you won't get married if you don't know how to clean"!! (at least in the Arab World)

I believe that it'll change. One day. Because, not long ago, girls were deprived from education. Then, they were allowed to go to school but chores and raising kids were still their main job.

PS: "men are trash" is just an expression that has a long explanation behind it. It's not generalizing all men, like I said before.

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