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'You're so resentful!' How abusive partners weaponize women's dissatisfaction
Resentment is the natural, normal reaction to oppression.
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'You're never satisfied with anything!' How sexist men escape accountability
Sexist men act like applying any standard at all to them is oppression.
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'But I don't care about that task!' The weapons sexist men use
Men undermine the value of the work their partners do as a way of getting out of household labor.
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"Maybe he's neurodivergent!" Gaslighting women to excuse inequality and abuse
Emotional abuse, inequality, and maltreatment are not symptoms of any form of neurodivergence--and to imply otherwise is ableist.
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'Men just grieve differently:' How we excuse men from meeting their partners' emotional needs
During life's worst moments, abusive men turn away from their partners. And society excuses it with false claims about gender differences.
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"You're the abusive one!" The Weapons Abusive Men Use series
Abusive men believe that their behavior is justified. So they depict their partners as abusive.
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'I can't read your mind!' The weapons sexist men use
Why sexist men want us to believe that obvious information isn't so obvious, and that they can't be trusted to do anything without supervision.
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"We just have different parenting styles!" How men escape accountability for bad parenting
Yet another tool sexist men use to blame women for men's failings.
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"I do just as much labor as you!": How sexist men excuse household labor imbalances
They're arguing in bad faith to buy time.
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"You owe me sex" and other ways sexist men weaponize sex (paid subscriber bonus)
Men think sex is their birthright, and that women who won't give it to them deserve whatever abuse they can dish out.
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'Well my therapist thinks you're the abusive one,' and other ways abusers weaponize therapy (paid subscriber bonus)
Men weaponize individual and couples counseling to buy time and excuse their own behavior.
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How sexist men weaponize the silent treatment: The Weapons Men Use series (paid subscriber bonus)
He's not "processing his feelings." He's weaponizing yours.
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