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This is absolute fucking bullshit. I'm so angry I could put my fist through a wall!

Man: Angry
Woman: Crazy
Yeah, my ex man, she was totally nuts. What a whackjob.

I don't know if I can handle this...
Man: Weak
Woman: Emotional
Man, pull yourself together.

You guys! I can't believe you'd do this for me!
Man: Embarrassing
Woman: Overwhelmed
He just started crying, it was super awkward.

This isn't working, we need to try another approach.
Man: Assertive
Woman: Bitchy
Christ, she's so fucking bossy.

I'm so scared, I don't know if I can do this...
Man: Coward
Woman: Frightened
Come on, grow some balls, man.

All I can think about today is sex.
Man: Horny
Woman: Nympho
The way she talks, you can tell she's a slut.

The quality of your work lately hasn't really been up to par. What's going on?
Man: Straightforward
Woman: Abrasive
You'll get better results with people if you soften your approach a little.

I can't believe we broke up. I thought we loved each other.
Man: Pathetic
Woman: Heartbroken
I didn't know she had you so whipped...

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Posted on May 19, 2015 by Robot Hugs

New comic! I'm just putting together a longer piece on gender stereotypes and acceptable emotional expression for Everyday Feminism, but here's a shorter version of some of the emotions that are acceptable for men and women. Unsurprisingly, emotions that are associated with softness, vulnerability, or caretaking, are associated with femininity. Men are discouraged from being feminine, and so are discouraged from crying, being sad, or being frightened. Emotions that are associated with strength, resolve, or action are associated with masculinity. and women are seen as stepping out of their place by being too bossy, bitchy, crazy, abrasive, overconfident. Patriarchy tells us what we can and can't do with the genders we've been assigned. It punishes us when we deviate from those rules. This is one of the ways that patriarchy harms men as well as women - it harms all genders. Feminism sure didn't come up with 'boys don't cry', or 'stop acting like a little girl' or 'grow some balls'.