Summary

Donald Trump’s re-election has fueled a surge in misogynistic, homophobic, and racist rhetoric among young men, reportedly emboldened by the president-elect’s history of inflammatory remarks about women.

In schools, boys have been caught using phrases like “your body, my choice” against female peers, prompting districts like Minnesota’s Hopkins Public Schools to issue warnings to parents about harassment.

The impact extends beyond schools, with activists on Texas State University’s campus displaying signs asserting that “women are property.”

This hostile climate has left many women feeling unsafe as a new far-right administration takes power.

  • Flying Squid
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    6623 days ago

    The proper response to “your body, my choice” is “your nuts, my knee.”

      • Flying Squid
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        623 days ago

        We’re talking kids threatening other kids here. Lorena Bobbitt will mean nothing to them. A knee to the nuts, on the other hand…

        • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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          423 days ago

          well it might give them something to ask about from their parents and spread it around in so doing. but yeah a knee is a good idea in the moment

          • @DokPsy@lemmy.world
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            522 days ago

            When dealing with an active threat, a response that the assailant can ignore afterwards is a useless response.

            I’m teaching my daughter the same lesson I was taught. You never start a fight but you sure do end it.

    • @psvrh@lemmy.ca
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      4823 days ago

      The correct response is “If I’m going to jail because abortion is murder, I may as well kill my rapist”

        • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          22 days ago

          Also ignores the power dynamic at play. The boy while complain to his Trump-loving teacher and the teacher will call the principal and the principal will call the police and the police will come and arrest the child and then take her to jail where other cops will rape her.

          And if you talk about the epidemic of child abuse in police custody or the long history of sexual violence by cops, you’re hurting the Democrats in the next election.