What social stigma does society need to get over?

[Cutegirl06]

I think society needs to realize that boys/men that get abused by girls/women and we need to be there for them. Instead of telling them that they are wimps and they should be ashamed for what a female has done to them. I've seen girls in school kick boys in the nuts and slapped them. When the boy tells someone he gets laughed at. Why? It's just so wrong and it really makes me angry 😠 😡 If we treated boys like the way we do girls in these situations by comforting them and giving them support maybe they wouldn't resent girls/women and grow up to beat women. I never really cared about what happened to boys in these situations, but after meeting my boyfriend that was abused by his older sister and mother I've seen how it effects boys self esteem and self confidence. What he went through caused him ptsd. If it was a girl abused by men/boys they would have gotten treatment. Boys are left just to figure it out for themselves. Luckily my boyfriends uncle adopted him when he was 13 and took him out of the abuse. I'm proud to be his girlfriend and will continue to be there for when he has ptsd.

[Mynameisbobby]

I agree with this 💯 I've seen how girls are treated vs boys by mothers or older sisters. I've seen girls pulling down boys swim trunks at the beach where the boy gets totally embarrassed and the mother encourages her daughters by laughing at her son. It's so unfair for boys I never understood why it's allowed? If a boy ever did anything like that to his sister or any girl he would be in so much trouble. What's the difference? Boys grow up believing that they don't really matter and they aren't taken seriously. I was subjected to abuse in high school where girls were allowed to touch me and when I told the principal a woman she just laughed at me and told me I probably liked it. Why does society think that a boy should liked being touched by girls? Because that makes him a man? Really? And then they wonder why boys don't say anything when they are abused sexually, physically or emotionally. Society is telling boys that they really don't matter that girls are better than they are and therfore are able to do whatever they want to boys. If a boy cries he is called oversensitive? We are all born sensitive boys get the message early on that they need to hide their sensitivity and be tough. That doesn't make the feelings go away It just makes boys resent girls and society for the way they are treated. If a girl starts a fight with a boy the boy is told he can't hit her back. why not teach girls that hitting anyone is wrong girl or boy? How many boys and men get raped by girls/women and society says a boy can't be raped? And then they say the boy got lucky!! So if the boy didn't like it because it's unwanted he automatically is told that he must be gay. I have nothing against the gay community I'm just saying it makes a boy question his own sexuality that there must be something wrong with him if society is saying he should have enjoyed it and he doesn't What's a boy left to think? If a boy raped a girl she gets all the attention gets help immediately not the boy though. He's left feeling confused. Again no one should be raping anyone, but why the double standard?

[Flatmanlewis]

I can think of a few. Male victim abuse is a good one, so kudos for somebody thinking that way. Also, that a political ideology defines the entirety of a persons moral compass. I see the US (and much of the world) in some version of a two-sided screaming match over dozens of issues. Social media and talking heads stoke the fires of anger and label the opposing view-point as immoral, fascist, racists, and so on. Most people have far more common sense and aren’t defined by a lightly held political viewpoint. Also, many people are open to discussion and learning about different perspectives of the same issue.


The reality often is people who don’t make a living on TV or social media are far more logical and congenial when meeting people. We really need to stop thinking a person is evil because they don’t agree with 100% of what we believe.

[KrakenAttackin]

We need to realize men make up 80% of suicides, we already live an average of six years less then women... aw.. who am I kidding, no one cares.

[Cutegirl06]

That's not true I care!!

[KrakenAttackin]

@Cutegirl06. I appreciate that, but you are the tiniest minority.

[Cutegirl06]

Yeah I get it. I'm sorry you're probably right. That's what makes me so angry 😠

[Anonymous]

I was abused numerous times by women all anybody would tell me was to get out of the relationship I never got the kind of sympathy women get no guy ever does

[Cutegirl06]

I'm sorry. It's true unfortunately 😔

[Mynameisbobby]

You're absolutely right! Unfortunately

[Anonymous]

We need to stop dismissing male suicide by saying "men just need to learn how to share their feelings". Men will NEVER share their feelings the way women do because we are not wired that way. Saying that only deflects from the real issues men face today, which only makes matters worse.

[FenixG45]

This is a REAL issue. I was abused by my Ex-wife. It took years of therapy to recover. Abuse is abuse, regardless of genders or age!
STOP the CRIMES of BULLYING & VICTIMIZATION!

[HouseMoat]

That only girls wear makeup. Guys can too, and often do

[OddBeMe]

Sex. And sex education. We should have a yearly sex ed class geared for each age. Obviously more anatomy and cleanliness until puberty.

But then then we’re off to the races and need to teach consent and pregnancy etc..

[exitseven]

If you were here I would pin a medal on you.

[Cutegirl06]

Thank you sir. No medal needed this is something I'm passionate about. Like I said I never thought or cared about how boys were effected by the abuse they receive. Until I met my boyfriend and I've seen first hand how boys are treated like they don't matter. I think it's terrible. But thanks for the compliment ☺️ that's sweet of you to say 😊

[exitseven]

Tell him Exitseven says he is lucky to have you

[Cutegirl06]

Awww thanks 😊 I will tell him. He thinks sometimes he doesn't deserve me because he thinks he's a burden on me. I tell him that I want to be there for him when he has flashbacks or whatever. I truly care about him and he cares about me as well.

[exitseven]

😊😊😊😎😎😎

[Lisia]

You're so right!

[Anonymous]

Sorry I have to disagree, you'll raise wimps if you make keep pampering for everything

Telling to "Man up" sounds brutal but at least it's honest, a truth which most run away from

[RavVid]

Glad you are there.

[Cutegirl06]

Thanks 👍

[WhitneySnow]

Again, I totally agree with you

[Anonymous]

I agree 100% with what you said. I also think it needs to be the same for things like mental health and showing any amount of emotion. Can often end up the same way.

[Anonymous]

Living with parents later in life, prices of housing is so high now that children have to move back in or never leave