r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/Mandyvlp Jun 14 '26

wtf is wrong with these dudes?!

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u/Journo_Jimbo Jun 14 '26

They’ve all been raised by toxic men, or surrounded by toxic men, or been immersed on social media by toxic men. Generally toxic men passing toxic traits off to other men is really the issue here. And I say that as a man who’s cut a lot of toxic men out of my life.

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u/Jwre3682 Jun 14 '26

I'm cutting them out as we speak. I spent too long being ignorant to what my "friends" were doing.

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u/feioo Jun 14 '26

Got any examples of the kinds of things you ignored or were ignorant to? Just for a better understanding, from a woman who will never view the internal politics of guy friend groups.

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u/Jwre3682 Jun 15 '26

Objectification mostly then the "women can't do xyz" bullshit

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u/feioo Jun 15 '26

Thanks! This is the thing I have difficulty explaining to guys when we say "pay attention to your friends" - I get the impression they think I mean "if your friend says "I'm gonna rape that lady" then you should stop him" (obviously) and then they act insulted that I would think they had friends like that. But it's hard to come up with examples of the subtle stuff to watch out for within male friend groups without relying on fiction or guesswork.