Life’s full of blatantly sexist things and the everyday heroes of the internet keep calling them out, poking fun at them, and shining a bright spotlight on them to make it clear—these things are not okay. And, bit by bit, society changes. Hopefully, for the better.
The r/TrollXChromosomes subreddit, an online group that’s been active for a whopping decade and has over 812k members, documents when women and men confront sexism, misogyny, and toxic masculinity head-on. Have a look through some of their newest posts that we’ve collected for you, dear Pandas, and be sure to upvote the ones that rekindled your hope in greater equality in the world.
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When you’re done with this list, we invite you to read through our first article about blatantly obvious sexism right here. Meanwhile, scroll down for our interview with psychotherapist Silva Neves, who explained to Bored Panda what men can do to put an end to toxicity, misogyny, and homophobia. According to him, it’s about redefining what ‘male success’ means and teaching society to stop turning a blind eye to what’s wrong.
#1 I’m Sure Selfawarewolves Would Love This
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#2 I Can’t Even Watch The Notebook Without Cringing Now
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#3 Spot On. Really Effing Spot On
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Education is a vital part of the fight for greater equality, compassion, inclusiveness, and respect. However, alone without any ongoing and passionate support from us, education isn’t the panacea against sexism, misogyny, and toxic masculinity that some of us are looking for. It’s not a one-and-done kind of deal: it’s a long, arduous, exhausting process, a war of attrition between competing ideas.
“Better education is definitely key but it is also down to all of us to challenge it by not allowing toxic masculinity to keep going. It means that we all have to actively challenge misogyny and homophobia,” psychotherapist Silva noted in an interview with Bored Panda. He added that both misogyny and homophobia are “still prevalent now in the UK,” where he is based, and “too many people continue to turn a blind eye when they see it.”
#4 The Reason Why We Need To Stop Saying #notallmen
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#5 America Hates Women
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#6 Ladies, When Was The Last Time You Went On A Killing Spree Cos You Were Feeling A Bit Emotional?
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According to Silva, men need to do their part and be more in tune with their emotions, instead of trying to repress them as is par for course with toxic masculinity.
“We need more representations of men who embrace their emotions, talk about them and show them with crying, laughing, or hugging,” he said.
#7 🙂
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#8 Please, Go On…
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#9 When A Man Tells Me He’s Looking For A ‘Real Woman’ I Scurry Away Because I’m Actually Three Owls In A Raincoat And He Mustn’t Find Out
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Something else that drastically needs to change is how ‘male success’ and masculinity are defined. “We also need to change the image of ‘male success’. So, basically, we need to change society at its core because toxic masculinity is part of a faulty system of thoughts. That will take time, but it can start with all of us doing our parts about it,” the psychotherapist told Bored Panda.
#10 Oof
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#11 Srsly
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#12 We Are Starting It Early, Guys!
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#13 I’ve Noticed
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#14 Abortion Rights Is A Human Rights
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#15 Screw Misogyny
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#16 Absolutely Hate The Way Our Clothing Was Policed In School
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#17 Do Not Hesitate To Ask What You Deserve
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#18 My Nana Is Divorced And Good For Her
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#19 Sign Checks Out
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#20 Women Finally Get More Affordable Access To Reproductive Healthcare And They Find A Way To Demonize It
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#21 Just Let People Be
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#22 This Is, And Has Always Been, A Big Problem
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#23 The Governor Will Send Us All Back To Phase One If Y’all Keep Screwing Around
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#24 And We Prefer Your Opinions About Us Kept To Yourselves Too!
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#25 🙁
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#26 Cool
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#27 Men’s Issues
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#28 Women – Being Conditioned To Accommodate The Patriarchy Since Forever…
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#29 Yes They Can Be
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#30 Misogyny Ruins Everything
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#31 Horny By Shoulders
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#32 Use The Freaking Word
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#33
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#34 The End
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#35 Things Women Shouldn’t Wear
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#36 While It Is True That Girls’ Brains Typically Develop A Little Faster Than Boys’ Brains, That Doesn’t Excuse A Lack Of Discipline For Boys
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#37 F**ked Up
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#38 Being Feminine Is Not A Weakness
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#39 Let’s Hope This Trend Just Keeps Continuing On Through Future Generations
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#40 Cowards
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#41 Every Single One
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#42 Never Thought Of It Like This
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#43 Representation. Matters
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#44 Powerful
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#45 Truth
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#46 If The Men Find Out We Can Shapeshift, They Are Going To Tell The Church
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#47 We Have To Close This Gap
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#48 So Unfair
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#49 Get A Divorce
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#50 Nanette
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#51 They Don’t
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#52 Hey, Fierce And Fabulous Fixer-Uppers!
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#53 Loyalty
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#54 It’s About Wanting To Control Over Women’s Sexuality
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#55 On Shaving
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#56
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#57 Oh Well
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#58 Who Else Can Relate To This?
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#59 Expressing Any Emotion Is Hysteria If You’re A Woman
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#60 Experiencing Both Sides Of The Gender Divide As A Professional
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#61 Call Them Out
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#62 So Close To Getting The Point
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#63 “You’re A Pretty Girl And Therefore Can’t Be Smart”
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#64 Because Apparently Only Old White Men Count
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#65 Also Applies To The Show Sherlock
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#66 It Really Is…
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#67 I’ve Been Asking Myself This
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#68 Consent…
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#69 Makeup
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#70 Let’s Eradicate The Terms “Consensual Sex” And “Non-Consensual Sex” – It’s Either Sex Or Rape. Language Shouldn’t Be Used As A Tool To Obfuscate Trauma And Horror
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#71 My Teacher Told Us That Our First Period Would Only Be Like A Drop Or Two Of Blood And Gave Us Pantie Liners For When It Happens. That Was A Big Fat Lie
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#72 Let’s Please Bring An End To Victim-Blaming, And Shaming
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#73 You Can’t Stop Us.
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#74 Consent
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#75 Go Masturbate!
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#76 I Agree
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#77 When Was The Last Time Decisions About A Woman’s Well-Being Were Made By Women?
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#78 It’s A Step In The Right Direction
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#79 *sips Tea*
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#80 I Think We All Know Why
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