Backlo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up11.79Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.76Karrow-down1external-linkTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgBacklo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIf we had a society built around the principles of those social dynamics instead of trying to suppress them (I am not saying that’s what you’re doing), we’d be in a much better place imo.
minus-squareExocrinouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoLike Patriarchy? I think a society based on the social dynamics of patriarchy is bad.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNah, take the fact that it and all of the -isms play important roles in how people think and act and take steps to mitigate it. Accepting evil is not the same as embracing it.
If we had a society built around the principles of those social dynamics instead of trying to suppress them (I am not saying that’s what you’re doing), we’d be in a much better place imo.
Which social dynamics?
All of them
Like Patriarchy? I think a society based on the social dynamics of patriarchy is bad.
Nah, take the fact that it and all of the -isms play important roles in how people think and act and take steps to mitigate it.
Accepting evil is not the same as embracing it.