
Originally Posted by
lorne7007
Kicking someone in the balls is basically the physical equivalent of shoving something down a woman's crotch in the hopes of damaging their ovaries(which, sounds a lot like r-a-p-e to me). It's sexual violence, and it really shouldn't be taught to children as an appropriate way to deal with problems. Even if this guy was inappropriately approaching her(which is not the case in this context, as all he's doing is telling her something she doesn't like), this still wouldn't be an appropriate response. Imagine a woman getting in a guy's personal space or inappropriately touching a guy, and his response was to deck her in the face or punt her in the vag. This would be considered assault and excessive force by any regards and that guy would be going to jail.
And, yeah, this is what a lot of female empowerment is teaching young girls; and feminist literature is full of misandry and emasculation/castra-tion fantasies. Feminism is not about equality, and they sure as shit aren't opposed to stuff like this. Even if this wasn't something that feminists would consider acceptable entertainment for young girls(which, they clearly do), their silence speaks volumes too. Mainstream media has been riddled with violence against men for decades(I challenge you to find a single movie, even a child's movie, that doesn't feature violence against men in some capacity), without the slightest peep from women or feminists against it. Feminism is inherently sexist and, worse, it caters misandric women(if not outright enables/defends them).
Feminism does not empower boys, all the contrary, and it's scary that anyone could actually believe that it does. The harm that feminism is causing to young boys is dangerous, if not a global crisis at this point, and there is no excuse to be ignorant or complicit into it. Boys are growing up feeling disenfranchised, hated for their sexuality and vilified. Imagine being a boy and seeing society telling that sexual violence against you is okay, because you probably deserved it or had it coming(even if you did nothing wrong). Imagine being a boy and being told you are an oppressor, even as women walk all over you and are cheered on for it. Imagine being a boy growing up being virgin-shamed and creep-shamed for your sexuality; while women are celebrated for being as celibate or promiscuous as they want to be. Imagine being a boy growing up internalizing that level of misandry on that daily basis, and what effect that might have to his psych(something which could even be related to the rise of ballbusting/castra-tion fantasies in men, possibly even in the disparity between MtF and FtM trans, specifically over the past few decades).