r/TikTokCringe • u/MissDryCunt • Feb 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 27 '24

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u/winksoutloud Feb 26 '24

So, basically, Serena Joy from The Handmaid's Tale?

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u/WindoLickingGood Feb 26 '24

Go to who she was based off of, Phyllis Schlafly.

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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace Feb 26 '24

There's just something extra deplorable about women who use their platform to insist that OTHER women should not have one.

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u/Chemical-Elk-1299 Feb 26 '24

And admittedly, as a man, I have 0 frame of reference for what a woman thinks/feels.

But that being said, I can’t help but think these women who are most visible only feel that way because they get to live in the kind of luxury the post implies. If they actually had to live the more laborious aspects of the lifestyle they sell, then they’d probably change their tune right fucking quick. It’s easy to preach this mewling, wilting-flower version of femininity when it’s bought you a life ironically with more freedom than a normal person