I don't know why that trip to SuperCheap Auto had to be an argument.

I went in to buy replacement rubbers for my wipers, and said to the guy that I noticed online they offered to change them for $9, so I'd like that please.

The guy called someone else over to come out and look at the car, and I mentioned that the back window rubber would also need changing but that the replacement pack has enough in it to do all 3 blades. I mentioned that I knew this because I did it last time.

He argued with me. He insisted that he'd have to order in the part to change the back wiper. He mansplained that if he just changed the rubber it would leave a gap that would scratch the window because I have the factory default wipers on the car and they're not designed to have the rubber changed.

I explained to him that I didn't have the factory wipers on the car, that I had Tridon wipers because I changed them myself 4 years ago specifically so I could just replace the rubbers instead of throwing the entire wiper away every time they needed changing. And that, as I had already explained I have previously done this myself.

He started arguing again, insisting they were the factory wipers. I had enough said I'd do it myself, and the only reason I was asking for it to be done is because I thought that it would be LESS DRAMA for them to do it.. but apparently it's actually MORE drama because you're insisting on arguing about it with me?

Then he said "no, it's fine.. I'll do it for you." as though he was doing me a favour by changing them for me, and not performing a paid service for a customer.

I said no thanks, and he kept arguing that he would do it as he followed me into the store to buy the rubbers. He then tried to sell me the wrong product, and argued with me AGAIN when I told him it was wrong until I took the product off him and started to walk over to the register. He left to go back into the office, so I went back over to the shelf and grabbed the correct product.

My guy, I've been out of the house and wearing a bra for 4 hours now. Don't fucking push me.

#Men #Sexism #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #gaslighting #misogyny #patriarchy #car #JustPutTheFriesInTheBag

The more financially independent women we have the better.
And men who can't accept it should be shamed and ridiculed for it.
#fuckpatriarchy

"It wasn’t Tonya’s first time managing the discomfort her achievements elicited in prospective partners. She had already learned to downplay her successes as a professional woman working in the sciences."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-dating

#women #economy #housing #misogyny #patriarchy #toxicmasculinity

„Männerhorden, die mit Bollerwagen und viel Alkohol laut durch die Straßen ziehen – das ist das Bild, das man vom #vatertag hat, auch „#herrentag oder „#mannertag genannt. Doch am 14. Mai, wenn der arbeitsfreie Donnerstag eigentlich auf Christi #himmelfahrt zurückgeht – ein Datum, das historisch für Besinnung stand, heute aber oft im alkoholisierten Gegröle versinkt –, soll es in #berlin einen Ort geben, an dem alles anders ist.
#himmelfahrtskommando #toxicmasculinity #epstein #ulmen #notallmenbut #gewalt #patriarchat #afd #fdp #progressive #woke #männerwelten #manner #menschen #demo

https://taz.de/Maenner-Demo-gegen-Gewalt-gegen-Frauen/!6176278/

The #GulabiGang are still very active (and needed)!

'Gulabi Gang' Members Barge Into UP Police Station Over Dowry Murder Allegations
The victim's family, along with dozens of members of the Gulabi Gang, barged into the Radhanagar police station, demanding immediate arrests.

April 4, 2025

"A married woman was allegedly killed by her in-laws over a dowry demand, sparking a large-scale protest in the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Dozens of Gulabi Gang members and the victim's family barged into the Radhanagar police station, demanding that the accused be taken into custody right away."

Read more:
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gulabi-gang-members-barge-into-up-police-station-over-dowry-murder-allegations-7993095

#PinkSariGang #Patriarchy #ToxicMasculinity #GirlsFightBack
#GulabiGangs #FeministVigilantism #WomenFightBack

Listed on skiddle as "great event, until someone got #stabbed "

Difficult to find much info about who was playing at this " #rave " but it seems to be the #grime / #drill lot rather than old skool rave / drum and bass - but worrying that it happens at a daytime event, which are supposed to be more sober and safer?

Looks like #ToxicMasculinity is taking over (large) #music events to the point they are no longer safe, even if there may be less #drugs and #alcohol being consumed

#crime #Birmingham #Midlands #UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c042edv2zkgo

Dear Kash Patel: Quit your job. Get help

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/opinion/kash-patel-alcoholism

Hetero-Dating-Apps sind wie ein Museum der männlichen Widerlichkeiten.

Gestern bei einer Freundin auf Tinder geswiped, rein zu Unterhaltungszwecken. Was eins halt so macht beim Chillen 🤭

Ich als schwuler Mann kenne mich mit männlichen Anmachversuchen aus, aber das hier? Das war wie ein Crashkurs in "Wie widerlich kann ich als Mann maximal sein".
Schwule Männer sind alles andere als heilig, klar. Auch im Gay-Dating gibt es Übergriffigkeit, Grenzüberschreitungen, Druck und toxisches Verhalten. Das ist kein Problem, das sich auf hetero Dating beschränkt. Aber in diesem Fall hat mich die Wucht und Selbstverständlichkeit der Übergriffigkeit nochmal auf eine andere Weise getroffen.
Ich bin froh, keine hetero Frau* zu sein. Ja, vielen ist bewusst, was Frauen* auf Dating-Apps abbekommen. Aber es zu sehen, ist dann doch nochmal ein anderes Level.
Wenn ich mir diese Nachrichten, Profile und "Charme"-Offensiven anschaue, verliere ich den letzten Funken Hoffnung in die Menschheit.
Oder zumindest in die ♂️ Hälfte davon. 🤯 🤮
Viele dieser Nachrichten sind nicht einfach "creepy" oder "unangenehm". Das ist pure verbale Gewalt gegenüber Frauen*.
Dafür gibt es keine Ausreden, keine "boys will be boys"-Scheisse und keine Legitimation. Punkt.

#Patriarchat #toxicmasculinity #Sexismus #Dating #Misogynie #Gewalt