Boys, romanticize yourselves. You are a king. You are a warrior. You are an enchanter. You are an angel. You are a god. You are all of these things and more, you are the stuff of fairytales.
aren’t boys romanticised enough already
boys, stop doing these things, most of you suck and we want you to leave
okay, no, I’ve had enough of this. I had this post saved to my likes. after the original post, there were several other reblogged comments added to it, saying things like “this made me cry” and “I really needed to hear this, thank you.”
after seeing this particular one, I felt like crying as well, but probably not for the same reason the other person was.
fuck, I’m so fucking upset I can’t even type the way I want to.
I made this post only just last night, stating that there really are no posts for telling boys that it’s okay to romanticize ourselves. and do you know what? not even five minutes after I’d posted it, I lost 8 followers.
every day I see hundreds of posts telling girls that they are angels, goddesses, made of stardust, beautiful creatures, strong, gorgeous, powerful. yes. I have reblogged posts like these for my female-identifying followers because it’s important that girls feel validated in who they are and not to determine their self-worth by what anyone says. it happens so much everywhere else, and Tumblr is such a great place for a girl to be reminded and affirmed that she really is worth something.
but this post, the OP’s post, I only come across posts like these once in a blue moon. I so rarely see any posts telling boys that they are desired and attractive. so rarely I find cute comics or long quotes dedicated to boys who feel insecure about themselves.
despite what Tumblr wants to believe, boys are just as insecure and uncomfortable with their bodies as girls are. you must be fucking stupid if you honestly believe that boys have literally everything and have no reason to want to feel validated. oh you can tell me about the classic “male privilege” and tell me all about the wage gap and how men have everything better, and I will NOT ARGUE WITH YOU on that, but what I’m talking about here is nothing more than BODY POSITIVITY.
Tumblr has become a social justice blogging platform as of late. this place is crawling with mainstream feminists and equality warriors, and I’m proud to have people that I can identify with. I’ve been a feminist for years, and it’s cool to see movements that I support here on Tumblr. however, there’s a lot of missing pieces when it comes to Tumblr. feminism is about equality, and it’s also about paving the way for women to be as equal as men. but the word ‘equality’ seems to be up for debate. on Tumblr, equality is thrown around as a word that means ‘women are more superior than men.’
the people of Tumblr have several hundred posts saying that it’s wrong for girls to bash other girls just to make themselves appear better, yet I see posts telling girls to crush boys under their heel. slap a man in the face. call all men pigs. hundreds, thousands of posts telling girls to demean men to establish dominance. correct me if I’m wrong, but if these posts were telling men to demean women to establish dominance, the entire website would be outraged. the OP would have deleted their blog due to overwhelming amounts of anon hate and they would evacuate to the moon.
so why is it okay to do the opposite? why is it okay for girls to call boys names, break them, crush them. oh, right. it’s because boys have male privilege and also because the girls are “just joking” anyway. you can have hundreds of thousands of posts telling you that you are the GODDESS OF THE UNIVERSE and this one post comes along reminding boys on this website to love themselves.
and you guys shit on it.
despite what you want to believe, the whole world is full of male individuals that hate their bodies. we’re too fat. too skinny. we can’t put on muscle. we can’t lose weight. we can’t tan. we’re short. we have a small penis. NONE OF THIS CAN BE HELPED. girls have these same problems!! girls struggle with weight, with hair problems, being pressured to shave, makeup, small breasts, large labia. BUT SINCE WHEN DOES IT BECOME OKAY TO INVALIDATE BOYS WHO ARE JUST AS INSECURE ABOUT THEMSELVES AS YOU ARE?!
every day I look in the mirror and I hate what I see. I hate my fat tummy, my large thighs. I hate my pasty white skin that refuses to tan. I hate my turned-up nose and my chubby cheeks. I hate looking at my body from the side and see my breasts even though I have a chest binder on. I hate my body, and I never feel like anyone cares about how much I loathe myself. I saved OP’s post to my likes because it made me feel so wonderful and validated, and I wanted to keep it forever.. and then I see this reblogged version.
Tumblr can preach all they want about how they want equality, but they only seem to want cling to the desire to show their hatred for the opposite sex.
you know, like mysoginists.
Now I just have to post something about empowering boys.
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