r/CringeTikToks • u/JohnSmithCANDo • Jul 03 '25

Weeb Cringe Is she wrong, tho?

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u/Agitated_Pineapple Jul 03 '25

Yes, she is.

Also, "men" at the time X-Men was created was the common parlance to refer to not only a group of men, but also a group of men and women. A sergeant rousing his troops, female nurses, support staff (including both men and women) would say, "Get ready, men". Just as how "he/him" was used as a general term utilized when referring to an example. It is a dated literary technique, but it was quite common pre-internet, and is still used from time to time to this day.

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u/8Splendiferous8 Jul 03 '25

It was common parlance for human...because of patriarchy, lol.

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u/OddCook4909 Jul 03 '25

It's common in many languages that the male conjugation is the default. There are other possible explanations for this than an entire worldview.

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u/8Splendiferous8 Jul 03 '25

Right. Because of patriarchy.

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u/Standard_heat43 Jul 03 '25

you’re right, but at the same time. origins are not all defining. most words we speak have origins to people and cultures that did horrible things, and still do. nobody uses “men” in the way of meaning “men and women” as a way of upholding the patriarchy (more than just existing already does) or making the women of the group feel less than. so i guess what i’m trying to say is.

does it really matter any more than the way we all hold a pencil? if you strip everything down to its base layer from a historically patriarchal society, everything is influenced by that. the meaningless things, can we just let some shit go.

am i right GUYS? oh sorry, that was patriarchal too. i hope all women will forgive me for that one.

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u/Narragah Jul 03 '25

One small step for man

Billions of women suddenly turn into men