He doesn’t understand
My partner and I were talking about a new movie he went to go see, and I told him I heard it was misogynistic and objectifying. I mentioned I heard there were several articles written about this specific movie and topic, he went to search one up to see, and was kind of making excuses like “oh I don’t think this part matters, this part is important to the story but it wasn’t really necessary, this part doesn’t make sense” etc. And okay like, I have not seen the movie, so while I’m going to admit that my opinion is biased as I just read the articles, I’m still pretty angry about this? And I think rightfully so. Like I want him to understand that he, as a man, doesn’t get to decide what is or isn’t hurtful towards women. Objectification of women and underlying misogyny in film is actually something I get so heated about. I know how this sounds, but I don’t want him watching things like that, and when he does I just get so angry. I would NEVER tell him he couldn’t do something, and I’m not angry at him here at all. I’m just so fed up with seeing this stuff and having people, especially ones I want to understand this so badly, make excuses for it. He’s the perfect example of privilege and won’t ever understand no matter how hard he tries why I get so angry. I’m worried about being that “crazy girlfriend”, which sounds so stupid. But like I’m 20, my partner is 20, we’re barely adults and we’re dumb when it comes to this stuff.
So basically, my question is has there ever been something you felt this way about, but your partner just wasn’t understanding? What did you do?
He’s a great guy. Like really really incredible. So I’m not about to break up with him, but I don’t know how to deal with my feelings about this I guess. Mostly just ranting though 🙄
Edit: For those of you who read this and only saw what you wanted to see and felt it necessary to not only pick me apart, but my relationship with someone I love, telling me that I’m being dramatic and not good enough for him and that he should break up with me because I don’t fit YOUR STANDARDS, then lol. Going to clear some things up and reiterate the point of this once again. I am not mad at my boyfriend. I’m not mad he went to see a movie. I’m not mad he liked the movie. I AM NOT MAD AT HIM. Btw for those of you asking, it was the sequel to blade runner. I said I get about about objectification and misogyny in films, as this is a huge issue, and it makes me frustrated and upset that I can’t do anything about it. Think of something that you care about and tell me if you couldn’t change it, how the fuck would you feel? Would you think you’re being dramatic about disliking and wanting to change underlying racism or homophobia in film? Then you talk about it with your partner, and mention this is ONLY what you heard, as yes, your opinion is biased because you haven’t watched the movie. But he has, so you want to hear what he thinks about the articles after seeing the movie. Then he says that the objectification in the movie doesn’t matter, that the sexism and misogyny was justified, because “oh, they had a few female characters, how can it be sexist?” That’s frustrating to me. I’m 20, I’m barely an adult, I don’t know wtf to think or do. If I did I wouldn’t have posted this. This is something that’s been bothering me and I was looking for a healthy way to deal with it, as I don’t want to argue with him about, but whether or not I’m “being a drama queen”, this is how I feel, and that’s okay? How I feel suddenly doesn’t go away bc a bunch of women decide to be rude. I was simply asking for advice from a community of women I thought to helpful.
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