I miss when people were judged as individuals, not by their gender.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’m so tired of seeing everything turn into a gender war.
Every other post I come across is something like, “All men do this,” “Women always do that,” or “Men, what’s your opinion on women doing this?” Then the comments become an echo chamber of people agreeing and adding even more stereotypes.
It feels like we’ve reached a point where people are comfortable judging an entire gender based on a handful of personal experiences or a few viral posts.
Not every man is the same. Not every woman is the same. Most of the behaviors people blame on an entire gender aren’t gender specific at all. They’re individual traits. Kind people exist. Selfish people exist. Honest people exist. Manipulative people exist. You’ll find all kinds of people regardless of gender.
What bothers me even more is the amount of hatred in comment sections. Even when there’s news about someone being assaulted, abused, or killed, there are people celebrating it simply because the victim belongs to the opposite gender. How did we get here?
I also can’t help but think about what this is doing to younger people who are growing up surrounded by this content. If all you see every day is posts telling you that the opposite gender is selfish, manipulative, or out to hurt you, eventually it starts shaping the way you see people.
The part that genuinely scares me is thinking about the future. One day you’ll end up with someone, and you’ll never really know how much their perspective has been influenced by years of consuming this kind of content online. Are they seeing you as an individual, or are they seeing every stereotype they’ve been fed?
Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it feels like social media is pushing us to see each other as opponents instead of people. And honestly, that’s a pretty sad direction for society.