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I just want to take a moment to apologize to women for all the bullshit you’ve had to endure, like being treated as interchangeable, objectified, talked down to. None of that is okay, and no one deserves it.
Apology not accepted. If you personally never did any of the above, then an apology is not needed. Nor is it fair to ask of men to apologize on behalf of other men who did. Women don't want apologies from men who aren't at fault. They just want men to stand up for them.
I get the sentiment, but wording matters because this is the kind of rhetoric the manosphere loves to take out of context to claim that men have to apologize for just being men.
That's a fair sentiment individually, but it's not just an individual problem.
Men don't just need to be not part of the problem, they need to actively be part of the solution.
I agree that men should actively be part of the solution, but there is a healthy way of doing it without involving guilt and self-depracation.
Men's mental health is a critical part of feminism. This is because when men's issues are accepted and destigmatized, it helps destigmatize it for women too. Encouraging mental health support among men means reducing women's role in providing emotional labor.