this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
326 points (93.6% liked)

Ask Men

1846 readers
7 users here now

A community to Ask Men questions and discuss any and all issues relating to them.

Unlocking Perspectives, Advice, and Empowerment for Men Everywhere.

Rules

Follow the rules of lemmy.world, which can be found here.

Additionally:

  1. Be respectful
  2. Try to engage in a positive & constructive manner
  3. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling
  4. Use appropriate language & tone.
  5. Share relevant content.
  6. Follow guidelines and moderators' instructions
  7. Report content that violates rules or needs moderator attention

Notes

Would you like to help with moderating AskMen? Send a PM to the top mod.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/46807163

Since this post posted in /c/womensstuff, a community that prohibits male participation, showed up on the front page of All I'm cross-posting it to a space where men can chime in and answer/discuss it freely.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] molten@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

No. I'm kind of an asshole who also works in a sector that is shared with all variety of people and often work side by side with people who ignorant people might call "sensitive". I really am not careful at all. Sometimes I ask questions I really shouldn't point blank because I'm dumb (is it safe to be trans here? Do you get harassed?). I've deadnamed and misgendered by accident. I don't get the vibe that people want to make a big deal out of these social faux pas unless you seem malicious. I've fucked up a trillion times apologize and move on. Now I have friends who I've accidentally insulted calling me up to hang out sometimes. It's fine. Just don't be malicious. Most people who complain about walking on eggshells aren't just not careful like me, but unwilling to change or learn.

I'll tell you a secret, no matter where you work you need to be a little careful what you say and how you phrase it but generally you can treat it all the same. Your personality isn't the problem, your biases, your willingness to learn and adapt, and your attitude are.