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The Emotional Load by Emma (Seven Stories Press,U.S., £14.99).
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I feel like the same story and message could have been conveyed in a single comic strip.
I feel like you comment and sentiment could have been conveyed in a single emoji
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Fair point.
The comic is a bit long but is very spot on. I work as a developer and if there’s a girl with us (there’s none) that would be my first instinct to do. Overly helpful and all that. I don’t know why but that’s what I would do.
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I honestly do not understand what you are trying to say. Are you implying this comic is one of the “all men are bad” category? Are you parodying how incels would react to a post like this?
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She has a problem with assertiveness and she blames men for her own shortcomings.
And I’m so sick and tired of the anti-men bullshit that it’s really affecting my self esteem and my perception of myself
Maybe you just need more self esteem? Why are you blaming society for your own shortcomings?
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Dude… The moment the woman in the story shows even remote signs of assertiveness, she gets fired.
I don’t think he read that far down honestly.
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I’m sad that this comic is still needed. I thought we figured this out a while ago. I remember being super weirded out at a colleague saying he worshipped women. That moment and probably things I read around the time solidified in my kind to treat women and other genders the same as I’d men.
