Men’s Rights Activists and other warriors against cultural misandry often complain that women accuse them of being creepy, not because they’re genuinely creepy but just because they’re men, men guilty of no crime other than not looking like Brad Pitt.
One of these fellows took to the Men’s Rights subreddit recently with a sad tale of being unfairly profiled as a creeper just because he was lurking in a truck in the parking lot of a pharmacy until after the store closed, hoping he could chat up one of the store employees while she was walking to her car.
I know, totally unfair!
Here’s his sad tale, in his own words:
I was in a small town in NJ, spending the night in my truck waiting for a job in the morning. I park at corner pharmacy lot. I go in once and buy my items. Checkout girl is cute, make up a reason to go back in. We chat for a few seconds at most. I go back to my truck to browse the ol Reddit. Place closes at 10. I’m kinda hoping the checkout girl comes out so we can chat some more.
Yeah, yeah, I know, some of you gals have already decided he’s a creep. Isn’t a guy allowed to buy something from a cute checkout girl, to leave the store to go back to his truck, then return to the store on a pretext to chat with the cute checkout girl, then go back to his truck and just, you know, lurk there until the store closes reading his smart phone? Seriously, who could possibly find any of that suspicious?
At 10:05 pm 3 cops surround my vehicle and demand identification, claiming the employees of pharmacy we’re afraid to go to their vehicles because of a suspicious work truck with a big scary man in it.
GOSH HOW COULD ANYONE BE SUSPICIOUS OF HIM. Clearly there is some big time misandering going on here.
Obviously they want to delay me so the employees can get safely out. That is somewhat understandable, but God damn, I go out of my way to not be creepy around women, as I am a very big person.
And what an amazing job he did this time not being creepy!
What is it like to be a woman? Are you constantly afraid of being raped everywhere you go? Kidnapped? Murdered? I exchanged maybe a dozen words and a friendly smile with a cute cashier and I immediately got the cops called on me. Fuck.
Yeah, it’s not as if you WENT BACK INTO THE STORE ON FALSE PRETENSES SO YOU COULD TRY TO CHAT HER UP and then got into your truck and DIDN’T LEAVE. AT NIGHT. WHEN THE STORE WAS CLOSING.
The cops have been here for 30 minutes parked right next to me as I type this. It seems like all men are guilty until proven innocent…
CREEP RIGHTS NOW!
I can’t help but think of this scene from Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
In Dale’s defense [Spoiler alert!] he doesn’t immediately run to the Men’s Rights subreddit to whine about misandry, and despite taking the bad advice of his friend here he does turn out to be a genuinely good dude who honestly doesn’t want to creep anyone out.
He’s also got a little bit more self-awareness than our friend in the truck. Can Reddit truck dude even be real, or is this actually some kind of masterful trolling?
Most of the Men’s Rights redditors commenting on the story actually do tell him he was acting creepy as hell, so I’ll give them a few points for that.
Semi-off topic, but is the artwork that accompanies this post by Steve Ditko? It looks like his style.
@Fran
Right there with you. Not a problem that’s come up yet, fortunately.
I was afraid that might be the case.
@Troubelle
Glad to be of assistance.
Yes. Glad we’ve cleared that up.
@Troubelle
Glad we could familiarize you with the more…unique side of our people.
Don’t hang out with us. We’re bad girls who defy cisnormality and wear long skirts and ride motorcycles.
I’m just kidding, you can hang out with us if you want. It’s cool. ?
@Dalillama
I found the artist who drew that picture.
Her Tumblr is Tessawracked.
Be careful, she draws some nsfwish things.
Eta:. Also she deleted the picture as I thought because of the shitstorm that ensued.
Figures.
If you hafta go outta your way not to be creepy, then that means creepy is in your way. That is, you’re inherently a creep, but significant effort needs to be expended to keep the creep at bay. Yeah, people, women especially, should be fuckin scared of you guy
@Dali
Mmm… ?
Those are funny xD
*absorbing jokes* I’m certain my friends won’t at all be annoyed by these.
@Troubelle
Yeah. We’re not all bad though. Well, I mean, I’m sure Francesca and Dalillama have some positive qualities.
cisnormativity to the fire.
@Francesca
I can’t handle motorcycles. I get motion sickness super quickly even securely strapped in and surrounded by stuff that isn’t moving. And yeah, I probably won’t ever completely pass. At a minimum, I’m six and a half feet tall, with large hands and feet. But I’m gonna try.
@IgnoreSandra
I’m gonna heroically try to take hormones and attempt to be cisnormative and if they disagree with me I guess it’s off to the table for plastic surgery.
Also, I am 100% an Evil Enchantress.
Pic related, it’s me in real life.
File photo of Sandra, Dalillama, and Francesca about to rek some cis minds.
Fran: Hmph! I am the most powerful evil sorceress, Fran the-
Dalillama: Her name is Fran and she’s a pain in the butt.
Fran: You don’t mean that!
Dalillama: Ha ha, of course I do!
@Fran
I prefer my skirts above the knee, personally. (I prefer shorter than that, but the weather around here doesn’t always agree)
Thanks!
Good stuff.
Damn shame, that.
😀
@Axe
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@Sandra
Hey, what Fran said are our positive characteristics! Motorcycles are optional, though. Just wear mirrorshades and bomber jackets.
@Francesca Torpedo Quite frankly, you sound like great people to hang out with. 🙂
@Dali
@Sandra
Also, the long-skirts-and-bikes thing is a reference to Japanese girl gangs (Sukeban), if you’re wondering where I got that from.
The long skirts are not a necessity, however. And I’m sure if Sandra wants to drive a sports car instead nobody’s gonna argue with her. 😀
@Fishy Goat
Thanks! We should hang out sometime.
@Fran
+@Dali
As long as motortrikes are okay. (I could never handle normal bikes without training wheels…)
@Fran again
I knew the long skirts had a connection to rebellious Japanese girls/women!
And God, I like ’em. Only problem is I need shorts or leggings under them or else I chafe. (I know about powders, but the most readily available–baby powder–can be carcinogenic. Any better suggestions?)
@Francesca & Dalillama
Totally 100% accurate. Yep. Definitely. 😀
I prefer short skirts, but I usually wear ones that go right below my knees. Mostly self-confidence there. But then again, I also like elegant dresses. I would be quite happy in a period gown from three hundred or so years ago.
Ah. Those women do look badass. Especially due to the baseball bats.
I’m taking hormones in the hope my appearance changes in ways I approve of. Same with growing my hair out and shaving and painting my nails. So far, I do approve. Some days I don’t even want to break mirrors when I see them.
On a super plus side, I have a job interview tomorrow. Temp warehouse work, so…it’s gonna be hell. But it’s gonna be work. And I need the money badly.
@Fran
That actually explains quite a number of things from various manga that I never fully understood at the time.
@Troubelle
I do, actually! Rub the inside of your thighs with a deodorant stick. Works wonders IME
@Sandra
Best of luck
The latest thing in trikes is the Polaris Slingshot. They look kinda like little Batmobiles and I heart them.
About that ‘my favorite murder’ podcast; I listened to the first half hour of two different episodes and the hosts were just talking about their personal lives. Uh, are most of the episodes like that? I’m interested in true crime stories, but not so much the housekeeping meta stuff where they’re talking about their own show.
@Dalillama
Thanks. Here’s hoping I’m wrong, and it won’t be that bad.
OT: The Age of games are amusing. Specifically, the third one. It’s the only one that goes “We’re fighting a battle in this part of the real world!”, so if you go in for a random match, with several random civilizations, you get stuff like…welll…
In the Yellow river region of northern china, Russians (Me, sort of logical), the British (Also sort of logical), the Ottoman Empire (Less logical) and the Iroquois (WTF?). So my brain goes into overdrive trying to figure out what the sam hill happened to get this scenario in the mid-1600s.
@Troubelle
@Dali
Glad I could help explain where that whole long-skirt/motorbike thing came from.
Looks like we’re influencing you with our naughtiness, Troubelle. You’ll be a Renegade Bad Girl in no time.
@Sandra
Re: Mones
Good on you for doing it.
Don’t get me wrong; I do, actually, want to be attractive and desirable.
I didn’t want to be disappointed if things go south for me, is all.
Re: your new gig
Congrats!
@Francesca
I am kinda in a similar boat. I know I’m in my mid-20s and hormones just won’t change things like my damn voice now, so I’ll try and see what happens. The best we can do is the best we can do.
Wait, what gig?
@IgnoreSandra
Best of luck on your new job.
And yet, Creepster went out of his way to creep on this one young woman he thought “cute”, because what the hell is consistency of words, thoughts and deeds, anyway?
Actually, YES! And that feeling hasn’t diminished as I close in on that twenty-years-post-wall age of 50, either. If anything, I’m more worried, because as I get older and more fragile, I’ll also be more vulnerable to creepers in general. They don’t pick on you because you’re attractive; they pick on you because you’re defenceless, and you’re THERE.
Yeah, well, she also noticed you lurking in the parking lot for no good reason, so pardon me if I have zero sympathy, bub. Especially since lots of other creepsters troll for women to rape in parking lots.
Also, she clearly wanted nothing more to do with you. She was only smiling and chatting to be polite, because that’s what customer service is about. She wasn’t interested in a ride on your dick. So, if you can’t take a fucking hint, this is what happens.
Kvetching about female paranoia and anti-sex policing on a Reddit menzer forum doesn’t exactly prove you innocent, bub.
@IgnoreSandra
Oh, I was referring to the job interview you’ve cornered. I hope it goes swimmingly and you manage to get it!
@Ooglyboogles
Thanks!
@Francesca
Oh! Thank you! Now I get it. I just don’t think of the exploitation of my labor as a “gig” normally. It’s temp work, but it is, like, work. And I can’t think of any reason I wouldn’t get the job, unless clearly not being cis disqualifies me.
@Sandra
True. I felt like I was using a malaprop there but was too excited to offer you my best wishes.
@Bina, Lady Commander of Empress Francesca I’s Cohors Germanorum
Leading the vanguard assault on teh manz as expected, I see.
Continue the assault. Your Empress demands you subjugate him entirely.