The Melanated Woman

A woman not wanting kids is okay, a woman not wanting marriage is okay, it's okay because she's a person who has the freedom of choice.

Stop shaming women for choosing to be childless and not wanting to be married.

She's not harming anyone by wanting to be single and childless.
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Leave women alone. Who cares what you think or how you feel? This is her life.

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Women can be single if they want; life doesn’t revolve around us.

There are so many other things that women can value in life outside of being a mother and wife.
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Leave them alone.

If a woman doesn’t want you, move on and be with a woman who does want to be in a relationship with you. They are still out here; problem solved!

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

If you're really a good man, you won't have to keep saying that you are; you'll just show that you are.
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Just continue to show that you are, just do it, just be it.

Women will be able to tell by how you treat them.
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You can say anything to her; stop expecting women to just believe you just because, it don’t work like that! 🙅🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Men, instead of downplaying and disregarding women’s accomplishments and contributions, we should be proud of them, cheering them on, supporting them, acknowledging and recognizing them, and speaking highly of them.

I think it’s lame and embarrassing that we lessen the importance and significance of women’s accomplishments, skills, abilities, contributions, talents, and qualities.

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Men, yes, we have it hard in life; however, we make it harder on ourselves than life itself.

We don't ask for help; we attach our identity to all of these different titles, roles, and labels, such as masculinity, instead of just being a functional human being.
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We uphold patriarchy knowing that it harms us, and we don't prioritize our health and wellness or our mental and emotional well-being.

If none of these things were the case, our lives would be a whole lot easier.

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Men, a lot of women do love us; it's just that they are displeased with how we treat them, and when they try to express their feelings and emotions about how poorly they are treated in this world, we constantly disregard them. That's something they don't appreciate, and something that needs to change.

We need to be better at seeking to understand them, empathizing with them, acknowledging and recognizing their feelings, and encouraging and empowering them.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Stop saying that we protect women when we are the main perpetrators. It doesn't make sense.

We wouldn't need to protect them if we weren't harming them; stop harming them.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

We have to stop bringing up how men go through this too when women are talking about what they deal with.

It frustrates me how we refuse to understand what women go through without bringing up what we deal with.
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It’s okay for us not to deflect.

It’s okay for us to recognize and acknowledge how women feel about how they’re treated in this world.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

Stop expecting black women to unite with us, knowing that we harm them on a regular basis. It makes no sense.

We need to focus on treating them better. Not uniting with them. They don’t need to unite with us in order for us to treat them better.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

The Melanated Woman

It's all men:
since all of us can be harmful, women have to be cautious of all of us.

All of us need to show women that we are safe, not just tell them that we are; that isn't enough.

We need to consistently show them that we are.

2 months ago | [YT] | 0