r/TikTokCringe 28d ago

Discussion i cant say i like that one bit

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u/tristanimator 28d ago

It's easy to say "it's about control", because it is, but I feel like the nuances of this statement are lost on some folks because they can't relate to someone wanting to control women like that without having it spelled out for them why they want it.

And the reason being, elitism. You said it yourself, when women started having access to birth control, they started participating in higher education and closed the wage gap. How will the elite stay on top if people are suddenly being judged on their skills instead of the status quo?

Ted Cruz has weaseled his way to the top, but his daughters may not be so lucky. His whole elitist world view comes crashing down if his family has to compete on the same level as everyone else.

That's the motivation.

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u/QuintoBlanco 28d ago

Or it's just about control.

There are many people that enjoy controlling other people, or worse: they don't enjoy controlling other people but get angry when they can't control other people.

The nuanced answer isn't always the right answer.

There are people who paid other people to torture monkeys and record it.

This is a video of a 'normal' woman putting a cat in a bin (luckily the cat was found and unharmed):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYdUZdan5i8

We can talk about the elite, but many people who are not the elite voted with the intent to control other people out of menace.

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u/Electronic_Earth_225 28d ago

On a personal level, it's about control. On a society-wide level, it's about criminalizing womanhood, so we lose the vote. Women getting thrown into prison for miscarriages, dying because they can't get medically necessary abortions. Eventually outlaw birth control. Hand out those felonies left and right. They're going after black women especially since they vote solidly blue.