“Women are bitter,” a man casually muttered at a social gathering, oblivious to the weight of his words. It’s a sentiment many women have heard too often, casually dismissed as emotionless critique. But the truth is not that women are bitter—we are exhausted. We are tired of navigating a society structured by patriarchy and poisoned by misogyny, where being a woman means constantly fighting to be seen as fully human.
Patriarchy and misogyny are not abstract academic ideas. They manifest in the way society treats women: in casual conversations, media portrayals, legal systems, and violent outcomes. The core issue isn’t bitterness. It’s survival.
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