Oh.
It was my mistake to have made that last edit then.
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Actually I have a better idea:
Can we stop assuming that sheâs actually offended? She has gone through life encountering many more offensive things than âwomen like childrenâ and yet she hasnât quit life yet.
Also, people will find excuses to just quit doing something they donât like, in this case learning Japanese. She might say that sheâs offended, but thatâs just a way of saying âIâm not interested in Japanese any more and am just looking for any reason to quit.â
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Welp this is going well
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Ah yes, absolutely.
You say yourself that âtriggering the SJWsâ shouldnât be a competition, and I totally agree, life is too short to waste time on pissing each others off.
But unfortunately, some seem to do the opposite, competing to be triggered by everything, and OPâs story is certainly a rather absurd case of it.
I m not quite sure how humanity could ever dissociate the idea of women, who are biologically engineered to spend 9 month with a child growing in their belly and then giving birth to it, with children, but it seems some are trying to for reasons I canât fathom.
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Probably because the biological process of having children is separate from liking them. They coincide for most who choose to have them, but not all. Furthermore, it comes bundled with the notion that the woman will sacrifice years of her time, usually far more than the male partner even if time spent breastfeeding or preparing milk is taken out of the equation, which limits her ability to advance in the workforce and provide for herself and her offspring. This tends to form a reliance on her partner or family/friends.
Then thereâs those of us born female who would sooner toss the kid in a wood chipper than spend a day parenting. Just canât stand kids. And because of those old stereotypes, we get certain ideals constantly forced on us by family. All of the expectations, or at least whatâs asked about, is about when a partner will be found and when grandchildren/great-grandchildren will be around. Sorry, but I will be the one defining my future and Iâd rather people didnât perpetuate harmful concepts that could interfere with my eventual world domination.
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Then why are you doing it? lmao
I was biologically engineered to sire children, but I donât have any yet 
life sure is mysterious 
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Oh, I totally agree, but âmost women who choose to have children like themâ like you said, is enough for the zeitgeist to exist.
I wonât get into the social debate about child raising and professional life much, because thatâs not really the point here, but Iâd like to point out that the bundled notion you describe isnât necessarily negative, and as a matter of fact has only begun to be perceived as such in some corners of progressive societies. Still, for many women (and many husbands), raising a child and spending most of your time with them is a wonderful thing, far more than career advancement or similar activities that, letâs face it, we often donât do out of choice.
I mean, itâs nothing surprising that many Japanese women leave their job the moment they start a family.
Anyway, this went a bit off-topic but I just wanted to bring up that point, that child-raising and the sacrifice of time associated with it isnât an inherently bad thing and that it saddens me it is perceived as a burden more and more these days. Many fathers would kill to spend less time at work and more time with their kids, too.
But Iâm not? I donât go out of my way to troll on Huffington Post or something like that. I donât have any negative interactions with people whose views I donât share just for the fun of it.
Here Iâm just having a polite discussion about a topic I didnât even start. If for you, it qualifies as âtriggeringâ, then see my point above.
I know youâre being sarcastic, but really, itâs not, and youâre missing the point.
The fact remains women are much more involved in the child-bearing process than men, hence why the image of women worldwide is inherently correlated with birth, child-raising, and parental love, etc. Thatâs the reason why a mnemo such as âwomen like childrenâ comes to mind naturally and could only be considered offensive by a real stretch of the mind.
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Jesus. How can one be offended with a mere mnemonicâŠ
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I donât have any problem with the mnemonic personally. Indeed, saying âwomen like childrenâ is a generalization, and like all generalizations, should be taken with a grain of salt.
I agree with what you say about parenting and how itâs not a bad thing. Parenting is often a wonderful thing.
However, Iâd also like to point out that deciding not to have kids is also not a bad thing. I donât think anyone should feel pressured to have children, it should be a personal choice. The home environment will be better if neither parent feels like they had children just because they had to.
When you say that women liking children is common sense, it sounds like youâre trying to offend people, even if that isnât your intention.
Life isnât mysterious? 
Whoops, thatâs off topic, sorry. Iâll avoid being sarcastic this time. 
Yes, the worldwide historic image of women is that they stay home and raise the children. And thatâs a very important role! However, things are changing in modern society - now we can choose which roles we want to fulfill, instead of having them required of us by the community. If a woman decides not to have children, she is no longer harming the survival rate of the tribe by failing to add to its population. If a man is a stay at home father, he is no longer harming the survival rate of the tribe by reducing the chances of a hunting party bringing back fresh meat.
Modern women can choose to be mothers, or choose not to, and both choices are equally valid. Thatâs why I can understand how âwomen like childrenâ could be offensive - it sounds like itâs invalidating/judging the women who donât like children.
Anyway, I hope that this mini essay was an interesting read. Iâm going to go back to making stupid jokes now.
More like âmnereâ mnemonic, amiright?
Wow, your avatar and username fit your comment perfectly xD
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japanese people believe in the same myths. when they hear youâve been living here for x years, or that your wife is japanese, then that settles it.
the thousands of hours of struggle, the energy put in, all that is wiped away by the magic of having a japanese spouse.
but how could i be offended by that, if westerners are just the same? it is what it is.
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Arenât those just weebs?
Anyway Iâm not getting into this 
I just wanted to make that horrible absolutely amazing joke.
AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaand Iâm out
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Iâm so sorry for you. I got similar shit from my mom.
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this story is about as believable as the down with cis meme
but it sure is fun to see who believes in the sjw boogeyman here
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Also, not all parents like children. Thatâs also a harmful stereotype.
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@Iwasneverhere anf @Vjeshitza Iâm sorry that kinda stuff happened to you 
That sounds awful
I never thought the day would come but Iâve found a meme I havenât heard of before ^^
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Well I didnât realize what thread I was in, @plantron. lol
Anyways, I donât see why youâd get so offended by a memory aid, if anything that feeling would help you remember it better anyways. The point is memorization.
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speaking of harmful stereotypes, never let anyone tell you boyfriends donât love their girlfriends
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This thread really does have it all, doesnât it? Arbitrary bashing of millenials, throwing around the term âSJWsâ and acting offended at the idea of people being offended by things⊠only thing that would improve it if everyone started posting in nothing but smug anime girl memes.
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