Man-Hating Feminism More Than Just a Myth

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2013-05-20 01:59

Article here. Excerpt:

'Do you believe that all human beings are equal? Then you're a feminist!

Well, such was my naïve belief, until now. While disagreements between supporters of any movement or system of beliefs are unavoidable, I thought that at least human equality was one area in which feminists would unite. I saw the notion of a feminist as being anti-men as merely one of many unjustified stereotypes, such as being ugly, or unwomanly.

Recently, however, I realised that man-hating feminism was all too real. My first experience of this was on Twitter. An article in the Independent had revealed that many men experience lasting psychological trauma at the birth of their children. I was horrified by the experiences described. Unfortunately, certain feminists of twitter were not. One lamented: "They can't even let us have childbirth without fucking whining about what a hard time they have"; another declared that the traumatised men were "just squeamish", a reaction ominously similar to men in decades past who have labelled women as "hysterical". When I tried to explain that the article made the obviously correct assumption that childbirth is more traumatising for women, and simply reported undeniable trauma also experienced by certain men, I was accused of "trolling", and of not knowing "much about feminism". Finally, when I responded by saying that my words were due to a belief that "feminism at its heart should be about women being equal to men", I was met with the response, "it's a women's movement. Men do not get a say in it and they take opportunities to hijack and derail."'

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... aside from the obvious that male feminists are simply useful stooges to the feminist movement, there's this: the author suggests that men be "allowed" to discuss such topics as "oppression", etc. May I suggest that it's not too far off the mark to paint an analogy wherein one is being asked to allow the chickens to take part in discussions around how best to cook birds.

Any man "invited" or perhaps "tolerantly solicited" by feminists to discuss their ideas around oppression, patriarchy, etc., is fully justified in a simple but pointed response:

"Go pound sand."

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2013-05-20 19:29

If this article were written by a man, or someone with a male-sounding-name, then it wouldn't see the light of day in the Huffington Post or a whole lot of other media outlets. They don't want to hear from men. Only women have authority to talk about feminism, even if the topic is damage done to men. It is clear that men are frozen out of any debate, and it is time for us men to stop trying to get into the debate. Put your efforts at getting into the courtroom. The feminist controlled media is not supportive of the men's rights movement.

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Submitted by redwoodwriter on Mon, 2013-05-20 22:38