Campus misandry

Article here. Excerpt:

'Imagine yourself in an academic setting where somebody makes an offhand remark that male writers tend to be self-centered. With no evidence or argument, this statement is biased and uninformed, but people are entitled to their opinions.

Now further imagine that the same person then says that the first person singular “I” in the writing of male authors is like an erect penis directed at us from every page.

This incident happened the week before spring break in a discussion at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

For most in higher education today, an event like this would hardly be surprising. However, what made the scene difficult to believe is that nobody challenged it: We let it pass as though nothing had happened while a few heads nodded in polite approval.

This is a problem because complacency perpetuates and legitimizes injustice. For the sake of harmony, we should speak against bigotry in all forms. Disparaging men is just as wrong as degrading women or any other demographic. Crossing this line is where freedom ends and hate-speech begins.
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Much of academia’s “man problem” carries over from times when it was warranted to speak against patriarchy. Scholars made careers by discussing legitimate issues of male privilege and asymmetric gender relations. Social conservatism and chauvinism were acknowledged. As the movement gained momentum, however, people became comfortable with below-the-belt qualitative statements, like the one above.'