Male bashing: America's favorite pastime

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'Consider the statement: "Not all women are annoying. Some are dead."

Or this: "Women have only two faults: Everything they say and everything they do."

Or this: "Men must be twice as good as women to be thought half as good. Fortunately this is not difficult."

Sarcasm such as this is obviously sexist, yet these same messages are OK if directed against men. How do I know? I copied these statements from greeting cards and message pads on display at the local supermarket, then reversed the gender to direct them against women. Nothing else was changed. Imagine the reaction if the following had been printed on a greeting card: "With affirmative action, whites must be twice as good as blacks to be thought half as good. Fortunately this is not difficult."

Attacking blacks is racism, attacking women is sexism, but attacking men is consciousness-raising or comedy or both. While public criticism of women is taboo, public denigration of men is a major industry in this country. Male bashing is entertaining, lucrative, and can earn its practitioners millions of followers on social media.
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The prevailing narrative in America holds that women are oppressed, men are dominant, and men are women's oppressors. Yet my own experience does not confirm this dismal public image of the male gender in America. For the most part, the men I know lead quiet, productive lives; are concerned with the welfare of their families and treat others with respect, including women. No, they are not perfect, but they lead ordinary lives and are thus invisible to feminists.

A generalized distrust of men as men is ingrained in our culture. Consider, for example, our tendency to view maleness as inherently problematic. When a man does good, the good deed is gender neutral, but when he does something wrong, it is often attributed to his gender. A male physician who heals a sick woman is a good person who just happens to be male, but a male physician who is disrespectful to a female patient does so because he is male.'