This is an excellent article by Cathy Young, exposing some of the widespread misandry within feminism.
I don’t agree with every point she makes. I think the 1848 demonizing of men is way more serious and shouldn’t be so easily dismissed. But that doesn’t take away from her main point: feminism is full of misandry, and if they want to be taken seriously by men, they need to address that.
Oh great! It’s just biased against us as a gender.
You know, that’s still sexism.
It’s biased against a power system where one gender holds most power. If you feel like you are target by that - maybe it’s not because you are a man.
Feminism habitually demonizes men, not the powerful. Their boogeyman is called after fathers, not the few people who actually rule and have power. They call masculinity (the characteristics of a gender) toxic. It is misandrist to the core.
How is feminism demonizes men? Curios, since I’m a men and never felt demonized by feminism.
Dude, they don’t call masculinity toxic - they say that masculinity has toxic elements. How can you not get such a simple distinction?
It’s not.
How can you not see the evidence that is staring you in the face?
That says more about you than about feminism…
They do. They always talk about toxic masculinity, never any other kind. Does that not strike you as intentional?
And you can deny its misandry, but it is obvious to us.
I could link you some resources, but I’m not sure if you’re willing to read them and let them challenge your views.
And a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WMuzhQXJoY
And that’s just the beginning of the rabbit hole.
What does it say about me?
Exactly - there is masculinity and toxic masculinity. How don’t you get that simple distinction? They are not the same. Feminism is criticizing toxic masculinity not masculinity as a whole.
What exactly should I do with random raddit posts and a tedX talk? If you have arguments bring them here and let’s discuss.
That you appear to be blind to the demonization of men so rampant within feminism, either willfully or because you’re a victim of its propaganda machine.
Does feminism ever talk about positive masculinity? That’s the problem: they habitually associate masculinity with toxicity. And the characteristics of a gender (what it means to be a man, or a woman) cannot be toxic.
Instead they should be more careful with their terminology and use for example toxic gender expectations. But they don’t. And that’s telling for a movement that is so sensitive to gendered language.
If you’re interested in getting familiar with our arguments and the evidence, then there are some sources. They are not “random”.
And if you’re not interested, then I think we’re done here.