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Old Apr 24, 2016, 02:07 PM
Shadix Shadix is offline
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Originally Posted by A Red Panda View Post
Just a request.... But can we not use "feminist" when you are talking about "misandrists". Feminism stands for equality between the sexes - it implies females because females are the gender which is at a disadvantage (and yes the gap is being closed slowly which is great, but when the term was first forming women weren't even allowed to vote).

The women that shadix is talking about as misandrists- the female version of a misogynist. They will be found on various feminist sites but they are not representative of feminism. Just as the kkk are Christian, but they do not represent Christians. They are just an extreme hateful group that touts that flag.
Unfortunately, misandrists and those indoctrinated with misandrist ideas seem to make up a huge chunk of the online feminist community. And it is scary because many of their ideas are becoming accepted by the mainstream.

Here is an example. The other day I saw this post shared on facebook by a feminist author, which was basically a message to men telling them to not bug women who for example are at a bus stop and have their headphones in and obviously are not looking to be approached. Of course I agree with this. But many in the comments section were taking even further and suggesting men should not approach women PERIOD. And one exchange in particular made my blood boil. This one girl commented saying she thinks people are being too hard on men and not all of them are creeps. She suggested some guys maybe just want someone to talk to and that she would be glad to talk to a guy like that. The feminists on there basically ripped her apart. They accused her of "enabling rape culture" and things of the sort. And all because she advocated being nice to men. One commenter replied to her suggestion that a guy just wants someone to talk to with "then he should find a MALE to talk to". This mentality is so disgusting, it reminds me of religious extremists who think that men and women should not interact. Basically these people believe that it is perverted for men to be attracted to women they don't know. If this mentality becomes mainstream then guys like me are screwed in terms of dating.