Misandry: The acceptable sexism of society!

Thanks for your reply.

Its refreshing to see open minded women that can not only see both sides of sexism but are also willing to admit that it does go both ways without resorting to the typical shaming language and name calling that a lot of the so called progressives and feminists generally resort to.

More people including women are waking up to these unfair double standards.

Karen Straughan AKA Girl Writes What has made some fantastic videos on this subject.
Check out her Youtube channel below:
https://www.youtube.com/user/girlwriteswhat/videos?flow=grid&sort= p&view=0

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Well said

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I agree too. Let's have fairness in all areas:

Hollywood - Cheating and ageism.
Prison Time - Same for men and women
Lawn Mowing and repairs - I love mowing the lawn and using my drill
Child Rearing - I don't have kids but if I did I would be thrilled to share that responsibility
House Cleaning/Cooking/Laundry - (My bro-In-Law does laundry, sews and cuts their hair and is a 6'4" lumberjack)
Salaries
Etc.

I'd like to create our own Reality where this can actually happen.


Always be yourself... Unless you can be Batcatt

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I like the vibe of this thread. we should enjoy it quick before feminists come on here and declare shame war. lol

It is so sad that feminists ruin it for everybody.

I am Luxurious

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See....I called it. some jerk just had to come on here and try to shame us... a white knight mangina no less.
So what are we being called today? "Psychopaths, crotch sniffers, inbred, confederates.... that one almost made me shoot water out of my nose. I've never been called a confederate before. : /
hey hyperboreea, you really think women hitting men is not an everyday occurrence? that's your own misconception. It's the hypocrisy within the gender roles that bothers us, not the satire. We understand what satire means, now lets move on.
What's really disgusting is that you would actually be offended by people speaking about about equality whether it be mens rights or womens rights. You wanna see some real psychopathic behavior? Just look up the protest by feminists at the University of Toronto when Warren Farrel tried to speak about gender equality and mens issues

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Once again, just switch the gender roles for those characters and see how people react. Misandry is very common as well as racism against whites. The white male is the only type of race it is commonly accepted to make fun of. Just because the average white man isn't being blocked from being a CEO at a corporation by systemic racism doesn't mean there isn't racism against whites. when I was a kid, there were plenty of times I was targeted by black bullies just because I was white.
Misandry is extremely common, but just mostly goes unrecognized for a great many reasons. Many forms of misandry aren't even accepted as true discrimination, and men are just told to stop crying and man up, when if any other race or gender were treated like that, it would be a public outrage.
I'll end by asking you this... just because a problem may be uncommon(which misandry certainly is not), does that mean that it should be ignored? Because that is what you seem to imply. Look up Chris Mackney's Suicide note, read or listen to it and think real hard about misandry.

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whites cannot face racism






i've got feelings too, ya know - inbetweeners

http://melanoidnation.org/white-man-warns-all-black

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1) A woman is free to slap a man for even the most idiotic reasons, like him saying something she doesn't like. Society is very lenient on women when it comes to assaulting a man.

Do you know women who do this? Hitting another person is sick. Same gender or opposite gender. People who use their fists need self control and to grow up.

Always be yourself... Unless you can be Batcatt

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Divorce courts almost always favor women. A woman almost always get custody of the children, and almost always gets alimony. Men actually receive custody of children in only about 10 percent of divorce cases in the United States.

That is when the man abandons the family. If the woman leaves, like in my Bro-In-Law's case, the man gets custody. Maybe the issue is more men leave than women.

I am Luxurious

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4) Most colleges have womens studies, and things like that. There is nothing like it for men.

you sound just like white people who complain about universities and scolarships for black people or Black History Month.

6) A woman can walk away from her child by putting it up for adoption or aborting it. We promote a woman's freedom to choose and we make excuses for her when she gives up her child: "Oh well she's just under a lot of stress, cut her some slack, she did right by her child to give her child the best possible chance!" A man gives up his child for adoption?

Do you really believe a woman receives no backlash for having an abortion or giving it up?? what planet are you from? If she's decided to do that it is mostly because the baby's fatheris not in the picture.

"What a deadbeat loser! I hope that kid grows up and hunts down his old man and beats him senseless for abandoning him!"

who the hell says that, seriously?

7) A man is more likely to be accused and convicted of murder, rape, and pedophilia because he's a MAN.

Statistically, the majority of rapists and pedophiles are men. That's just the way it is. But you're acting as if that implies that society believes: most rapists,pedophiles=men, most men= pedophiles, rapists.

8) There's a long history of social and legal pressure on men to fight in war—pressures which women do not generally experience in the same way.

how about the fact that women are discouraged from joining the army because "they are the weaker sex"? Or the women who are already in the army and are raped by their superiors without a right to ever get justice?

Unflattering or down right despicable portrayals of men in the media. If they aren't constantly being portrayed as incompetent, bumbling, oafish, ignorant morons who set themselves on fire or get attacked in the face by a rabid squirrel than they are portrayed immoral perverted pigs who live simply to beat up, rape, abuse, and suppress women.

if that were true, there would be no such thing as romantic movies, superhero movies, action movies, or anything. Channing Tatum would be out of work if that were true.

Meanwhile, if a Disney Princess has a dress that's too sparkly or shows some cleavage or her waist is too tiny then the whole world must stop and rectify this tragedy so as not send a bad message to impressionable little girls.

Seriously? youre diminishing the fact that representation of women is incredibly hurtful for us. it isnt about freaking disney characters. it is about the fact that most women in the media look impossibly perfect and are expected to be so.

Be a big manly man. Be strong. Don't cry. Don't show emotions. Don't dress colorful or fashionably. Be interested in sports. Drink beer. BE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN. Don't take an interest in traditionally female oriented things. Yes men CAN push past these gender boundaries but not without getting a WORLD of grief about. "Man up!" "Be a REAL man!" People act like the term 'man' some kind of title that you can 'award' to someone or 'take away'. You think men don't find this frustrating and offensive?

and yet the big majority of people who perpetuate this, are men themselves. Stereotypes can also affect men greatly, i'll give you that. You have the right to like whatever you want or dress however you want without people giving you crap for it.

My own mother... thought I was a monster... She was right of course, but it still hurt.

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In my opinion guys can thank the patriarchy for these fallouts and can possibly thank that gals have the same/similar issue.

1) A woman is free to slap a man for even the most idiotic reasons, like him saying something she doesn't like.
Likely stems from the patriarchal notion that gals are so weak and guys are so strong thus it doesn't hurt.


2) Divorce courts almost always favor women. A woman almost always get custody of the children, and almost always gets alimony. Men actually receive custody of children in only about 10 percent of divorce cases in the United States.
Likely stems from the patriarchal notion that mothers are the caretakers and fathers are the providers translating to women get the kids and men pay for them. However studies do show that most child custody is decided outside the courts with both deciding to give the mother custody. When it is decided in court 83% of the time the mother ends up with custody because the father gave it to her.http://www.divorcepeers.com/stats18.htm


3) Society's scandalous tolerance of rape in prison seems like it is also related to a general indifference to, or even amusement at, sexual violence committed against men. Sex crimes against men are very under reported, especially if it was done by a woman. These male victims are almost aren't taken seriously, and sometimes even laughed at. This ties in well with number 1.
Likely stems from the patriarchal notion of rape culture which shames and blames the victim. For male victims with female attackers it's inconceivable since he's presumed to be stronger. For male prison victims they deserve it for being criminals.


4) Most colleges have womens studies, and things like that. There is nothing like it for men.
Egh history is basically men's studies.


5) We have many social expectations for men such as giving up his seat for any female that walks onto a bus, train, subway, etc. always paying for dinner, always paying an arm and leg for expensive jewelry,
Gals have the same issue as we have many social expectations for women such as acting like a lady, being feminine, not being bossy, giving undesired guys a chance,


6) A woman can walk away from her child by putting it up for adoption or aborting it. We promote a woman's freedom to choose and we make excuses for her when she gives up her child: "Oh well she's just under a lot of stress, cut her some slack, she did right by her child to give her child the best possible chance!" A man gives up his child for adoption? "What a deadbeat loser! I hope that kid grows up and hunts down his old man and beats him senseless for abandoning him!".
This seems based on opinion not a societal norm.


7) A man is more likely to be accused and convicted of murder, rape, and pedophilia because he's a MAN. Even if he's innocent, people are far less likely to listen to him when he pleads he's innocent and even if he doesn't end up going to jail his life from there on out will be pretty much a *beep* Especially if he's accused of being a pedophile, there's no coming back from that one. Never. It just goes to show that we'll easily believe the absolute WORST about men simply because they are men.
Likely stems from the patriarchal notion that 'boys will be boys' translating into males can't control themselves thus being perceived as more plausible violent criminals.


8) There's a long history of social and legal pressure on men to fight in war—pressures which women do not generally experience in the same way. Then there's the draft. Men are required to register at age 18. Women are not. This also ties into how society views men as 'disposable'. Being willing to sacrifice yourself for your people, while respectable and admirable, might've been necessary back when we lived in caves and hunted in packs but now, in this century, not so much...yet we still beat it into mens heads that it's 'women and children first' and that men are 'disposable'. They die? No great loss. Oh well.
Women weren't allowed to because they were seen as lessers- weak, emotional, and less intelligent than their male counterparts. That seemingly ties into how society views women as useless besides breeding. This is a no win for either gender in my opinion.


9) Unflattering or down right despicable portrayals of men in the media. If they aren't constantly being portrayed as incompetent, bumbling, oafish, ignorant morons who set themselves on fire or get attacked in the face by a rabid squirrel than they are portrayed immoral perverted pigs who live simply to beat up, rape, abuse, and suppress women. You see more male criminals on TV than you do women and often times we're not even given an explanation for why they became criminals---they simply are bad guys because men are bad and inherently evil. Yup. What lovely role models for impressionable boys to see on TV, huh? No body cares though. Boys will be boys right? Right. Meanwhile, if a Disney Princess has a dress that's too sparkly or shows some cleavage or her waist is too tiny then the whole world must stop and rectify this tragedy so as not send a bad message to impressionable little girls.
There are plenty of unflattering or down right despicable portrayals of women in the media. If they are even portrayed as most characters are male.


10) Women are free to push past gender boundaries and take an interest in things that are traditionally male oriented, and if anyone tries to stop her or say 'this is only for boys/men' then they area sexist prick who still thinks it's the 1950's. MEN on the other hand are, for the most part, still expected to fall in line with societies expectations. Be a big manly man. Be strong. Don't cry. Don't show emotions. Don't dress colorful or fashionably. Be interested in sports. Drink beer. BE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN. Don't take an interest in traditionally female oriented things. Yes men CAN push past these gender boundaries but not without getting a WORLD of grief about. "Man up!" "Be a REAL man!" People act like the term 'man' some kind of title that you can 'award' to someone or 'take away'. You think men don't find this frustrating and offensive?
Likely stems from the patriarchal masculine image. I think men find this frustrating and offensive when it doesn't suit them. I doubt they find it frustrating and offensive when it comes to the slut double standard.

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The most retarded post I have ever seen on IMDB.com.

And that is saying something considering the idiocy I have seen on these boards.

It's just a modern, made-up nonsensical term

HAHA! And what do you think feminism or misogyny is? A scientific fact? Nobody knew wtf it was until about the beginning of the 1900s. Your point is incredibly hypocritical. Just like feminism. Thanks for proving my point.

One question. Are you male? If you are, Good God, I feel sorry for you.

Like a chimp thats about to be experimented on and put to sleep but still hugs his 'master' for giving him bananas.

If you are female, then carry on, it is business as usual.

Oh and mps230, you called it perfectly, brother.

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hey worstanivillain, you sound like a typical feminist with your fallacies about misandry not existing, men being the system and it being impossible for the system to be sexist against men.
In western society, the scale has been drastically tipped in the favor of Women, when men and their problems and emotions as men are just disregarded by women, men too and society at large. Male expendability exists in everything from war to child custody to reproductive rights to prison sentencing to marriage to self defence. The list goes on and on. People like you spread lies about men like the idea of rape culture and you villainize men and victimize yourself and disempower yourself from the start.
Just the fact that you ended your post by talking about sexism against females when the whole issue here is sexism against males, shows how selfish and gynocentric you are.

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Wow you really are ignorant aren't you. You have just declared that it's impossible to be sexist against men, because all sexism is aimed at women. Do you realise how idiotic and delusional that makes you look ?

No wonder most women don't believe in feminism when the movement has people like you making it look 100% retard.

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So there is no such thing as hating a man simply because he's a man? Men can't be hated for their gender? Women can be hated and discriminated against for their gender...but men can't? When a guy cheats on his girlfriend and she goes over to her friends house and gets (understandably) upset about it and says "All men are pigs! I hate them! Who needs them!?"....THAT'S not misandry???? Women don't HAVE to be in a position of power in order to be sexist and discriminate against men based on their gender. I want you to actually think about what you (and people who think like you) are actually saying when you spout that kind of non-sense. Besides, MOST misandrists ARE men. I think the common problem here is that everyone thinks that those of us who actually bring up misandry are pointing the finger at all feminists and all women in general. We're not (though there are some women out there who are misandrists) Sexism towards women AND men can all be traced back to patriarchy. Society has lofty standards set up for men since the day they are born and if they fail to live up to at least SOME of those lofty standards----God help them. Do you really think that's easy to live with? Some guys are lucky to go through life not being a manly macho alpha male and do pretty well for themselves, while others are not so lucky and are ridiculed and treated as less than human for it. Why do you think there's so much hatred directed at homosexuals? Because we still live in a society that thinks men need to be 'macho' 'dominant' and 'manly' and we still have people who think ALL homosexuals are effeminate girly men who take it up the ass (not that you should be ashamed of yourself if you ARE effeminate and DO take it up the butt). And don't even get me started on all the men out there who suffer from 'white knight syndrome', you know, that ignorant mindset where a man thinks ALL women are damsels in the distress and all the other men (aside from him, the 'white knight') are the big bad ogres who simply LIVE to oppress women and make life difficult for them at every turn??? Or the kind of guy who is an all out out right *beep* and thinks all other men are *beep* too to justify him being an *beep* "Oh well that's just how us guys are, get the *beep* over it!" Yeah, those guys definitely fall into the category of MISANDRIST.

If someone (or a LOT of someones) are going around treating you like you're some pathetic buffoon who can't even get dressed in the morning without a woman's help or some potential rapist/pedophile/pervert who is also a violent homicidal monster...wouldn't you want to speak up about it? If a woman is free to beat up on you in public, and you can't fight back because one part of society will vilify YOU for *shock of horrors* putting your hands on a woman (even to DEFEND yourself) and ANOTHER portion of society will laugh at and ridicule you for being beat up by a girl (therefore that must automatically make you a 'sissy' in their eyes) and ANOTHER portion of society will stand there and do nothing to help because you're a man and you must have done something to deserve it because apparently that's always the case when a woman is beating up a guy....wouldn't YOU want to speak out about it??? Wouldn't THAT frustrate you? I'm not even a GUY and that frustrates me to my core. I hate sexism, and all other forms of bigotry and ignorance, but this is one of those issues that NO BODY brings up and most people these days even try to justify and I for one will not sit on my hands and say nothing about it.

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You're dead wrong. Look at the YT video called "Reaction To Women Abusing Men In Public." If that isn't bonafide misandry, by God, show me what is.

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Actually, no, on second thought, DON'T show me; I don't want to see it.

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So you are basically saying that just because some perceived or real womens issues may exist, mens don't or are lesser or do not deserve equal attention? People like me are just trying to raise awareness of mens issues as there are no programs for men and endless programs for women. It isn't even commonly accepted to celebrate and glorify what is great about being male as women get to do.
About The Other Woman. We just want to point out how nobody is noticing the message this movie is sending out to young girls about abusing men is wrong. The film wasn't made trying to point that out out. It just seems to be a comedy about women taking revenge on a guy who cheats. But in our society sexual violence against men is actually considered funny. Once again just switch the gender roles and it would be considered as controversial as blackface. I wouldn't mind acting in a horror movie where I get slaughtered by a group of psycho women, but in the context of that film, the psycho women would be the bad guys and everybody watching knows and acknowledges that.

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Golden_muse just because your bookshelf is full of films of that nature, don't for a second think that normal people watch the filth that you do. The rest of us have standards.

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