Your thread title doesn't sync with reality as there are plenty of acceptable misogyny in today's society. To make the extremist claim that only one form of sexism is acceptable suggests bias to me. I find misogyny and misandry are often accepted and unaccepted in society
Feminists always complain about the negative portrayal of women in the media but they don't care about how men are portrayed.
I don't see how this is a slight on feminists as feminism is about women not men. To me this statement is akin to complaining about gay rights groups don't care about heterosexual rights because the gay rights group don't make public outries about hetero rights. In my opinion it's irrational to expect a group to care/fight about groups that aren't in their cause.
For example its empowering if a woman hits a man but its abhorrent if a man hits a woman, even if he hits said woman back.
That depends on opinion as there are many shows where a guy hits a woman and it's deemed funny.
It is seen as funny if a woman kicks a man in his genitals but no one would laugh if a man kicked a woman in the vagina.
Yet many will laugh if a man rapes or beats a woman. Let's not bs that physical or sexual violence against women by men aren't used as comedy. It's irrational to skew the violence to a specific event as an attempt to portray only violence against men is acceptable.
A lot of men have had enough of these double standards and this is why Mens Rights groups are growing around the world.
Keyword: these double standards. It seems the men's in MRA groups have no to little issue with the slut double standard or the disparity in household/childcare duties.
Its about time that the feminists and the media in general showed some consistency and fairness when it comes to stamping out ALL sexism!
The media in general does show consistency and fairness as there is plenty of sexism against women in the media.
Feminism does show consistency and fairness as it's about sexism against women. Just because the group isn't doing what you want doesn't mean that it's unfair or inconsistent.
I don't see most MRAs fighting or speaking against misogyny. If anything I find most claim misogyny is some rare freak occurrence or that only misandry exists. If on the remote chance they acknowledge misogyny I find they brush it off with how misandry is accepted not misogyny. However I don't consider their lack of fighting to be inconsistent or unfair. They're male rights activists so understandably their concern is misandry not misogyny.
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andrewrrrr
9 years ago
I find misogyny and misandry are often accepted and unaccepted in society
Misogyny remains far too prevalent in today's society but it is definitely not seen as acceptable under any circumstance. You would never see misogyny in a movie being portrayed as funny or acceptable. Misogynistic characters in media get punished for being misogynistic. Male characters get beaten up and humiliate by female characters all the time for comedy, that sort of general disrespect is misandry isn't it? Misogynistic and misandric people in the real world are generally scumbags and their attitudes are not seen as acceptable or commendable.
I don't see how this is a slight on feminists as feminism is about women not men. To me this statement is akin to complaining about gay rights groups don't care about heterosexual rights because the gay rights group don't make public outries about hetero rights. In my opinion it's irrational to expect a group to care/fight about groups that aren't in their cause.
I think of feminism as the movement working towards achieving gender equality. Sometimes that might require examining areas in which women are treated better than men and seeing how equality can be reached.
there are many shows where a guy hits a woman and it's deemed funny.
I can think of a hundred examples of the reverse but I can't come up with a single example of a man hitting a woman and it being seen as funny. You say there are many, can you provide an example?
Yet many will laugh if a man rapes or beats a woman. Let's not bs that physical or sexual violence against women by men aren't used as comedy. It's irrational to skew the violence to a specific event as an attempt to portray only violence against men is acceptable
That's just not true and you know it. In any media if a woman is beaten and raped, nobody will laugh at that. The woman will always be portrayed as a sympathetic victim and the man hurting her is a villain who will get punished and probably killed by her later. Many movies show violence against women but it is never ever portrayed as funny or acceptable. Neither violence nor sexual violence is ever used against women for comedy. We simply don't laugh at women suffering like we laugh at men suffering. Men being hurt is comedy, women being hurt is tragedy.
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