Why is DU in a gender war anyway?

[Major Nikon]

194. Those terms mean whatever the person using them wants them to mean

They aren't inherently offensive, but rather simply poorly defined terms which can't be quantified. If you asked 50 people on the street what they mean you'd get 50 different answers.

Most people that try to describe "male privilege" have to use "white privilege" to do it. There are few, if any privileges associated with being non-white. You can't say that about being non-male. When asked to quantify "male privilege" we are given checklists with things like, 'women have trouble finding clothes that fit'. "Rape culture" is just as ambiguous and if asked for cause and effect data we are greeted with allegations of "rape apologia" because denying "rape culture" or not agreeing on how that's defined naturally means you're part of the problem or you're an "MRA" (used in the pejorative). The people who use those terms generally require no dissent from whatever idea they are promoting. If you don't walk lock-step with them, then you're part of the problem even if you agree on whatever political remedies exist or have been proposed. What's offensive is you can't even attempt to have a rational discussion about the topic without being defamed and it gets rather banal after a while.