Misogyny sucks...Misandry sucks...

[redqueen]

147. And there's the rub. Feminists are challenging those standards.

Many men are doing so as well - but those men are rejected, mocked and ridiculed by the men who subscribe to this "misandry" bullshit.

Society is set up as a patriarchy. Look at the halls of power and tell me with a straight face that it is the oppression of men based on their sex that leads to the pressures society puts on men. It is not. It is the hierarchical model of capitalism which is to blame. It's nothing to do with oppression of men qua men. It's simply the tradition of exploiting those you consider beneath you - a foundational principle of patriarchy

There are very good reasons why those who have been actively involved in feminism and fighting the patriarchy are sensitive to the language used in these discussions.

The types of people who want to call "misandry" a problem often defend MUCH of the knuckle-dragging crap that patriarchy saddles men with, stubbornly and ignorantly insisting that any effort to change these forces is tantamount to 'saying there's something wrong with men / masculinity'. They don't use awareness of these oppressive forces to change society, they use this knowledge not as motivation to reach out to the men who support the current structure of society... NO, they use it as a bludgeon with which to attack women.

Coding the attacks on patriarchy and misogyny as "misandry" is practically a dead giveaway that you're not dealing with someone who isn't exactly genuine with their concerns about the unfair burdens patriarchy places on men.