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I think this is a complete red herring. First of all, feminist refers to someone who believes men and women should have equal rights. I don't know anyone who is
by spuz 10y ago
I think this is a complete red herring. First of all, feminist refers to someone who believes men and women should have equal rights. I don't know anyone who is not a feminist and I would like to know if you can name someone who isn't. Using that label to describe people who routinely attack men seems completely wrong.
Secondly, where is the evidence that people who harass and abuse women online are doing it because they feel their rights and their jobs are under threat? I'm not saying there are not people like that but if you really want to change society as a whole, why would you do it by trying to attack individual women? Could it not be that these men are simply narcissistic assholes who gain pleasure by hurting women?
- zigzigzag 10y agoThat's not the definition of feminist I'm using, nor is it the definition I ever see actually in use. That's what it used to mean, maybe, but these days it refers to someone (usually but not always a woman) who has built "women are oppressed and we must fix it" into their identity, such that they support many discriminatory policies as long as they are in favour of women. In other words it has stopped being about equal rights. Now it's about better rights for women. where is the evidence that people who harass and abuse women online are doing it because they feel their rights and their jobs are under threat There is a well established history at this point of outspoken 'feminists' (using the above definition) attracting disproportionate amounts of hate online. The reason is pretty simple: they dish it out themselves.