3 ms·
Though I somewhat agree with you, I can't help but think there's a bit of a double standard here with man-hating being taken less seriously than woman-hating.
by harpersealtako 5y ago
Though I somewhat agree with you, I can't help but think there's a bit of a double standard here with man-hating being taken less seriously than woman-hating. In the linked wapost article, there is even an anecdote where the trans man hears a woman saying "men are such a-holes" on the bus, and how the author is certain the situation would have played out very differently if the genders were reversed.
Support communities for men probably attract men who are disillusioned with women, in the same way support communities for women are likely to attract women who are disillusioned with men. Is it any surprise the conversation is going to drift at some point to less-than-charitable over-generalizations about the other sex? (e.g. among sexual assault survivors)
I do think there is a point there though, because there is a subtle difference between an emotional overgeneralization made by a sympathetic victim (which is probably not a good idea to censor if you want to actually help these men), and more insidious misogyny. It doesn't help that the former is sometimes purposefully mischaracterized as the latter by opponents of men's issues, however.