Sexism is misogyny. This is something that everyone needs to understand. EVERYONE suffers under the patriarchy. Men being constrained by bullshit standards like having short hair and never wearing certain colors or anything too sparkly etc is because of the patriarchy. Men being told they can’t have any emotions other than anger or self-satisfaction is because of the patriarchy. Women being assumed to be better parents (and by extension, men being given less expectations in parenting, and also by extension, men being praised more for the same parenting behaviors as women are expected to do) is because of the patriarchy. Men being unable to form deep friendships because they were raised never to be vulnerable is because of the patriarchy. Men being lonely and miserable and offing themselves is because of the patriarchy. The patriarchy dictates that men have to meet certain standards to be above women or else they’re wrong and will lose social power. Any actions that men willingly take that knock themselves down a peg is seen as mock-worthy, or even dangerous. Literally look at the way trans women are treated. They are the actual boogey-man in today’s society, along with immigrants, and it’s all because society sees them as men who are betraying manhood. Gay men, too, are threatening to the patriarchy because they dare to step out of that box that it puts men into. Sexism is just misogyny, hands down. It’s not taking the focus away from men by saying exactly HOW men are harmed by the patriarchy, it’s actually getting into the weeds of it and solving the fucking problem, which is that men can’t act like women or else they’re fucked.
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u/StJohnColtrane 11d ago
There are entire subreddits devoted to misandry. And the example you gave is not only silly, but nothing compared to what femcels write there.
Anyway, it is not a competition. Sexism should not be a thing, both sides.