M
2 min readNov 8, 2023

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I would say then you have very little or limited exposure to the discussions of the feminists if you have not seen or heard feminists talking about the issues men face in the society. Or, the people or the discussion section that talk about men's human rights doesn't seem feminist to you, because of how we (the society in general) think feminism is actually a female supremacist idea.

I don't think there's any case where men and women have inevitable conflict of interest, I could elaborate if I knew what you are referring to.

But I understand what you are saying, i.e., most of the people around you who are saying they are feminists, most of them usually focus on women's issues. My argument to this would be because the society is very patriarchal, misogynist and the system oppresses women by abusing us directly, everyday by discriminating against us and imposing many rules and regulations on us. The same system abuses men by putting up the responsibility of earning for and "protecting" the family members, in whatever way they can; by indoctrinating them with the idea of being the guardians of the women and children; and instead of this gender role, try to "reward" them with the idea/"natural order" of female submission, devotion to them. If the men stray from this indoctrination/patriarchal way, society mark them as unmasculine which is a really huge insult, given the context of our mass brainwashing. So, because of these, and also because men have much more opportunities to just get out of the community if they don't fit in at all, you don't hear so much from the male feminists. Also, most men, who are aware of the abuse, don't really identify as feminists, I think, because we are brainwashed to think anything feminine (as opposed to the dominant culture or hierarchy) is humiliating to men, and also yes, as the most self-proclaimed feminists are women, and our complaints are against the abusive people in our lives with men/patriarchal women as the abusers, many men, I think, feel a hostility from the feminists, and hence don't identify as feminists even more.

But feminism does not generate division or resentment between the genders. It's a solution, as per me, not a problem in any sense.

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M
M

Written by M

Not the initial for Man/Male. After all, this letter is not only reserved for that. It's the initial of my name, and I am a woman.

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