M
2 min readSep 18, 2023

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Yes I agree that what is referred to as misogyny and as misandry are not the opposite sides of one coin. I would give an example for both. People saying women's place is at the home, depending on a man for their livelihoods and their children's is miaogynistic. Calling women "man-haters" for pointing out that most DV and rape cases are executed by men, that 62% of women who are killed are killed by their husbands, and hence we should change our culture, rethink everything, is misogynistic and pure nonaensical. But, calling out Barbie in the recent film misandric because she cuts relationship with Ken towards the end of the movie is simply just illogical. Calling women who simply prioritize their own life and career over a man, a man-hater or misandric is simply misogynistic. That act of Barbie is not misandric. The women who look prioritize themselves are not misandric. But to me, the people who believe men should always be the 100% providers for the wives and the children, and the wives can just relax (these are mostly some women who believe that), or the people who believe a man should not follow their passion if its hindering their way of earning good money for their families, are the misandrists. But thnmen again, most men, I think, won't agree and come and advise me to mind my own business. So the difference to me is what is accepted as misogyny, if at all accepted, they are mostly correct. But whatever is believed to be misandry, are not actual misandries. Oftentimes those are women just marking their boundaries. And the true misandry in the society are not acknowledged, those are simply dumped on men as their duties. And, I have also seen this, whenever the load of that gendered duty seem to heavy or oppresive to men, they and the weird women too, find a way to blame everything on the feminists. Eg, men's increased suicide rate than women's is somehow feminism's fault. Men are drafted for war, women are not, that is also not the fault of the war-monging "male popiticians", but the feminists' fault.

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M
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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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