Benevolent Sexism - another reality distortion to vilify men

JeremiahMRA · 2011-11-03T04:45:14+00:00

John, I'm glad to see you've decided to start your own site and even show yourself on YouTube. Very ballsy, my man. Makes me feel like I'm at the bar having a beer with ya.

fondueguy · 2011-11-03T05:22:27+00:00

Simply put, the modern man can be one of these three:

One extreme - A very chivalrous, and therefore benevolently sexist pig... and be attacked by feminists.
The other extreme - An impolite pig with no manners or 'respect for women'... and be attacked by most women.
Or he can find balance in the middle - where he is both a chauvinist sexist pig and doesn't treat women well! .. and is attacked by both feminsts and most women!

Yay guyhood!

linearThinker · 2011-11-03T07:01:03+00:00

"Benevolent sexism" is really just an ad hoc explanation. It exists to address the anomly of favourtism and privileges of women, which shouldn't exist at a significant level in a patriarchal society. Its purpose is to prevent evidence against a patriarchy from being considered a contradiction to the patriarchy theory, so as to allow the notion of a patriarchy to continue to exist, irrespective of how far women have actually come.

fondueguy · 2011-11-03T00:40:28+00:00

I don't agree with your opinion that it's to vilify men. This "benevolent sexism" is harmful to men and women. It is very plainly telling a man that because he has more muscles and a penis that he must give a woman special treatment.

I believe the idea that one should go out of their way to give the other special treatment is sexism, just like asserting black people are just better at sports is a form of racism.

Title	Benevolent Sexism - another reality distortion to vilify men
Author	johntheother
Upvotes	10
Comments	12
Date	November 3, 2011 12:32 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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