To anyone in this sub may I ask in their experience who doesn't believe Misandry exists at first or in the past and what made you change your mind regarding Misandry and made you in the present care about this issue?

Philippians_Two-Ten · 2025-09-28T15:26:48+00:00

Growing up and realizing the insane double standards and double-think numerous feminists have in dealing with men.

SquaredAndRooted · 2025-10-07T03:58:04+00:00

See this recent study -

Source: Coppolillo, E. Women who hate men: a comparative analysis across extremist Reddit communities. Sci Rep 15, 13952 (2025)

An April 2025 study, "Women who hate men: a comparative analysis across extremist Reddit communities" challenges the narrative that misandry is insignificant or nonexistent by analyzing gendered hate speech in four Reddit communities: (r/)Incels & (r/)MensRights (misogynistic) and (r/)Feminism & (r/)GenderCritical (misandric).

“Although misogyny has been widely studied in social computing, misandry remains significantly underexplored. Our study identifies misandric communities that exhibit stronger levels of hate and negative sentiment than even misogynistic ones.”

Key Findings on Misandry

Misandry is real and measurable: Defined as "hatred, dislike, contempt for, or prejudice against men or boys," misandry was evident in (r/)Feminism & (r/)GenderCritical. Both communities showed a "consistent peak towards hate" in general text analysis, comparable to misogynistic communities.

Intense user level hate: Individual users in misandric communities, particularly (r/)Feminism, expressed more negative sentiments than those in misogynistic communities, with (r/)Feminism showing a magnified hate peak. This empirical evidence refutes claims that misandry is not a significant issue.

Validating men’s experiences: The study’s identification of misandric communities with intense user level hate validates men’s experiences of prejudice, countering societal dismissal and gaslighting. Misandry’s under acknowledgment in research mirrors this broader trend.

Silly_Analyst_7496 · 2025-09-28T20:39:15+00:00

I didn't really think about it and I am a leftist so I always subscribed to the idea that you need power + prejudice. Now I think a little more nuanced about it. Is misandry a systematic issue, no it largely exists at the level of individual prejudice but that doesn't make it any less wrong or messed up

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