Feminism doesn't apply intersectionality correctly when it comes to men

Hot-Celebration-1524 · 2026-01-17T07:24:36+00:00

Intersectional feminists are paper generals who issue claims from behind a smokescreen of axes. The more axes they add, the thicker the smoke and the harder it is for critics to challenge the framework.

They claim pluralism, but that isn’t what they actually practice. In intersectional analysis, different axes compete with one another. In intersectional feminism, gender is the privileged axis and all other axes serve it. Gender versus class becomes gendered class. Gender versus race becomes gendered race. Sexuality is gendered sexuality, disability is gendered disability, and so on. Nothing counts against the framework, which is how the ideology survives.

It also explains how intersectional feminism becomes a pipeline for enforcers within the movement. If you know how to speak the lingo, you gain credibility which can then be used to police discourse. All of this operates under the banner of “inclusion,” which provides moral cover: claims don’t have to be defended on their merits, because questioning them can be framed as exclusionary.

FreeSoulInProgress · 2026-01-17T18:48:38+00:00

I don't know if this has something to do with this issue but the sentence "Men are also victims of the patriarchy" is often used to minimize men's issues. (At least that is what I often see on social media)

LevelCherry7383 · 2026-01-17T05:11:00+00:00

Its pretty black pilling for women's rights too because it screws them so hard. Part of the reason behind intersectionality is because of the recognition that all people's rights are intertwined. By not taking mens liberation seriously they make women's equality impossible and cause a lot of pain for women.

Ignoring mens education issues means straight women are stuck with less ideal options and men are more likely to cause harm to others due to ignorance.

Men won't see a reason to support them so they start off every political push with a significant percentage of the population being against them.

Their father's, sons, and brothers will all live shorter more difficult lives which will drag down their lives by proxy.

It actually makes no sense at all. They just hate men so much that they'll drag everyone else down to hurt them.

Bilbo332 · 2026-01-18T14:32:49+00:00

The fact that when feminists say that women getting custody almost by default is "patriarchy", and yet when men's groups get legislation drafted and put before the governing body, feminists fight tooth and nail against it should tell you all you need to know.

"Women being seen as caregivers is oppression!" Bullshit. The simple fact is that, this may be a shocker so brace yourselves, but: PARENTS WANT TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

Obviously it's rare for both parents to be in the same room for first steps, first words, etc. But parents want to be there. That's why it's so disgusting that NOW opposed the legislation about presumed shared custody. Here's a group of fathers wanting more time with their kids, and you call them abusers? Wouldn't men sharing the custody load be "smashing the patriarchy"? As if men value abusing women more than time with their kids? Furthermore, even if they were abusers, the law they proposed included safeguards so abusive fathers and mothers wouldn't get custody. It was just "start with 50/50 and go from there". Feminist groups, unfortunately, got it shot down.

It's not about equality, it's not even about women's rights, it's about what is best for women. Even when that isn't equality.

Bitter_Emu6366 · 2026-01-17T15:42:01+00:00

Black Male Studies constantly points this out to the extend that some feminists have conceded in journals that they have to take some of the BMS claims seriously and incorporate it into their analysis

Specific_Detective41 · 2026-01-17T05:33:41+00:00

I'm not a fan of intersectionality as I brought up in previous posts because of the whole oppressed - oppressor paradigm and the fact that in practice it ignores social class between groups. That in conjunction with feminism makes it a lot worse in terms of discrimination.

Intersectionality isn't compatible with men's rights and never will be.

kartu3 · 2026-01-21T12:58:01+00:00

It works with privileges too.

Cough, "benevolent sexism", cough, anyone?

Genius naming.

- But it harms women!

- Does it, how?

- There are studies!

- Like which ones?

- ...

- YOU WOULD NOT UNDRSTAND IT ANYWAY, MYSOGYNIST!!!

BCRE8TVE · 2026-01-25T19:41:13+00:00

Feminism absolutely applies intersectionality correctly when it comes to men.

It's not that the system is broken, the system is working exactly as intented.

The core assumption in intersectionality is that female gender can only ever be a disadvantage while male gender can only ever be a privilege.

This core assumption is of course completely wrong, but it is the exact same core assumption that lies at the heart of feminism.

That is why intersectionality is working exactly as intended, to erase male victims and female perpetrators, and to be a useful tool as a means to take down the patriarchy (read men) and prop up women.

The idea of intersectionality is to acknowledge all forms of oppression and how it uniquely interacts in a Venn diagram, but feminists refuse to admit or care about how being male can lead to oppression in society, hence they’re not applying intersectionality correctly.

And this here explains why you don't understand intersectionality correctly.

You are trying to start from evidence and facts and working from that to intersectionality.

Intersectionality starts with feminist dogmas and feminist ideology, and says that anything in reality that disagrees with intersectionality must be wrong and intersectionality must be correct.

Feminists say "men can be victims of patriarchy too" but then when pushed even a little bit, refuse to follow that reasoning to its logical conclusion. Feminists will say "intersectionalism takes into account all forms of oppression,” but when you ask them to factor in male oppression, that becomes a problem.

Well of course, because according to feminism maleness can never result in oppression, only privilege.

You're trying to argue with facts and logic to people who use blind faith and dogmatic obedience.

The term “intersectional feminism” is arguably an oxymoron anyway, right down to the name of feminism. Women’s issues are one piece of the intersectionality framework, but feminism tries to invert intersectionality by saying that all other groups’ issues are issues within feminism.

Kinda the other way around, intersectionality grew out of feminism as a way to explore the myriad ways everyone else is oppressed by the cis het white males, and how everyone else ought to be upset and angry at the cis het white males and work harder to tear them down.

Intersectionality isn't broken, it's working exactly as intended.

Your mistake lies in thinking that intersectionality is about recognizing reality, rather than intersectionality being just one more tool to push feminist ideology.

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AriochBloodbane · 2026-01-19T10:30:41+00:00

Fun fact: men are the minority, not women 😝

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La_Curieuze · 2026-05-22T16:28:19+00:00

In fact, there is a misunderstanding of intersectionality.
Feminism does not claim to fight against all oppressions; feminism is not anti-racism, for example. You can be both (and it would be better if you were), but being a feminist is nothing more than wanting women’s rights. Feminism mainly deals with its own field but can support other struggles from a distance.
Where the concept of intersectionality has become necessary is when black, LGBT, Arab, or trans women start to experience specific oppression because they are experiencing both patriarchy and other oppression at the same time. This oppression is linked to patriarchy, but it is particular in its way of manifesting itself since it is specific to the profile of these people.

volatile-solution · 2026-01-17T06:55:10+00:00

that's why i believe there simply can't be any reconciliation between men and women, and in this vein, i agree with radical feminists. just separate and redefine the relationship between men and women and set each other free.

mgtow and radical feminists has so much overlap, only if they were not such morons to not work with each other.

waitwhatnoyeah · 2026-01-17T06:59:21+00:00

Id argue that intersectionality is about any person being apart of at least two groups to qualify for analysis, and the topic is severely under-understood due to the idea that white—as—default, straight—as—default, male—as—whatever you get it clause we have (I’m from the west, so perhaps, as westerners). I’m assuming, that the way most westerners understand intersectionality is black x woman (especially for Americans) when in reality it is category x catergory. For example, intersectionality is “asian x man in a debate against black x man” it is also white woman x black man. It is also gay person x ethnicity x education level x gender vs person who varies at least once from their (debate) opponent for two or more of these identities someone holds.

None of us choose our characters. I didn’t choose to be a man or of Syrian descent or my sexuality or my parents (who will largely dictate my own belief system until I’m realistically in my mid twenties) or whatever else.

Anyways, to be a man is to be in the conversation of “intersectionality” since you categorically belong to something that could “intersect” another individual’s existence. Most people try to hate on this concept without fully understanding what it is and as much as I love yall in this sub it’s irritating watching you guys fundamentally misunderstand (or more realistically just sort of mapping your own thoughts of what you think it is) the framework and ideas without taking the time to understand what the he’ll you’re trying to engage with

Title	Feminism doesn't apply intersectionality correctly when it comes to men
Author	Rural_Dictionary939
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Date	January 16, 2026 9:31 PM UTC (6 months ago)
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