As a female who grew up with no father due to an early death because of alcoholism, my exposure to men didn't really begin until I started dating. My grandfathers were also dead and I didn't really see my uncles, nor did I have brothers. So I must be jaded? You might think, but no.

My dad was an ass hole, but I know for sure that not everyone with a penis is evil. I have male friends who are the most practical, intelligent, funny, kind people you could hope to meet. I have female friends who are the same way as them. My problem is that feminists and activists for men, I'm not sure of the word, so excuse me, are just that- they are extremists. I know there are men out there who fight for their own rights because they feel they are being trampled on by man haters around the globe, including fellow men. Masculine feminism is something that I understand the philosophy of, but on a real level, it sounds kind of douchey.

I simply think that instead of being extreme about either side, we all need to stop fighting each other and start fighting the real enemies in life: poverty, misinformation, education failures, and disease, to name a few. If I turn on the news, it's one thing after another. This group is racist, that group hates men, this group hates liberals, that group hates Christians or Jews or Muslims. JUST STOP! It's idiotic. If aliens were watching us right now, they'd think we're all morons and they would be 100% right.

What we are given is something we're supposed to mold into an ideal society. You cannot obtain that society by hating each other, particularly by hating them for trivial reasons, and something they can't even control. I don't like people as a rule because I find many people to be stupid or ignorant, but I base my annoyance on judgements of personality, not their gentials or skin color. That's a flaw in my persoanlity but I readily admit that. I became that way as a defense reflex because I, like many people, have had the misfortune of meeting tons of low lives. Unlike many people though, I'm frank about calling them out on their shit. If the world were normal, I wouldn't be a misanthropist.

There are men on this subreddit who would agree with what I stated above, and there will be some geezer with his mind stuck in the 1940's who thinks I need to shut up and start cooking or making babies lol. Whatever. I just want to remind some narrow minded or jaded men that not all women are out for your blood. I want equality for both of us. We wouldn't exist without each other, so we deserve each other's respect.