Reddit's mod support says misandry will be allowed on Reddit because men as a group is not vulnerable (as if misandry did not negatively impact young boys at all)

ConsiderationSea1347 · 2024-12-07T22:00:05+00:00

The group with the highest suicide rate is not vulnerable to online hate? That is an interesting take.

Sky-kunn · 2024-12-07T22:24:40+00:00

I argue that they are misinterpreting their own rules, as what is written contradicts their actions. They claim to follow the principle of "Remember the human," but their application of this rule seems to only apply to marginalized groups. That's completely illogical. It's akin to saying we should only care about people with terminal illnesses and ignore those with other, less severe diseases, simply because their suffering isn't deemed 'as grave.'

Such an interpretation is not only ridiculous and dehumanizing but also frankly, quite disheartening.

Promoting Hate Based on Identity or Vulnerability

Rule 1: Remember the human. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence*. Communities and people that incite violence or that promote hate based on* identity or vulnerability will be banned.

Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to, groups based on their actual and perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or disability. These include victims of a major violent event and their families.

While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect those who promote attacks of hate or who try to hide their hate in bad faith claims of discrimination.

Some examples of hateful activities that would violate the rule:

Community dedicated to mocking people with physical disabilities.

Post describing a racial minority as sub-human and inferior to the racial majority.

Comment arguing that rape of women should be acceptable and not a crime.

Meme declaring that it is sickening that people of color have the right to vote.

Post promoting harmful tropes or generalizations based on religion (e.g. a certain religious group controls the media, or consists entirely of terrorists).

A comment denying or minimizing the scale of a hate-based violent event.

Additionally, when evaluating the activity of a community or an individual user, we consider both the context as well as the pattern of behavior.

They're misinterpreting Rule 1, claiming it only protects groups attacked based on 'vulnerability' and that this somehow excludes white people or men. That's just wrong. The rule explicitly states that it protects groups based on:

'actual and perceived race, color, ... national origin, ... gender, gender identity, [and] sexual orientation.'

Notice how 'race' and 'gender' are right there? There's no mention that these categories are only protected if they're also deemed 'vulnerable' in a particular context.

The rule goes on to say:

'Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to'

these categories. The key phrase here is 'but are not limited to.' This means that while the rule recognizes that certain groups are often marginalized or vulnerable, it doesn't limit its protection only to those groups.

The rule aims to protect everyone from hate based on these characteristics. The admin's interpretation twists the rule to exclude certain groups, which is the opposite of its stated purpose: to create a safe and inclusive community free of harassment.

I raise this point because I've reported comments exhibiting racism towards white people or misandry towards men, and seen them rightfully removed as hate content. BUT, as the image suggests, this consistent enforcement is almost never the case.

AigisxLabrys · 2024-12-07T21:42:42+00:00

Is this that “male privilege” I’ve been hearing about lmao

DankJWimbledon · 2024-12-07T21:28:05+00:00

As a woman, I just don’t understand this… it’s like shooting some guy on the street and then saying it’s fine because they don’t normally get shot

kekajol · 2024-12-07T21:34:39+00:00

As a young boy, misandry negatively affects me.

SarcasticallyCandour · 2024-12-08T01:21:34+00:00

There's an X account called Reddit Lies that i follow. It has some eye opening screenshots of tge mods of reddit. They truly are largely leftist ideological bigots.

alter_furz · 2024-12-07T21:48:36+00:00

they are asking for getting sued at this point.

making it expensive to walk over men.. is the only way corporations understand.

Absentrando · 2024-12-08T02:29:56+00:00

Is reading difficult for these people? How did they interpret “hate based on identity or vulnerability” to mean “hate on vulnerable groups”, whatever that means?

RestlessDreamer32 · 2024-12-07T23:45:05+00:00

Are you surprised? Reddits moderation staff are knowing for some VERY shady things.

TrustOk7600 · 2024-12-08T10:34:23+00:00

I smell a lawsuit coming

noxer94 · 2024-12-08T03:16:48+00:00

Thanks for making us aware and sharing. This kind of rethoric displayed by such reddit mod is dangerous. That's how to incentivise segregation and hate speech. People should know better, specially reddit mods.

elishash · 2024-12-08T13:57:28+00:00

I've seen some misogynistic comments being normalized on other subs and I don't excused it since I also report it if it broke the rules, but seeing this screenshot here just really baffled me about the double standards regarding misandry, like if there are other reddit subs that don't allow misogyny on their rules why is it when it comes to misandry is not taken seriously, Although I'm glad there are few subs on their rules I've seen that don't allow misandry next to misogyny but there's still a long way to go.

Aggressive-Bad-7761 · 2024-12-08T02:27:31+00:00

If misandry doesn’t exist why is it literally a word in the dictionary?

NonbinaryYolo · 2024-12-07T23:05:38+00:00

I thought the concept of toxic masculinity kind of relied on men being vulnerable to social influences.

DarkstarAnt · 2024-12-08T03:50:40+00:00

Oh that’s just fucking dandy.

I know it’s from awhile ago, still really really dumb.

reverbiscrap · 2024-12-08T04:28:53+00:00

Sounds like a Title IX suit!

Fearless_Ad4244 · 2024-12-08T03:18:29+00:00

https://archive.is/2024.12.08-031346/https://imgur.com/a/fEqjUb0

BloomingBrains · 2024-12-11T06:26:50+00:00

By that logic we shouldn't focus on any women's rights issues in the west as long as women in the middle east are being oppressed worse.

Noted, mods. I'll remember that next time someone mentions Roe vs. Wade.

Rolaid-Tommassi · 2024-12-11T21:45:51+00:00

Any other group of people is protected against hate-speech...........except "men". We are the only group of people who can be vilified with no consequences.

Electro9tme · 2024-12-26T21:00:17+00:00

Reddit is misandrist because if you ever post any problems men face people will literally call you an "Incel" and make fun of you and bring up the problems women have as its ok for a man to be stereotyped.

Ok-Associate9886 · 2025-08-08T22:23:52+00:00

If we were to going by feminist logic where they consider sexism to be oppression that would also include Misandry and the hatred of males in general

Aggravating-Long9877 · 2024-12-12T15:07:17+00:00

Reddit fuels racism, sexism, heightism, ableism, misandry. It fuels hate and enables suicide. Reddit actually kills people or gets people killed. Is that mod support male? Maybe he doesn‘t know how much misandry hurts (YET)…

AntiFeministLib · 2025-03-14T14:10:57+00:00

In the UK, the 2010 equality act recognises protected characteristics and gender is one of them. It does not state whether the characteristic is from a vulnerable (would love to understand the definition of that) group or not.

Hating people who are neuro typical for example is still hate. It’s still bigotry and prejudiced whether they are vulnersble or not.

SayDrugsToYes · 2025-05-10T09:00:18+00:00

what. the. FUCK.

edbegley1 · 2024-12-08T20:14:22+00:00

Well this company is obviously shit and aren't communicating with each other, because I get blatantly misandrist posts removed by reporting them as hate all the time.

No-Shape717 · 2024-12-12T15:58:59+00:00

You and everyone else here are making the mistake of interpreting Reddit’s rules literally and objectively, which shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the people running Reddit.

They don’t care about applying their rules fairly. They don’t care if you can present an airtight, legal reason that they are in violation of their own terms of service. They only care about who is doing the harassment and whom is being harassed. Their entire MO is identity politics polluted by conflict theory. If you fall in the bucket of “oppressor” based on your skin color and sex, then you have no rights, and the rules do not apply except to punish you.

This has been the reality of leftist echo chambers forever, and Reddit especially since Ellen Pao left. The website is owned and run by people that hate you and drink from coffee mugs labeled “male tears.” Stop taking them seriously or expecting them to be reasonable.

Responsible-Plant573 · 2025-04-03T10:17:05+00:00

must be a DEI

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what. the. FUCK.