MiSaNdRy (definition)- Men complaining when they cant get what they want.

I have and will likely always think that MiSaNdRy is made up and bogus, hence the definition above. We live in a patriarchic society. MiSaNdRy only exist when women are able to control a narrative in a way that will not tear us down, but in fact, allow a sort of an independence. Men cannot capitalize/profit/benefit off of it and so they complain.

I was watching a video the other day on youtube about men not being able to gain/secure sponsorships the same way women can. Now, while I can sympathize, a comment made was that its MiSaNdRy and here is why I disagree. We live in a society where Sex Sells and when we talk about sex, what we are really saying is women sell, because women are the "object" that are needed for sex to actually happen. Lets fast forward to many movements based on body positivity, independence, equity and equality, healthcare, transparency, #metoo and accepting our natural features and we are somewhat caught up (because there are many more missing). In the case of the youtube video, men and women have had to create a lane, however, it has been women who have been able to really create a good living off of it through sponsorships and the like. Why? Because we have been programmed to buy something a women "sells" and therefore, thats where the money resides. Now, women have been able to sell and make a living, while being all shapes and sizes, with and without makeup, with their clothes' on, independent of how they look. The problem now is that men are complaining because they cant secure the same sponsors while in the same industry and now its MiSaNdRy. Its discrimination? Its a problem? Or its a space you are realizing you cant push your way into without feeling the actual pushback?

While I agree it may be a little unfair, to argue MiSaNdRy is to also state that misogyny exists and how many men are ready for that conversation? Men are mad because they cant secure an opportunity, but how much had to happen for women, to be able to secure such opportunities, independence and overall freedom. MiSaNdRy literally exists to diminish and even erase women's pain and progress....in a patriarchal society.

Misogyny is anti-women, pro-men and MiSaNdRy is anti-women, pro-men. Be very careful of men who throw around the term because its not likely that they believe in misogyny, but instead, that they cant continue to oppress women.