Medium: Men Should Get Our Best Behavior, Too

mtcapri · 2019-11-07T01:36:22+00:00

So now man/femsplaining means “invalidating your feelings?” I thought it was about explaining something the person you’re talking to actually knows more about, based on the assumption that someone of their gender doesn’t know much about that topic.

Honestly, I think these terms—like many in the modern social justice/feminist lexicon—are balls-to-the-wall stupid, and really just serve to display the prejudices of the speaker, rather than point out any truths in society.

romulusnr · 2019-11-07T00:51:21+00:00

I won’t stand for being marginalized or targeted because of my gender. I will not tolerate a double standard when I see it. Men shouldn’t either.

Being a woman does not give us the right to unfairly treat men because of their gender. It makes us no better than what we fight against.

Disagreeing with someone and defending your own stance is not mansplaining. It’s explaining. Period.

What I want is someone to careful select their words in order to ensure their intent is in line with my perception. This goes for both genders.

heimdahl81 · 2019-11-07T03:52:57+00:00

It's nice to hear a feminist acknowledge that femsplaining is real. I had a feminist friend argue with me that a mineral mentioned on a tv show wasnt real, while I insisted it was real. I have a geology degree and she does not. All I could think is that if the roles were reversed, she would be tearing my head off about not respecting her expertise because she was a woman.

YooGeOh · 2019-11-07T03:20:13+00:00

A refreshingly introspective article. Still irked by parts of it though, especially the "we need to teach men..." notion that seems to be so prevalent in feminist narratives. The tactic now seems to be to treat men as naughty children who just have less knowledge, experience, and education than women, and womens place seems to be the tired but ever loving mothers to these naughty little manchildren. The whole tone is incessantly condescending.

Blauwpetje · 2019-11-07T11:12:49+00:00

As far as I can see (also in the other things on her blog) still a feminist with whom I disagree about almost everything. But I respect her only the more for acknowledging what she acknowledges in this article. And I hope it will really reach her fellow feminists.

Title	Medium: Men Should Get Our Best Behavior, Too
Author	romulusnr
Upvotes	25
Comments	23
Date	November 7, 2019 12:50 AM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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