Why can’t we hate men?

mtcapri · 2020-01-19T00:10:30+00:00

This is one of my favorite articles to cite when talking about misandry in feminism, because it's by a very prominent feminist academic, not some radfem nutter on Tumblr. So, when the feminist I'm talking to goes, "well, she's just a bad feminist, that's not feminism," I go, "so I'm to trust you—some rando on the internet—to tell me what feminism is, rather than the feminist with a degree, who's published papers and runs an entire fucking gender studies department at a major university?"

Suzanna Danuta Walters is not alone and certainly not an outlier among feminist academics in these views. Sadly, this sort of misandry has become the norm in mainstream feminist circles, and I consider it one of the ways in which radical feminism has become...well, not radical.

Oncefa2 · 2020-01-18T23:41:02+00:00

The writer is a popular feminist and runs the gender studies department at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

This article is currently being used as evidence in a title ix lawsuit against the university over alleged discrimination against male students.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/professor-who-wrote-why-cant-we-hate-men-article-ashe-schow

bkrugby78 · 2020-01-19T01:22:07+00:00

This is real feminism. When feminists try to say "feminism cares about men too," it's good to know I have this to point to and say "nah. This is what feminism is about." It's also why many women who love men show absolute disgust when feminism is mentioned.

Sallyboy2112 · 2020-01-19T19:54:19+00:00

Do not ever fall for the lie that "feminism cares about men/is good for men" argument because it is a complete lie. Feminists reactions to issues like male homelessness or the high rate of male suicide will range from callous indifference to them actually going on the attack and accusing the patriarchy of taking the attention away from them. You won't see real women who are happy and who have love in their hearts in today's feminist movement because today's feminist movement wants everyone to be as miserable as they are. There have been some very intelligent 2nd wave feminists who have called out today's radical feminists on their shit pointing out that they are not looking for equality but superiority.

Tmomp · 2020-01-19T04:35:43+00:00

What lack of feeling or understanding.

serpentineeyelash · 2020-01-19T12:12:56+00:00

It might have been better to put the title in quotation marks or something to make clear that you're not endorsing the sentiment.

bopbeepboopbeepbop · 2020-01-19T06:39:37+00:00

I've been paywalled

Strikester101 · 2020-01-19T08:16:26+00:00

Am I suppose to hate this article or cringe at the apparent ludicrousness?

Like both men and women are victims of and privy to gender norms, but why allow one to determine what's true gender equality over the another?

transgirltradwife · 2020-01-19T06:20:17+00:00

Life is a lot less stressful when you don't give two shits about what bourgeois feminists who write in a newspaper funded by Bezos thinks.

GingerRazz · 2020-01-19T00:30:07+00:00

This is mostly ragebait. But I do agree with the other commenters that it does reveal a worrying degree of misandry on the part of some prominent feminists.

24-cell · 2020-01-19T04:43:37+00:00

I can’t view the article because I used up all my free views of the Washington Post (apparently). Can I get a summary?

Title	Why can’t we hate men?
Author	SculptorAndMaterial
Upvotes	37
Comments	29
Date	January 18, 2020 11:06 PM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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