Dear misandrists: worried much?

Polim10 · 2012-08-02T16:35:24+00:00

Seems like the misandry definition is a bit farcical. The highest voted definition is exactly the same as the definitions further down, that are heavily voted against. What sense does it make to have the top definition be identical to definitions that are heavily voted down?

Also, the Allan Johnson paragraph is the actual substance of the definition. Misandry the actual word gets a single line in the definition, the rest of the definiton's content is social theory from Allan Johnson, more a leftwing political theorist than a neutral sociologist.

This is like having a definition of racism in a single sentence and then following it up with a paragraph that just happens to detail the theories of Rushton on the differences between races. It's obvious somebody's trying to frame the definition a particular way.

Having spammed the definition, weaseled POV into it, and possibly votebotted the thing it seems they're now resorting to the UD equivalent of "wiki lawyering". Pretty pathetic actually. I hope the editors realize how farcical the definition has become and just kick whoever's doing it to the curb.

SSJAmes · 2012-08-02T00:45:34+00:00

There does seem to be an internet attack of sorts on urbandictionary.com about misandry.

The first 3 entries all read the same and basically say "misandry doesn't real" quoting sociologist Allan Johnson.

The fourth entry is the proper term.

If everyone reading this would be so kind as to visit this site and vote down the first 3 definitions and vote up the fourth, that would be just swell.

The fourth (and proper) definition is as follows:

Misandry 341 up, 1673 down

Misandry ( /mɪˈsændri/) is the hatred or dislike of men or boys. Misandry comes from Greek misos (μῖσος, "hatred") and anēr, andros (ἀνήρ, gen. ἀνδρός; "man"). Misandry is the antonym of philandry, the fondness towards men, love, or admiration of them. The term misogyny is the equivalent term for women.

Like misogyny, it's a word, and as such it can be used even if the circumstances don't require it. Just like misogyny, misandry is wrong. And two wrongs don't make a right.

We can't deny that this society has serious issues with women, but misandry will only make the Man only more convinced of what he's doing.

Go here and get to voting people!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=misandry

EDIT: You should also go to the Urban Dictionary Feedback page and let the administrators know what's going on.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/feedback.php

DruchiiConversion · 2012-08-02T13:27:31+00:00

I actually reported this to them a long time ago. There used to be 30,000 copies of those first three definitions, all higher-voted than the fourth one. Their admins and mods are clearly actually trying to help us here, and should get some credit at least.

2012-08-02T18:34:58+00:00

Another interesting comparison. Check how long "misogyny" has been known and searched for in comparison to "misandry". As if the latter hadn't even been public knowledge.

Google Trends: 'misandry' vs 'misogyny'

stemgang · 2012-08-01T22:11:34+00:00

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Grapeban · 2012-08-01T23:09:48+00:00

Why do you assume that an upsurge in people searching "misandry" means that people are turning against misandrists? Maybe it's just the MRM is shouting louder and louder, and people are going, "WTF is misandry?"

Title	Dear misandrists: worried much?
Author	avoiceformen
Upvotes	32
Comments	18
Date	August 1, 2012 9:15 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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