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lurkiestvoid · 11 months ago

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"nooooo we can't use that word, that word doesn't exist and if it did it comes with too many implications, instead we have to dance around That Word by explaining it with whole paragraphs about how this systemically oppressive gender dichotomy does indeed also oppress the privileged demographic in a wide variety of ways but also includes at minimum half a dozen caveats that it's not That Word because That Word Is Bad And Means Bad Things"

I know this is a take no one asked for and might get me hunted for sport but I think maybe it's time we had a discussion about and possibly even allowed ourselves to use the word "misandry"

#no women do not systemically oppress men #no the patriarchy isn't women's fault #yes the patriarchy hurts men too #yes anyone of any gender can participate in enforcing strict gender roles and dehumanization #but we trip ourselves into knots trying to explain how and why patriarchy hurts men too #while trying to avoid That Word #when it could very easily be used to shortcut all of that #it's not rEvErSe SeXiSm it's just toxic masculinity and systemic bias #primarily against queer men+mascs and MoC #but still... men #and the ways men and the system in general hurts them #and expects them to be Peak Man and uncaring and unfeeling and uncomplicated

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