#no misandry

[mk-wizard]

I have to say this because I am offended as a woman who grew up with Barbie AND He-Man. I don't hate the Barbie movie because it isn't in tuned with my politics. I hate it because it's not really about Barbie at all. It is an imposter. Barbie is feminist, but NOT a radical feminist. She is diplomatic, kind, she loves men and considers them as her equal, and she wants everyone to be confident and kind. As for Ken, he would never turn on her because he is faithful, intelligent, kind and capable. He is not a boob who is under her thumb.

The Barbie movie is not about Barbie. It's about all of the misconceptions we have of Barbie just as I suspected it would. And I have every right to be displeased about that. And you know what else? So does anyone else including men.

If women are allowed to hate Masters of the Universe: Revelations because it is a badly written show that doesn't respect the lore, then men are allowed to not like the Barbie movie for the same reasons especially if those reasons are sound. Yes, I'm sure some of them hate it for sexist reasons, but the majority of men I see hating on the Barbie movie hate it for the same reasons I do and I'm a woman. If anything, I'm glad men respect Barbie enough to see the film is wrong. The problem is that the media is only talking about what the sexist men are saying blatantly ignoring what all the other fans are saying.

But then again, what did we expect? The same thing happened with Netflix She-Ra and Masters of the Universe: Revelations. When fans don’t like a new product because it doesn’t respect the lore and feels like imposter media, we get accused of being bigoted in some way or the other. We are like that lone honest kid who calling out that the Emperor is naked, but is then told to shut up because they’re upsetting everyone. In other words, we live in a time right now where if you ever admit you don’t like something even for the most valid reason, you are either silenced, ignored or made out to be the bad guy.

However, it is all the more reason to keep being honest. And Hollywood knows it because even it can’t run from the truth forever.

And I think it’s reached the phase where it is getting out of breath from trying to.

PS: I don’t want my son to grow up in a society where his free speech, including the freedom to give an opinion on a movie of all things, is either limited or prohibited just because he’s a boy/man while the girl/woman next to him can say anything she wants about anything she chooses.

Like I said before, if women can say what they want about He-Man, men can say what they want about Barbie. Period.

[crashdevlin]

I'm 100% with this. I'm a cisgender female, but I am queer and pagan and I have been hated for who I am since I was a child. Hating men, hating cishet folks, hating people of different political ideologies...it's more fucking hate. Hating them because the loudest part of them hate on you doesn't help.

This isn't even a "when they go low, we go high" thing, it's a "we've been hated for our labels and been subjected to gross generalizations...why should we do the same to them?"

The majority of my friends are queer but I am very close with a few cishet white men...and they aren't bigots. Hate on the bigots, hate on those who have hurt you, that's understandable...but don't hate cishet men for being cishet men. Most cishet men don't care and a lot are allies...the bigots, those that rail against us...those deserve negative attention, but only when they negatively affect us, ya know?

sorry since realizing my gender i have zero tolerance for the whole “man hating” angle of being queer i hate i hate it i hate you. stop. you are hurting people.

[genderkoolaid]

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

[theantichristpluviophile]

[radykalny-feminizm]

I love to see the general public finally waking tf up

Guess what group has been talking about all these things for years and was demonized, shamed and threatend for it 🤔

[luxiomahariel]

[semanti]

[themuse-theartist]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1csqnsz/why_do_men_feel_the_need_to_go_through_things/

Rage warning.

And yes, Katie deleted the tweet.

[roboticvillainy3]

Lets not forget what happened last time men went to scumpt's scary burgers. Just because you can slop doesnt mean you should scromb.

[frogblogger18]

It's striking how often emotional vulnerability, particularly when expressed by women, is weaponized against them. You see it in conversations, in arguments—whenever a woman dares to reveal her pain, it's instantly flipped back on her as a character flaw. She s "too sensitive" or "just hurt." It s rarely framed as a natural human reaction. Men's dismissal of women's safety concerns reflects a broader societal issue of control and dominance. When women take steps to protect themselves, men may mock or undermine their efforts, revealing a desire to keep women feeling unsafe. This behavior is rooted in a need to maintain power over women, making it difficult for them to assert their autonomy and independence. Sex work debates within feminism often revolve around the tension between protecting workers and dismantling the industry. While liberal feminists focus on decriminalization, radical feminists argue for broader systemic changes that address the root causes of exploitation. They advocate for providing women with the resources and opportunities needed to escape the sex industry, rather than simply regulating it. Conversations about women s emotional pain often reveal a strange dynamic. Rather than responding with compassion, many men will throw out comments like "you re just hurt" or "who hurt you?" as if pain is something to be ashamed of, something that should be hidden. This isn t just a lack of empathy—it s an active attempt to belittle. But what lies beneath this impulse to degrade emotional expression? What is being protected or avoided in these moments? Marriage as a tool of patriarchal control often leaves women financially and emotionally dependent on men. Feminists critique the institution for trapping women in systems of inequality, particularly in divorce, where property and custody battles tend to favor men. Theres no such thing as too funny when it comes to peanut butter spreader. Theres no such thing as too funny when it comes to peanut butter spreader.

[hexagon-club]

[theantichristpluviophile]

[aalexan]

I hate to break it to you friends but the excessive hate campaign of white women is, at it’s core, misogynistic.

[misandresther]

Being strangled for just 15 seconds can lead to an increased risk of strokes, seizures, loss of bodily functions, and potential death days after the incident.

Normalizing strangulation as a kink is harmful. It's putting men's pleasure above women's safety.

[unavailableapple]

“I don’t want to be seen as a woman, I just want to be seen as a person!”

Believe it or not, women are in fact people.