My FB feed is full of people explaining that misandry is "real" because some unnamed, imaginary "RadFem" apparently hates all men. This discussion just bores me rigid. Comparing hating individual men with misogyny is just all kinds of stupid. So, here's a definition of misogyny which demonstrates just how stupid the idea that misandry exists really is:
Misogyny isn't just hating women. It's the structural, institutionalised, and endemic hatred of women which is (re)created and replicated in political, social, religious and cultural systems. It is embedded in every facet of society and isn't just about disliking one women; it's about engaging in behaviours which replicate the patriarchal subjugation of women. It is everything from sexist jokes to pornography to rape culture. It's about millions of women dying needlessly every day because they are women through all kinds of violence including malnutrition from not being valued enough to be given enough food to eat. It's the laws on rape which favour male rapists over female victims. It's in the piss poor child maintenance and domestic violence laws. It's in the basic practise of women being paid less than men for the same job or being considered responsible for all the childcare and housework. It is the practise of rape as a tactic of war on female bodies to "emasculate" their male "protectors". It is in every music video which requires a talented female musician to gyrate half-naked in order to sell their music. It is everywhere. And, it is everything.
Misandry only exists in the minds of whiny-arsed men afraid of having to give up their privileged positions. Misandry only exists in the minds of misogynists. It is not real.This is taken from a blog I wrote on the Vicky Bliss mysteries a few months back.
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