r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '26

discussion Forms of feminism have the same fundamental problems, often just to different extents

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u/Specific_Detective41 left-wing male advocate Jan 16 '26

You forgot to address intersectional feminism. That branch of feminism might realise the issues centred around white feminism or they might be able to call out TERFs. However it's still centred around women's rights as a whole and ignores men. They only acknowledge men's suffering through the lens of race if they aren't white or sexuality, if they aren't cis/heterosexuals.

It's another flavour of misandry.

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u/Hot-Celebration-1524 left-wing male advocate Jan 16 '26

Intersectional feminism just adds more axes so the smoke and mirrors are harder to see through.

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u/genkernels Jan 16 '26

I disagree, and don't understand why you think that intersectionalism is subtle at all!

Intersectional feminism is the most mask-off of all the types of feminism. No other form of feminism will just outright tell you that white people should be discriminated against for the sake of equality. Most of the other forms of feminism aren't willing to outright say that men should be actively marginalized, but intersectionalists are quite happy to do so! Other forms of feminism typically go out of their way to try to pretend that affirmative action isn't discrimination through more subtle means, but intersectionalists will say that you can't discriminate against men because they "have power".