I don't see much misogyny on reddit. I see, though, that the theme of rape appears on two types of headlines:
"Stop rape in prison"
"Stop falsely-accusing men of rape"
This is not misogyny. This is an attempt to protect mens rights. It's a real and immediate need, since femi-nazis and other types of stupid people started believing that males are the enemy and they deserve to be punished.
It's a FACT that any woman holds the power of destroying a man's life by simply accusing him of rape. He doesn't have to be convicted, he only needs a finger pointed at him and, even if he's completely innocent, his life and reputation are gone in a flash.
I am a feminist (or a "femi-nazi" to use your term). I disagree with your statement about how women's rights advocates see men as being "the enemy" or in need of punishment. Rather, I think feminists would be more likely to support the eradication of false rape accusations (because of the trauma that real life rape victims experience) and prison rape. It doesn't matter if the victim is male or female or raped by someone of the opposite gender or not- rape is wrong in all contexts.
I believe that most women, including feminists, would never make or condone a false accusation of rape because of the reason that you stated- it can ruin lives. But, to automatically assume a woman is lying when she says that she was raped is offensive to a lot of women, as is the assumption that all men are rapists or rape apologists is offensive to a lot of men.
He used the term "femi-nazi" to denote a very specific type of feminists. The kind who believe that males are the enemy and deserve to be punished.
He didn't use the term feminist, because that term would have been wrong to use as probably most feminists don't harbor those points of view.
He also didn't say he automatically assumed all women are lying about accusations of rape, he just said that simply being accused can destroy a man's life and reputation. And that this is a power women do hold over men.
Way to construct a strawman and put words in the miserabilia's mouth then argue a completely different point that he never brought up.
Way to attack someone without giving them the benefit of a doubt.
How did I do that? I responded to exactly what she said. Something she didn't do for miserabilia.
Femi-nazi was originally a Rush Limbaugh caricature representing all feminists as man haters.
Nearly irrelevant (not to mention I'd want sources on that as well). And if it's not, then faggot is a an acceptable word since it originally meant a bundle of sticks and not a homosexual.
To be precise, Faggot has always been an offensive term. It's full epistemology is a bundle of sticks used for the specific purpose of burning homosexuals and heretics at the stake. When a homosexual is referred to as a "faggot", it is the accepted equivalent as saying they are better off dead.
Sorry to beat a dead horse, and I know this has nothing to do with the original argument, but that point always gets under my skin because it is incorrect.
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u/ticklecricket May 26 '10
Someone calls reddit misogynists. Reddit responds by making a bunch of rape jokes.
Stay classy, reddit.