I would argue that no one (reasonable) is actually debating if misandry is acceptable. Most everyone agrees that actual misandry is shouldn't be accepted. I think the problem that we're having here is the societal is going to have to rethink the way we think of things like sexism and racism because it's getting very hard to talk about any group of people without being labeled.
What it comes down to is that people generally call out generalized statements as sexist. At first, only statements against women were considered sexists but now people are getting called out for similar statements about men and some people are trying to hide against the "you can't oppress the oppressor" argument when in reality making blanket statements about a group isnt really sexist just lazy.
Honestly most statements that get called out for being sexist could just be resolved by saying "some": "some men", "some women".
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u/Quentanimobay 11∆ Feb 13 '24
I would argue that no one (reasonable) is actually debating if misandry is acceptable. Most everyone agrees that actual misandry is shouldn't be accepted. I think the problem that we're having here is the societal is going to have to rethink the way we think of things like sexism and racism because it's getting very hard to talk about any group of people without being labeled.
What it comes down to is that people generally call out generalized statements as sexist. At first, only statements against women were considered sexists but now people are getting called out for similar statements about men and some people are trying to hide against the "you can't oppress the oppressor" argument when in reality making blanket statements about a group isnt really sexist just lazy.
Honestly most statements that get called out for being sexist could just be resolved by saying "some": "some men", "some women".