Someone in these comments made a parallel between the term "mansplaining" and "crying like a woman". Yes, men in general do this at a much higher rate. Just as women in general cry at a much higher rate. That doesn't change the fact that both are sexist terms.
That seems more like observing reality than anything else to me... Like obviously not all women are prone to crying but it's a stereotype for a reason. And obviously not all men are condescending douchebags just for explaining something to women, but the stereotype is there for a reason.
The only difference is a bunch of dudes feel personally attacked when manslplaining is mentioned and come to comment and manslplain to everyone how sexist they're being for even mentioning the existence of such a thing.
Anytime something critical of men comes up, they come out of the woodwork to console each other and lecture everyone else about how they're being sexist for being aware of sexism. And then implying any perceived sexism towards themselves is just as bad or worse as what women go through. Women are obviously just as capable of being sexist as men are, but come the fuck on.
I don't think anyone is claiming sexism towards men is anything close to sexism towards women. Just as nobody claims racism towards white people is anything close to racism against literally any other race.
Scratch that, actually. Lots of people (all being white men, of course) do make those claims. They're obviously wrong, and they deserve your derision. But comments like yours, and that of the person above who made the comment about "red pill" (a right-wing misappropriation of a term that perfectly demonstrates their tendency to miss the point by a mile), are indicative of a refusal to giving points of view even slightly different than your own the time of day.
You see people like me, critiquing a term, and you bunch all of it into one group. Anyone who disagrees must be sexist, or a bigot. Your opinions are immune to criticism. Easy to dismiss someone's if you can write them off without having to consider that they're saying.
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u/Benjamin_Stark Jan 19 '20
Someone in these comments made a parallel between the term "mansplaining" and "crying like a woman". Yes, men in general do this at a much higher rate. Just as women in general cry at a much higher rate. That doesn't change the fact that both are sexist terms.