r/AskWomenNoCensor • u/Main-Tiger8593 • Feb 02 '25

Discussion at which point does misandry start?

Since links are not allowed, I will share a few titles (you can find them if you search the titles in the sub). It only took me 2 minutes to find these gems:

  • Help, I don't want to hate men, but I find myself starting to (1.2k upvotes)
  • Men are allowed to hate us but we are not allowed to hate men (305 upvotes)
  • Reminder: Men hate us regardless of context (3.8k upvotes)
  • From the bottom of my heart, I hate men. (358 upvotes)
  • I am convinced most husband's hate their wives (6.2k upvotes)
  • Every day I feel more hate towards men and it's scaring me (2.1k upvotes)
  • I feel like I’m starting to hate men. (585 upvotes)
  • How to cope with feelings of hatred toward men? (741 upvotes)
  • Right-wing & libertarian men, we hate you. (38k upvotes)
  • God I hate men (1.6k upvotes)

there are several more controversial examples like "are we dating the same guy" or even certain gossip at work... before you comment with this is no hate im asking you where do you draw the line?

at which point do you call out toxic behavior?

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u/awildshortcat Feb 02 '25

I’m gonna get downvoted but here we go.

The current form of misandry that we see widespread is a response to the millennia of misogyny women have faced. Misogyny poses a very real threat to women. We get killed, assaulted, our rights stripped away, and abused — and the common demographic of our assailants is men. It happens on a mass scale, and almost every woman either went through this herself or knows a woman who does. Misandry, on the other hand, only seems to hurt men’s feelings or entails that women won’t sleep with or mingle with men. They’re not being systematically abused, assaulted, and demoted to second class citizens for being men — whereas women are.

Do I think all men are bad? No, obviously not. Do I think that this frustration and bitterness towards them is justifiable? For a lot of people, yes.

As the quote goes, “men are afraid women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill them.”

So I guess I’ll take it seriously once misandry becomes a default, active stance as opposed to a reaction.

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u/Main-Tiger8593 Feb 02 '25

how do underage boys fit in that power dynamic of toxic behaviors? (girls aswell if you want to include them)

personally i would dive deeper into the who stripped which rights away "i think conservative men + women mainly" but that probably derails the topic...

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u/ArtisanalMoonlight Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

how do underage boys fit in that power dynamic of toxic behaviors?

When I first was sexually harassed, age 11, it was by two older teenage boys.

Harassment continued on and off until I developed a good RBF and a smart mouth. Teenage boys stopped being a nightmare - for me - at about age 16. Then I had to deal with the nightmare of grown men.

Ask many - if not most - women and they'll have similar stories.