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If you're encountering this and can link to a thread where it happened to you, that might help some of us understand is going on. Maybe it's a matter of interaction style, background beliefs, or topic areas or user cultures that you get involved with. I'm mostly in nerdy areas where it hasn't been much of an issue, or alternatively, it's an issue that I'm too oblivious to notice.
It makes me realize what kind of world I live in. I keep my walls up.
it’s tough being a white man in America these days.
In all seriousness the deck is so stacked in my favor that the small amount of misandry there may be wouldn’t bother me at all. Generally the only way I’m underprivileged (adhd) is largely hidden. I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered misandry in real life. Online I’ve come across it occasionally, but it tends to be in niche communities I’m not a part of that I’ve stumbled on. And honestly there is so much misogyny that pervades our society that I’m inclined to give them a bit of a pass.
This may be a boring answer but I don't deal with it simply because I'm not drawn to online spaces where it occurs. I don't know what I would do if I did experience misandry. Leave? Engaging probably wouldn't help.
I deal with it with grace, understanding, and compassion. I'm gay, but as a white cis man I still have obscene amounts of privilege. I feel a bit like a double agent. I'm a minority, but as I move through the world I am afforded all of the privilege that patriarchy can offer. And I can say with full confidence, the misandry I encounter pales in comparison to the homophobia I encounter. This goes for online as well as irl. And "pales in comparison" is inadequate. It's so not even on the same playing field. They are not even comparable. I get it. It's rougher to be a straight man than it's ever been. I routinely get "mistreated" because I'm a bearded white guy who looks like Steve from Minnesota. But having a woman be less polite to me now and then is nowhere near what I go through as a queer. Especially growing up. I used to pray every night for god to kill me. Because I am queer. Not because I am a man. And I've tried to explain this to my brothers, and they don't get it and can't help but feel like the victim in all of this. And I bet you will align with them. But hopefully someone reading this will hear it. Yes, you are struggling. But fucking cope. Cope. Sharpen your coping skills. Because you have still been spared in a way you can't even comprehend.
I think it does, especially when it's by people who like to pretend they do it for some kind of equality. Have been thinking about quitting social media for a while, I generally don't like the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) hatred towards men.
On one hand it makes you feel sorry for the women of the past who went through this for much longer than we have (and in many more parts of life than I did), on the other hand fuck the misandrists, I never discriminated against women, not sure why I should be called out for what rich and powerful did.
And there's one last thing that kinda scares me, the young teen men look so depressed nowadays, I honestly wouldn't want to be a teen these days. I think my teens were at the best possible time (at least when it comes to this, not such a great time if you ever dreamed of owning a house) - we were taught to treat women as equals but no one made us a public enemy on social media for being men.
What do you mean by "misandry"?
If you mean "women venting about their experiences in a male-dominated world", then I don't give a shit. I just try not to be the reason they're complaining.
If you mean unrealistic emotional expectations for men, like we're not allowed to cry or be sensitive or feel any emotion but anger, it frustrates me. I don't really know how to handle it.
Not the first one.
I wasn't thinking the second but that would be an example. I would say conversations with men over this topic is a lot easier than you would expect. There is support there. Bringing up with women who want a men to not cry or be sensitive can be difficult.
I'd refer to "toxic masculinity" or "the manosphere" if that's what you meant.
I don’t have to interact with them. I kinda move on to more important things, like arguing about video games.
I completely ignore it and it doesn't affect me one bit.
Maybe I'm too laid back to notice, but I've never seen anyone hate men just because they're male. So much so, that in order to answer this question I had to google what "misandry" meant. I had no clue what the hell you were even asking.
Is this seriously a thing? Am I in a bubble isolated from this? Or are you in a bubble where non-issues are issues for you? Genuinely asking.
The highest frequency I see of it is when issues are discarded when it is an issue with men. Be it homelessness, suicide, job inequality, domestic violence or any other issue. But not for women. It seems men are worthless in a lot of people's eyes because they aren't women.
Or equally men are responsible for all the bad things in the world because simply they are men and men are responsible. For example a common issue is when men say they open up to a woman and that women used that to attack them. Then someone might say this is the patriarchy and toxic masculinity in action and men need to sort it out. Even though the man has done absolutely nothing wrong only the woman. Deflecting any responsibly from women doing something they shouldn't have.
The inequality of responses from those being harmed, or undervalued and those responsible for the negativity seems at times strongly dependant on if it is a man or a women.
At least that is what I have seen mostly. But I'm more curious about others.
Oh, when you put it like that, I filed that under "people are people" catagory in my head long ago.
See, as a guy, we're expected to uphold a certain silence of our emotions. If we're sad at a funeral, we're expected not to cry. If we're worried, we're expected to suck it up. If we're frustrated we're expected to get over it.
And women will say "oh, guys just don't have any connection to their feelings". Except, it's not all women. Thats what I mean by people are people. Each individual person has a certain unique viewpoint, and it's defined by personal experiences. Which means every single one is different, but in groups they may share certain opinions.
The confusing part is when women tell you that you need to open up and express your feelings. Because roughly half genuinely mean it. Half of them want you to explore your emotions. But half of them SAY they want that.....until you do it. Then they just say you're supposed to be a MAN and bottle this all up. Despite 20 minutes earlier begging for us to let them in.
And as a man, you don't know which one you're talking to. DOES she genuinely want to hear your dreams, and problems in life? Or does she just want to mock you for (insert whatever trauma you've had here).
Every individual person sees life through their own lenses, and the vast majority cannot fathom the concept that their views are not the "correct views". That there are no "correct views". There are only "compatible views".
Me personally, I need a woman who's more traditional in some views, but more open to other views. That doesn't mean someone who wants an open relationship is a bad person. It just means they're not compatible with me. I want monogomy. But I've seen both men and women look at an incompatible person and deem them to be a bad person, or immoral. I just see them as different people. Two people who want open relationship? Thats fine. You both consented. The only people I think are bad people are those who put their own views in front of others, and demand the whole world revolve around those views. And unfortunately that feels like it's the vast majority of people.
So I just crack a beer, file it away as "people are going to be people" and forget the whole thing.
I’ve never seen anyone hate men just because they’re male
I've almost never actually seen it, but it's BAD when it does appear. Had one boss tell me straight to my face that I was going to be useless because I was a man. She did all sorts of really petty stuff, like removing the clock from the break room and chewing me out for being ~30 seconds late coming back from break. Lost that job in less than a week when she literally lied to the manager that I never showed up for a shift. I could have easily fought and won for the job back, but I just didn't care at all and spent my effort on more fruitful things.
Fuck fighting to get a job back. You probably could have sued her for MONEY!
Unfortunately there are certain niches on tiktok... Depending where the algorithm throws you
There are niches for everything on tiktok. Best way to deal with them is to not engage.
Oh, I'm ABSOLUTELY in a bubble away from tiktok.
You know how a broken clock is right twice a day? Well, trump actually got tiktok right the FIRST time he had an opinion on it, in 2016, and surprisingly enough for the right reason.
It IS a Chinese espionage tool. It always has been. Both against their own citizens, and against other nations userbase.
I just want to make clear two things.
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I'm NOT a trump supporter. He just happened to be right on this one issue in 2016. It's one of those times where I was like "Wait.....really? I'm agreeing with trump??? That can't be right.....no, it checks out. He's making rational points......are we SURE this is trump??? The orange cheeto man? The grease pizza slut? That guy is.....alright. Feels weird agreeing with trump on something...."
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He's since reversed his stance, and gotten his own tiktok once he realized he could game the system. So, suddenly he's pro-tiktok. Which is somehow better for me personally. I can keep my position, and not feel dirty for being on trumps side. I have spent all of 0 minutes on tiktok.
Not sure if I know what the term means and if I ever experienced it.
It's sexism/gender-specific hatred towards men, where misogyny would be the same toward women.