I haven't noticed a prevalence of that there. Checking it just now I can't find a single example of misandry. Maybe you are just misreading the vibe.
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Speaking as a man: Stop white knighting my gender.
We don't need your protection or worry.
Women making jokes on our expense does not hurt us.
maybe post some examples of what you find distasteful, OP?
I checked out their feed since I figured I must have missed a big burst of bad content, but I don't see anything misandrist. I see a few posts critical of certain men, but even that's the minority of content.
Even going through comments I see only a healthy amount of misandry. I don't see any organizing of violence against all men, or even normalizing of it.
If you're feeling triggered by the things you see in a space meant for an oppressed class to vent then I think you're just too sensitive.
it is a class struggle, not a gendered one. I hope you guys realize that.
Hey OP, just wanted to pop in to see how your attempt to garner support for your shitass take on an online space that isn’t meant for you was going.
looks around
Yup. Pretty much what I thought.
leaves
But do I tag this user as "troll" or "misogynist"?
I'm not a woman and it's none of my business what happens on womanstuff so I blocked it.
Yeah talking about what we would pair with a sweater or talking about our Monday motivations or supporting DKP’s garden adventures is total misandry. You got us.
Fuck yeah! I appreciate all the gardening support!! 💚
I hope you post more pics soon! The weather has turned gorgeous where I am, I hope your plants are enjoying it too :)
no, bigotry against an entire gender, aka Sexism.
the space itself existing is great, a woman only community.
But the discussions that go on there arent.
Have you seen Lemmy at large? The amount of misogyny that’s laid bare doesn’t bother you, but a couple of shitposts from women make you concerned?
it does.
all types of bigotry bother me.
please dont engage in whataboutism
Nah, I don’t play with men who won’t police other men, but will attack women for the “same” shit.
Stay in your lane.
I will police other men.
If you don't identify as a woman, it doesn't matter whatever the fuck is going on in there because it clearly says it's not about you.
Until they start brigading other communities I see no reason why men should even care, let alone actively engage.
Seriously. I saw that it was a space for women, and since I'm not a woman I blocked the community so I don't accidentally comment in a community where I'm not wanted. If the ladies need a space to vent, there's nothing wrong with that.
First let me start by saying that I don't think this is the case for this community because the "examples" of misandry OP shared are clearly not misandryc, but:
If you don't identify as a woman, it doesn't matter whatever the fuck is going on in there because it clearly says it's not about you.
That's a problematic logic, imagine a community of white supremacists saying "If you're not white it doesn't matter what we do here, because it's clearly not about you" and you'll understand why.
You should chime in on the ASK thread I posted earlier today, I'd be curious to hear your opinion.
Unless you're in the intended audience for the community, you should probably block it, so that it's kept out of your mind
I came to say I never see anything from it but its possiblie I blocked it. I block communities where I don't really fit who is trying to hang out together. Basically I try to treat every community like its an in person club. If what it says on the sidebar would have me not going to it then I block it so im not peanut gallerying it to much. That being said I have not blocked like country specific ones because I kinda want to get the perspective but if I comment I try to put something to let them know im not from thier country or such.
This is an interesting take to me. I'll preface by saying that I browse 'All', so my feed is almost wholly uncurated, and you guys might browse a lot differently than I do.
Still, why block a community just because it's not designed specifically for you? It doesn't hurt anyone to view their posts and womensstuff does have good content that provides perspective on their opinions and struggles. I feel like that's good information no matter your gender.
That being said, I don't usually post in those communities, but I don't see the problem with it as long as it's respectful and considerate.
oh its exactly because I browse all. Its just a form of curations. Again I treat it like an in person group. If a group was about women getting together to talk about womens things it kinda suggests its to do it without men. I would not be going to such a group so no reason to have it in my feed. The women in the community will likely mentions stuff from their group in other settings. Thats basically how it works in the real world. I may not go to the club but some girl I know may go or someone may know someone who does and anything interesting gets around. A lot depends on how the right side reads. If it sounds like its for a particular set of folks to get together and im not one of the particular set then I don't want to intrude.
I won't defend the OP because he's surely just an embarrassing attention seeker, but in return I'll say that you can't really say that there isn't misandry out there, especially on the leftist side of Lemmy, just as you can't say that there isn't a black swan out there (i.e. the induction problem), and in fact there are a lot of misandric women, and you can't just rationalize it as a "valid reaction to centuries of oppression" because it's a genetic fallacy. (where someone is held responsible for something they were not involved in because they were born much later, just because they are a descendant of that group).
Misandry does not exist.
Louder for the back!
Misandry isn’t the reverse of misogyny. There’s no anti-men power structures being kept in place by women, there isn’t women-dominated governments stripping men of their rights, there’s no systemic violence against men perpetuated by women in power.
There are certainly individuals that hate men, but misandry simply doesn’t exist the same way misogyny does.
Thank you for your comment.
You've mistaken misogyny/misandry with patriarcy/matriarchy.
Misandry is by definition the hatred of, distrust of, or prejudice against men, as misogyny is the same against women.
You’ve mistaken institutional sexism with individual sexism.
As I said previously, individuals can be misandrist.
misandry isnt the reverse of misogyny
Except it is
"Doesn't exist" is a weird way of saying "it's not as prevalent as the other thing".
Lorena and Aileen. 💜 Yeah. I'm that individual.
To be precise, misandry exists, but it doesn't have the same societal support that mysogyny does. Both exist, but one has a noticeable effect in the broader world where as the other mostly has effects only in limited spaces where the individual has enough control to override the default power imbalance.
You do not exist.
Wake up.
why would you expect it to be any different?
most single gender spaces end up that way.
Same thing with male only spaces. They wouldn't hang out there if they weren't sexist.
Just remember that everyone on the internet is a robot trying to piss you off in order to siphon your vital essence


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