Sam's Groove :
While I personally agree that in the long run, reacting with kindness would be more conducive to a better outcome faster, I do believe misandry is the very real exhaustion of women who have had to "react well" all of their lives (and also historically, for thousands of years). I think there is a real pressure felt among women to just "move on" from their pain and find their own peace while living in fear of discrimination or SA and they finally put their foot down. All of my female friends have been SA'ed or harassed at least once in their lives. For me to tell them "hey, hate doesn't kill hate, you should react with mindfulness" would be to tell them to kill off a part of themselves—their anger at the injustice they suffered, the part of themselves thinking "it's still ME who has to do the work of considering the feelings of the ones who scarred me?". I believe, to a certain extent, to say they shouldn't hate men because it's male centered would feel to people who are still affected by these things every single day to just "get over it". It is VERY SAD that the people in these comments miss this very point and think misandry is just as bad as misogyny. But I digress—my point to all this was to say: putting the blame of men's red pill movement on the rise of misandry is the least empathetic option. But if empathy is irrelevant to you, then consider how it's taking away men's responsibility for their own thoughts. As if it's assuming men are stupid and just reacting to insults, as if they cannot comprehend the very real issues women face. They're responsible for understanding the context in which they were brought up and the privileges they enjoy (just like white people should in the problem of racism, or a rich person in this poverty stricken world). I personally think there is a distinction between a person who happens to be male and the institute of "man", the way society brings up children with this identity—the toxic masculinity that's become a stereotype but also so engrained in our society that we have to actively unlearn it. Therefore, when I say "I hate men", my male friends know I'm not talking about them, but the "man" society encourages them to be.
2026-07-29 12:46:13