Ask Men on Yik Yak | yeah so do most men really think if a women says she's a feminist they assume she hates men?? like that kinda makes a lot of sense. i don't understand why more men especially young men don't choose to educate themselves and just make that assumption

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Ask Men 12w

yeah so do most men really think if a women says she's a feminist they assume she hates men?? like that kinda makes a lot of sense. i don't understand why more men especially young men don't choose to educate themselves and just make that assumption

Anonymous 12w

It’s the narrative that’s been pushed. In recent times feminists == women that hate men, so it’s natural for a person to assume that.

Anonymous 12w

Not saying it's causation, but there's a strong correlation.

Anonymous 12w

I mean the media certainly portrays that narrative, but like, if you look forward, and not down at a 45° angle, then it's obvious that feminist women just want to be treated like human beings, at the bare minimum. (i.e. if you think all feminists hate men then go touch some grass)

Anonymous 12w

It’s not an assumption. It is a conclusion we have made off of personal experience with “feminists”. Online feminism can be defined as whatever it wants to be but from personal experience feminist are all men haters. An article could say lemons are sweet but if you take a bite of one you will see otherwise. Are you gonna trust the article or personal experience?

Anonymous 12w

Honestly, I don’t know how it would come up in a way that doesn’t lead to further clarification anyway, and I would know if she hates men or not based on how we interact and if she says misandric things. If anyone, man or woman, tells me “I’m a feminist” and leaves it there, I’m going to be more confused why they said that without a follow up than anything else.

Anonymous

#1 12w

See but time and time again i've been told to not make assumptions about men and that not all men are dangerous or bad or predatory, and that things i see im the news/online aren't representative of all men. So why isn't that logic applied when it comes to feminist?

Anonymous

OP 12w

Probably because feminism is a belief system and “man” is just something you’re born as. Not that assumptions should automatically be made about either group, but they are very different categories

Anonymous

#5 12w

I would proceed to fact check the article, because that's not how you properly educate yourself about something. If you read one article and don't do follow up research and believe it wholeheartedly then that's a lack of critical thinking and research skills. Besides, things like taste are subjective. Yes, lemons are widely considered to be sour, but there r probably some people out there who might consider them sweet, due to their personal experiences.

Anonymous

OP 12w

I fact check what feminism claims to be with personal experience and they don’t line up.

Anonymous

#5 12w

i'm sorry you've had bad personal experiences with feminists but those weren't feminists. they were radicalist. just like how incels are a small minority of men who are involuntarily celibate that hate women. i would be wrong to make the assumption that all men who happen to be involuntarily celibate also hates women.

Anonymous

#4 12w

It appears that way, because the "I hate men" feminists are a lot more vocal, and stand out to us bc they piss us off more

Anonymous

#2 12w

My question is why these women are put on pedestals to represent the feminist movement?

Anonymous

#2 12w

they don't represent the entire movement though, just like how one creepy perverse man doesn't represent majority of men.

Anonymous

OP 12w

It's an organization with the perception of the inmates running the asylum. I will continue to "be feminist" without ever associating with or supporting the organization.

Anonymous

#4 12w

So you are a feminist then? You can't say you will continue to support a movement and then say you won't support a movement. It's not an organization. You're making such vauge assumptions about modern feminism as whole which shows me that you are undereducated about it. Especially if you truly believe the radical feminist are the ones at the top. Are you like referring to someone specific who claims to be a feminist?