Lately I have been bombarded with comments and articles clearly pointing out that feminists are nothing short of ugly, hairy man-haters. As the term man-hater is something that gets thrown around constantly in anti-feminist circles, I want to find out what does the term man-hater acutely mean.
To get a definition of the term man-hater we must remember that we are living in a male dominated world by which everything is defined in terms of male supremacy and privilege.
Therefore an attack on male supremacy would already start pushing you in the direction of being a man-hater. Male supremacy delights itself in the likes of rape, porn, prostitution, violence, greed etc. Therefore if a feminist protests rape or porn, she is seen as someone who is attacking the ideals of male supremacy and is therefore branded a man-hater.
The term man-hating is not something new, it has been around for many, many years. When female suffragettes where demanding the right to vote, ugly, hairy man-haters where quite common words to be heard in the sentences and as stand-alone words of many a male.
Today very little has changed, as soon as a woman or girl dares to stand-up to sexism, racism or to even try and suggest that girls and women have rights they are branded man-haters.
In my personal experience I have found many men who use the term man-hater to often associate themselves with the likes of men's and/or fathers rights.
Most MRAs and fathers rights activists are strait white males who have the greatest power and privilege under male supremacy. I guess these privileged assholes resent feminists attacking their special privileges as these privileges keep women and girls in servitude to the mighty white male.
If opposing rape, porn, prostitution, male on female violence, sexism, racism, homophobia etc etc makes a feminist a man-hater, then not only am I a man-hater but also proud to be one.
If you are a feminist and you get accused of being a man-hater by the oppressor it means you are doing a good job. So next time you get called a man-hater or any other nasty term like femiNAZI be proud of it and let it spur you on to become an even more radical man-hater.
Well said Christina - and in fact those men and women too who claim feminists are 'man-haters' are in fact demonstrating they are all misogynists who hate/or hold women in contempt.
ReplyDeleteRemember everyone the epitome of human is always male and for women to even dare to criticise men and their attitudes is supposedly engaging in 'man-hating!' Which proves for the umpteenth time male supremacy is and always has been illogical since it is incapable of rational thought.
Thanks for your comment Jennifer. Not only is male supremacy illogical but it is also illegal and should be destroyed. (How male supremacy could be considered legal is in itself illogical)
ReplyDeleteSadly many feminists set-out to become outspoken critics of male supremacy but end-up folding under the pressure of constantly being called man-haters. Many feminists also end-up spending far too much of their valuable time trying to justify themselves against their accusers as opposed to actually achieving something worthwhile for women and girls.
Feminists must stop always feeling the need to justify themselves and stay focused on their objectives to liberate women and girls from male supremacy.