Title: 5 Ways That Being Against Sexism Doesn't Mean You Hate Men - Everyday Feminism
Headings: 5 Ways That Being Against Sexism Doesn’t Mean You Hate Men
5 Ways That Being Against Sexism Doesn’t Mean You Hate Men
Myth #1: Calling Out Sexism Means You’re a Buzzkill
Myth #2: Being Angry About Sexism Means You Want to ‘Even the Score’ and Exact Revenge on Men
Funny how generalizations are only considered prejudice if they’re targeted at the majority.
Myth #3: Acknowledging Sexism Widens Gender Disparity
In their minds, only by ignoring gender can we achieve a truly egalitarian society.
Myth #4: Focusing on Sexism Ignores Men’s Issues
Myth #5: Taking Offense to Sexism Ignores the Rights Women Have Already Been Granted within Patriarchy
Women may manage to survive in a patriarchy, but it sure as hell doesn’t mean they’re thriving.
Your misogyny does not get a free pass just because you’re also a woman.

Content: Many of Young’s points are valid. Male survivors need to be treated with as much care and compassion and taken as seriously as female survivors, and in turn, female abusers and attackers should face the same consequences as their male counterparts. Feminism is about the equality of all genders, and conscious steps should be taken to actively include all genders. We need to acknowledge the various challenges faced by men, women, and non-binary individuals at the hands of patriarchy and the different contexts that influence those situations. Yet repeatedly insisting that failing to prioritize men effectively invalidates your entire perspective on sexism and feminism paradoxically proves why we need to battle sexism and advocate feminism in the first place: the belief and sense of entitlement that everything should be about men first and foremost, all the time! Am I saying that men can’t be feminists or be against sexism? Of course not! Male allies are crucial and much appreciated. Most men (and people in general) know that women-oriented spaces and discussions of sexism aren’t part of some secret coup to create a matriarchy.