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: For the time that they spend advocating for their own rights, women arguably spend twice as much time reassuring men. This frequently results in the entire conversation being monopolized by male oppression, as opposed to focusing on women’s oppression. Often times, these dialogues are mandatory before an earnest discussion of sexism can even begin. A recent example involves the #HeForShe campaign catalyzed by Emma Watson’s UN speech advocating feminism. Cathy Young criticizes the movement and chastises Watson for asking men to join the feminist cause while simultaneously omitting double standards against men, such as the stigma against male survivors of rape and domestic abuse. 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: