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: Notice that by taking offense to sexism, you’re accused of laying the groundwork for a society that’s perilous for men and also looks a lot like the everyday realities faced by women. The threat of women’s anger is emphasized for a reason. Anger is volatile and unstable. Anger is impulsive and can’t be trusted. That means the only thing that you can do to protect men’s well-being is to be the opposite of angry. You should be happy and polite and passive! All of this conveniently circles back to women conforming to men’s expectations, which sounds a lot like – you guessed it – sexism. Shockingly, women actually do have the capacity to reason. They can distinguish between an individual and the systematic power structure that’s been privileging men for centuries. A woman isn’t going to attack a man on the street because she blames him for the last 400 years of oppression.