• canofcam@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I would disagree that the people you are talking about are actually progressive. This narrative that men are oppressed / have it hardest usually comes from a right wing background.

    “Misandry” and “Androphobia” do exist. But the problem they pose to society is questionable. There are many reasons why somebody would be androphobic and if a woman crossed the street because I was walking toward them I would not feel embarrassed or upset, I would understand.

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      1 day ago

      You’re right . They aren’t . But they think they are

      But no (misandry|androphobia) don’t exist bcus men don’t face oppression for being men , women expressing “androphobia” really just reaction to misogyny . To say otherwise legitimises “reverse oppression” , to that I say no !

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        12 hours ago

        Misandry and Androphobia do not require ‘oppression’ to exist, in the same way that a man being eaten by a shark is still being eaten by a shark despite not being oppressed.

        You can still be racist against ‘oppressors’ – you might have more of a reason for doing it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not racist.

        Misandry means you dislike men for simply being men – not that men are oppressed.

        Androphobia means you are afraid of men simply because they are men – not that men are oppressed.