N.B. misandry is not real because men are not systemically oppressed (uninternalize your reddit MRA today: men suffer some drawbacks under the patriarchy but ultimately still maintain it due to the large amount of privileges they receive under it!)
N.B. misandry is not real because men are not systemically oppressed (uninternalize your reddit MRA today: men suffer some drawbacks under the patriarchy but ultimately still maintain it due to the large amount of privileges they receive under it!)
I think this line of reasoning implies that 'reverse racism' does actually exist, which I think is a pretty unserious notion.
A recent had some commentary on antisemitism that highlights an issue with defining racism as prejudice plus institutional power:
It's a better take to define racism as most people do -- prejudice based on racial animus -- then analyze how institutional power is used to insulate white people from harm while magnifying the harm racism does to people of color.
Sounds to me like they're trying to draw a distinction between situational prejudice and systemic prejudice, and yeah situational prejudice that hurts feelings is a very lesser beast compared to its systemic counterpart
This is actually an excellent parallel because the only situation I can think of where “reverse racism” is even remotely a systemic thing (minorities who are harmed by white supremacy but are accused of being too white) is actually just racism, and the only situation where misandry is even remotely a systemic thing (trans women who are accused of faking it because “there is no such thing as trans women because gender essentialism and men bad”) is actually just misogyny
Edit: also people who hate white people absolutely do exist, they’re just awesome and cool. People who hate men also exist and they tend to be cool too if they aren’t weird about it.