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Sexism against males in its extreme form is known as misandry, which is derived from the Greek for "hatred of males". The view that women are superior to men is also sexism. Misandry has been referred to as "reverse sexism", however the term reverse sexism has been criticized for its assumption that sexism is usually, primarily, or initially, sexism against females. Androphobia refers to the fear of males or masculinity.
Christina Hoff Sommers and popular authors Nathanson and Young, have charged that the modern feminist movement has deviated from the original goals of feminism (creating equality for women) and have instead focused on the advancement of female power and dominance through suppressing men and spreading misandrist views about men.
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Does anyone else take notice of discrimination against males in our society? It was quite easy to see and notice for me, because while feminism is all well and good, to go to this extreme is just hypocrisy.
Some things I noticed:
Divorce: Child custody is a heated arguement of the
"Father's Rights Movement". It focuses on the issue of how the child is automatically given to the mother, regardless of whether the father has a higher income. They even give the child over when the mother is financially unstable. In fact, the only time they would give the child to it's father is if the mother was incarcerated or declared mentally unstable. It's quite ridiculous! The courts often refuse to consider joint parenting.
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..........They state that family courts are biased against fathers, and in favor of mothers, sole custody, and geographical/one-parent stability, in making custody decisions. They point to studies noting that women initiate at least two-thirds of divorce, with the claim that "automatic custody" for mothers is one of the reasons for this. They also state that family courts are slow to take effective measures to prevent interference with fathers' parenting time
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Rape: There is a great discrimination against men in this factor, seeing as it is "impossible" for a woman to rape a man. I'm disgusted.
Domestic Violence: Is always the man's fault.
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"As for physical injury due to intimate partner violence, it was more likely to occur when the violence was reciprocal than nonreciprocal. And while injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25 percent of the time) than were women (20 percent of the time). 'This is important as violence perpetrated by women is often seen as not serious,'
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Workplace: Sexism in the boardroom....
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They also assert sexual harassment policies are de facto directed against the male style of inappropriate sexual behaviour in the workplace, while ignoring the female style of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. Others assert that many sexual harassment laws restrict men's basic freedoms, and cause men to be constantly on edge[citation needed]. They express anger towards the fact that a man telling a joke or simply referring to a co-worker by a nickname is grounds for dismissal or lawsuits. Spain's recent 40% requirement on boardroom members has come under harsh criticism from the movement, in particular as it violates EU law which would make working for a company with 65% male board members illegal, while a company with 100% female board members would be acceptable under Zapatero's new law.
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What a
wonderful and
equal society we live in.
I'm well aware this would be considered borderline sexism on my part, but I'm tired of people seeing only one side of the story. People need to see and acknowledge both sides before we'll ever have an equal society.
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Originally Posted by Men's Rights Movement
-men forced to risk their lives in male-only conscripted military service
-claims by radical feminists that the majority of men have the potential to be rapists.
-portrayal of "violence against women" as more important than other forms of violence, including "violence against men" (e.g. "never hit a woman/girl, but it is acceptable for a woman to beat a man")
-depiction of violence against men as humorous, in the media (e.g., the movie I Love You to Death) and elsewhere (see Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!), when women are equally violent.
-assumption of female innocence or sympathy for women, which may result in problems such as disproportionate penalties for similar crimes, male victims charged in domestic violence cases, more boys killed by parents than girls and male rape victims by women.
-societal failure to address prison rape issues such as prevention (e.g., reducing prison crowding that requires sharing of cells), enforcement, and even correctional staff punishing prisoners by confining them with known rapists.
-Attention has been drawn to portrayals of male rape by women, or implied rape, as humorous (as seen in the Virgin Mobile adverts featuring Wyclef Jean) where portrayals of female rape could not acceptably be used in this fashion.
-male genital mutilation (circumcision) being socially accepted or even advocated as opposed to female genital mutilation
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