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In reply to the discussion: Do you think that feminists [View all]Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Ignoring the handful of people who would fit the description in your first line because I'm guessing that you do not intend to suggest that those are commonly held opinions, just the most extreme examples of notions that are threatening to men.
The other two do not express a hatred for men. The first, saying that men can not be feminists comes from a fear that men will take over and frame the debate. There are historical reasons for this fear. That said, among feminists it's view as a difference of opinion. Some of us accept men who self-identify as feminist. Others prefer that sympathetic men use the term 'ally' instead. In neither case is there man hatred the undercurrent.
As for "mansplaining," the term may be off-putting but the phenomenon is very real. The presumption of one group that they are inherently smarter and better educated than members of another group because of an immutable trait like gender, race, etc. is a common form of bigotry.