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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)There aren't many of them, but they tend to be vocal. It's the same half-dozen posters who always pop up in any thread on certain topics to make whining noises about "butbut there are more men in prison than women! And there are more women getting college degrees! And men have a higher suicide rate! Therefore all of these womens' issues you're talking about are totally irrelevant! What about the men?" Or else they're announcing that "misogyny only means 'hatred of women' so stop using it to refer to sexism and cultural prejudice" without actually addressing those issues at all. Or they're referring to any discussion of cultural issues that affect women more than men as "gender wars" and blaming it on those nasty feminists stirring things up by daring to have an opinion that isn't "why, yes, thanks, I love being sexually objectified. Please, leer at me and tell me how much you like my tits".