The 10 Dumbest Myths About Feminism, Debunked

[KamaAina]

http://mic.com/articles/96292/let-s-debunk-the-10-myths-about-feminism-everyone-still-can-t-seem-to-stop-telling

1. Feminists hate men.

This may be the most persistent myth of them all. Faulty logic dictates that because feminists are active and engaged in making the world equal for everyone, they want to do so at the expense of men.

This is just not true. The fight for equal rights isn't about the hatred of men, it's about fairness and equity for everyone.

If anything, the feminist critique of unhealthy masculinity drives this "you just hate men" narrative. Feminists want to put an end to catcalling, harassment and abuse of women. But if the vast majority of abuse of all people, including that of women, is at the hands of men, are you a raging man-hater for pointing that out? Of course not.

Feminists don't hate men, feminists hate sexism and the patriarchy. As bell hooks wrote in Feminism Is for Everybody: "Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media."

[AverageJoe90]

1. Good one. Though I would add one more:

11. "Every feminist believes that all "white" "cis" men(or even women, too) are literally granted collective tangible "privileges", and that all "white" people are at fault for racism, all men are at fault for sexism/misogyny, etc.." - When in reality, people like Mikki Kendall, Flavia Dzodan, and Suey Park(or the proprietor of Gradient Lair, who is particularly unlikeable) are very much in the minority in the movement. So as with all the others, this stereotype of recent vintage isn't just damaging, but it's also demeaning as well, particularly to those feminists of both genders and all ethnicities & cultures, etc., who've worked so hard over the years to advance the rights of not just women, but people as a whole(and no doubt that conservative reactionaries the world over are actively trying to turn this against us).

[niyad]

2. have just read some of the comments. . why am I not surprised?

[BainsBane]

3. K & R

[IronLionZion]

4. I heard feminists sacrifice kittens as part of their witchcraft rituals

but first they secretly castrate random men and forcibly reverse gender roles. Watch out for that, it will happen when you least expect.



Seriously, there are all types of feminists because there are all types of people. I'm sure most of them are decent people, but some are not. That's human nature.

[nomorenomore08]

5. Quite a bit of "hysteria" on this subject over at Discussionist...

[KamaAina]

6. Really? Who would have thought?

[nomorenomore08]

7. I've been disappointed, though not exactly shocked, to see that site essentially become FR Jr. n/t