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In reply to the discussion: Hey "some" men of DU [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,816 posts)comment infused with righteous anger! It's been truly shocking to me, as a gal, the level of outright and blatant misogyny and sexism here the past few years and the numbers of men coming out openly against feminism, claiming that DV is as bad, if not worse, for men, that men have it worse because of false accusations, that all the privileges now go to women, etc., etc. Some openly call child support "male enslavement", claim women's very real fears of being raped or assaulted to be hysterical overreaction, etc., etc. I could go on and on. And all of that shit is allowed to stand by juries. They see nonexistent misandry EVERYWHERE, but, to them, there's no such thing as sexism and women have it made in the shade. They can say what they want about women and no one is allowed to challenge them and if they do then they must be a bitter feminazi. But let a poster here tell the truth about them and they're screaming misandry, misandry, alertalertalert. And I am fucking SICK TO DEATH of it. I've been on here for eleven years, and this place didn't used to be like this at all nor did it tolerate this bullshit.
And why is it that almost every single thread devoted to discussing some aspect of sexism is derailed by posters asking "what about this or that ism, that's just as important", such threads are almost NEVER allowed to fully and completely just discuss sexism. And anyone who complains about that is just a bitter, man-hating sexist who's out to get men. GAH.