You might know me from others gems such as “would you rather leave your baby with a bear or a woman?”. That post was inspired by ANOTHER post asking the same, but with men.

Now it’s time I get at what I was actually thinking about:

Are men who experience sexism valid?

Is “I hate men” sexist? I’ve heard it argued that that statement isn’t sexist, for two reasons. One reason I’ve heard a lot is that you can’t be sexist against men cause men don’t otherwise face any impacts from sexism. The other argument is of course that the statement doesn’t necessarily include “All” men, and therefore is not sexist.

I was raised by an intensely misandrist mother who couldn’t stand even speaking to a man after my father left her for his boyfriend, so I’ll admit, I’m probably biased here. I went through a lot.

But I’ve had that used against me too, for example, I’ve been told that the only reason that misandrist “jokes” hurt me is because of the abuse I went through, and that otherwise they’re totally fine.

I just wish people would reverse their statements and analyze them before they post them. Maybe then you could recognize your biases before going out and gibbering some seriously hateful, hurtful shit.