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Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Not having a care for man and misandry are completely different.
Misandry /mɪˈsændri/ is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).
[Are you kidding me? That's like saying she has the right to sue him if she does fall pregnant accidently!
Not at all! Do you have ANY IDEA how much the female body goes through and the last implications that can occur when a women goes through 9 months of pregnancy and labour!?
And im sure if women were forcing men to get vasectomies you'd have a problem with that? Yet you seem perfectly at ease for men to start dictating to women what's going on with their reproductive organs!
The entire idea that a man has legal rights over an unborn baby is ABSURD.
those in favour completely disregard the fact that the mother is a human being and she has rights over her own body.
Originally posted by Bluesma
Originally posted by SearchLightsInc
Yes well the reason they cant do that is because its wrong.
Men simply dont have rights on the abortion issue, that's not misandry, that's because 9 months of pregnancy involves the woman and not the man.
Men shouldnt be calling the shots if they aint carrying the baby.
It shouldnt even up for debate.
I disagree. My brother was engaged to be married, and he and his fiancée decided to get the baby started right away. At the last moment she got cold feet, called off the marriage and aborted the baby.
That is just BS. She had made a choice once, and if she changed her mind, then she could have given up custody and let him keep it. But the way we make men pay child support, holding them responsible for their choice of act, it is not fair that a woman is NOT responsible for her choices of act! If she chose to be pregnant, she should have to accept the responsibilities for that choice.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
reply to post by James1982
The only US shows that I have been known to watch are The Big Bang Theory, which contradicts your point somewhat...although, given, both sexes display their own brand of buffoonery...How I met your Mother...again, reasonably equal in it's own way...various Sci-Fi...good and strong with both sexes usually...
...so I am wondering, perhaps this is more to do with viewing choices, rather than a problem that exists across the board...
Originally posted by James1982
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
reply to post by James1982
The only US shows that I have been known to watch are The Big Bang Theory, which contradicts your point somewhat...although, given, both sexes display their own brand of buffoonery...How I met your Mother...again, reasonably equal in it's own way...various Sci-Fi...good and strong with both sexes usually...
...so I am wondering, perhaps this is more to do with viewing choices, rather than a problem that exists across the board...
I'm sure there are some exceptions but in general I think it's fairly accurate. On a show like big bang theory they all act ridiculous don't they?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by KilgoreTrout
I used sitcoms because they are the most blatant in their attempts at doing so, but it's frequent in many different programs. Even reality television seeks to skew the imagine of men. ( although it's done to women in this respect too, look at shows like Teen Mom for example, that's just exploitation.)
If you want a good idea of what feminism is turning into, go take a look at Jezebel and it's forums. Go look at the conversations where men attempted to bring up these subjects, you'll see the vitriol I'm talking about. It's also prevalent on Tumblr as well.
~Tenth
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Not having a care for man and misandry are completely different.
WHAT?
Misandry /mɪˈsændri/ is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).
en.wikipedia.org...
What would your definition be?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by MichaelPMaccabee
So which is it, there is systematic cultural misandry, or men and women are equally represented in both the public and private sectors and within those two areas men and women have certain (mostly archaic) laws skewed either in favor of or against a certain demographic of your choosing?
It's neither. The point I was making is that women don't have it as bad as the media claims they do in 1st world nations like ours. Things are quickly becoming very equal in employment, political influence and wages.
So the argument that men still control everything isn't really true now is it? Which is why it's not a good argument to use against the idea that Misandry exists in our culture and nobody wants to talk about it.
~Tenth
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Not having a care for man and misandry are completely different.
WHAT?
Misandry /mɪˈsændri/ is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).
en.wikipedia.org...
What would your definition be?
I notice that the definition that you have cited doesn't include apathy, which is what "not having a care" means.
Men control the media.
The heads of almost every media conglomerate are male.
Men control politics.
The vast majority of seats of political power in the United States are held by a males.
If sexism isn't the reason for this bias in a society that is roughly 50-50 male to female, then what accounts for these discrepancies?