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Feminists hate men

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GirlWithTheLionHeart · 24/07/2016 21:04

What's your reply to this? I need something good to come back with for future reference.

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PinkyPlumet · 24/07/2016 22:22

Marmalade can I ask why? Not trying to be twatty, I'm genuinely curious!

Marmalade85 · 24/07/2016 22:19

I am a feminist and I hate men but I by no means represent all feminists.

PinkyPlumet · 24/07/2016 22:18

I Would say feminists don't hate men, they envy them....Well I certainly do anyway!

TheDowagerCuntess · 24/07/2016 22:10

The Mrs Banks quote is perfect - feminists tend to look at the bigger picture, and this sums it up.

Personally, I dislike men who are arseholes.

I don't have any arsehole men in my life. However, I do read about A LOT of them - on here, in the news, committing acts of terrorism, accepting the Republican Party nomination, being appointed Foreign Secretary, etc, etc. So although my personal experience of men is mostly overwhelmingly positive, there are undeniably, a significant number of arseholes wandering about.

So, when someone says that feminists hate men, my reaction is to think that person thinks all men are arseholes, and therefore has a low opinion of men. Not feminists...

VashtaNerada · 24/07/2016 22:10

Agree with Jacquetta, I would just look surprised and say "That's an odd thing to say - why would you think that?"

GirlSailor · 24/07/2016 22:08

I told you someone sensible would be along.

JacquettaWoodville · 24/07/2016 21:58

"What makes you think that?" would be my answer

GirlSailor · 24/07/2016 21:49

That's funny, that's why I like it! I always took it as a knowing joke.

iisme · 24/07/2016 21:46

Ooh, I hate that Mary Poppins line! It's not that groups of men are 'rather stupid' - it's that women ought to have an equal right to participate and that everyone benefits when everyone has a fair opportunity to contribute.

GirlSailor · 24/07/2016 21:32

There are a lot of great posters who will be along to say sensible things, but when people talk about feminists hating men I always hear Mrs Banks from Mary Poppins singing:

'Though we adore them individually,
We agree that as a group
They're rather stupid'

And I don't think that's too far off. I don't hate men, but I don't think patriarchy does a good job of running the world. Feminists are a bit like revolutionaries in an oppressed nation. When India was part of the British Empire, you wouldn't have to hate all British people to hold the opinion that they shouldn't be in charge.