Crappest arguments used against feminism on social media

"you're being hysterical" - no, I'm making a point you disagree with
"you're being oversensitive" no, you're being insensitive

I just assume that any man who goes to the trouble of defending prostitution on social media is a man who pays to rape women

When confronted with views critical of prostitution as an institution: “Well what about the AGENCY of sex workers? Who are you to tell women what they can and can’t do with their bodies?”

Yes, we’re all just judgy sex-hating prudes, you got us.

yes, I am an academic and that is my academic response to him.

Dr Matt Lodder is just so eeeeeewww!!!!!

I love the comments on that Twitter thread, especially: "I have literally only just seen this , so I hope I'm not too late. I am literally a woman , but I'm not sure I'm doing it right - think I might be falling short on the scientific & racial fronts "

One argument said that feminists now are starting to claim they are male to use men's swimming pools and that they are hypocrites and that this is the kind of thing a feminist is against

Just what I've seen when browsing through threads

On discussing prostitution with an acquaintance, "Women visit male escorts, what about those poor men?" Well I don't know any women who would pay for "consent".

Yes. "I support the type of feminist women who think males should be centred and women should sit the fuck down"

"I support real feminists, like these anti-feminists" is my favorite.

Yes Tallulah

Yes the "I support equalism", "humanism" etc is a frequent theme.

That poor man. Imagine being an academic and having your actual object of study turn around and explain to you in so many words exactly why you're talking bullshit.

"There are laws in place that you can use if you are discriminated against"

Which apparently equals "sexism doesn't happen here".

or: "I don't want to call myself a feminist. I'm a humanist - I think feminism is discriminatory towards men because it ignores the stuff they have to face"

The clue is in the word feminism. It is about women. Men are more than capable of sorting out the stuff they face - aren't they?

Me: I’m campaigning for AWS to get more women on boards
Lefty dude-bro: but what about
Me: huh? I’m talking about AWS
LDB: but How can you concentrate on something as trivial as AWS when there are so many other things you should be solving?
Me: But
LDB: (interrupts, because he is a man and therefore it is important to hear from him) Now now, you feminists are always forgetting there are other more important issues to solve before you can do anything else

That thread was such a joy that I passed it on to some friends...

Ha ha, he gets totally pwned on that thread. I particularly like that someone's posted the Horrible Histories literally song.

It's quite a special thread!

A very special mention to the brodudes who 'actually have a first in gender studies and a masters in structural discrimination so I think you'll find I'm right about that'

https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/987485791545937920?s=20

Also a shoutout to the many many men who try to tell women how to do feminism

A very special mention to the brodudes who 'actually have a first in gender studies and a masters in structural discrimination so I think you'll find I'm right about that'

Lorelai, absolutely. And ironically one of the other crap arguments is: ‘feminism isn’t needed in the West because we already have equality. Why don’t you campaign for women in developing countries re FGM/child marriage etc etc’ (aka Western women are spoiled and greedy and should stfu).

Beyond, thanks you for explaining- makes perfect sense! It’s a claim which has always frustrated me- I’ve been unable to put up an argument against it as knew it couldn’t be as simple as it looked but couldn’t explain why!

"I'm not a feminist, I'm an equalist." So that would be a feminist, then.

"Feminism isn't necessary anymore as women are treated equally." Even if you are deluded enough to believe that's true in this country, surely, SURELY you can see that it's not the case worldwide?

I find it hilarious (and a bit sad) when people claim to have been feminists but they are now not feminists because someone who said they were a feminist once said something bad.

Why on earth are feminists seen as some huge blob with a hive mind?!

Also a shoutout to the many many men who try to tell women how to do feminism, and the libfems who think we should centre male people else we are bigotted.

Sexual harassment in the street is "female privilege" by MGTOW or incel types.