Is feminism all about man hating?

[PedanticPanda]

When feminism is brought up around my DP and my other friends they all say the same thing,

I agree with feminists who want equal rights for men and women, but not feminists who hate men and want women to be treated better than men.

Do these feminists actually exist? I assumed that feminism was all about equal rights etc, I thought all the man hating was a stereotype but wasn't actually true, but, most people I know seem to think this is the idea of the majority and it's the minority of feminists who want equal rights.

No, thank YOU Kim :)

Sorry I didn't reply back, life got in the way! Will soon.

Whatmeworry -- could you try to consider how unhelpful using a term like MNRadFems might be?

Can you see any irony in using a term like that in a post where you bewail feminist PCism?

'I don't know of any spaces in which men get together in order to discuss how they are institutionally oppressed by women or to discuss global female violence against men, or to discuss their lower status due to their biological sex. Or to discuss matriarchal society and how it harms and disadvantages men.'

Have you ever seen 'Fathers' Rights' sites?

math you haven't learned the new rules! (same as the old rules): 'unhelpful' language is okay if you're certain posters!
The feminists are fair game for smear tactics, they're jut not allowed to get irritated or snarky in response to endless needling.

I like Elephants' mental image of the effort exerted here. I am picturing effort spent in this particular area as a hamster on a wheel, it is oddly calming :)

I think we need a definition of "personal attack".

I also think that a personal attack should only be de ted if the atackee wants it deleted.

But how would that work, seeker . Would MNHQ have to email the attackee and wait til he or she responded before deleting the post? Would they delete the post pending the response and then reinstate - with a comment?

I do think 'deleted for referencing a deleted post' would be good though.

Yes, I think they should- email the attackee, I mean. Or post on the thread asking the attackee what they want to happen. It's not as if an offensive post on mumsnet is actually going to do any damage to the person concerned, is it? Leaving it there would generally do more damage to the person who posted it than to the "victim"

OK, my post deletion was a mistake ('fat fingers') and it is back up. All good.