• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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    4 months ago

    “man” as in human kind.

    I agree the linguistics here are unfortunate, but here we are, and that word, in that context, is normally gender neutral.

    Also, 28 day calendar probably means it’s the moon.

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    I am sure the comments on this meme community post in a niche social media site will not be filled with butthurt men’s rights activists.

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      You could have at least used the term “misogynist” so as to not imply that men’s rights are a bad thing.

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        Hey, we found one!

        Not seriously, “men’s rights activists” are a specific group of people that only exist to complain about and hate women. They don’t care about men’s rights, they are anti-feminists.

        If you genuinely didn’t know this, then I’d love to know what Internet rock You’ve been hiding under. If you’re trying to concern troll, fuck off, MRAs are fucking scum.

        -signed, a man.

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          I’ve definitely heard of misogynists, and of misogynists disguising themselves as legitimate men’s advocates, but I’d never heard of “men’s rights activists” as a specific group of misogynists before this.

          Without this explanation, had someone said “men’s rights activists are misogynists,” I would have thought they were a misandrist, because it sounds like a general descriptor and not a specific group.

          So what do you call it when someone who’s not a misogynist advocates for equal treatment in the areas where men get the short end of the stick?