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[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I get what you mean here. I had friends who would say similar things around me before I came out, and I would also have conflicting feelings about it. Like, if you say that about men, and you think I'm a man, is that what you think about me?

But no, not really. I'd also remember that I was trusted enough to be there for those conversations, so it wasn't about me, even before they knew I was a woman too.

And yes, there are women who do have openly misandrist views. I'm thinking about the "political lesbians," figures like Andrea Dworkin who believe all heterosexual relationships (and therefore reproduction) are inherently anti-woman, or those who see female separatist colonies as the answer to all our societal problems. But these people are in the minority. Most women, most feminists, have reasonable views about men. So whenever another one of those "dear men" posts come out, I do have to stop and wonder why people give them the least charitable interpretation on the internet.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

lol, I said stuff like "kill all men" as a man before I transitioned. I fully endorsed misandry back then, it paired with gender dysphoria nicely.