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Originally Posted by strombad
In another, very basic example to illustrate my point:
Say a man beats his wife for years. He doesn't ALWAYS beat her, but once or twice a month he beats her pretty harshly. One night, after years of this abuse, during yet another night OF abuse, she takes a big hard swing and knocks him right in the mouth.
Now, after all that abuse from him, he goes to the police and claims spousal abuse because of that one hit.
That's Misandry. It's a lie. It cannot exist because any example of it is simply a reaction to years of oppression and misogyny.
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I understand what you're saying - I see the point; it seems like there are different ways to define the word which can cause you to get to your belief. At it's simplest it means "a hatred of men"
So when I see #killallmen that evokes a response in me that says "I've not wronged you - you've lumped me in with men who have simply because I'm male - that's unfair. I don't care how you've come to that belief - maybe it's justified, maybe it's not - but your statement now is misandric." Because misogyny exists doesn't mean I should be a victim of it's fallout.