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lookurl: Shawarma Mia: jokerofmoon: pixeflutters: jdniemand: pixeflutters: “men of tumblr” is… jokerofmoon: pixeflutters: jdniemand: pixeflutters: “men of tumblr” is a terrible phrase can we stop using it uh why exactly because you’re giving men a special title and special praise for doing nothing different than any woman does and if that doesn’t work for you, i will also answer with: “its fucking obnoxious” or, to put it simply: when women enter predominantly male spaces they are ostracized, insulted, and large swathes are driven out by sheer abuse when men enter predominantly female spaces, they are idolized, given special treatment, and basically worshipped if that ain’t fucked up i don’t know what is I haven’t actually seen a whole heap of worship happening, and to be honest I expect it would be a little ostracising for cis males to be in a space with such a strong feminist representation, even if they’re not being insulted and bullied. Perhaps I’m just missing something here, but I wasn’t aware “men of Tumblr” was a phrase used as anything more than a way to refer to the, well… men of Tumblr, since it’s generally assumed that a Tumblr user is female unless it’s stated otherwise. I’m not really 100% on what you’re looking to achieve here. Should we treat the “men of Tumblr” with less respect? Match the sexism seen in other parts of the internet with our own prejudice? I get that you’re denouncing the way we play into a patriarchal society, but you’re not being very clear. To me on a personal level, this says, “Be less polite to male Tumblr users, so as to even things out,” and I have no intentions of doing such. Possibly this message has more meaning and purpose to other users? Just my thoughts, anyway. I felt compelled to comment, since I so rarely come across a feminist post to which I object.

#I suppose it must be more relevant to the people who posted? #But to me it just reads like something bordering on misandry. #I’ve really never seen anything on here which supports this post. #But I have been gone a while… #Also… isn’t this kind of like… #when people say female politician or something like that? #We get upset when a woman doing a job in which her gender is in the minority is referred to by sex. #But when the same thing happens to males on Tumblr it’s worship?

oh hun

here is a classic example of Men of Tumblr. see also: my full-shave november thing, in which i got a hell of a lot of love for doing something halfway decent

it’s not “ostracizing” to be a cis man on tumblr unless you are actively shitty, in which case, who gives a fuck

the thing about Men of Tumblr is that it’s like “look at all these cool dudes doing cool stuff” and that’s the LAST thing this world needs more of

no one’s saying anyone should treat anyone else with less respect or be less polite, they’re saying the Men of Tumblr are being glorified for no particular reason, and given that this is a place where people attempt to be free of the patriarchal, sexist bullshit existent everywhere else (of which said glorification is symptomatic), we should cut that shit out

also misandry: not a thing, and your example with female politicians is false equivalence