durkin62:

ethief:

“ For misandry to actually be a real belief system with real consequences, it would need to be an institutionalized practice “



You mean like male genital mutilation still being legal, the draft, a definition of rape that excludes female perps, longer sentences and lower acquittal rates for crime if the person is male, et cetera.

“Sexism = prejudice + power”



Sexism actually equals prejudice based on sex. Congratulations on admitting that you cannot rule out yourself from being sexist based on your own conduct on actions, you can only not be sexist if you’re free to redefine yourself out.

“ For misandry to be a legitimate threat to men, there would have to be a consistent pattern of discrimination against men BY women. “



There is.

“ If misandry were real, men would be suffering from lower pay for equal work “



Then by that definition misogyny doesn’t exist as that doesn’t happen to women either.

“ disproportionate objectification,”

Your own study shows this occurring with both men and women. Showing that human psychology in both sexes causes people to view images of men and women differently is sexist exclusively to women because….?

“dehumanization,”

This is a youtube video about attractive women in media, which itself even often shows them paired with scantily clad attractive men. Studios paying attractive models to advertise because people prefer looking at attractive people over ugly ones isn’t dehumanization, and the only way one could even conceivably make this comparison would be if you individually believe a persons worth is based solely on their looks. Actual dehumanization, as in viewing certain groups as less worthy of certain rights and privileges. Like granting one gender of infants bodily autonomy and not the other. Or forcing one gender to sign up for a draft in order to get the “right” to vote. Or only granting funding for shelters for one gender despite domestic abuse occurring at roughly similar rates.

“and lack of representation in the media, “



It just shows the top 100. All you’re showing is more men are successful in media. So unless your idea of “equality” is enforcing quotas and making people spend money on what you want them to rather than what they want you don’t have a case here.

“ discriminatory reproductive laws “



You mean like how women can put men’s children up for adoption without their permission? Or rape men and force them to pay child support? Or a legal system that greatly favors women in custody battles? Or how men have literally no say whatsoever in whether or not they become a parents while women have the option to opt out? Or how men being forced to pay for children that aren’t theirs is rampant?

“ being regularly told how to modify behavior in order to not be victimized by criminals, “



We do actually, we just don’t bitch about it because taking cautionary measures is common sense. And we don’t expect criminals to stop existing just because we don’t want them to.

“ and being blamed and shamed after falling victim to a serious sex crime. “



We do actually, in fact we are more likely to than a woman. At least you can legally charge your perpetrator with rape. Men don’t have that privilege.