Why not both?
We see all over twitter different profiles dedicated to mocking feminism. A simple search of #meninist provides far too many results. The prevalence of this topic is not trivial. A hoard of posts have been made mocking feminism in the name of “meninism,” and they are not ignored. Feminists see them, meninists see them, and so does the rest of the world. Currently, twitter user @MeninistTweet has over 1 million followers. That is 1 million people retweeting, favoriting, and reading their posts, 1 million people who may start to believe that feminism is ridiculous and unnecessary. 1 million people who are actively being told that women’s problems are a joke. @MeninistTweet may think that their jokes are harmless, but in reality they promote oppression of women and promote the idea that feminism is a worthless movement.
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A term originally coined in the early 2000’s, meninism started as a term for male feminists. The original meninists believed in the equality of the sexes. This humble and reasonable beginning radically changed course in the past few years. Modern meninism is now associated with men’s rights activists, a group of people who only recognize the shouts of radical feminists and disregard the real meaning of feminism. This misconception led to the idea that feminists hate men and don’t care about or address male problems. True feminists should be willing to discuss men’s problems too, seeing as many of men’s masculinity problems stem off from the fact that women are looked on as “lesser” beings. Men do have actual valid problems. Now, we need to discuss meninism as a problem for both men and women. Why should we care?This movement has a huge following. Twitter accounts, tumblr pages, merchandise, reddit subcategories, articles, and other social media accounts have been dedicated to meninism. The prevalence of this phenomena should worry you. Meninism contradicts a positive movement in a way that people blindly follow. With a twisted, anti-feminist logic, meninism created a mainstream following. Even women follow this trend, claiming “they are fed up of feeling judged by feminists.” This should worry you.
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Julia CoteGeorgia Southern Pre-Vet Student, nature enthusiast, avid movie watcher, animal-lover, and feminist. Archives
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