Difference between revisions of "Casual misandry"

Revision as of 05:20, 23 February 2014

Casual misandry is a phenomenon where unfounded negative claims are made about men as a group, or men as a group are insulted or put down. Both men and women can engage in casual misandry. Casual misandry is a more broad term than male bashing which is usually more direct in its attacks on men.

Examples of casual misandry are listed below.

Examples

Men can't maintain attentiveness as well as women

The Times of Israel

Speaking in her officer’s presence, she never once swiveled her head or removed her eyes from the screen. “Their powers of concentration are incredible,” the intelligence officer said, noting that very few males would be capable of maintaining the grueling attentiveness necessary to patrol a stretch of road for four straight hours.^[1]

In actuality men have routinely maintained vigilance for long periods of time during conflicts (and for other reasons) throughout history. Software Developers (85% men) routinely stare at screens without interruption for periods that are often much longer than four hours.

Mansplaining

Men complain more when sick (aka Manflu)

manflu.info

Man Flu is a crippling and debilitating disorder indiscriminately striking down male members of the human species without warning. The illness is often referred to pejoratively by female members of the species who are in fact immune from the illness as man flu is now known to exclusively attack the XY chromosome carrier. If Man Flu is kind enough not to kill the infected party it will definitely leave him weak, sick, hurting everywhere and in dire need of TLC.^[2]

While this site is obviously intended as satire the sad truth is that a lot of people, especially women, believe this to be true despite solid evidence to the contrary.

See here for more on this topic.

Men are obsolete

Males are stupid

David and Goliath Corporation

Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them is a line of products produced by the corporation David and Goliath. This product line held to the notion that boys are stupid and endorsed violence against them. The products continue to be available for purchase.^[3]

Men are childlike

Men are emotionally stunted

Men can't multitask

References

[1] ttp://www.timesofisrael.com/the-road-to-jerusalem-thats-off-limits-to-israels-leaders/

[2] ttp://manflu.info/index.htm

[3] ttp://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/women/boys-are-stupid-throw-rocks-at-them.html

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 === Men complain more when sick (aka Manflu) ===
+==== manflu.info ====
+''Man Flu is a crippling and debilitating disorder indiscriminately striking down male members of the human species without warning. The illness is often referred to pejoratively by female members of the species who are in fact immune from the illness as man flu is now known to exclusively attack the XY chromosome carrier. If Man Flu is kind enough not to kill the infected party it will definitely leave him weak, sick, hurting everywhere and in dire need of TLC.''<ref>http://manflu.info/index.htm</ref>
+While this site is obviously intended as satire the sad truth is that a lot of people, especially women, believe this to be true despite solid evidence to the contrary.
 See [[manflu|here]] for more on this topic.