Antisexism
This community is about Antisexism, a joint movement of men, women and nonbinary people against gender stereotypes and all sorts of gender-based discrimination.
Here you can share useful materials (articles, research, statistics, opinions...) on gender-based discrimination against men, women, and nonbinary people, and participate in common discussions and activities.
Rules:
1. No promotion of patriarchy (or matriarchy)
Systems based on dominance of one gender harm everyone, including, often times, people in the dominant group. They are intrinsically sexist and therefore strictly forbidden in this community.
2. Be civil and listen before you speak
The issues of gender equality often come as contentious. Remember - there are no enemies here! The purpose of this place is to discuss and find solutions together.
3. Respect personal experiences
All of us have different history and issues regarding gender stereotypes. Every experience is valid! Don't try to belittle it.
4. Everyone is welcome!
Antisexism is about everyone: men, women and nonbinary, cis- and trans-people. Every group and every person individually have unique experiences that we need to address.
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Yeah, I think thats part of what's frustrating to me about some of the comments- describing the ways in which men participate in or allow for the victimization of women doesn't preclude women can do harm or men can be harmed.
A lot more people read this as a personal attack than I expected. I get why people sometimes feel frustrated or defensive about the way men are painted with a broad stroke, but the post is really just about understanding the "ladder of enablement" nature of how harm happens to women, and thats a really important concept I feel the image does an extremely good job visualizing
I wonder if part of that comes from the top bar, it being 90% white when 10% red primes thinking about it as portion of the population whereas (at least how I believe you are describing it) the second graph is about depicting more of the spectrum of the different stances without regard to population size. I wonder if making the first bar 50-50 would help clarify that it's moreso showing the view of either your evil or you arnt.
Honestly, trans men aren't much better. I've talked to others about the rampant sexism in the gay community especially against trans masculine and nonbinary people. The response I got from trans men was defensiveness and my comments being deleted. A lot of men (not all) can't take criticism.