[edit: I thank everyone for their comments and time. A lot of very interesting opinions and view points. Unfortunately also a lot of things that went away from the actual answer. So I'm thinking maybe this thread can be closed without deleting it?]

The more I hear people talk about it who aren't cis-het men, the more I hear criticism about the concept. But so far, I've only heard people say that it's stupid, that it's not a thing, that it's men's own fault etc. But I've yet to understand where that criticism comes from. I don't want to start a discussion on whether or not it's real or not. I just want to understand where the critics are coming from.

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[+] -12 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Generalisation of a such large group of people. Love it.

    What would you say if i say "black people are bad"? Because there are also a lot of bad black people out there

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you were to say "black people are bad" then the rebuttal typically becomes "due to established power structures, white men can't be oppressed, therefore I can say what I want about them".

    I think it's hard to have a reasoned discussion where you say "all men do X" because for every X, there's probably a bunch of exceptions. There is a great amount of variance in male behavior.

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