Antisexism

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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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Men's Mental Health Awareness Month (thelemmy.club)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/50283327

This November, it's important to remind ourselves men have the right to feel what they feel, and be accepted with their traumas and worries.

Let's foster a healthy community where men are free to express their feelings in a supportive and safe environment, where male victims are free to talk about their trauma without being dismissed, where people care about how men - and all other people - feel.

Doing that means creating a better, happier and safer world for all of us.

Thanks @ShadowOfMiisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone for bringing this up!

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today [S] 7 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

This is not true. Mainstream feminism is not aimed at domination over men, but it may naturally be more focused on women's rights issues.

This is why this place exists - to coordinate people fighting for equality from both sides. There are undoubtedly many issues men face that women don't, and this is part of what we aim to solve.

Fighting for better future for men doesn't mean standing against feminism.

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[–] Supercrunchy@programming.dev 2 points 57 minutes ago

I fully agree with you.

I consider myself a feminist man because I think we need to do much more to bring real parity to all genders.

There are discrimination issues with women, like the fact that there's a pay gap visible also in the statistics, they don't get promoted as often and, yes, they can't join the army in many countries. There are also issues with men being discriminated from certain jobs and lacking emotional and mental support options, which we should also work towards. Let's not even start talking about the discrimination towards transgender people, because they live life in hard mode right now.

There's a particular kind of aggressive/toxic feminism that says that women should be treated better than men, and I think that it's detrimental to actually bring equality. It's the same as saying "man should be treated better than women". I think that if someone feels attacked their first reaction is to defend themselves and attack back. All this toxicity IMHO brings resistance to change and is slowing down the progress. Progress which, btw, we had plenty in recent years!

We are all in this together, so let's work together towards ending discrimination of all forms!

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