More toxic concept of misandry? Or is it letting actual misandry in and change the way we talk about transmisandry?
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violent, sexual predators is misandric. The ways in which men are generally excluded from aspects of parenting and caregiving are about maintaining that gendered status quo. Misandry gets reflected in things like mental health outcomes, homelessness stats, lower life expectancy.
Not to speak for trans women, but I think the community concluded that the threat of playing into the idea that they're "really" men outweighs any detriment of less-clear language, And, I think that could be a valid concern for trans men as well...
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...in deciding if we want to talk about how sexism/misogyny impacts us honestly, vs reinforcing WE ARE MEN in all language. The calculation is different bc of the relative social position of men and women. Saying WE ARE MEN too strongly risks being itself misogynist.
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i 100% agree that those things are problems, but the known use and meaning of the word "misandry" is tied into MRAs insisting it's a system equal to misogyny. and I think the idea that patriarchy/misogyny only targets women is problematic to begin with.
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