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There’s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society.

2:25 AM · Nov 15, 2014Twitter Web Client

Birthday Girl ~ SuccuFae Emi

@Emiko_Wisp

Nov 15, 2014

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Besides, most "sexism" towards men is still putting down feminine traits such as nurturing

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So... IM POWERFUL? I AM A KING? lol

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Anita, I love most of what you say and consider myself a feminist, but I think I have to respectfully disagree with this post.

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I was once passed over for a job in an almost all-female office because I'm a man. Sexism = discrimination, which is everywhere.

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I think this ignores, among other things, that men can be sexist against men. (Ask any effeminate boy.)

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there's still a level of privilege there. It's not the same. Signed, what you might call an effeminate man.

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Tony "Toy Toy" Helms (He/Him) Proud

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I would have to respectfully disagree with you. While not nearly as prevalent, sexism against men is a thing.

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And yet sexism still has a negative effect on men, even if you can say it's technically not "against" them.

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you could just say that sexism against men is infrequen, and benign due to men being the privileged gender...but ok

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Sexism, as we would traditionally know it (i.e. primarily towards women), hurts both women and men.

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Hmm, re-reading that, it sounds unintentionally dismissive.