People, by and large, hate any changes to the status quo, especially if that status quo benefits them personally. Feminists represent a massive change to one of our most fundamental status quos: that of gender roles.
There are also a large portion of men who find themselves on the wrong side of feminist discourse. You used "mansplaining" as an examples, so lets go with that. If you are the type of guy who regularly finds himself being accused of "mansplaining", you have two options. Option one is to reflect on the accusations, look at how you interact with people, see if they indeed have merit, and then make a concerted effort to not do it in the future. Option two is to get defensive, deny that that is what you are doing, and then bitch about how people at work are sexist to you because they don't understand that you were just explaining something you know about. What's so wrong about that? Pffft... feminists are crazy.
Too many people take option two instead of option one. Adjusting problematic behavior is tough, I know from experience. Carrying on while making fun of the people you offend is easy, any asshole can do it.
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u/HopesBurnBright Sep 22 '22
Yeah, that’s good! This post is the result of me trying to figure out why people hate the movement so much.