Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 23, 2022 9:16:02 GMT -5
MISANDRY: Hatred of Men
Misandry (/mɪˈsændri/) is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men. Through a series of books published in the 2000s and 2010s, religion scholars Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young argue that misandry is commonly seen in North America in the demonization of men as a result of women exercising power through feminism. Nathanson and Young give as examples many cultural tropes that diminish men.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
My Personal Experience
I first noticed this intense, hatred-of-all-males, phenomenon in its totally undisguised form, among Puerto Rican women in the JWS religious denomination. Very frequently, as if on cue, before and after a meeting, or before or after preaching from house to house, or during social gatherings, there was always this constant commentary about how pitifully-clumsy and innately- stupid we men are being spoken in their very presence.
Yes, I did consider it strange coming from women who claimed to represent God's Word, since God's word clearly advises wives to honor their husbands and that the man is the head of the household.
Of course they were aware of that Christian responsibility. But their compelling need to denigrate men was so strong, that it completely neutralized their sense of religious responsibility.
Eventually, in my effort to make sense of this disturbing phenomenon, I attributed it only to these particular women. But then, I observed it in other Puerto Rican women as well, and my mother also spoke about observing it when associating with other Puerto Rican women in the JWS religion.
Furthermore, also began encountering it in non-JW Puerto Rican females. with their intense hatred expressed over a simple neighborly greetings of "Good morning"? Or the intense hostility expressed over the statement of: "May I help you?" Or the sudden facial grimacing and flinching at the mere sound of my masculine voice as if they had just heard the blaring of some infernal trumpet from the pits of some imaginary hell.
Eventually, I chose to assume it to be cultural anomaly limited to and characteristic of females from that island. After all, I didn't observe it among Afro-American, nor Anglo-American, nor Asian-American females.
Yes, I did consider it strange coming from women who claimed to represent God's Word, since God's word clearly advises wives to honor their husbands and that the man is the head of the household.
Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ...
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ...
Eventually, in my effort to make sense of this disturbing phenomenon, I attributed it only to these particular women. But then, I observed it in other Puerto Rican women as well, and my mother also spoke about observing it when associating with other Puerto Rican women in the JWS religion.
Furthermore, also began encountering it in non-JW Puerto Rican females. with their intense hatred expressed over a simple neighborly greetings of "Good morning"? Or the intense hostility expressed over the statement of: "May I help you?" Or the sudden facial grimacing and flinching at the mere sound of my masculine voice as if they had just heard the blaring of some infernal trumpet from the pits of some imaginary hell.
Eventually, I chose to assume it to be cultural anomaly limited to and characteristic of females from that island. After all, I didn't observe it among Afro-American, nor Anglo-American, nor Asian-American females.
However, I am learning that this problem, though it might not be as blatantly expressed as is customary among Puerto Rican females, is indeed prevalent in our Western society, and is inextricably linked to a noxious form of feminism which is constantly harping on the supposed inferiority of men.