We need to talk about misogyny

[BainsBane]

3. I was told the very fact I posted the Daily Kos article

was evidence I hated men. That was in an SOP alert here and a subject of discussion on Discussionist.

Then I got the following PMs from a male member of this site.

So you admit you're unreasonable. At least you're honest with yourself. No, babe, hating men is not a requirement to be a feminist. I am a feminist. But there are fringe radicals who tarnish the name of any group of people. As you and your man hating crew tarnish the name of feminists here on this very board. Lord knows I cringe at the thought of anyone associating your brand of feminism with the reasonable among us.

You need to work more at lifting women up and less at tearing women down. Your kind of feminism actually hurts women more than helps. You are to feminism what Ted Cruz is to republicans. Your extremism does more harm than good.

That's what I thought. You're not a real feminist because your actions hurt women. I'm a real feminist because I support issues that help women -- issues such as a woman's right to choose, equal pay for equal work, and myriad other legitimate issues. What I don't do is spew manhate from the top of my lungs in order to try to advance women. That's counter productive.

I have to wonder if you're some sort of mysoginist in sheep's clothing, damaging our movement from the inside.

What do you call that? I don't call it feminist.