Why is there no such thing as a masculinist?

Question

A random question that's been bothering me for a while.

We have feminists, who impress upon people the equality, versatility, individuality and strength of women. If people dare to suggest that women are confined to stereotypical roles and weaknesses, they are attacked for anti-feminism. Similarly if anyone implies that strength and decisiveness are reserved for lesbian women.

Yet all the time, men are stereotyped as being less intelligent, more primitive, sex-obsessed, incompetent at simple tasks, egotistical, uncaring and lazy. Qualities like talent, emotional empathy and sophistication are often seen as being limited to homosexual men. Why are there no accusations of "anti-masculine" prejudice when this sort of thing appears in the media? People either ignore or applaud. Why is there this apparent global assumption that men are inferior?

(in case you're wondering, I'm female.)

Answer 1

Because we have things to do people to see stuff to built and deals to make.
Actually there are mens rights activists, however they choose their battles wisely. Also we learned from feminism. You can DEMAND respect all you want ultimately you will have to earn it yourself though and be judged upon your actions.

Answer 2

For the most part,men are quite comfortable with themselves and don't feel the need to assert themselves.But,boy,if feminism takes an extreme turn,there will be a massive outbreak of masculinism.
Ah,been watching too much TV,have you?Most comic guys(and a very small number of ladies) on TV are portrayed as idiots.I,personally find such idiotic characters(like Joey from friends,Raymond from everybody loves Raymond......can't count them all) rather irritating.All the stereotypes that you mention come from TV shows.They were probably made up by a bunch of people who were too lazy to look at the real world.

Women(from what I see) seem to have a strange fascination for overly macho men who don't give a crap for their feelings and they end up getting hurt.And what do they say when a nice guy asks them out?"Oh,I am so sorry but I like you just as friends" or maybe "Ooh,aren't you gay?".I've seen tons of questions in the "Singles and dating" section where girls seemed to think sensitive men were gay or even worse,dorks.

Didn't you say there's an "apparent global assumption that men are inferior"?You did well to use the word 'apparent' because not everyone in the world is on Yahoo Answers.Besides,people who feel men and women should be treated with the same respect don't bother to voice their opinions.Because they know that mindless blabber won't knock the sense out of a sensible person.You hear a few idiots here calling men fools,but you don't don't believe them.Or do you?

Answer 3

I was brought up in a feminist age in a feminist household, the tide was turning and men were the butt of all jokes.

I sometimes wonder what this did to my brother and my dad, neither were perfect but they were good men at heart.

Also I look at my sisters and wonder whether it has affected their relationship with men.

Now I look around me and all I see are the men that are/were saviours. They are caring, thoughtful, loving and supportive.

I do think that the feminist movement did/does have some good things to offer men, in some ways it has liberated them to bring out the more feminine qualities in their nature which otherwise they would maybe have had to suppress.

The feminist movement could not have taken place if it were not for the men who supported them in the first place, for example the husbands of the women who starved themselves in prison for the right to vote. It was their political power that held sway and eventually won this battle for the women.

Answer 4

this is an excellent question
but I don't know the answer. but I don't think men are inferior and I don't think women are inferior - I think they are DIFFERENT. Men have obvious strengths and weaknesses - so do women. it's silly to think of it in those terms, but it's actually a good question. I think it more has to do with the fact that women are aware of things more than men and so they put together an organization, etc. Men don't know that they have been viewed poorly or that there's a problem - case in point here - candid camera - there was one show where this lady's windshield washer squirted the other car while they were giving directions. The women were immeditely irritated, and the man wel he focused on giving the lady directions and it didn't matter that his car was getting squirted or even if he was. women tend to multitask and men are more single focused. It's how we are made. It's not a matter of being inferior, etc.
it is about b eing different.

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Answer 6

You are joking me ?
I think this such a Mans world!
Everything in society is geared around men! The media bend over backward to satisfy their needs, adverts have 16yr olds selling mens products, always beautiful women on tv. Films are mainly aimed at pleasing men, even chick-flicks have enough prettiness to pander to men's fantasies, they petend they dont like em but its obvious they do! When films havnt got trolls theyve got guns, cars, wars, sport to appeal to men. If a man splits from a long term relationship everyone feels more sorry for em. Men are able to go anywhere alone wivout feeling harrassed or intimidated most of the time. To 'dress up' for a night out, a white shirt untucked - we cant even see if theyve got a bum, whilst trolls have to show as much of their bodies as possible, and wear make-up cos they're made to feel their real looks are not good enough! They dont have to shave their bodies, nobody says yuk hairy armpits to them? Arnt their hairy armpits revolting? There is no need for the term masculinist thats why it dosnt exist!

Answer 7

You sound quite young. I write this because you would have to be NOT to realise that the traits you listed as stereotypical male have only been cited in less than the past 10 years.

It is what is known as "backlash". Men have been the "medical norm", the "sociological norm", the "economic norm" and just about every "norm" you can come up with. It has only been recently - even after all the years that feminists fought to gain equality - that woman have been identified as entities upon themselves. Take for example, medicine. The established "norm" was, up until as recently as 20 years ago, a "healthy, white, mid-20s male, height/weight proportionate". It is now known and understood - albeit not fully accepted - that the medical establishment cannot gain insight into diseases afflicting women or children by using an irrelevant standard. How could tests for pregnant women be established concerning a type of drug when the norm is a male?

This isn't a gender, political or emotional debate. In the example above, it is simply logical, yet for too many years, it never occurred to a predominately male medical community to even consider that giving certain drugs to a pregnant female would have different consequences than giving those same drugs to a male.

"Strength and decisiveness", I've never heard only referred to as a lesbian trait. That is odd.

Nor, have I heard that empathy, talent or sophistication are qualities monopolised by homosexual men.

The reason why you don't have something called a "masculinist" is because for so many years, males have created the laws, rules, economy and women have been displaced into roles that - from my experience - very few actually enjoy or feel fulfilled taking on. Men have never needed to HAVE groups because why would you need to explain to the world that things aren't working when everything in the world is geared toward making YOUR life comfortable and only your life?

How many women do you know in this day and age who would accept staying at home and rearing children and that being her ONLY choice? If her husband beat her, then that is ok because she is HIS wife and that is the way it is.


Yes, there are women who enjoy doing housework or rearing children but there are also many men who enjoy these same things. They aren't homosexual men, just men - regardless of their sexual orientation.

What so many fail to realise is that with the fight for equality, men now have the space in their lives to do things that would have been looked upon as "sissy" or "women's work" or whatever. I know plenty of men who are happy to stay home and look after the children and cook and clean and their wives work. If you met the couple, you would see that the balance works for these couples.

The thing is with Western society is not only have women been told for too long what they were "allowed" to do but men have also been locked into static roles. The reason why you hear so much complaining from men and the hostility toward women that you often read is because most of the time, the roles that men took for granted were the ones that allowed for more freedom of movement and privacy in their own lives. Women lost their identity and lost their privacy as well as their economic freedom.

It is understandable that some men would feel threatened by a changing world with women now experiencing and enjoying the same freedoms but if it were the other way around and men were the ones who couldn't vote, couldn't own land, lost their names in marriage and often their children in disputes up until about 150 years ago, then they would have more understanding.

It is easy to be upset when you are no longer pulling the strings.

And, no I'm not surprised that you are female. You have lived for most of your life in a world that wouldn't exist had it not been for the women before you fighting to have their place.

I am thankful they did because if I'd lived 300 years ago, I definitely would have been burned at the stake and you probably would have too.

Don't take your freedom for granted, just try to make YOUR world more balanced for the next generation - male and female.

A fella wrote that to be masculine was to be "level headed and intelligent" yet what he wrote was the complete opposite. What he wrote was hate-filled yet he couldn't actually see that. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha......
There are, indeed, A LOT of men who hate women.

Answer 8

There is, in a way. There just isn't an organised 'movement' like feminism.

But in academic circles (I studied a lot of gender differences within my first degree in Social Science and criminal psychology) there are a lot of studies done on masculinity and femininity, and those theorists who put forward arguments about or for masculine ideologies are technically I suppose 'masculinists'.

I think personally modern feminism has moved away from it's ideals for equality and has reverted to simply attacking men and vying for superiority. (You should read some of the research papers! Scary!) and men and masculinity have been demonised and oppressed in the same way women used to fight against. (Just two examples of many, think about how natural masculine tendencies for competitiveness, combat and strength are portrayed in modern society and media, and look at how our rights are subverted in family law, e.g child custody.) Maybe there is a greater need for a movement than I thought?

By the way, have a star for posting a genuine thought provoking question. Thank you.

Answer 9

Generally it is considered socially acceptable for those with more power to be insulted and caricatured. It is acceptable for afrocarribean comedians to make fun of caucasians as part of their act, while the inverse is considered racist.
The same goes with gender, because men have historically held more financial and political power it is socially acceptable to make comments which it would be considered sexist to apply to women.

Answer 10

There actualy are masculinist

Masculism (also referred to as masculinism) is an ideology associated with the men's movement. It consists of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies primarily based on the experiences of men. Although masculism provides a general critique of social relations, many of its proponents also seek to analyze gender inequality and promote men's rights, interests, and issues

Masculists cite one-sided legislation, selective enforcement, and neglected civil rights as examples of discrimination against men and boys.

Answer 11

Basically because men are shallow. I know this because I deepened myself a bit and found the most beautiful women are post menopausal. I am 35
Men tend to be flesh seekers/ distracted by such. So busy are they trying to be "great I ams" they are unaware of how dis-united they are as men..brothers