Tag Archives: sexism

Strictly Moderated: #MenCallMeThings

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ozymandias

Mod Note: If your comment takes the form “this is the Internet, everyone experiences harassment”, “these women should just suck it up when people send them rape threats”, “everything Sady Doyle has ever done is now invalid because she said some unwise, inflammatory things on … Continue reading →

Posted in intersectionality, language, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, violence | Tagged femininity, harassment, insults, masculinity, men call me things, sexism | 196 Comments

Social Justice 101 Part One: I Blame the Kyriarchy

Posted on October 9, 2011 by ozymandias

I have decided it has been entirely too long since I wrote a giant-ass series. (Yes, people in the back, I can hear you groaning.) In short, I now think it is time for a giant-ass series about my premises … Continue reading →

Posted in noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, social justice 101 | Tagged ableism, classism, homophobia, intersectionality, kyriarchy, oppression, oppression olympics, racism, sexism, transphobia | 93 Comments

Everyone’s A Little Bit Sexist, Or More Than A Little

Posted on September 4, 2011 by noahbrand

I read this interesting article from the Seattle Stranger, and it got me thinking once again about privilege. Give it a read and mull it over. As the article points out, we are none of us free of racism. You … Continue reading →

Posted in intersectionality, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexism | Tagged misandry, misogyny, racism, sexism | 52 Comments

Sexism Against Men: A Pictoral Tour

Posted on September 2, 2011 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to This Is Hysteria and Sociological Images.) Warning, lotsa pictures after the cut, people with crappy computers beware.

Posted in advertising sins, fatherhood, femmephobia, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexism | Tagged advertising, fatherhood, gender expectations, gender roles, sexism | 50 Comments

Femmephobia: Two Misconceptions

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ozymandias

Mod Note: If you want to go argue about trans people and cissexism, argue on this thread. I have recently been doing a lot of posts about femmephobia, i.e., the cultural fear, hatred and devaluation of femininity (i.e. weakness, vulnerability … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged cissexism, feminism, femmephobia, homophobia, intersectionality, misandry, misogyny, rape culture, sexism | 113 Comments

Why We Fight

Posted on August 26, 2011 by noahbrand

Figleaf’s thought-provoking post on perceived masculinity got linked to by none other than Ann Althouse yesterday, in case any of our regular readers were wondering why the comments to that post contained much more troglodytic bullshit than usual. Thing is, … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, lighthearted, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, quotes, sexism, Uncategorized | Tagged gender roles, masculinity, open mockery, penis, sexism | 37 Comments

Holding on to the good: in praise of masculinity, femininity, and everything “normal”

Posted on August 15, 2011 by aliarasthedaydreamer

As people interested in gender equality, we (justifiably!) spend a lot of time criticizing The Way Things Are. Which is great! Part of the way things are undeniably sucks, and could be better. However, in doing all this, we can … Continue reading →

Posted in gender movements, manifestos, meta, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged femininity, gender egalitarianism, gender roles, masculinity, sexism | 8 Comments

Advertising Sins: Summer’s Eve

Posted on July 22, 2011 by noahbrand

Tireless commenter typhonblue suggested someone do a post on this ad for the Summer’s Eve line of vaginal cleansers: Shit, how can I resist a big, slow-moving target like that?

Posted in advertising sins, body image, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged body image, gender roles, myth of men not being hot, sexism, women | 40 Comments

Cocks Rock Part Four: Mysterious Genitals

Posted on July 20, 2011 by ozymandias

“Women are so complicated! They have nipples and breasts that sometimes they like having sucked or played with and sometimes they don’t. The clitoris is just fucking impossible to locate. Some of them get off on PIV, but a lot of them … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, penis | Tagged body image, gender egalitarianism, myth of men not being hot, penis, sex, sexism, sexuality | 54 Comments

Media Gender Roles: WTF?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by noahbrand

There’s an interesting disconnect in perceptions of how men are presented on TV. Feminists look at TV and see that the heroes and most of the other characters are overwhelmingly men, and say “That’s misogynist!” Sensitive men look at TV … Continue reading →