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>he phenomenon of misandry remains a relatively underexplored and insufficiently acknowledged facet of the researched digital landscape.

This is intentional. It's more than 'enabling' or 'normalization' it's attempting to switch the narrative or move the window.

The prevailing belief is that only possible for men to discriminate against women. Systemic sexism etc. 75% of psychologists are women or public administration is 80% women. You'll never in a million years hear about any program to get more men into women dominated industries.

The rules, especially on reddit, are thus enforced as unequally. Misandry is more than enabled, it's boosted.

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> The rules, especially on reddit, are thus enforced as unequally. Misandry is more than enabled, it's boosted.

One of the subreddits claimed by this paper to be "misandric" was banned by Reddit. That's the opposite of boosting.

One exhibit does not make the rule.

It's part of a wider pattern. Reddit banned a whole load of radical feminist subs and refused to remove the extreme misogynist ones that promote sexual violence like r/DykeConversion and r/DegradingHoles.

I'm pretty sure i remember a bunch of misogynist ones that disappeared before the most recent IPO, there was some people talking about it, but I don't remember the names because its subreddits I don't go to.

As usual, the situation is not that black and white. Plenty of grey to be found here.

It is undeniably true that women were and still are oppressed by social constructs designed and enforced by men and statistics show that equality hasn't been reached yet.

Improvement definitely has been made. The difficulty here is that it takes a long time - sometimes a full generation - before the full results of what's done become visible. Meanwhile, you can only guess at what's going to happen. Plus it's a dynamic environment with a strong reactionary push so it's easy to overcorrect.

Misandry definitely is an issue at the margin of the fight. It's easier to equally hate everyone you associate with the issue that work to build something better together in an environment which was and might still be stacked against you. Plus, there might actually be a need for extreme contestation in that it frankly pushes the boundaries.

What would be regretable is if it became the only form of feminism but that doesn't seem to be the case at all.

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