A couple of days ago I saw a post by a radfem that's stook with me for some reason, and I would like to hear your thoughts as well as express my opinion
So basically the post went something like this:
"I think we should be allowed to make fun of and shit on things men like, they've constantly made fun of our pumpkin spice lattes, Taylor Swift, animal crossing, the sims and other things girls mainly like, I don't see why we cant get pay back"
I found this post really weird because aren't feminists supposed to be against gender stereotypes? I'm sure not ALL girls like pumpkin spice lattes and Taylor Swift (in fact majority of the Taylor Swift haters I know are girls)
What happens if they go to make fun of a mans interests but he has more feminine interests like pumpkin spice lattes, animal crossing and the Sims, do they make fun of him or do they not continue the cycle of making fun of things mainly women like?
(also I didn't even know animal crossing and the sims were mainly popular with women, I thought it was mainly neutral because I saw mostly equally both male and female youtubers play those games)
And what happens if a woman likes stuff mainly men like? Do they make fun of those things or do they not because it would be internalized misogyny to make fun of something a woman likes?
Of course there are some absolute jerks out there who make fun of things just because mainly women like them and I disagree with that, but NO ONE should be making fun of people's interests just because the fanbase is mostly male/female
And again, if you make fun of something just because it's main fans are of a specific gender, what happens to the people of the opposite gender who like those things? Are they excluded from the hate or are they included for "liking a stupid boyish/girly thing"
I think its very stupid and I'd like to hear your thoughts
I agree that it's stupid!
First issue: Radical feminists think that women should be insulting and hurting men as "payback". This is just a waste of effort and time if your ultimate goal is to actually uplift women. But we all know radfems aren't serious about that anyway
Second issue: they're simply enforcing gender stereotypes by continuing to associate certain interests and hobbies with men vs women. Not a great look in the fight for equality, and also discredits lip service to dismantling gender roles. Which, again, is something radfems like to pretend they care about.
Third issue: by insulting hobbies commonly associated with men as petty revenge, they're also insulting any women who enjoy those things, which isn't really a feminist action now is it lmao