Misandry: Female Sexuality
Misandry
When it comes to learning about women’s studies, one topic always arises, female sexuality. A woman’s sexuality is her own and her own choice. By definition female sexuality is complicated and involves behaviors and processes from many aspects that led to sexual activity. Female sexuality includes areas that are pertaining to biological sex, body image, self-esteem, personality, sexual orientation, and much more.1 These areas are extremely important in the culmination of a healthy relationship between a woman and her sexuality. But can a woman be so healthy in her sexuality that it turns into a transgression against men?
Misandry, is defined as the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men, which can be, manifested …show more content…
The saying, “I am Woman, hear me Roar!”, comes to mind. This saying embodies a declaration that we are the lion of our jungle and we don’t need a man to save us, feed us, or rule over us. When it comes to female empowerment, women are simply learning to take control of their lives and put their destiny in their own hands. We take our image and sexuality and define our beauty and self-worth on our own merit and not by a man’s attention. We seek more education to climb the corporate ladder and make more than our male counterparts, numbers rising fast to the women who are in a high-level, executive position. Many women are beginning to make the rules that they can have a life after having a baby, returning to work stronger than before, post-baby body leaner than ever, and to top it off, they are doing it in six-inch Christian Louboutin heels. …show more content…
Can acts of violence against men just be self-defense? This aspect of misandry can be viewed and interpreted in a variety of ways. In the article, Misandry and Aggression Against men Is Real, they author writes, “This interpretation further implies that women’s aggression is a reaction to men’s actions towards them, blaming the victim for his plight. There are many factors contributing to this, but the most relevant and most important is the radical feminist philosophy which holds that the sexes are adversarial poised; that all forms of violence are derived from the power men have over women; and that men are a class of aggressors, from which arise individuals with greater or lesser aggressive capacity. Hence the perception-men are powerful and women powerless, and therefore men are the violent gender and women the victims.”
“Let there be honest debate on the issue of gender violence vis-à-vis the aggressor and the causes thereof instead of approaching the issue from a biased premise.” The topic of misandry is new and the man in action can only interpret its aspects. Misandry to me is debatable and exploring it offers an insight to the male mind. Is misandry just justification to a bruised ego by the male or an eye-for-an-eye effect of misogyny? In our realties, both context are fact and need to be
When it comes to learning about women’s studies, one topic always arises, female sexuality. A woman’s sexuality is her own and her own choice. By definition female sexuality is complicated and involves behaviors and processes from many aspects that led to sexual activity. Female sexuality includes areas that are pertaining to biological sex, body image, self-esteem, personality, sexual orientation, and much more.1 These areas are extremely important in the culmination of a healthy relationship between a woman and her sexuality. But can a woman be so healthy in her sexuality that it turns into a transgression against men?
Misandry, is defined as the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men, which can be, manifested …show more content…
The saying, “I am Woman, hear me Roar!”, comes to mind. This saying embodies a declaration that we are the lion of our jungle and we don’t need a man to save us, feed us, or rule over us. When it comes to female empowerment, women are simply learning to take control of their lives and put their destiny in their own hands. We take our image and sexuality and define our beauty and self-worth on our own merit and not by a man’s attention. We seek more education to climb the corporate ladder and make more than our male counterparts, numbers rising fast to the women who are in a high-level, executive position. Many women are beginning to make the rules that they can have a life after having a baby, returning to work stronger than before, post-baby body leaner than ever, and to top it off, they are doing it in six-inch Christian Louboutin heels. …show more content…
Can acts of violence against men just be self-defense? This aspect of misandry can be viewed and interpreted in a variety of ways. In the article, Misandry and Aggression Against men Is Real, they author writes, “This interpretation further implies that women’s aggression is a reaction to men’s actions towards them, blaming the victim for his plight. There are many factors contributing to this, but the most relevant and most important is the radical feminist philosophy which holds that the sexes are adversarial poised; that all forms of violence are derived from the power men have over women; and that men are a class of aggressors, from which arise individuals with greater or lesser aggressive capacity. Hence the perception-men are powerful and women powerless, and therefore men are the violent gender and women the victims.”
“Let there be honest debate on the issue of gender violence vis-à-vis the aggressor and the causes thereof instead of approaching the issue from a biased premise.” The topic of misandry is new and the man in action can only interpret its aspects. Misandry to me is debatable and exploring it offers an insight to the male mind. Is misandry just justification to a bruised ego by the male or an eye-for-an-eye effect of misogyny? In our realties, both context are fact and need to be