Hating men is absolutely the right of women in fact, it is our prerogative. Why did she describe me - a campaigner against rape - as hateful and not reserve her disdain for rapists? Sarler’s column was headlined: “Women’s issues can’t be resolved by man-haters” and was about whether men convicted of “date rape” should be given prison sentences. The journalist Carol Sarler once used the slur against me in her Daily Express column because I had criticised the sort of men who consider a bit of rape at the end of an evening as merely part of the fun. I have been labelled a man-hater more times than I can recall - and not just by men. For example, pornography is based on nothing but an absolute hatred of women, and research shows that the majority of porn is consumed by adult men, many of whom watch it regularly.įeminism is the most optimistic political movement on the planet Stop doing hateful things to us and we might like you a whole lot more. Man-hating exists only as a response to misogyny. By largely escaping women’s universal dislike, men get off very lightly.
In order to appease their oppressors, fun feminists must lie about the pain and trauma for which men are responsible, and bend over backwards to convince men that we are not pointing the finger at them individually. When it comes to heterosexual women that are keen to date men, they are well aware that there is nothing less attractive to sexist dinosaurs than women who hold them to account. The slur of “man-hater” is an attempt to silence our rage and keep us in our place, which is why so many women adopt a feminism that appeals to, rather than challenges, men.įun feminists spend endless time and energy reassuring men that we blame them for absolutely nothing. Yet when women dare voice their anger about their treatment under patriarchy - you know, forced into marriage, beaten within it, raped and then blamed for being raped - the backlash beggars belief. Women are expected to suck it up when men demonstrate with violence, abuse and humiliation how much they despise us. There is nothing less attractive to sexist dinosaurs than women who hold them to account After all, if they didn’t, why would so many commit acts of sexual and physical assault against us? The real issue here is that so many men hate women. Well, I have news for you: sometimes we really do hate men and, oh boy, it is justified! Regular readers of this column may be expecting me to neatly dispel the myth about man-hating feminists and to give examples to the contrary. The third article, “Equality benefits everyone”, can be read here. “Women shouldn’t hate men ” is the fourth article in Julie Bindel’s new online column for The Critic, “Feminist fallacies”, which explores modern-day myths about the women’s liberation movement.
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