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- From: kamchar@ibm.cl.msu.edu (SunCat)
- Newsgroups: soc.men
- Subject: Re: Androphobic Politicians
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.215303.12892@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 21:53:03 GMT
- References: <forb0004.75.721811380@student.tc.umn.edu>
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- Organization: Michigan State University
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- In article <forb0004.75.721811380@student.tc.umn.edu>
- forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis) writes:
- [...]
- > >EF>"Fear of Men" doesn't sound right to me, either, but I'm not
- familiar with a
- > >EF>word that serves the function of "misogyny" for men. "Misanthropy"
- isn't
- > >EF>gender specific (despite what feminists claim), and misandry sounds
- > >EF>strange. Any suggestions?
- > >
- > >In an opinion piece in the University of Toronto "The Newspaper,"
- discussing
- > >a flyer which said, among other things "Men cannot be trusted..." (and
- go
- > >on from there...), I used the term "Misandronist".
- > >
- > >"Misandry" also seems to work, and with less letters. :-)
- > >
- >
- > "Misandry" looks like it's missing a few letters between the -dry, but
- I'll
- > get used to it.
- >
- > Your opinion piece sounds interesting; how was it received? Our school
- paper
- > (Minnesota Daily) rarely publishes anything pro-male, yet this
- > invariably sends the radical feminista's into foaming paroxysms for a
- good
- > two weeks, and the ensuing flames can get twisted. But, everyone knows
- you
- > Canadians are all sweethearts... :)
- >
- > Do you remember something about the (an?) Art School at Ontario going
- > radically PC, signing a resolution to hire no males for at least a
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- decade?
- > I'd like to track a newsreport down on this and follow up to see whether
- the
- > Canadian court system permitted such gross sexist discrimination to
- stand.
- >
- > ---------
- >
- > Eric Forbis forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
- Robert Anton Wilson uses the term "Androphobia". Since he wrote such an
- outstanding article on it in _Magical Blend_ magazine, this is the term I
- use. Let me say it again Political Correctness does not exist. The US
- right wing created the hoax to neutralize any effect the Columbus
- quincentenial might have had on election '92. Since the term has infinite
- definitions it can be used to attack anyone who bothers the speaker. I
- don't doubt that you are bothered, but you may not want to give energy to
- the Right's propaganda machine. IMHO they hate men more than the pro-ERA
- crowd.
-
- =========SunCat++++ | kamchar@ibm.cl.msu.edu
- "Men should not automatically have to pay for a
- child they don't want. It's the only logical feminist position to take."
- -- Karen DeCrow former president of NOW
-