Misandry
Prejudice against, or hatred of, men / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Misandry (/mɪsˈændri/) is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men or boys.[1][2]
Men's rights activists (MRAs) and other masculinist groups have characterized modern laws concerning divorce, domestic violence, conscription, circumcision (known as male genital mutilation by opponents), and treatment of male rape victims as examples of institutional misandry.
In the Internet Age, users posting on manosphere internet forums such as 4chan and subreddits addressing men's rights activism have claimed that misandry is widespread, established in preferential treatment of women, and shown by discrimination against men.[3][4] This viewpoint is denied by most sociologists, anthropologists and scholars of gender studies, who counter that misandry is not a cultural institution and not equivalent in scope to misogyny, which is both far more deeply rooted in society and more severe in its consequences.[5][3][6] The false idea that misandry is commonplace among feminists is so widespread that it has been called the "misandry myth" by 40 topic experts.[7]
Many scholars criticize MRAs for promoting a false equivalence between misandry and misogyny,[8]: 132 [9][10] arguing that modern activism around misandry represents an antifeminist backlash, promoted by marginalized men.[9][11][12][13][14]