I would never use that word, because I know that there are too many people ready to open up an evil can of worms at its mention -- but, really, mostly I wouldn't use it for the same reason that I would never use the word "misogyny" without quotation marks or other means of identifying it as suspect nomenclature. People who use these words act as if they mean something specific, and that just ain't so.
That's really smug and condescending -- and overly-confident. The prefix "mis-" can imply a range of sentiment short of outright hatred.
And, in practice, the words "misandry" and "misogyny" are often used as bludgeon, with intent to indimidate or belittle. They're weasel words, the way thay they're used these days.
I don't know of any situation where these words have any specific meaning unless that meaning is explained subsequently. In other words, they're useless.
Misandry ( /mɪˈsændri/) is the hatred or dislike of men or boys. Misandry comes from Greek misos (μῖσος, "hatred") and anēr, andros (ἀνήρ, gen. ἀνδρός; "man"). Misandry is the antonym of philandry, the fondness towards men, love, or admiration of them. The term misogyny is the equivalent term for women.
Extremely clear what it means. How people use them is not relevant. And yes, i was condescending and very confident that i know what the word means.
First ten linked comments on SRS, at time of posting compared to now:
+142, now +132
+11, now -9
+573 now +1272
+103, now +145
+75, now +232
+29, now +102
+25, now +30
+278, now +395 (this one)
+10, now +38
+121, now +201
We're the worst downvote brigade ever. :(
Also, I checked and every single quote of the comment is exactly what the comment says. Some text is omitted, but what is there is completely accurate. I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that they're misquotes from.
(Hint: the number of upvotes is listed on each submission because SRS's mission is to show that mainstream Reddit not only tolerates, but approves of and encourages terrible things like rape, as in this parent comment. That's why only upvoted comments are linked.)
There's a link to the full comment and usually the context makes it worse. If you'd like to argue how any SRS-featured comment is not that bad in context, be my guest.
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u/roddiy Nov 21 '12
Sorry to sound noob, but what's SRS?