Misandry As A Form Of Self-Love & Self-Preservation? Let’s Discuss

I spent all night exploring the concept of misandry. Truthfully, I have been thinking about this for months, off and on. And I believe that I finally made a personal breakthrough in understanding misandry and furthermore, being more comfortable with identifying as a misandrist.

I am not a person that likes labels. While I do possess many labels outside of being black, woman, childfree, and single, I do not believe any one label defines me completely. I am a multifaceted, complex human being, and I don’t like being placed in a box. I contradict myself and my “identities” all the damn time. It’s only recently that I stopped apologizing for it.

Last night I finally realized why it took me so long to come around to the notion that I am actually a misandrist. Explore my reasoning below:

1. Most men are actually misogynists. But we don’t label them accordingly.

As a society, we have normalized the hatred of women in almost every facet of our culture. As a collective, sympathy for women and girls does not exist as they are demonized. Men are looked at as innocent angels who can do no wrong. If they commit any heinous act against a woman, it is she who provoked him.