It seems like any time a woman comes out and says "I'm an independent, strong willed woman. But I don't want to be associated with people that hates men and speaks out against them because that's sexism!" She's branded as being anti-feminist. How the hell can a woman's respect for men have any influence on her respect for herself and other women?!
Now I'm not saying that sexism against women doesn't exist anymore, it most certainly does! However, it seems like any issues of sexism against men are dismissed almost completely.
For example, there was a man who went on Dr. Phil because the woman he was seeing lied and told him she was on birth control AND sterile when neither was true, and she was currently coming after him for child support. When he stated that he shouldn't be held accountable for child support because he was conned and lied to, he was booed and verbally attacked by Dr. Phil. All I can think of was if a man was demanding child support from the mother because she left him with the kid after she found out he'd poked a hole I the condom, everyone would treat him like the asshole (because he would be!). Furthermore on the subject of child support, I've never heard of a woman going to jail for not paying child support to the father, yet there are many cases in which the father raises the child alone without any form of assistance from the mother.
Another example is the recent federal law that threatened to cut government funding to state schools unless they changed their college constitutions to state that any male who is convicted of rape is presumed guilty until proven innocent! What's even crazier is that no one was reporting on this in the news!!!
But it's hard to get people to speak up about this, because any time you talk about sexism against men, there's always some misogynist that joins the conversation and they just makes everyone shut up just in an effort to not be associated with him! And unfortunately, there's those types if people on both sides of the issue.
And in case you don't believe me, here's some quotes from some fucking horrible misandrists:
“I feel that ‘man-hating’ is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.” – Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor
“To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he’s a machine, a walking dildo.” -– Valerie Solanas
“All men are rapists and that’s all they are” — Marilyn French (http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/false-rape-culture/teach-men-to-not-rape/)
“Men who are unjustly accused of rape can sometimes gain from the experience.” – Catherine Comins
It's depressing that when the shoes on the other foot there're still tons of women that can be as hateful and sexist as the worst men....although it does support the ideals of gender equality (ironically enough)
I hope I didn't offend anyone with this post, I have three little sisters and a mom that taught me to respect women my entire life. This post is not written with an anti-female theme, but a pro-equality theme. I hope that comes through accurately