By Casual
misandry is a phenomenon in which unfounded negative claims are made
about men as a group or men as a group are insulted or put down. Both
men and women can engage in this behaviour. It is much more broad than
male-bashing, which is usually more direct in its attacks on men. Casual
misandry often consists of oversimplification, half-truths, or in some
cases outright lies. Casual misandry may be a recent learnt behaviour.
It has certainly become more prevalent in recent decades.
Selected examples of casual misandry are presented here.
Men are genetically inferior
These claims usually come about as suggesting that the Y chromosome is somehow defective and is ultimately doomed.[1]
These claims can occur because the Y chromosome is smaller than the X chromosome, contains fewer genes, and may once have been an X chromosome that lost a leg. These sorts of simplistic claims show a fundamental misunderstanding of genetics. There is no clear relationship between the number of genes and complexity in multicellular organisms. Research shows, for example, that humans have fewer genes than grapes.[2]
Every difference between men and women comes, directly or indirectly, from the Y chromosome. To claim that the Y chromosome is a disadvantage for men is to reject everything it is to be male and to reject all of the achievements of men, now and in the past.
Men have lower pain thresholds than women
Selected examples of casual misandry are presented here.Men are genetically inferior
These claims usually come about as suggesting that the Y chromosome is somehow defective and is ultimately doomed.[1]
These claims can occur because the Y chromosome is smaller than the X chromosome, contains fewer genes, and may once have been an X chromosome that lost a leg. These sorts of simplistic claims show a fundamental misunderstanding of genetics. There is no clear relationship between the number of genes and complexity in multicellular organisms. Research shows, for example, that humans have fewer genes than grapes.[2]
Every difference between men and women comes, directly or indirectly, from the Y chromosome. To claim that the Y chromosome is a disadvantage for men is to reject everything it is to be male and to reject all of the achievements of men, now and in the past.
Men have lower pain thresholds than women



