The misandry sentiment comes from what I've read on certain anonymous meta post threads about certain male authors who write femslash primarily, and I'm not sure whether it's representative of a larger communal sentiment. To be very honest, it makes me very uncomfortable engaging in a subculture that seems to be quite silent in response to such attitudes. I can see it snowballing into something big and uncontained. Then again, it could be trolls, and they're just trying to bait the young'uns, but at times, I'm just not sure. :|
Oh, I see. Yeah, I have trouble sometimes telling what's honest opinion and what's trolling. (Though even when it is trolling, it can be nice to see people reject it despite the Do Not Feed the Trolls thing.) I sure hope it's not representative of a larger communal sentiment. Hopefully it's just a few jerks who are trying to feel better about themselves by dumping on other people, or who are parodying people in order to set up a strawman. I've seen a lot of disturbing attitudes in fandom in general. Often they are challenged, but not always, and sometimes the challengers seem to be in the minority. That's always disheartening.
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Date: 2011-05-02 12:15 pm (UTC)Oh, I see. Yeah, I have trouble sometimes telling what's honest opinion and what's trolling. (Though even when it is trolling, it can be nice to see people reject it despite the Do Not Feed the Trolls thing.) I sure hope it's not representative of a larger communal sentiment. Hopefully it's just a few jerks who are trying to feel better about themselves by dumping on other people, or who are parodying people in order to set up a strawman.
I've seen a lot of disturbing attitudes in fandom in general. Often they are challenged, but not always, and sometimes the challengers seem to be in the minority. That's always disheartening.