Why are stereotypes about men treated as fact, while stereotypes about women are just, well, stereotypes?

Question

On this forum I see a lot of people lament the fact that women still do more child care than men on average (forgetting the fact that men typically work more hours outside the house and never questioning that, but anyway). On a few occasions when I've brought up a couple of exceptions to that rule, I have been told basically that "women do more housework than men! That's the way it is!" as if there's no possible room for any exceptions.

Bring up a stereotype about women though, like they're more emotional than men, and the weapons come out. You'll hear everything from it's not true, to it's generally true but here are exceptions, to being berated for saying it. And in most cases, you should be berated for stereotyping that much.

So why are all stereotypes about men so often treated as fact with no room for exceptions on here?

Thankfully the majority of you aren't like this, but there's enough on here who are that I feel it needs to be addressed.

Answer 1

The fact that nobody else (especially feminists) answered this shows that you've hit the nail on the head.

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It is OK to say anything about men. It's no problem. That's the sad situation we have to live with today.

Here's an old fact: The one who defines the terms in an argument or debate ensures and easy victory.

Feminists and women defined sexism. And they didn't define it to include anything they had to do with men. They defined it to include almost everything men had to do with women.

So, in other words, they defined sexism as being unfair to women.

So, women have no qualms about treating stereotypes about men as fact. They have no qualms about disrespecting men. They certainly have no qualms about treating us badly. This is because they've been brought up with the feminist definition of sexism, and they think being unfair to men is OK.

Look around. Most sitcoms portray women as super-moms, the only people who care and remember every anniversary, and men either as bumbling fools or oppressive villains. As trite and mindlessly popular those sitcoms are, they have the very sad effect (if not the intention) of convincing people that it's OK to make fun of men. It convinces people that all men are the same and their qualities are accurately documented in stupid stereotypes.

Sexism is being unfair to people based on gender, and it isn't exclusive to women. Being unfair to men and calling them what they aren't IS sexism.

Answer 2

that's just the way it is.Women think it's okay to sterotype men but when somenone stereotype women,all women say that is not true.

Answer 3

Lord Voldemort hit the nail on the head.  But wait, isn't feminism all about equality?  Surely some feminists will come to the rescue here and say you are right, that negative stereotypes of men exist.  And that the media is wrong to portray men as bumbling fools.