Stupid of the day: Feminists outrage over a campaign against male generalization

Crimes against women is a serious issue in this country. Eve-teasing, domestic violence, rapes and molestations are commonplace. And yes, a lot of men are at fault. But is it in any way justifiable to taint all men with a ‘sex-offender’ or a ‘rapist’ tag?

Is it not wrong to say that all men are the same? Because they aren’t. Generalizing the male gender for being rapists or sex-offenders is the same as generalizing the female gender for being weak and emotional.

To put an end to stereotype like this, Mintified started a campaign with the idea #BlameOneNotAll. It featured several women holding placards with messages that talked about how certain men in their lives made them feel safer and better.

According to Mintified, they “do agree that a woman has to go through a lot; the leering, the catcalls, the groping, the societal othering, the miasma of all this that women bear the brunt of every damn day. Every single day is a war to them. But generalizing the other gender is not right. Not all men are rapists. Not all men abuse their significant others. Not all men actively oppress women.”

The idea seemed like a solid one. They weren’t downgrading the struggles of being a woman by pointing out the struggles of men. They weren’t creating a ‘battle of the sexes’ kind of scenario. They were just pointing out that not all men are to be blamed. Not all men can be tainted with the same brush. Seems fair right? Apparently not.

This campaign was not at all received well. There was a stream of outrage from feminists and they all seemed to feel that this was only highlighting the fact that women are sexist.

The hypocrisy is more than evident in the last tweet, because claiming only one gender can be sexist is not wrong at all, isn’t it?

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