The Myth Of Reverse Sexism

I've heard it time and again. It annoys the shit out of me. It is those moments where someone (usually some dudebro-doucher) implies that feminism is somehow oppressive to men. It is when some idiot cries "reverse sexism" as if something like that even exists. It is when some dickhead uses the term "femanazi" as if challenging patriarchy and the other hierarchies that reinforce it is somehow comparable to rounding up and systematically exterminating entire portions of the population while militarily expanding into as many countries as you can. People who say these things deserve a good boot to the face. They make me sick. Sexism is more than a simple personal bias based on sex or gender. Sexism is a systemic and institutionalized form of oppression. Sexism is that even the most privileged group of womyn make seventy seven cents to the man's dollar. The biggest pay gap is that the latina population earns fifty nine cents to the man's dollar. That is in the United States of America. This is your "land of the free" and what it represents to those of us that are on a societal level underrepresented. Sexism is that grrrls are still told how to avoid and prevent being raped while boys are not taught not to rape or even in the circumstances where they are they are given a ridiculously poor understanding on what rape is. Sexism is the fact that rape is the accepted norm in society. Sexism is the fact that varying power structures in society feel perfectly comfortable shaming womyn over how much or how little clothing we choose to wear. Sexism is that domestic violence is overwhelmingly swept under the rug (nothing to see here folks) and society doesn't take it seriously. Sexism is rape jokes being considered perfectly acceptable in the media. Sexism is breastfeeding in public being considered obscene while you can find breasts being used for advertisement and marketing pretty much all over. Sexism is how prostitutes are criminalized while the pimps and johns are rarely prosecuted. Sexism is the media bombarding womyn with messages that our bodies aren't good enough, that we need their product to fit their bigoted beauty standards. Sexism is the systemic regulation of womyn's bodies by varying anti-abortion laws. Sexism is so many things that play into the power dynamics that make womyn an underclass. Sexism is NOT simply a personal bias and feminism is NOT the dominant force in society that is being forced on a vulnerable group of people. So to the next dudebro-doucher that accuses me or any other of the womyn who call them out on their sexist bullshit of "reverse-sexism" and calls us "femanazis" they should stop and think for once about the power dynamics and examine their own privilege. Maybe then, they will realize why we are so pissed off.