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For example, women's dislike of female bosses is consistent with Goldberg's theory. [10] Goldberg's "is the only theory that can explain some of the more inconvenient facts about women as well as men". [11] "No other theory has been offered which can explain women's rejection of females in authority". [10]
This alternate, 'active' nihilism on the other hand destroys to level the field for constructing something new. This form of nihilism is characterized by Nietzsche as "a sign of strength," [ 83 ] a willful destruction of the old values to wipe the slate clean and lay down one's own beliefs and interpretations, contrary to the passive nihilism ...
Another of Farrell's concerns is that traditional assumptions of female innocence or sympathy for women, termed benevolent sexism, do lead to unequal penalties for women and men who commit similar crimes, [32]: 240–253 [independent source needed] to lack of sympathy for male victims in domestic violence cases when the perpetrator is female ...
Men's rights activists (MRAs) and other masculinist groups have characterized modern laws concerning divorce, domestic violence, conscription, circumcision (known as male genital mutilation by opponents), and treatment of male rape victims as examples of institutional misandry.
Many men continue the cycle of violence and the belittling of women, viewing such actions as the norm because it's what they witnessed at home. Unfortunately, this problem escalates when men become violent towards their wives, fueled by the belief that it is a woman's duty to fulfill all her husband's requests.
A study in 2023 found that people—especially women—are less likely to accept violence against women than violence against men. [ 6 ] Male law enforcement officers show a greater reluctance to file charges or reports when a man is the victim of domestic violence. [ 7 ]
Firestone believes that patriarchy is caused by the biological inequalities between women and men, e.g. that women bear children, while men do not. Firestone writes that patriarchal ideologies support the oppression of women and gives as an example the joy of giving birth, which she labels a patriarchal myth.
The term is related to the general concepts of assault and murder against victims due to their gender, with violence against men and women being problems dealt with by human rights efforts. Gendercide shares similarities with the term 'genocide' in inflicting mass murders; however, gendercide targets solely one gender, being men or women ...