If I wanted to nitpick, I could point out that the study actually doesn't say, or even claim to say, that feminists aren't hostile to men. All it says is that one the -average- they don't seem more hostile to men than women who -don't- self-identify as feminists.
Women who self-identify as feminsists are probably more likely to enter into discussions about gender-roles than women who do not, so it could be that the impression is simply because those feminists which are critical of men are more outspoken and thus more visible thand those non-feminists which are critical of men.
I've found a good lithmus-test is to ask for someones opinion on gender-roles in some area traditionally dominated by females, say childcare. Sensible feminists will say that's an example of similar mechanisms, restricting people to their "traditional" roles, making unwarranted assumptions etc.
A few less sensible ones will insist it's not a problem at all.
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Date: August 7th, 2009 06:17 am (UTC)Women who self-identify as feminsists are probably more likely to enter into discussions about gender-roles than women who do not, so it could be that the impression is simply because those feminists which are critical of men are more outspoken and thus more visible thand those non-feminists which are critical of men.
I've found a good lithmus-test is to ask for someones opinion on gender-roles in some area traditionally dominated by females, say childcare. Sensible feminists will say that's an example of similar mechanisms, restricting people to their "traditional" roles, making unwarranted assumptions etc.
A few less sensible ones will insist it's not a problem at all.