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In the era of social media, every now and then some new word starts trending. Sometimes terms to relationships go viral, and sometimes words to gender debate become a part of people’s conversations. Recently people are also using the word misandrist a lot.

Many people are surprised to hear this, while some people are seen debating about its use despite already knowing it. Interestingly, this term often comes up in comparison with Misogynist. In such a situation, let us know where this word came from, its meaning and what is the connection of this word with men.

Who is called Misandrist?

1. A person who has hatred, contempt or one-sided opinion towards men is called a misandrist. That is, a person who has negative thoughts about men.
2. The word misandrist is derived from misandry. This word comes from the Greek language and means a feeling of hatred or opposition towards men.
3. Often people think that only women can be misandrists, but it is not necessary. Any person, male or female, can have such thoughts about men.
4. Many times this thinking can also arise from someone’s personal experience or incidents seen in the society, hence there can be different reasons behind it.
5. It is also not necessary that criticizing men every time is considered misandry. Many times people are just criticizing some behavior or social structure.
6. In the last few years, due to gender- debates on social media, the use of words like misandry and misandrist has increased significantly.
7. In Internet culture, many people call themselves misandrists as a joke or joke, so that they can express their displeasure or opinion on some social issue.
8. Just as hatred towards women is called misogyny, similarly hatred or bigotry towards men is called misandry.
9. Misandry does not always mean violent behavior. In many cases it may be just a thought or viewpoint, which is limited to the thoughts of a person.
10. Nowadays, the word misandry is often heard in discussions to gender equality, feminism and social structure.