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Put the real life section back in. Bunch of wimps not wanting to say the truth in case you offend people.

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I love how there's a Straw Misogynist and He Man Women Hater page, but not a Straw Misandrist and She Woman Man Hater page -_-

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I haven't been able to find anything about the character "Water Lily" in the Comic Books part. Can you name the issue she appeared in or something like that?

In the Real Life section, I found this particular example problematic and decided to remove it:

20th Feb '14 1:31:39 AM Svarti Kotturinn

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* Subverted with most women, especially actual Useful Notes/Feminists (as opposed to the straw kind), who say things like that to vent their anger at the patriarchy.

Put another way, this example is telling us that hateful statements about men are okay as long as you say you're venting your anger at "the patriarchy." To me, this is exactly like the sort of backhanded thing that people who, say, hate Americans do when they're called out for making hateful blanket statements and then try to cover their butts by saying they don't really hate Americans, they just hate their government—despite having made no such distinction in their words whatsoever (or better yet, saying things clearly targeted at the populace and not government policies).

Making excuses to get away with harboring sweeping generalizations and uttering hateful blanket statements. That's not how subverting a trope works.

However, when I removed this example, it was added back a few minutes later by emeriin:

9th Jun '14 9:16:21 AM emeriin

Venting in a safe place at being mistreated is not the same as hating men.

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* Subverted with most women, especially actual feminists (as opposed to the straw kind), who say things like that to vent their anger at the patriarchy.

Nowhere in that example as it was written is this implied. What the example claims is that most women and real feminists make Does Not Like Men statements ("who say things like that" implies they're saying things that play the trope straight) just to "vent their anger," and that this supposedly separates them from Straw Feminists. There is nothing about doing it "in a safe place," and even if there was, the example would still be problematic for the reasons I already provided.

A line pointing out that real feminists avert this trope because fighting for equal treatment for women is not the same as hating men is fine, but that's not what this example was trying to say. At all.

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There was a Batman villain mentioned named Water Lily. Does anyone know where she appeared?

Is there a reason why Fictional characters can be revealed as victims of rape (therefore revealing their reason WHY they hate men), but Live Action TV (real life) people can not have that privilege?

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"Generally, the author portrays the woman in question sympathetically, and vilifies whatever man drove her to hate the rest of his gender." Really? It seems to me that these characters are either Straw Feminists or background characters where its Played for Laughs. Or else their established to hate men so the hero can woo them somehow. I'm sure sympathetic portrayals exist, but sympathetic portrayals of everything exist, so I don't think thats how the trope is "generally" used.

So Hestia didnt like men.......well probobly she got sick and tired of looking for one

Do we need a tropertales page for this? because it seems to be turning into a what sex is better thing.

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Topic Removed. Stupid question from this troper who admits it herself.

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