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Whether it’s toxic masculinity or incel-like behavior, many unhinged men are seemingly less hesitant about flaunting their disrespect for women online. Things have gotten so out of hand that there are groups dedicated to calling them out.

The MenAndFemales subreddit is one of them. This growing community has a straightforward goal: to expose those who disparage women by calling them “females” and further denigrating them out of seeming bitterness, immaturity, or both.

Here are some of the posts from the page that stood out to us. Gents, hopefully, reading through these could make you cringe hard enough to avoid such conduct.

#1 No Experience For “Girls” I Guess

#2 “Female Privilege”

#3 Some Straight Up Misogyny

The misogynistic use of the word “female” as a disparagement has been going on for a while now. A 2016 article in Time Magazine noted that the word is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as a derogatory term.

#4 Why Is This Grown Man Even Concerned About The Thighs Of “Girls”? 🤢

#5 What If A Man Doesn’t “Brake” Her Hymen? Then What?

#6 The Only Right Use Of Males, Females, Men And Women

As linguistics professor Robin Lakoff told the publication, referring to a woman as a “female” is meant to “subtly downgrade her to lower mammalian status,” much like calling a man an “ape.”

“Any woman can get those words applied to her by the average misogynist, and makes no reference to any specific qualities other than femaleness,” Lakoff said.

#7 I Love When They Get Called Out For This

#8 God Forbid Women Look How They Want To Instead Of Pandering To Incels

#9 Found One In The Wild

To gain a better understanding of these important issues, we may need to look at the root cause of toxic masculinity. According to psychotherapist Adam Jukes, the problem may be the concept of masculinity itself, which is introduced to young boys at an early age.

#10 Clearly Someone Who Has Never Interacted With A Woman Before, Let Alone Her Genitals

#11 Probably Because They Didn’t Want To Talk To Someone Who Self Ids As An Incel

#12 Also Oop: Why Can’t I Find A Female To Date?

“There’s an asymmetry in the development of boys and girls. Infant boys have to learn how to be masculine. Girls don’t. Masculinity is not in a state of crisis. Masculinity is a crisis,” Jukes said in an interview with GQ.

Jukes also noted that while misogyny isn’t innate among men, it can be “inescapable” because masculinity exists.

#13 I Quit

#14 A Feeeemalee🤓

#15 The Title Itself Is A Red Flag. 🚩

For Jukes, society’s progressive stance and the LGBTQ community being seen and heard can eventually eradicate misogyny and toxic masculinity.

“They are fighting this battle for everyone, gnawing away at the edges of these definitions of femininity and masculinity, and we will all be liberated by their success,” he said.