You are pretty unfamiliar with some of the more obscure aspects feminism. Even if the SCUM manifesto was really satire (which I don’t think it was), there where plenty of calls for the elimination or even enslavement of men by academics and radicals.
As with all political and ideological movements some join them just because they seem the best available tool to harm a despised out-group.
The SCUM Manifesto was written by someone with severe mental health issues and isn’t taken seriously by the vast majority of feminists. It isn’t representative in any useful way. Edit: That is not to say that there aren’t some people out there with extreme views of this sort, they’ll show up in any large movement. But that context is important.
You are pretty unfamiliar with some of the more obscure aspects feminism. Even if the SCUM manifesto was really satire (which I don’t think it was), there where plenty of calls for the elimination or even enslavement of men by academics and radicals.
As with all political and ideological movements some join them just because they seem the best available tool to harm a despised out-group.
Some feminists really do just hate men.
I think Mary Daly did.
The SCUM Manifesto was written by someone with severe mental health issues and isn’t taken seriously by the vast majority of feminists. It isn’t representative in any useful way. Edit: That is not to say that there aren’t some people out there with extreme views of this sort, they’ll show up in any large movement. But that context is important.