Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and to a lesser extent its spin-off Angel) is a feminist প্রদর্শনী intended to have an inspirational message about young women being strong, but I sometimes see male netizens claiming the প্রদর্শনী is hatefully anti-male. They say that Joss is a misandrist (man-hater) who uses the প্রদর্শনী to make women hate men to the point of enacting violence against them. This, however, is a complete misunderstanding of Buffy, Joss, and feminism in general. While there are some individual feminists who are misandrists, feminism is not misandristic in and of itself, and mainstream feminism strives...
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