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Guys ordering #meninist tshirts are getting a REALLY rough time

Harsh words. But fair?

YOU’VE HEARD OF feminism right?

Well now, here comes meminism.

It’s a movement which appears to satirise feminism, by taking a (sometimes) tongue-in-cheek approach to ‘equality for men’, with the hashtag #MeninistTwitter throwing up things like:

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Girls may get cramps but they don't know pain until they wait 4hours for your girl to leave so you can fart #realtalk #MeninistTwitter
— Adam (@hi_im_adampyle) December 25, 2014

Adam / Twitter

Advocates of meninism (or menimism) point out the double standards that exist in male and female relationships:

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Late last year vlogger Kat Blaque published this response to the movement, pointing out that meninist tweets are almost all related to sexual or relationship issues:

Kat Blaque / YouTube

The @MeninstTweet account (which claims to satirise modern feminism) is now selling a #meninism tshirt, which has been popping into customers letterboxes.

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The response has been cutting, to say the least.

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Dear anywhere wearing a #MENINIST t-shirt. You're wearing a typo. Try #MENINSIST instead. Because they really do even when they're wrong.
— Elaine Scattermoon (@scattermoon) January 17, 2015

Elainovision 2015 / Twitter

I love the word #meninist. It cleverly combines the painful brain inflammation of "meningitis" with the doomed zeal of "Leninist".
— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief) January 17, 2015

Tom Freeman / Twitter

A bunch of wankers in denial about being wankers. #meninist
— Douglas Henshall (@djhenshall) January 17, 2015

Douglas Henshall / Twitter

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I wonder what the #Meninist folk are up to today. Oh. Oh dear. At least they've removed themselves from the gene pool pic.twitter.com/cNVtKjMCn7
— Kid Canaveral (@KidCanaveral) January 17, 2015

Kid Canaveral / Twitter

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you'd have to be one very sad and lonely individual to buy and wear a #meninist shirt. I feel bad for all of you.
— Sir Updog (@SirUpdog) January 17, 2015

Sir Updog / Twitter

Ouch.

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Guys ordering #meninist tshirts are getting a REALLY rough time

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