Myths for the Misandrist
A Reading List for the Malicious Mocking of Manly Misfortune
Disclaimer: this article is satirical, which is Latin for “full of it,” so don’t take anything here too seriously. And definitely don’t take anything here as a suggestion. I’m legally obligated to not say “wink,” so … end of disclaimer.
Are you fed up with all these misogynists who are into classics these days? You’re not alone! I too am sick and tired of those men’s righters getting all the credit for mining the classical canon for evidence of gendered misbehavior. Everywhere you look they’re all “Juvenal 6 this” and “Helen the dog-faced bitch that” but I’m here to let you know that there is plenty of misandrist fodder in classical literature, too, if you just know where to look. So in the name of equality or something, I hereby present a reading list of Greco-Roman myths that are sure to warm any misandrist’s cold cold heart.
And don’t think that this list is only for man-haters, though! Say you absolutely love men but you’ve got one that annoys you ever so slightly sometimes by yawning with his mouth open or systematically discriminating against women or some other of those annoying little…
