I would like to think that the historical origins of feminism would leave it at least aware of the potential damage that the rising tide of negative stereotypes and social expectations in regards to the white male can wreck. As a white male, you suck; you have no cultural backdrop to be proud of and to draw identity from. As a child, you are a violent and destructive little fiend who must be medicated into compliance. When college comes around, you get to be either a drunken frat boy lout, a dumb jock, or a nerd who's scared of girls. After that, you become the Homer Simpson everyman who's dumb and boring and lives under the shadow of your smart and sophisticated wife.

I'm not some conservative alarmist who thinks that feminism is some insidious plot to destroy masculinity. But neither do I write off as reactionary every suggestion that the average white male (y'know, only a very few of us get to become part of the Big Bad corporate/government patriarchy) is being marginalized.

Especially since white men who feel marginalized by gender & ethnic politics are much more likely to vote Republican.