Why men instantly blame feminism for any crime by women?

[Shanta]

I've been seeing a flood of posts attacking feminists ever since the Siya Goyal case broke. I went through her social media and there's nothing there that shows she's a feminist. Still, a lot of men are pointing fingers at feminism for whatever Siya did to her poor boyfriend.

What do you think is behind this? Is it a real misunderstanding of what feminism means, or is it just an agenda to smear feminists?

[Arjit]

It's basically clueless people who want to put down women for any reason they can!
Yes, they don't understand what feminism really means, and this isn't just about this case - it's been happening since the MeToo wave, in my view.

[Sonia]

Most men love and respect other men, while many consider women to be beneath them. So they think, how can someone they see as lower hurt one of their own? I've rarely met a man who genuinely loves and respects women as much as he does other men (there might be exceptions, but I haven't seen them). Feminism threatens their status quo, and they fear the privileges they grew up with will be taken away and they'll be seen as equal to women instead of above them.

[Imran]

For many people online, the algorithms push them content that paints feminism as a catch‑all excuse for breaking traditional norms. Since feminism challenges the old idea that men hold all the power, folks start blaming the movement whenever a relationship goes sour, even in a serious crime like this. They spin a fake chain‑reaction story: giving women power → independence → disrespect → violence.

When users scroll past these posts, it fits right into what they already want to believe. If someone is already angry about women getting more freedom, their brain jumps at the chance to say, "See? This modern mindset is dangerous." They mix up a woman standing up for herself with a woman committing a crime. They forget that a murderer is a murderer, no matter the gender.

In the end, blaming a political idea for a horrible crime is just a distraction. It shifts attention away from the real tragedy and the victim, and turns it into an excuse to attack women's independence.

[Mahima]

It's mostly an agenda driven by anger. When people already dislike a movement, they look for any excuse to attack it. They use a woman's crime to blame feminism because it's easier to target a big group than to focus on one bad person. It's not a misunderstanding, it's pure confirmation bias.

[Rajendra]

It's a gotcha for them. The same thing happened with the whole Pranit controversy - everyone was trolling the Himanshu guy and these folks immediately dug up a woman saying similar things just to shift the focus onto her and conveniently start blaming feminism.
During the Atul Subhash case, mainstream media quickly moved from the actual pain the man suffered to spouting hate, saying this is why women shouldn't be educated and that feminism is cancer and all that nonsense.
They don't care when it's man‑on‑man violence or systemic abuse of power by men. They know exactly what feminism is, they don't want it, so they use stupid whataboutism to deflect from the real issues.
Just look at all the subreddits where men claim they're scared to marry now, hate women, say incel is better than being a simp, etc.

[Shruti]

If we started bashing men for every rape, dowry death, acid attack, domestic violence case, imagine how far it would go?
Blame the killer all you want, but in a country like India, attacking feminism is next‑level crazy.

[Vikram]

I just want to see a day when people get angry about a human being being killed, instead of turning it into a men‑versus‑women debate.

[Amrita]

Probably because:

Why do you think women instantly start blaming patriarchy for any crime that men commit?

I've been seeing a lot of posts bashing men ever since social media blew up. I checked the backgrounds of several criminals and nothing shows they were all patriarchy‑driven. Yet many women now blame patriarchy for what those criminals did to their innocent victims.

What do you think causes this? Is it a genuine misunderstanding of what patriarchy means, or is it an agenda to tarnish patriarchy and push feminism?

[Satish]

It's quite striking how we ignore the roughly 6000 dowry deaths, sexual assaults and other crimes against women because they've become normalised. We're used to it.
There's a recent case of a man in Haryana being sexually assaulted by two police officers. I didn't see any men talking about it or showing sympathy, even though it should be outraging. Feminists talk about crimes caused by the patriarchal system, while MRA‑type groups only highlight men's rights when they're violated by women.
I'm not trying to disrespect the victim in the original case (it's truly heartbreaking), I just want to point out how such crimes are twisted to fit certain agendas, while similar incidents that don't match the narrative are ignored.

[Karan]

Some just use it as an excuse to hate.