In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (an American social activist and one of the leading figures of the early women's rights movement) stated that "man is infinitely inferior to women in every moral virtue". Feminism (defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as: “the theory of political, economic, and social equality of the sexes”) began as a movement for total equality for all human beings, but has become a philosophy (largely part promoted by Stanton and others) based on animosity and condemnation against men. The rise of feminism has led to (not necessarily caused) an exponential increase in discrimination against men, as many feminists blame men for the injustice and oppression of women over the centuries, and not without cause. Over the centuries women have been considered at best subhuman, and at worst property, little more than chattel, and while it is still true that women are still oppressed in some places in the world, in America (home of feminism, equality, freedom) women are reversing the balance of power. Instead of moving forward with ideals of freedom and equality, feminism has become distorted and history is repeating itself; but with a twist. Now women are in power and men are oppressed. Society is so focused on discrimination against women, on crimes against women, that injustices against men are overlooked, ignored or completely denied. Men are so stereotyped as villains that no one sees how they are becoming the victims. Misandry is real, it is pervasive, and in many ways it is more dangerous than misogyny. People recognize misogyny, we see it, we hate it and we fight it. But misandry is more of a threat because it is invisible, it corrupts society, relationships, the future and no one seems to know it exists. Nobody sees him, so nobody stops him. Misandry (hatred of men) is found everywhere in American society