Sometimes a man speaking out against sexism will encounter a silencing tactic in which he is accused of simply trying to score, ie, to interest women in himself by being (or pretending to be) a feminist. Among Internet Pop Culture, this characterization is often expressed through a term "White Knighting." When used in the context of an argument about Gender, White Knighting is the action of a man criticizing another man for overtly treating a women as solely a sexual object.