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Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

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21	UPDATE My soon to be ex-wife just had my pride and joy towed out of my garage. MARRIAGE changes a relationship into a business transaction...	/r/MensRights	16/07/12 12:24 AM
7	Does anyone else think the psychology field doesn't understand lonely men? It seems like porn and video games is all they can think of. Yeah I think this cuts both ways. The most attractive women probably gain more power than the most attractive men, but I think unattractive men probably default to more power than an unattractive woman - (though they both get screwed).	/r/MensRights	20/06/12 07:45 PM
3	Feminists Hate Warren Farrell's books. Mass deletion of wikipedia pages about his books. Perhaps we could work together to make sure these pages come back. Could you find it plausible that he still holds feminist beliefs, but that his main area of activity is in the court system? Based on what I've heard from him and also seen on MRA/masculism forums, the courtroom is perhaps the most sexist and most influential arena of male oppression (the classroom perhaps being the 2nd). So even if he has OTHER feminist beliefs (for example, 'most movies are about males doing something, and the females are there as scenery and love interests'), his activity in …	/r/MensRights	18/06/12 06:15 PM
0	Feminists Hate Warren Farrell's books. Mass deletion of wikipedia pages about his books. Perhaps we could work together to make sure these pages come back. I just wanted to thank you for your posts. I'm sure it's an uphill battle here, but I'm really enjoying reading these conversations!	/r/MensRights	18/06/12 06:10 PM
6	Got this chain mail today. It came from the HR dept. ಠ_ಠ Maybe send a quick unicast reply to the sender thanking them for trying to add some levity to the day but that you felt that the message was pretty sexist. You would be REALLY upset to see a chain email go around work whose punchline was demeaning to women, and you can't help but get the same feeling from this one. Then finish with a friendly closing. That's what I'd do if it really bugged me, can't believe people are suggesting you sue...	/r/MensRights	17/05/12 07:26 PM
2	Men are victims of reverse sexism, according to new book. David Benatar argues that "more boys drop out of school, fewer men earn degrees, more men die younger, more are incarcerated" and that the issue is so under-researched it has become the prejudice that dare not speak its name. Completely agreed! Not only are there vast differences between how kids gather information, even within their own gender, but even the cooperative/competitive axis and all the things that go with it are only about 60/40 for each gender. So the way things are right now probably works for about 60% of girls and 40% of boys.	/r/MensRights	15/05/12 04:26 PM
1	Men are victims of reverse sexism, according to new book. David Benatar argues that "more boys drop out of school, fewer men earn degrees, more men die younger, more are incarcerated" and that the issue is so under-researched it has become the prejudice that dare not speak its name. http://nhpr.org/post/boys-left-behind-rebroadcast#.T5WZm85p_gc.facebook	/r/MensRights	15/05/12 02:51 AM
1	Men are victims of reverse sexism, according to new book. David Benatar argues that "more boys drop out of school, fewer men earn degrees, more men die younger, more are incarcerated" and that the issue is so under-researched it has become the prejudice that dare not speak its name. http://nhpr.org/post/boys-left-behind-rebroadcast#.T5WZm85p_gc.facebook	/r/MensRights	15/05/12 02:50 AM
3	Men are victims of reverse sexism, according to new book. David Benatar argues that "more boys drop out of school, fewer men earn degrees, more men die younger, more are incarcerated" and that the issue is so under-researched it has become the prejudice that dare not speak its name. NPR just had an hour long segment on this, it just wasn't presented as an example of sexism, per se. in other words, the motivation wasn't sexist in nature, but it IS a case of boys systematically receiving a worse education experience than girls, that is resulting in lower performance by boys	/r/MensRights	14/05/12 10:29 PM
3	Men are victims of reverse sexism, according to new book. David Benatar argues that "more boys drop out of school, fewer men earn degrees, more men die younger, more are incarcerated" and that the issue is so under-researched it has become the prejudice that dare not speak its name. Schoolteachers tend to have a certain personality type which is more common amongst women than men (ENFJ), and tend to teach the way they themselves would like to be taught. This results in a lot of cooperative activities, journaling, reading silently, and sitting still. That doesn't work for the majority of male students, who thrive on competition and games, activity, performance, and are less able to just sit still with their heads down. I think that the teaching profession is just starting to…	/r/MensRights	14/05/12 10:26 PM
0	That about sums up male privilege... I guess strawman was the wrong word. I did not mean to imply that there were NO people who presented that position, but that they are fringe and ridiculous and attacking that position seems disingenuous. Maybe I'm just overoptimistic about the rarity of that position...	/r/MensRights	31/03/12 01:25 AM
-7	That about sums up male privilege... That's exactly what strawman'ing is! Attributing an entire group's beliefs to the most extreme/ignorant/easily-defeatable position and then mocking it or arguing against it. Sincerely, Buzz Killington	/r/MensRights	30/03/12 10:40 PM
16	That about sums up male privilege... was hoping for good argument, found strawman. or should I say strawwomyn?	/r/MensRights	30/03/12 08:59 PM
8	Thank You One of the most important parts of the men's rights movement is to develop an engaging and persuasive dialog with women about what men's rights is all about, why it's important, and what it means. Lots of guys "get it" but don't know how to share it, either because they are too angry, have sexist stereotypes of their own that they haven't worked out, because they aren't good at talking about their ideas, or just because they haven't tried. It would be doing a service to folks to provide a venue …	/r/MensRights	10/12/10 05:05 PM
9	Thank You Bigtime men's rights guy here, but new to this forum. In my experience, actual real feminists are the most likely to have mature, thoughtful boundaries around relationships, finances, marriage, children, responsibilities, etc. It's women with a 1950s mindset who have never thought about breaking the old gender stereotypes that have those terrible preconceptions. I think anyone who claims men should do all the work while women have all the fun and calls themselves a feminist is egregiously misrep…	/r/MensRights	10/12/10 04:55 PM
9	Disney decides that they want to make movies for boys and girls instead of just girls. Feminist: "That's sexist!" good point!	/r/MensRights	24/11/10 04:50 PM
27	Disney decides that they want to make movies for boys and girls instead of just girls. Feminist: "That's sexist!" Did you read the article? She describes how disempowering princess tales are to women: "Great! No more damsels in distress who end the movie by landing a man. " And hopes that this change will lead to a different portrayal of females in kids' stories: "Now we’re going to have a slew of new movies with cool girl heroes who bravely rescue boys from peril, exuding power and beauty by performing all kinds of risk-taking tasks and challenges." She's asking for movies that show that girls can take on …	/r/MensRights	24/11/10 03:35 PM
16	Disney decides that they want to make movies for boys and girls instead of just girls. Feminist: "That's sexist!" Her language is specious but she's stumbling around a big point. Ever hear of the Bechdel test? Think about movies you like. Now apply this test: 1.) Does it have at least two named female characters in it 2.) Do they talk to each other 3.) About something other than a man I just about blacked out the first time this worked through my brain. So you know, just keep it in mind.	/r/MensRights	24/11/10 03:31 PM
11	One of the more chilling wrongful rape claims in recent times: the woman who sent a man to prison for five years because she was bored, and sick of men Wish I had a link offhand, but The Myth of Male Power references a study the airforce conducted on rape allegations, which found about 50% of claims were fake. It's possible that fake allegations are much higher in a military organization where politics are a big deal, and rape claims were used as bargaining power. So I'd be interested in seeing some unbiased evidence that false claims are 1% of all claims...	/r/MensRights	12/11/10 08:51 PM