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articleAraedTheSecond/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates11/08/24 05:32 PM
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I had an incredibly long conversation with an MTF friend of mine, and I finally managed to open her eyes to the idea of "trans women being treated like shit" is misandry. It was a difficult, long conversation, but a huge part of it hinged on "none of the discussion talks about trans men. It only focuses on trans women; and that tells you everything you need to know."
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates17/04/25 04:21 PM
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It ain't gonna be long until we do, though. If feels like Britannia is waking from her slumber. But yes, we have been helping, and will continue to help. Outside of America, the West stands with Ukraine.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates14/04/25 10:12 PM
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"I thought slut shaming was sexist? So what if I want to get laid, is that such a problem for you? A woman, in control of her sexuality, with opinions?!"
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/04/25 08:18 PM
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It's not that men aren't punished for being violent; it's that it's the only thing nobody can prevent you from expressing without an equal or greater force. Too happy? You're a problem. Sit down and behave. Too sad? Why are you crying, you're so weak. Man up and get over it. Etc, etc, etc. Anger is the only emotion that can't be suppressed by words; the punishment doesn't matter because at least the anger was sated. It's funny, because the vast majority of men agree when I say how many emotions …
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates30/03/25 03:51 PM
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Put bluntly, the worst thing to happen to Left Wing politics is the current focus on identity and intersectionality. It has caused more harm to the overall movement than even the most fevered dream of Goebbels. By saying "White Women do X", we lump all white women together, regardless of the actual truth of their behaviour. In the same way we argue against the current practice of treating men as a monolith, we absolutely need to avoid doing the same thing. White women aren't a monolith. A poor P…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/03/25 07:46 PM
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My opinion of Andy tate would go up slightly if he livestreamed an apology for being a horrific piece of shit, then jumped into a volcano. And it's only the volcano-jumping that would improve that opinion slightly.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 09:23 AM
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Let's ask a better question: why do you think it's misogynistic to focus on male issues?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 07:51 AM
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Oh dear fuck. What's the title of the subreddit, mate? "The Patriarchy!" AKA "the boogeyman used to blame men for all that ails the world!" Rather than "a select group of the ultra-rich and powerful" "Systemic sexism" is that why men and boys have worse outcomes in almost every measurable category? source 1 source 2 "Could it be related to misandry?" What?! My position is unimportant on whether misogyny is a genuine issue or not. Because I'm not talking about women.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 07:50 AM
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Ah. So the show isn't about the experiences of a family who's son has murdered a teenage girl after she bullied him? It's about a group of blokes who hate women. Misogyny, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, is dislike, contempt, or prejudice against women.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 07:40 AM
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What do you think the show is about?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 07:33 AM
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Right. Sure. The lad's dad is definitely being harmed by misogyny; not years of toxic gender roles forced on him by society. The lad is definitely just misogynistic; not influenced by the victim bullying him. Nope. Just misogyny.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/03/25 07:21 AM
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"Let's teach boys the world isn't against them!" Great, how do we do that? "By teaching them that being misogynistic harms women!" Great, where are the boys in this? "Well, men and boys are misogynistic!" Wait, so you're stereotyping men and boys as misogynistic?" "If we teach them not to be, they won't be!" ...what
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates23/03/25 07:27 PM
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...did you miss his whole series about black men, or are you just ignorant? TheTinMen is based in the UK, a country which is 83% white. Funnily enough, his content may be somewhat white-focused
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates30/12/24 09:22 PM
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I'm English, bro. The clue is in who I voted for.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/11/24 02:37 AM
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The line was "no uterus, no opinion" So we listened. Maybe that was a poor decision, hey?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/11/24 02:24 AM
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You make your own decisions on what you are. Why would that make you my enemy? Unless you're actively opposed to everything I stand for, or prepared to sit idly by while someone else acts against everything I stand for? I stand for justice, freedom, equality.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/11/24 02:22 AM
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Funny that the US far right has spent decades actively starving the education system of the funding it needs, to the point where teachers have to buy supplies, and now there's an education problem. Policy works both ways, and it sure as shit ain't as black and white as "boys will do worse under Kamala!" You know what, they might do. But everyone, including a good chunk of the planet, will be worse off under Trump.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/11/24 02:20 AM
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Because if you're not voting Kamala, you're voting Trump. One of these is objectively worse. Neither of them are good, but one side is actively trying to make things worse for everyone. I voted Labour, because I'm left wing. And the other options were either actively trying to make it worse, a blatant grift, or a party that mostly exists to complain that everyone's racist. Kamala is no angel. But by fuck, she ain't Trump. One of these will fuck you over, the other will fuck your whole family ove…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/11/24 02:17 AM
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At this particular point, there are enough harrowing stories on ask reddit. I don't think making a collation is a good idea; not least because it will just appear to be the same toxic attitudes that have harmed this movement in the past
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates18/09/24 05:19 PM
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By changing the criteria from "factory work" to "manufacturing", I found this https://www.manufacturersalliance.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/Cost%20of%20Mental%20Health%20Report%20%E2%80%94%20Manufacturing.pdf Andhttps://www.sodexoengage.com/blog/a-spotlight-on-employee-wellbeing-mental-health-in-the-manufacturing-industry/ https://www.makeuk.org/insights/reports/health-wealth-and-wellbeing-for-manufacturers I also found these by searching "mental health effects of repetitive work" https://ww…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates16/09/24 05:45 PM
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"Why are men/boys following Andrew Tate?" Followed immediately by "Men are RAPISTS. #Notallmen means you're part of the problem!" Oh, gee, I wonder why. I've noticed this exact trend for the past decade or so. Ironically, a phrase coined by the so-called progressives fits best here; "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression" These types don't want equality. They want to maintain their own privilege at the expense of everyone else; that's why male gender roles are enfor…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/09/24 09:54 PM
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No, your criticism is based upon nothing, and reads like nothing more than the things promoted in The Simple Sabotage Field Manual. If you can't evidence your statements, then they are falsehoods based on your opinion. And your opinion is that LWMA isn't left wing; as I said, why isn't it left wing?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/08/24 05:12 PM
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Fantastic. So, you say this place promotes pro-life attitudes; can you show me? Are there any other examples of this not being left wing? It's a bold statement.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/08/24 04:38 PM
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Which aspect of the purity test does it fail?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/08/24 04:21 PM
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Oh, so I'm projecting, despite having been part of MANY left wing groups (AFN/SWP etc) who imploded purely because of ideological purity testing?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/08/24 04:36 PM
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If the lefties actually mobilised and voted, we'd see the change we want. But every candidate is flawed, so instead they'll continue to split hairs and intentionally sabotage any attempt to improve things. I watched this happen with Kier Starmer in the UK. An ideologically imperfect candidate, but right person to lead Labour to victory. His biggest enemies were vocal lefties who hated everything about him, even though he fitted a lot of the characteristics they wanted. One of the most dangerous …
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates24/08/24 04:14 PM
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The left could be down to the last two people, hiding in a basement from the fascist government, and those two people would be arguing about who was the most ideologically pure. Then they'd get shot. I'd rather vote for a lefty who ran on a platform of "I fucking hate men" than a fascist. ETA: Apparently I'm projecting, despite being a life-long lefty. Turns out, the purity testers don't like being told that it's their fault. If only we could get it to be perfect, then we'd win. Right?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates23/08/24 10:23 PM
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Nobody can. This is a barely-disguised misandrist who's attempted to use the same weak talking points that are commonly used on pages that unironically used "man VS bear" as an argument as why men are dangerous.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/08/24 01:33 AM
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Because you came in with a shitty point and a shitty argument. I don't have the energy to deal with people like you. As r/TwoX says; why do we have to educate you?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/08/24 01:31 AM
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Your entire comment chain of citing male murderers for some fucking bizarre reason? Look, I don't know or care what you're about. But if you're going to tout the same lines as the people who are actively against us, then I'm going to assume you're one of them.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/08/24 01:27 AM
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Your point is what? Come on. You've come into our only safe space to say "yeah, actually, men are bad. Sorry. You're all actually bad." I'm tired of feeling like there's something wrong with me because I was born with a cock between my legs. I'm tired of seeing every other immutable factor be treated with the respect it deserves; until that person was born with a cock between their legs and has the misfortune to identify with that.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/08/24 01:16 AM
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So you're going to cherry pick the Bad Men who support your argument, but completely ignore the doctors, first responders, firefighters, EMTs, Surgeons etc who all saved people in the aftermath? 9/11 was carried out by men. It was male firefighters who ran to help.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/08/24 01:00 AM
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I'll be commenting properly later, but this article is a glaring example of how men's suffering isn't fully recognised; if the victims of this horrific family had been women, the attitude and sentencing would have been much harsher once exposed.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates11/08/24 05:34 PM
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Left Wing, to me, is the idea that every person should be free to live their life as they see fit, as long as it doesn't directly harm another person. That the state should exist to protect and safeguard the rights of it's citizens, whilst limiting as few as possible, and that the state should also provide a stable life for those who are unable to provide that for themselves. That every person should be free to engage in all aspects of society without restrictions based on characteristics outsid…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/07/24 11:37 PM
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Ooh, nice. Shall we break down your reply even more? Because you've managed to fail at critically replying and immediately gone to "my feelings are hurt!" The only thing that can fix "not having sex" is "having sex with someone"; no other aspect of male advocacy demands the use of another's body. Every other thing we ask for can be fundamentally achieved without taking anyone's clothes off, without infringement on anyone else's rights. The right to equal treatment; for male mental health to be t…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates01/07/24 09:33 PM
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Let's break it down! It seems like a lot of men are highly motivated by sex, more than they actually desire it. That is an extremely bold opening statement This is purely based on my own experiences as a man and observations of other men, but it really does seem men are highly motivated by sex; in fact, I think we are motivated by sex beyond the degree to which we actually enjoy it or think about it. This is based off subjective observation, and is a a broad generalisation which aligns more with…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates01/07/24 07:22 PM
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"A day without inventions by men" ~No cars.~ No electricity. No engines, ~no computer,~ no Internet. No ships or shipping, no steel, iron, copper, or brass. No ceramic, no clean water. No charcoal, no heating, no bricks or mortar, no trains, rails, no furniture. Woops. Edit: The car was invented by a husband and wife team; and the computer primarily by a woman.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/03/24 11:38 AM
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So many of these overly long-winded posts can be distilled into "I make women uncomfortable and that's their fault" as well. It's frustrating as all fuck.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/02/24 05:52 PM
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Education and healthcare are the two major areas of disadvantage for male employment, being entirely honest.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/01/24 10:40 PM
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Part of living in our society calls that you fulfill certain duties. For example, during times of war one of your duties is to go into combat if you're called upon. Women are probably not going to be required to do this and if they are called into the military, then they're probably not going to be put in combat roles. That's absolutely fine. Women are expected to repopulate the country after the war, obviously. Why don't you fulfill your duties?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/01/24 06:39 PM
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So, Sexual Assault and Violence (SAV, for short), is an extremely difficult type of crime to prosecute, as it relies on testimony, with very little physical evidence. Example; Man A, Dave, gets drunk. Woman A, Lucy, is sober. Lucy invites Dave to her apartment where they have sexual intercourse. Dave later sobers up, and states that he didn't consent and wouldn't normally have consented to sex with Lucy as he's a gay man and isn't sexually attracted to women. This, on the surface, is fairly clea…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/11/23 11:01 PM
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I'm breaking this up into sections for my brain. And for easier reading. But mostly my brain. Rationally: There is very little evidence of false accusations, because society writ large doesn't prosecute for a false accusation. So all we have is anecdotal evidence, which is very easily discredited. Secondly, the vast majority of false accusations never actually make it to the police, because the accuser knows there isn't a case. So there's even less evidence of false accusations. Emotively: There…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/11/23 10:27 PM
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Only a common opinion and policy in theocratic or otherwise authoritarian governments. A government does not exist to infringe upon the liberties of the individual but to safeguard them.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/11/23 07:32 AM
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Just because you're unable to see it, doesn't mean everyone else has to be blind.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/11/23 07:40 PM
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These were all white, British, and either Catholic or non-religious people who said it.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/11/23 07:55 AM
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This is an extraordinarily common extreme-right-wing dogwhistle, and the only people I've heard espouse it are either literal self-confessed Nazis or self-confessed Communists. Both groups of people who also have views about the sterilisation of LGBT+ individuals, and the establishment of ethno-states. Oh, and both groups who have views on extreme punishments. So yeah. I won't chill tf out. Fuck Nazis, fuck Tankies. The state only exists to safeguard the liberties of it's citizens, not to restri…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/11/23 02:58 AM
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I'm about 99% certain that anyone who espouses this view is an absolute authoritarian who'd make Hitler and Stalin look like the ideal roommate.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/11/23 02:43 AM
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This reads like an Andrew Tate fever dream. "5'5", thinning hair, skinny white boy, complains about being labelled a creep" My dude. Come on. Modern feminism is actively harmful to men, and is driving more and more men away from the left by labelling us all predators, but your scenario is absolute lunacy.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates29/09/23 06:27 PM
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Patriarchy Er, kinda. But only vaguely, in a "for the top 0.1% of society" way, and it doesn't affect the vast majority of people in any real capacity. Rape Culture Not in any Western nation. Rape culture is the idea that rape is somehow normalised and accepted, but that's nowhere near reality, hence why every example is so pathetic. Systemic/Systematic/Institutionalized Misogyny Kinda. But only inasmuch as "misogny" means "unequal treatment". Misogyny as "hating women" isn't systemic/institutio…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates15/09/23 02:29 PM
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That's not relevant to a discussion about voting rights, though. It is one of the issues affecting men's rights, but it doesn't affect our right to vote.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates13/09/23 07:38 AM
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And yet, conscription has nothing to do with voting rights. The right to vote isn't qualified by conscription; the only restrictions are age and citizenship.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates13/09/23 07:24 AM
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I'm fairly certain you're misunderstanding voting rights. You do not need to provide military service to be able to legally vote. There is no qualification or restrictions applied to the right to vote, excepting citizenship. So to say that any particular group must do something to have the right to vote, is returning to a system of qualified or restricted voting rights. There is no legal restriction on voting bar age and citizenship.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates13/09/23 07:24 AM
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To separate the need for military service in return for voting rights?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates12/09/23 07:30 PM
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People fought to end this as a concept, and you'd reinstate it?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates12/09/23 06:10 PM
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We have absolutely shitloads.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates11/09/23 02:56 AM
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This line of thinking I can agree with. Both genders had it pretty fucking terrible, unless they were fortunate to be born into the ruling class; it was just very different shapes of fucking terrible
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates11/09/23 02:37 AM
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Menslib is a feminist space to talk about how they Totally Super Definitely want to help men, and to hide all the ways that feminists don't want to help men at all. Any men's issues space that openly says "we follow feminist theory" isn't acting in good faith at best. Feminism is, at best, apathetic towards men's issues, and at worst actively harmful to them.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/09/23 05:00 PM
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I'm proudly banned from r/menslib for saying "If we spoke about any other group the way we speak about men, we'd be called racist, sexist, or homophobic"
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/09/23 04:58 PM
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It doesn't apply, since misogyny isn't promoted by society, and never has been unlike misandry. Emphasis mine. Nothing you have said has added anything to the conversation about men's issues, and is purely in the interest of attacking another set of beliefs This space is supposed to be better than that. Instead, it's just the same as "the Patriarchy!!11!!!" The Big Bad BoogeyMan of Evil Unnecessary Feminism is what's holding men back, obviously. Because it wasn't ever needed, because society was…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/09/23 02:35 PM
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Men and women were both oppressed by other men and women. The fact that we act like only women had things bad in history, and that men were these evil oppressors trying to take advantage of women, is deeply unfair to men. https://reddit.com/r/MensRights/s/hD2RewmJ90 Misogyny has been promoted by society. This is a simple fact. Please stop trying to reject reality; you're as bad as the feminists that say that men have never been oppressed.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/09/23 08:41 AM
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And this is how we turn into just another right-wing lunacy space. There's nothing factual in this. Referencing law from the 12th century (which has no legal standing) compared to referencing law from the 1970s. Remember, don't be so blind to the issues of women that you forget they existed. Men's issues are valid, but they're incomparable over the course of history
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/09/23 07:37 AM
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Misogyny, depending on your position, has been enforced by law. Definition of misogyny: "dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women." Legal positions that have enforced prejudice: the marriage bar voting equality rape&sexual assault legislation domestic abuse legislation If we want to maintain any legitimacy, we really need to stop spouting things like "misogny was never promoted by society", when we can literally see the laws that promoted it.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/09/23 07:04 AM
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Indeed. Isn't it funny how its acceptable to insult men based off their genitalia, but it isn't acceptable to insult women based off their genitalia? There's no such thing as "small titty energy", after all
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates09/08/23 06:45 PM
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Equality means Equality** In big letters **Terms and conditions apply. May not include all individuals. Not available in male spaces. In small print at the bottom It'll catch attention, is broadly agreeable, and those who want to look closer will see the caveat
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates07/08/23 04:35 PM
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Yup. "Men do [X]! Men are a PROBLEM! Why don't men do more to not be a problem?" "Wait, why are men angry?"
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/08/23 11:25 AM
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Just like Borderline Personality Disorder/Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder are far more prevalent in women. Even though, to the outside and casual observer, EUPD/BPD/NPD would all appear to be the same thing
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/08/23 11:23 AM
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Yes, which you don't like. I cite a load of historic facts; "Well, it wasn't actually all women though was it?" Nah. If you want the truth, then do your independent research. The UK treated everyone like shit, but there was only ever one gender legally barred from working, owning property, or attending higher education.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/08/23 05:04 AM
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any excuse. I'm not getting into it with you. I know men couldn't vote; but that's not what this particular discussion is about, is it? You can blindly hate it all you want, it just shows a total lack of knowledge
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/08/23 04:59 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_George_Square https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918 War by all classes of our countrymen has brought us nearer together https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Street_Conspiracy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Rising https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Holberry There's on…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/08/23 04:58 AM
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So did the male suffrage movement, and the unions, and countless other left wing organisations. We earned our rights through blood.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/08/23 04:33 AM
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I have no idea what your point is. Yes, the balance has shifted; but that's not because Feminism is EVIL AND BAD. Its because society overcorrected, and now we need to advocate for our issues, address them, and improve the challenges we face. Not refute history.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 08:03 PM
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Jesus, you really don't know anything about the men's (and by extension, universal) suffrage movement. It was a fight for over 400 years; notably including Red Friday in Glasgow, and The Petersfield Riots. Working class people had fought for nearly four hundred years for the right to vote. And dude? I'm a man. A hairy-arsed blacksmithing woodworker of a man.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 07:43 PM
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My facts are straight; in case you didn't read the citations. I wasn't talking about the history of men's issues in the UK; but I can quote the voting restrictions (if over the age of 21, and owning or renting property with a rateable value of five pounds two shillings or more), and men gained the unrestricted right to vote in 1918 as a direct result of the actions in WW1. But hey, if you want to duke it out about women having more rights, did you read the paragraph I wrote about the feminist ca…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 07:34 PM
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We don't need to accept that feminism used to be good, in the same way we don't need to accept that the sun rises in the morning, or water is wet. Its a simple fact. The US changes to abortion legislation only prove that the fight for equality isn't over; in exactly the same way that US domestic courts prove the same thing for men. I stand as an ally; but that doesn't mean I'm not going to challenge, to argue, to advocate for men. It doesn't mean I'm going to sit quietly by while men are belittl…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 04:14 PM
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And this, right here, is EXACTLY what I meant. Should men have not been feminists when women were barred from working, owning property, opening a bank account, or even voting Now, the sources are all important context as to why feminism was so important. The power balance, until the last fifteen years, was heavily biased in one direction. Did that change the issues men faced? Not at all. But that's not what the feminist movement set out to do, nor what it's for now. Feminism has harmed men; nota…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 04:10 PM
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This absolutely nails it. To further; Look at how left wing media speak about and treat men. If you're a young lad, growing up, who are you going to associate with? People who automatically treat you with, at the very best, casual indifference, or at worst treat you with outright hatred. Or, are you going to associate with people who treat you positively, and at least pay lip service to things you're worried about? Feminism (and by extension, the Left Wing) have a nasty habit of minimising men's…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates02/08/23 08:19 AM
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I have a wee side hobby of writing erotica, and I noticed the same - loads of writers seem to think "bottom = feminine", rather than "bottom = man who likes it up the butt". There's a LOT of so-called "male gaze" stuff that is from women, by women, for women - most of the men I know (and knew, because I used to know a lot of scummy guys), really didn't give a fuck about the things we're told we give a fuck about.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/07/23 11:07 AM
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It originates as a contraction of "pusillanimous", which means "showing a lack of determination, timid", while also being a bugger to spell and pronounce. People who think it's an insult about genitalia are somewhat uneducated, at best.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates19/05/23 11:50 AM
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Here's my full comment. There's more, so much more, but over a year later and I'm still recovering from the experience. So, I'm a male victim/survivor/whatever of domestic abuse, both from men and women. I started work there after working in female medium secure forensic mental health for a few years, where I worked with people who ran the full range of mental health, and had also committed a wide variety of offences, including serious CSA/IPV/murder. When I started with the charity, I was inves…
/r/MensRights09/05/23 01:28 PM
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I stand to gain everything and lose nothing by treating them as an ally. I stand to lose everything and gain nothing by treating them as an opponent.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/05/23 08:02 AM
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My response to that is always "look, I'm not a feminist - but I stand with you. I'm your ally, I'm on your side - why won't you stand with me?"
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates04/05/23 07:16 AM
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This is a seriously damaging attitude and approach to take; therapy saved my life. I'm not dead because I paid someone to sit and talk to me; and I'm as masculine as masculine gets.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/04/23 11:22 AM
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It also gives a certain type of person the justification to be worse. "Well, if I'm falsely accused, I'll be sent to prison - I might as well be sent to prison for something I've done." Harsher sentencing doesn't reduce crime, it makes it worse.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/04/23 01:32 AM
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So, women using the threat of a false allegation to silence men isn't abusive?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates28/04/23 01:25 AM
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Traditionally, it would be because the wife couldn't own property, or didn't own property, and also wouldn't have the means to support herself. The husband leaving would leave the wife destitute and homeless; whereas the husband would have the means to support themselves. In the UK specifically, up until 1967 it was entirely legal for companies to bar married women from working for them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975 I'm unsure (and don't have the time to research) …
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates12/04/23 03:18 PM
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I disagree with making abuse shelters unisex; but having male/female wings/wards/dorms at abuse shelters is sensible.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates11/04/23 08:15 AM
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Bro. Just wanted to pop in and say that I really fucking appreciate the work you're doing. You're collating and delivering information that I've known for years, but I'm not educated or erudite enough to write it in the approachable, engaging manner that you manage. At some point, I need to remember to ping you a message - there's a few things I've noticed that I think you'll appreciate (but I need to remember what they are, and right now I've got a good many plates spinning as it is)
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates22/03/23 09:41 PM
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So you would ignore all the work done by women who were feminists, who were allies with the working men, in favour of your own preconceived notions of what feminists want? That's exactly what's happened to the MRA movement. That is what will continue to happen, until we agree that if we all want equality, then we have to work together. Otherwise, we'll be reduced to the extremists, the radicals, the screaming misogyny of people like Andrew Tate. That is not who we are. Please, for the fucking lo…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/03/23 02:36 PM
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Welcome to the club! Toxic shit goes straight in the fucking bin, everything else is welcome. There are a lot of myths taught by feminism, that even after a brief analysis completely collapse. Feminism is absolutely valid, absolutely necessary, but at present is also totally unaccountable to anyone - that needs to change. One thing I truly appreciate about this space is that the mods will categorically defend the truth; however that falls. The only thing that we have is the truth. Remember that,…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates21/03/23 01:21 PM
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Okay, I'm going to go against the grain here. I spend time in the fetish scene. I can think of a handful of times when I've seen an older person dating a younger person (10+ year age gap) where it hasn't been predatory. At the very least, there is an established imbalance of power (all relationships are power exchange) that is heavily weighted in the older person's favour. It's not rooted in misandry; and honestly, I'll fight this one to the bone. Age gaps matter less as you get older; someone w…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates18/03/23 12:43 PM
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Yup; but it's a difficult one. The foundational knowledge that made my therapist so good was the work she'd done with paedophiles/murderers/rapists. It takes a serious strength of character to face that kind of person and see the best in them and treat them with empathy and unconditional care. She was (and presumably still is) a formidable human being, who had an excellent attitude both to her work and the world around her. I've met a handful of people in my life who had that same energy.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates16/03/23 05:07 PM
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Bullshit. I had an excellent therapist who helped me work through ten years of trauma, develop amazing coping strategies, and helped me develop into a better person who has an amazing support network of people who actually give a fuck. The people I knew before that don't give a fuck, because those people were dicks, and I was a dick with them. I grew and changed, and then built a healthy support network and group of friends, because I could finally enforce boundaries.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates16/03/23 10:09 AM
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The Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy in the Outpatient Treatment of Major Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial Two very specific types of therapy. So let's not be saying things like "therapy doesn't work for anyone" In total, 50.8% of people who completed a course of treatment recovered in 2017-18, up from 49.3% in 2016-17 and 46.3% in 2015-162. A total of 66.4% of patients showed reliable improvement after undergoing psychological therapy. https://digital.nh…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates16/03/23 10:03 AM
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Therapy absolutely does work for men. Men have lower rates of engagement with therapy. This is only my personal idle observations, so bear that in mind for the following statement Men are socialised from a young age to suppress their emotions and to not engage with them. They're socialised from a young age that nobody cares about their emotions, and aren't taught the emotional intelligence required to successfully navigate their emotions. A little scenario; --start scenario-- So, you're a man. Y…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates16/03/23 09:09 AM
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It might be worth phrasing it as: "Men have the highest rate of suicide; mixed race men are the highest at [x], with white men being the second highest at [X], and women at [x]" IMO, it should be gender, then race, then sexuality, then religion when dealing with issues like this. More support for men doesn't exclude anyone based on race/sexuality/religion, because none of those change your gender.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates10/03/23 02:00 AM
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Estimated rates of suicide were highest in the White (men: 21.03 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 20.56 to 21.51, women: 6.79 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 6.53 to 7.05) and Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups (men: 23.56 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 21.32 to 26.04, women: 9.57 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 8.27 to 11.08) (Figure 2). Estimated rates of suicide were lowest for the Arab group (men: 3.75 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 2.33 to 6.03, women: 2.54 per 100,000 people, 95% CI: 1.32 to 4.88). Direct quote fr…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates10/03/23 01:57 AM
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Humans are social creatures with an inbuilt instinct to find a partner. Promoting the idea that "you should be happy on your own" is dangerous.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates10/03/23 01:54 AM
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Honestly, there is a LOT more support for BAME issues than there is for white men here in the UK; and that's a bloody problem, when the population of the UK is 86% white. We need to start talking about the issues faced by straight white men, without nodding to other issues faced by other people. If we want to have a safe space that helps deradicalise young white men, then we absolutely need to focus on the issues they face. I will stand by BLM and feminism all day long. But I won't let them spea…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates10/03/23 01:53 AM
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Again, that's the US. The UK takes a different approach. https://www.college.police.uk/app/major-investigation-and-public-protection/domestic-abuse/introduction-authorised-professional-practice-domestic-abuse This is the UK approach, from the UK College of Policing.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/03/23 01:56 PM
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No mate, I'm asking for any evidence at all that it's a model taught to police Which there won't be, because again, that being taught to UK police would lead to a great many solicitors rubbing their hands in glee. Wrongful arrest is serious shit that routinely leads to five and ten thousand pound payouts.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/03/23 12:57 PM
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Nothing in that link pertains to the police. I worked in a DAPP for a few months, and I'm well aware of the issues they have and their attitudes towards perpetrators. But again, that isn't relevant; as it's nothing to do with the police, the police response, arresting styles, or arrest rationale.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/03/23 12:48 PM
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That's absolutely news to me, as a Brit, because the coppers I know are taught to assess on a case by case basis. British law wouldn't allow for Duluth to stand as rationale for arrest, so the copper who arrested because "we were taught to always arrest the male" would be up for some serious shit for false arrest, and the arrestee would be due compensation. Please don't spread disinformation. Unless, of course, you can show me where the policing degree teaches the Duluth model.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/03/23 11:34 AM
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Not in the UK. Police here will arrest the perpetrator regardless of gender; while there is a presumption that the perpetrator is male, it's not hard coded into policy or procedure.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates06/03/23 11:07 AM
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Out of all the evidence in the OP, you're still attacking the phantom patriarchy?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates19/02/23 07:32 PM
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This is called "oligarchy". It already has a name. If we lived in a true patriarchy, there would never have been women at any level of power; but we don't.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates19/02/23 07:30 PM
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My own aunt repeatedly made comments about me when I was younger; things like "if I were twenty years younger", "if I wasn't married", etc etc. These days, I refuse to be around her. I dislike the woman intensely, and will have nothing to do with her at all. I have lost fucking count of how many times I've been sexually assaulted by women. In bars, nightclubs, and pubs. I won't be in a bar or nightclub that has a hen party, I won't go to somewhere that has a majority female crowd, and I keep mys…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates30/01/23 05:54 PM
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I distinctly recall reading a feminist paper on gender roles which spent the first four pages justifying why it was written using feminist literature rather than statistics. I stopped reading, because it was only about twelve pages long - if a full third of your paper is justifying it, then the argument doesn't stand on its own.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates23/01/23 02:43 PM
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I'd also like to add to this; Years later, I was out in a different town. Drunk as hell, I noticed two guys following a woman who was screaming at them to leave her alone. I intervened; shouting at them to leave her alone and fuck off. It was only through sheer luck and de-escalation skills honed by working in mental health, that I walked away alive. One of the two guys said, as he was leaving, "you're lucky. My mate wanted to kill you. We leave you alone, for now, but next time? Not so lucky." …
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates22/01/23 05:27 PM
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I commented this on here before: One thing I always like to say about "stop men from behaving badly" A good few years ago, when I was 20-ish, I was out in my local town having a good many drinks. On my walk home, in the centre of town, I see a couple having a full-blown fistfight that devolved into the male partner (Jack) kicking the shit out of his female partner (Jill). A random passerby (John) did the right thing and jumped in to stop Jack from kicking the fuck into his partner. I'll never fo…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates22/01/23 05:23 PM
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Ah, yeah; that is curious! It's also worth noting that if you sort by region, deprived areas also have a consistently lower life expectancy - but the gap between male and female life expectancy increases.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates19/01/23 07:07 AM
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There's no group where the men live longer than the women https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/ethnicdifferencesinlifeexpectancyandmortalityfromselectedcausesinenglandandwales/2011to2014#ethnic-breakdown
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates19/01/23 05:30 AM
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Women consistently have a higher life expectancy than men; in the UK, 83 years for women, 79 years for men. Longer life expectancies mean that fewer women die compared to men in the same year.
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates18/01/23 11:24 PM
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Indeed. But why do feminists insist I risk my life?
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates15/01/23 09:35 AM
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One thing I always like to say about "stop men from behaving badly" A good few years ago, when I was 20-ish, I was out in my local town having a good many drinks. On my walk home, in the centre of town, I see a couple having a full-blown fistfight that devolved into the male partner (Jack) kicking the shit out of his female partner (Jill). A random passerby (John) did the right thing and jumped in to stop Jack from kicking the fuck into his partner. I'll never forget watching both Jack and Jill …
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates15/01/23 12:28 AM
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It depends; AFAB individuals have a lot of inherent privilege that is entrenched in society. They also face a lot of inherent challenges that are also entrenched in society. AFAB individuals are still under-represented across STEM fields; they're also over-represented across education (up to the highschool level), nursing, and "caring" professions. AMAB individuals are still under-represented across education, nursing, care sectors, and oddly HR departments, but are over-represented in STEM, haz…
/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates03/01/23 11:01 PM
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