AustinBarnes Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
86	A message about equality some feminists may have forgotten [x-post from r/Atheism]		AustinBarnes	/r/MensRights	09/02/12 02:58 PM

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
6	Perhaps it will be interesting to see two sides: What are some things you support in the women's rights movement? Yeah, a lot of people see "body issues" and instantly think "magazines using made-up women on their cover". I just wanted to clarify.	/r/MensRights	05/03/13 05:09 AM
11	Perhaps it will be interesting to see two sides: What are some things you support in the women's rights movement? I agree with this in principle, and I also think that the same thing applies for men. Not All men are going to be Greek gods in terms of appearance. One thing I am concerned about is this trend of things like fat acceptance, that shit needs to end.	/r/MensRights	05/03/13 04:56 AM
6	Borrowed this from r/atheism Faith is belief without proof/evidence, although I am hesitant to use the word belief because it is usually conflated with faith. This was the context I was using when I said faith was evil. I cannot imagine a single possible scenario where having faith could possibly considered anything but a horrible trait. No one should ever believe something without evidence. For example, I generally think that there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe. Given the age and size of the universe and wh…	/r/MensRights	27/01/13 11:27 PM
8	Borrowed this from r/atheism Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity. Atheism requires absolutely zero faith. If religions are TV channels, than atheism is turning your TV off. Faith is probably the single greatest evil on the planet at the moment. It is what encourages people to accept things as fact, it is what causes feminists to ignore the statistics and facts regarding DV, MGM, etc. Faith is the idea that even if the facts contradict your opinion, you should ignore the facts and "have faith" that you are correct.	/r/MensRights	27/01/13 10:29 PM
22	White House petition aims to end male-only military draft \| The Daily Caller My understanding is that the draft is there in case you guys need cannon-fodder, in which case there is no reason women cant fulfill this role as well as a male.	/r/MensRights	23/12/12 11:41 PM
19	Do you think circumcision should be allowed to be performed on children for medical reasons? Only as an absolute last resort. Most medical issues, such as phimosis, can be treated using creams and stretching exorcises. If your doctor says your young son has phimosis, then that doctor is also wrong. the foreskin should remain fused to the glans until around puberty.	/r/MensRights	09/12/12 06:16 PM
-9	A rant from a feminist and a mother. The child will be better off with his father in this case. You would be best off devoting 100% of your time to your education. This allows you to get the best education while your child is provided for in a stable environment.	/r/MensRights	11/11/12 12:44 AM
1	Being a pussy Calling someone a pussy in this context is referring to pussy cats.	/r/MensRights	26/10/12 04:55 AM
1	My mother asked me why there was no women in Formula 1. I replied that motor-sport was not gender specific & only the best make it. Is this the only sport where this applies? The only female progamer I know about is a Canadian player named Scarlet, and she is a MtF transsexual.	/r/MensRights	12/09/12 11:08 AM
3	Help me to understand how if a woman gets pregnant, and the male didnt use a condom, it's unfair that he pay child support. The idea is that the dad has to say he wants a LPS before a certain point (ie, while the fetus can still be aborted, or even as late as before the actual birth of the child). The idea is that the father would give enough time for the mother to be able to make a reasonable choice on the fate of the child. She could have an abortion or she could put the child up for adoption or she could decide that she wants to keep the child (although she would be the only one financially responsible). If LPS wa…	/r/MensRights	27/08/12 12:52 AM
3	Help me to understand how if a woman gets pregnant, and the male didnt use a condom, it's unfair that he pay child support. Legal Parental Surrender, AKA "Financial Abortion". Basically the woman would have to notify the father that she is pregnant within a certain time frame. Any time before that time frame expires the man can simply say "I'm out" at which point all legal and financial responsibilities and privileges towards that potential child are removed from him. Basically he gets the right to say "I want nothing to do with that child".	/r/MensRights	27/08/12 12:09 AM
2	Why right wing is no better than left wing for men's rights: The problem really stems from the fact that feminism has a monopoly on gender issues. This means that people on the left who care about social equality take a look at what is out there and only really see feminism. These people will only have a passing knowledge of feminism and they'll come to the conclusion that it is this great movement for equality and such they'll offer their support. They might even self-identify as feminist even though they don't actually know what the "real" feminists are…	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 08:20 PM
11	Girls' Math Skills May Fall Short Of Boys' Because Of Male Impulsiveness I know personally when I am calculating large numbers in my head I often break them up into smaller components that I simply know the answer to. From here I can very quickly "guess" the answer multiples with similar values. For example, 16x18 = (16x10) + (16x8) = 160 + [(16x10) - (16x2)] = 160 + 160 - 32 = 288. Now for future reference I know what 16x18 is, so it is much simpler to calculate multiples close to 16x18. For example 16x19 = 304 because you are just adding an additional 16 to 288. Th…	/r/MensRights	01/08/12 02:45 PM
1	Restoring the foreskin. It depends on the tightness of your cut. When I started I had very little loose skin so masturbating in this fashion wasn't an option for me. Now that I have grown more skin I have enough to masturbate without lube.	/r/MensRights	24/06/12 03:17 AM
5	Restoring the foreskin. I have regrown enough that I can now masturbate without lube. Basically I just roll my skin up and down over my glans. Doing this feels much better then just working the shaft. Unfortunately I don't have enough yet to have a proper "gliding motion" during actual sex. I would also recommend taking a look at www.Foregen.org They are looking into starting clinical trials sometime later this summer. The plan is to use stem cell technology to literally regrow an actual Foreskin with all of it's uniqu…	/r/MensRights	23/06/12 07:45 PM
6	Feeling mutilated Take a look at Foregen.org. They are a 501c charity in the US and they are planning on using stem cell technology to completely regrow the foreskin and all associated nerves. IIRC they are planning on starting clinical trials sometime this summer.	/r/MensRights	06/06/12 05:15 AM
2	If a safe, temporary libido-depressing drug was on the market, would you ever use it? Would you have used it, say, in high school? I've never really had a problem with my libido as I have extreme social anxiety (bad enough I can barely leave my room without medication). If I get horny I just masturbate. So to answer the question: No, I would not use such a drug.	/r/MensRights	06/05/12 06:09 PM
6	So... What's with the Right wing/Conservative tone in this sub? Getting closer to elections, I can see this being a problem. There is an anti-liberal bias on this subreddit. I personally think it is because a lot of liberal politicians and organizations are feministic. This is largely because social equity is a very important part of the liberal ideology . The problem is that most people have only really heard of feminism when it comes to social equality so when it comes to making a decision they end up listening to feminists.	/r/MensRights	06/05/12 01:07 PM
2	If you're a guy with a pet other than a dog or cat there is something wrong with you according to fncimag.com. Not a 'rights' issue, but I thought this bullshit should be called out. I found a mouse in my house a few days back. My cat batted it around until the mouse would try and run away at which point my cat would pick it up and bring it back to the center of the room. When the mouse eventually broke some of its bones and couldn't entertain my cat anymore my cat started thrashing the mouse around until it died.	/r/MensRights	22/04/12 05:55 AM
100	Why is consent always framed into a feminist narrative as being something a woman gives to a man allowing him to do sex to her? A few things come to mind: Women are penetrated during sex, this could lead to the mentality that women must "give permission to be entered". This is in contrast to men who are the ones penetrating. The idea is that the man is the one acting, therefore he is the one who must obtain permission. This mentality also implies that it is not necessary to seek permission of men during sex because they are the ones acting, basically permission is automatically assumed assumed. It allows women to control…	/r/MensRights	07/04/12 01:06 PM
25	So Reddit, I called the cops on my GF after an argument we had got violent, the cops come and arrest ME, I come back 2 days later and 6000$ worth of stuff is either stolen or broken, what can I do? (x-post from AskReddit) Basically it states that men commit violence because we are violent by nature. Women are not violent by nature and thus any violence commited by a woman is in defence of male violence. Thus any violence commited by women as actually the fault of men.	/r/MensRights	28/03/12 12:36 PM
11	Ontario Kicks Dads While They’re Down: Child Support Enforcement I just sent the following email to my MP (David McGuinty) regarding this case. I would encourage other Canadian MRA's to email your MP. Hello, I recently ran across this story ( http://splitsburgh.com/ontario-child-support-enforcement-kicks-dads-while-theyre-down/ ) and I am absolutely disgusted that we would have such a draconian government agency in Ontario. How can a system the removes a fathers ability to work while punishing him for not working be justified? I say fathers because the the ma…	/r/MensRights	24/03/12 03:05 PM
2	Boys are the recipients of corporal punishment at rates more than four times that of girls. I propose that we institute a 40% female quota for corporal punishment, we want equality after all! /s	/r/MensRights	20/03/12 11:24 AM
1	MRAs protest against biased family courts, an unfair legal system, and genital mutilation. Feminists are worked up about... this. You can check out: http://www.restoringforeskin.org/ http://www.foregen.org/	/r/MensRights	19/03/12 06:52 AM
2	Only 1% Michelin starred restaurants have women chefs: discrimination? or women can’t cook? One woman among the finest 106 three star restaurant chefs. Only 10 women overall earned stars, among approximately 2500 Michelin starred restaurants. It's mostly a holdover from the days where men went out and worked and women took care of the household. Cooking was one of the duties that women performed in the scenario so cooking ended up being considered "woman's work".	/r/MensRights	18/03/12 01:44 PM
8	Court rules daughter must now take father’s last name after mother refused to name him as the father. I would guess it would force the mother and daughter to recognize Mr. Dell as the father. I don't like the headline of the story, it should have focused on the victory on visitation rights and child access for the father. Those where the real victories here.	/r/MensRights	16/03/12 04:10 PM
6	A feminist definition of abuse backfires The problem is that the entire feminist hypothesis (it hasn't earned theory status) is based around "The Patriarchy" which is essentially an attempt to blame men for all the wrongs in the world. We won't be able to work with feminists until they abandon this ridiculous Patriarchy idea.	/r/MensRights	15/03/12 02:59 AM
13	Fight VAWA NOW! Or, Make VAWA Gender Neutral! Because we are expecting to believe, at the same time, that: Women are strong, smart, independent and capable of anything men are. Women are weak and helpless people who need special protections to keep them safe from an evil and oppressive society. You can have one or the other, not both. I personally believe that #1 is more applicable to our society (before anyone accuses me of hating women). You can't fix sexism with more sexism. This means that laws like VAWA (doesn't affect me much as I am …	/r/MensRights	14/03/12 04:59 AM
4	Male birth control pill FINALLY makes progress at University of Kansas. In a few years men might have an effective, non-surgical, non-hormonal, non-permanent means to protect themselves and their partners from unwanted pregnancies. I'd rather have one injection every 10 years. It would be a lot cheaper and more reliable in the long run.	/r/MensRights	10/03/12 06:32 PM
7	Why Men Are Slackers and Women Are Single I find it funny how the comment praises Christianity for giving men guidance when Christianity was one of the major reasons that Rome collapsed. The real issue in the modern world is that we have based our societal expectations of men around serving women. At the same time we have pushed women to be successful and to improve themselves. So what are men expected to do once that whole "serving women" thing goes out the window? the answer is playing video games and pissing away the time. We really …	/r/MensRights	05/03/12 01:03 PM
6	Does anybody else think it's unfair that we should have to pay for women's birth control? This is a Men's Rights issue because it's a large cost that is forced onto all men without any kind of reciprocation in funding. I believe strongly in state funded healthcare, especially when it comes to birth control. In a perfect world the state would pay for 100% of all birthcontrol costs. I will also gladly help pay for womens only birth control now to ensure that we get funding for male only birth methods in a few years when they hit the market.	/r/MensRights	01/03/12 11:24 PM
13	It seems some people think men don't know what it is to worry about violence Yeah, usually 2x is one of the most reasonable female orientated subreddits, but I did get quite mad at this thread. The entire premise was "women need to be more wary when walking alone at night", this is despite the fact that men are more often the victims of violent crimes than women and thus have more to be scared of.	/r/MensRights	29/02/12 05:34 PM
3	Ontario MRA's! March 1 - Public talk on contemporary contempt for men It's too bad that I live in Ottawa, I would attend if I could.	/r/MensRights	25/02/12 06:34 PM
8	First Magic: the Gathering and now League of Legends? These debates are popping up everywhere lately, especially in the "gaming community". Is this a good sign? I don't really get where girls are coming from when they say that they are discriminated against when gaming. The two games that occupy the majority of my time are StarCraft 2 and EverQuest 2. In SC2 all opponents are anonymous (in ladder play anyways) so gender is never an issue. There aren't any pro female gamers that I am aware of, so I am not entirely sure what to make of that situation. I do know that the females in the community who report on the game or do commentary are generally judged …	/r/MensRights	22/02/12 11:55 PM
7	Sexual Harassment training at my workplace That is a very good point. In all cases I would recommend that people take appropriate measures in order to protect themselves from harm. I think the most important thing that we can take away from the comparison is that both situation really do suck, but the reasons for them existing originate in something that is a real threat. We also need to remember that men are victims of violent crimes (including rape) mope often than women, and also that these crimes are much, much rarer than gender prob…	/r/MensRights	22/02/12 08:20 PM
34	Sexual Harassment training at my workplace I never said it was. Like most things it is a few rotten apples that spoil it for the rest. There is no real way to know which are good or bad until it's too late. As a result is safer to simply not risk it. If I had 100 sticks that could potentially be dynamite it wouldn't matter if only 1 of them was actually real. I would still treat every single one of them as carefully as possible to avoid being blown up by the 1 real stick. Things aren't going to get better for anyone until 1. people stop …	/r/MensRights	22/02/12 01:53 PM
57	Sexual Harassment training at my workplace It really seems like women are their own worst enemy when trying to break into typically male dominated industries. Feminism has society so wound up over sexual harassment that it is simply safer to not bother interacting with females in the work place (unless necessary). As a result females feel that they are unwelcome. If women stopped abusing the victim card I am sure they would find that guys would be more open to including them in non-work related discussions. As a result all the issues abo…	/r/MensRights	22/02/12 01:31 PM
11	In Sweden its now considerd a male priviledge for men to sit with their legs apart on public transport. So basically the fact that our genitalia make it uncomfortable to sit with our legs crossed means we have privilege. Hmm, I guess I'll have to start sitting in a manner that crushes my balls so I don't show my privilege! /s	/r/MensRights	11/02/12 01:37 AM
1	A message about equality some feminists may have forgotten [x-post from r/Atheism] Original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/ph992/yea_i_think_that_sums_it_up_pretty_well/	/r/MensRights	09/02/12 02:58 PM
-1	IAmA feminist who has been financially supporting her husband and his family since he has decided to change careers. AMA. I guess that's sort of true--if you ignore the fact that men can also use contraception. It's an unfortunate fact of nature, however. So what's your alternative? Forced abortions? Or the misleading argument about not paying child support--which isn't paid to the woman, of course, but to support the child, who IS after all the man's responsibility as much as the woman's. No one is arguing that we should be able to force a woman to have an abortion. What we are arguing for is to have the right to …	/r/MensRights	07/02/12 04:45 PM
3	Forget the argument for a minute, why can't we just donate $200,000 and regrow the foreskin? I try to donate $10-$20 a month (student budget) in addition to the yearly subscription. It would be a dream come true for me if Foregen succeeded in managing to regrow a foreskin.	/r/MensRights	01/02/12 11:05 AM
4	Asking r/Mensrights: So what Exactly am I missing out on? Take a look at Foregen.org and consider donating a few bucks. They are working on using stem cell technology to eventually be able to regrow a fully functional foreskin. I try and donate about $10-20 a month (all I can spare on a student budget) in addition to an annual donation/membership for $50/year. You can also look into manual restoration in the meantime. It will, over the course of a few years, allow you to regrow a pseudo-foreskin. You can take a look at http://www.restoringforeskin.org/…	/r/MensRights	27/01/12 12:11 PM
3	Men's housework links The amount of physical exertion required to perform that task.	/r/MensRights	23/01/12 05:23 AM
2	Men's housework links I'm not sure on links, but I tend to agree. Traditionally women have done the lighter jobs like dishes and vacuuming while men did the harder work like mowing the lawn, repairing things around the house, etc. Nowadays mens are doing more of the lighter tasks in addition to the harder things, meaning they do more housework overall.	/r/MensRights	23/01/12 03:33 AM
1	Thought you guys might like this... Because male genital mutilation affects women as well. The extra skin on the penis allows for the penis to have an additional "messaging (aka gliding)" motion inside the vagina which increases the pleasure felt by the woman. It may be the mans penis, but it has to go in the womans vagina (most of the time anyways). MGM is a serious issue in our society and it must be stopped. It removes a sex organ with a number of very important functions. It also decreases the pleasure felt by men and by women…	/r/MensRights	12/01/12 05:26 PM
5	Just a casual example of a wide spread double standard about cheating on TV shows. The Culprit: Castle The mother and daughter of a crime-novelist are asked a hypothetical question about how they would kill someone for cheating on them. This was done because the particular crime-novelist helps solve crimes for the police department and often asks his family such hypothetical questions in order to come up for ideas for cases/novels. One of the suspects the police investigated had an affair, justifying it by saying that her husband cares more about work than living life. For the record, the main ch…	/r/MensRights	10/01/12 06:39 PM
1	"Deadbeat" Father Questions the Effectiveness of the Child-Support System \| Philadelphia Weekly I could damn near live on that salary as a student, paying my own rent and buying my food. I have no idea how child could possibly cost that much money per month to house and feed. I also really agree on changing how child support money is accessed. I think that both parents should have to pay into a fund based on the percentage of the time they have visitation. So if child support is $500 per month than parents with 50/50 custody would both pay $250/mo. one parent had 80% custody than that pare…	/r/MensRights	06/01/12 04:44 AM
4	Comedian Russell Brand Stands To Gain £20million From His Divorce From Pop Star Wife Perry (14 months of marriage) - Now will feminists see the absurdity? The system was originally designed so that women ~100 years ago wouldn't be completely screwed by a divorce due to the legal system at the time. The system from the get go was designed to benefit women at the expense of men. Thus the letter of the law might state that the person who earns less gets the alimony, but the spirit of the law is men paying women. Now, there are of course cases where women have to pay men alimony, but the recent articles I have seen regarding the subject have been bias…	/r/MensRights	02/01/12 01:05 AM
5	Comedian Russell Brand Stands To Gain £20million From His Divorce From Pop Star Wife Perry (14 months of marriage) - Now will feminists see the absurdity? If you want equality you cant start making separate laws for different iterations of the same thing. In a perfect world, doing something like that might make sense, but we don't live in a perfect world. If you start making separate divorce laws as you suggest you are asking for people to abuse the system. The only truly equitable possibility is to eliminate alimony and force people to have some responsibility for their choices. I think a big part of the problem is that people are just bad at loo…	/r/MensRights	01/01/12 11:48 PM
7	Comedian Russell Brand Stands To Gain £20million From His Divorce From Pop Star Wife Perry (14 months of marriage) - Now will feminists see the absurdity? If you marry before finishing college/university/whatever education program you need for your career, I would seriously suggest that you married waaaay to soon. If you decided not to finish the program after the marriage that is yet another bad life decision. If you are marrying over a child you can add one more bad life decision (not using adequate protection, for the most part). Anyway you put it, the person in your example has made at least 2 horrible life decisions that have lead to that poi…	/r/MensRights	01/01/12 09:54 PM
14	Comedian Russell Brand Stands To Gain £20million From His Divorce From Pop Star Wife Perry (14 months of marriage) - Now will feminists see the absurdity? Divorces take time. From the first point the marriage is "in trouble" to final legal separation can take months, if not years. If a person (man or woman) isn't capable of finding employment in that time frame, why should the other person be held responsible? It really doesn't take a lot of money stay comfortably alive. I am a student with a $1000/month budget and if I were to cut out everything but the bear-necessities I could probably live on $600 in my current residence (rent + food). You are …	/r/MensRights	01/01/12 09:18 PM
1	What are men's rights, according to MRAs? It is not more hygienic, and an intact Penistone looks the same as a mutilated one when erect so you can't argue looks. No one is saying sex as a mutilated man is bad, but it is going to be much better intact. I personally cannot wait until medical technology has advanced far enough to undue the mutilation caused because idiots believe texts that are thousands of years old still bear any relevance in the modern world. Genital mutilation is one of he most terrible things to come out of the bullsh…	/r/MensRights	19/12/11 05:04 PM
6	WTF! Why is MGM still culturally acceptable in America? By not circumcising your son you ensure that there is no "worst case scenario" because he can always get one later in life if he so desires. And it is medical fact that circumcised men are less sensitive. Half the skin of the Penis is removed, along with all of the nerve endings and special structures on the foreskin. That is not even including the fact that the foreskin prevents the glans from becoming desensitized. No one is saying that sex isn't great as a circumcised man, but we are saying i…	/r/MensRights	29/11/11 06:07 AM
5	Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital Can we get this idiot banned please?	/r/MensRights	25/11/11 02:18 PM
9	Woman talks about (among many other things) how she slapped and pushed her husband for wanting a divorce. Ladies of TwoX cheer her on and call him a pussy. The issue is that this kind of behavior is seen as permissible, non-harmful (to the male), and positive (for the female). The issue isn't as much that there was some form of abuse (I do NOT mean to diminish the abuse itself), it is that the abuse is allowed to continue due to modern societal views.	/r/MensRights	10/09/11 02:25 AM