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| 4 | "If more women were in power, there would be no war."To the extent this can be tested, history says the opposite is true. At least in Europe, queens were 27% more likely to go to war than kings. No doubt some would argue this is still men's fault, that they see a weak monarch and attack or that queen needs to prove she is tough as any man and so goes to war, but if that's your argument, the conditions are the same today. No reason to think that having a female leader would not lead to war still. https://qz.com/967895/throughout-history-women-ruler… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/06/26 02:41 PM |
| 1 | Article on Postpartum Depression in Men on a Women's/Feminist Website - Progress?I am sorry to hear that brother. I think the article does a surprisingly good job of talking about how common your experiences and feelings are for new fathers. It may be slow, but I do think it is getting better recognized though. Certainly among my father friends, they all seem to be aware of the issue. More evidence of just how much more the newer generations of fathers are involved in and care about raising their kids. I hope you are doing better. Sending love to you and your family. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/06/26 12:22 PM |
| 57 | The r/comics subreddit is moderated by radical feminists who claim that misandry only exists in theory, as does racism towards white people. It got me banned.And since we live in a patriarchy, there is no systemic or institutionalized misandry And here you can already see her ignorance(?)/bad faith(?)/Schrodinger's feminism garbage. I am sure, if she was in a better mood, she would say "The patriarchy hurts men, too!" But any definition of "patriarchy" will note that (to pull from Wikipedia) it is a "social system" or (to pull from the OED) "a system of society or government." But this mod, can say with a straight face, that a social or government sy… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/06/26 02:11 PM |
| 9 | products made from infant foreskins currently being sold?Not to dismiss you, but this is not new. Like so many issues, the internet just keeps rediscovering it. To me, it just shows how entrenched and *systemic* misandry is that rich women can, for 30+ years, use infant foreskins to stay looking young, and it still thought of, at most, a joke (per the article, the doctor only says ("Initially, there was a misunderstanding and people thought we were actually grinding up the foreskin," he told the San Diego CityBeat in 2010. "So, there was a lot of snic… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/05/26 12:09 PM |
| 9 | I found a concerning comment on Male Loneliness Epidemic from an Amnesty activist and emailed them about it.Good work. Be the change you want to see and all that. If they continue to push back, you can tell them that the Lemkin Center for the Prevention of Genocide (named after the man who coined the term "genocide") recognizes androcide as a stage in genocide. They recently identified Tigray/Ethiopia as a potential genocide case because of the "overt undertones of androcide." https://www.lemkininstitute.com/active-genocide-alert-1/active-genocide-alert---ethiopia-in-tigray Note that Amnesty's work is… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/26 02:50 PM |
| 16 | I found a concerning comment on Male Loneliness Epidemic from an Amnesty activist and emailed them about it.I understand not wanting to doxx this person and that your main point is about the male loneliness epidemic, but this is nothing short of genocide denial from a person with, ironically, a Palestinian flag in their bio. Genocide can take different forms. In some cases, the perpetrators will target everyone (man, woman, child) in a group for killing. Think the Holocaust and its gas chambers, or the Rwandan genocide. In other cases, the men (really, any male that poses a physical threat) are killed… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/26 11:12 AM |
| 3 | Why TikTok's DoorDash Girl Has Finally Been Indicted | LAWYER EXPLAINSYes, I may have lept to conclusions a bit. A temporary suspension of both parties after an accusation is standard, and I can understand if this man does not want further publicity. But you don't see any outrage on his behalf like you see with these articles, and I suspect he did not get any official apology from DoorDash (if, in fact, his account was reinstated). Yes, this is all vibes, and I don't have concrete evidence. But I still suspect DoorDash still does not view him 100% as a victim. htt… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/04/26 09:09 AM |
| 127 | Why TikTok's DoorDash Girl Has Finally Been Indicted | LAWYER EXPLAINSUnderstandable that she did not discuss further, but DoorDash suspended the man/customer's account even though he was the victim of a crime (felony, possibly classified as a sex crime). Unclear if DoorDash reinstated it and/or apologized. I suspect this is another example of not taking seriously male victims of sex crimes committed by women. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/04/26 12:58 PM |
| 2 | If you're going around calling other men "cucks" and "betas", you're part of the problem.Agreed. I send you love brother. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/01/26 04:35 PM |
| 2 | If you're going around calling other men "cucks" and "betas", you're part of the problem.Oh, to be clear, I am also very much against calling someone a "loser" because, as you note, it plays into a capitalist framework that attributes all setbacks in life to personal failure as well as defines "winning" and "losing" based on values that I often don't share. But I also think it's a gendered insult that needs to go. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/01/26 04:09 PM |
| 7 | If you're going around calling other men "cucks" and "betas", you're part of the problem.Respectfully, TLDR, but I go further and don't even call people "losers" anymore because I realized 1) it is a gendered insult (it is extremely rare that I ever hear a woman called a "loser") 2) often is used to objectify women as prizes you win if you aren't a loser. So I would encourage you and other women to stop calling men losers. You are only participating in your own objectification. Find another insult. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/01/26 08:59 AM |
| 11 | How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain InjuriesI agree that basically all will require ear protection. That’s my point. The ear protection isn’t protecting your brain, and as this article notes, the shock waves from gunfire can cause brain damage long term. I strongly suspect that we will eventually learn that if repeated exposure to loud noises can cause hearing loss, it can also cause CTE. Certainly we are already seeing this with tankers and artillery men. My broader point is that a small percentage of men are responsible for most violent… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/11/25 04:29 PM |
| 4 | How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain InjuriesI’m from Texas. I have been to many, many gun ranges. And if you don’t wear ear protection, you will get hearing loss even firing outdoors. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/11/25 04:16 PM |
| 8 | How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain InjuriesIf you think this is just a problem for indoor ranges, I have a bridge to sell you. Ultimately, I would not be surprised that if repeated exposure can cause hearing loss, it is likely it is causing brain damage, too. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/11/25 04:00 PM |
| 6 | How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain InjuriesI said "mostly" and the WW2 reference is a time cutoff, not a participation cutoff. Post-WW2 saw massive changes in technology (mass media especially) and a host of new countries, many of which wanted to establish a national identity. All of which helped lead to mass culture that is allegedly based in history and tradition, but which is *mostly* not. Feel free to substitute "soccer" for "American football." It won't change much as far as brain trauma (still plenty of heading the ball). I am happ… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/11/25 03:59 PM |
| 7 | How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain InjuriesLow effort, but I'll respond. Assuming you mean my statement "One of my personal beliefs is that "culture" and "tradition" are mostly post-WW2 constructs with no real basis in actual history." In which case, my belief is based on examples such as the United States adding "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s (because of Communists) or Southern states adding the Confederate Battle Flag to their state flags around the same time (because of civil rights). Or, for non-American example… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/11/25 02:56 PM |
| 19 | House Oversight Committee Targets TeaOnHer But Overlooks Original Tea App and AWDTSG Groups. Let's Push for Full Investigation!These are Republicans (Republican control Congress). In fact, there is very little progressives can do to stop this. Given that you hate progressives for something they have no control over, maybe you’re in the wrong subreddit? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/11/25 11:37 AM |
| 2 | Lived ExperienceI’d ask them how old they are. Or just cut straight to “Damn, I didn’t realize you were that old. It must have sucked for you to go through that.” | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/10/25 05:40 PM |
| 18 | Dozens of male Israeli detainees and hundreds of Palestinian detainees now left in the darkJust to note, that even within Phase 1 of the hostage exchange, women were prioritized, with even female soldiers being released before elderly or injured men. That men would be victimized by any "snags" in negotiations was imminently predictable even if not part of the plan (although I agree with OP that it was part of the plan): https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-says-living-hostages-will-be-first-to-released-in-deals-first-phase/ ("of the 33 hostages to be freed in the first,… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/03/25 04:11 PM |
| 9 | /r/news having a racist anti Indian crashout over a single story.Jumping in to note that a man was killed (an Indian man in fact) but that the headline does not mention it. One of the results of making men's deaths "background noise" not worth highlighting is that only one side of the scale has weight on it. We read a story and only take away that all Indian men are misogynist rapists and not that some are willing to lose their lives trying to protect female strangers. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/03/25 04:18 PM |
| 3 | /r/news having a racist anti Indian crashout over a single story.Misandry as cover for anti-Indian racism ("I'm not racist, they just come from a very patriarchal culture") is explicitly mentioned in the Mission Statement of this sub as a reason for it was created (and to distinguish it from MensLib). | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/03/25 04:13 PM |
| 7 | Israel to release 50 Palestinian prisoners including 30 serving life sentences for each female soldier hostageHere is the release schedule: Detailing unconfirmed elements of the deal, Channel 12 reports that of the 33 hostages to be freed in the first, 42-day phase of the deal, those to be released will be female civilians, then female soldiers, then men who are over 50, and men who are infirm. I believe that this is the complete release schedule for phase one of the ceasefire. Men under 50, whether civilian or soldier, will not be released until phase two, but the specific negotiations for that phase w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/01/25 09:19 PM |
| 4 | Why Does Reddit Allow Subs (the one with 15 Million women and others) That Promote Open Misandry?They aren’t saying the sub is too small, they are saying there aren’t enough mods to do the job. But that’s still an indictment of Reddit and our economy at large: either work for free for millionaires (billionaires?) or it’s your own fault because you don’t want badly enough. He another example of ultra capitalists profiting off of the gender wars. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/11/24 01:36 PM |
| 61 | Feminist answers to male suicide and other issues.I will note that it is far from clear that women actually attempt suicide more often than men. Much of the data is self-reported and, to the extent it isn’t, male suicide attempts are more likely to have plausible deniability. Show up to an ER with a stomach full of pills and it’s marked a suicide attempt, but if you get shit-faced and drive your car into a wall, it might just be an accident. ***Edited for typo | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 31/10/24 07:17 PM |
| 0 | How to win men's votes without backing down on women's rightsSorry for yet another article on gender political differences, but thought this article was very interesting, particularly in looking at specific non-social issues as well as proscribing possible solutions for Democrats. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/10/24 10:47 AM |
| 26 | Gender Split Apparently Largely Limited to White Voters?Prior to the 1960s, men were more likely to vote Democratic than women, and it wasn't really until 1980 that (white) men were reliably (slightly) more likely to vote Republican than women. I am not a social scientist, so I don't know how you would isolate these variables, but I also wonder about the urban vs. rural divide. Urban areas are generally more Democratic, racially diverse, and female while rural areas more Republican, white, and male, but maybe it is that living in a rural area makes y… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/09/24 02:25 PM |
| 2 | Support group for men about relationships and sexual connections with women.Thanks for the clarification. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/09/24 01:23 PM |
| 5 | Support group for men about relationships and sexual connections with women.1) my understanding of this sub is that it prefers not to have dating/relationship posts. Would welcome clarification on this point 2) Once again, we can see how MensLib is actually quite conservative in its outlook on gender relations, to the point that it is borderline patriarchal oppression itself. While the poster's first reason for wanting to start a group is for "coping with" the stigma of male relationship struggles, much of his post and the comments is devoted to wanting to help women (p… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/09/24 11:14 AM |
| 21 | The male gender role of being the stoic rock in a romantic relationship is the most pronounced example of emotional labour that exists in life, and those who believe women do more emotional labour on average are either lying or ignorant.Just as a side note, I hate that the term "emotional labor" has lost its original meaning and its distinction from "emotional work." IMHO, it is part of how the capitalist oppressors are trying to distract us with the gender wars. The sociologist Arlie Hochschild provided the first definition of emotional labor, which is displaying certain emotions to meet the requirements of a job. The related term emotion work (also called "emotion management") refers to displaying certain emotions for persona… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/07/24 08:50 AM |
| 3 | Israel/Palestine: Ignoring Male Sexual Assault Victims to Ensure Support for IsraelI guess I could have made this clearer, but this isn't really an I/P issue, it is a lack of empathy towards men issue. Most of the reports I cited specifically state that Israeli men were victims of sexual violence on October 7th ("However, the Commission documented cases indicative of sexual violence perpetrated against women and men in and around the Nova festival site, as well as the Nahal Oz military outpost and several kibbutzim."). But you won't see this talked about much. Why? In my opini… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/07/24 03:29 PM |
| 1 | Israel/Palestine: Ignoring Male Sexual Assault Victims to Ensure Support for IsraelNot by me. I think you are right on point. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/07/24 03:13 PM |
| 0 | Israel/Palestine: Ignoring Male Sexual Assault Victims to Ensure Support for IsraelHa! I also was also working on a reply. But for what it's worth: 1) I have my doubts a dog raped someone, but I do believe that given what appears to be common Israeli practice of stripping male detainees naked and clear evidence of dog attacks on detainees, that it is believable that a dog started humping a naked prisoner and the guards laughed and did nothing. 2) this is beside my point. I provided sources from US, UK, Israel, several UN bodies, and human rights organizations (and you can find… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/07/24 10:01 PM |
| 4 | I'm really confused about MensLib take here.Devil's Advocate: 1) MensLib wants to encourage discussions and they try to do this by mostly only allowing article links as main posts. They are the opposite to LWMA in that, here, it's mostly posters just sharing their own thoughts. If you had an article to use as a jumping off point for your own thoughts (in a comment), you would have better chances. 2) The mods are overworked and so don't any real effort to reviewing the substance of comments. Anything they perceive as anti-(white)woman gets… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/07/24 03:13 PM |
| 5 | Has something drastic happened to Menslib?This is my biggest issue with the mods' behavior: it's one thing if it was a sub on Warhammer or a random music genre. You abuse your power to permaban someone (and the mods are also often actually borderline abusive in how they even talk to people), I don't think that pushes the banned user into right wing thought. But the MensLib mods' behavior is going to push boys and men into right wing thought. Counterproductive is putting it mildly. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/07/24 02:32 PM |
| 2 | Has something drastic happened to Menslib?This 1000x | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/07/24 06:26 AM |
| 17 | Has something drastic happened to Menslib?My two cents as someone who joined MensLib almost from the beginning (prior to the Vox article, when it had less than 2,000 members), but who has now been permabanned: 1) There is extreme hostility towards opposing viewpoints. Whereas posting in both r/MRA and r/MensLib used to be allowed (if not encouraged) in effort to "convert" MRAs to MensLib (even Delta Baryon would do so, and you can find comments of his from 2015 saying so), the mods now explicitly use your posting history as a factor in … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/07/24 05:23 PM |
| 2 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingNo man, they do not hate men. They just lost their way and, in stereotypical male fashion, refuse to admit it or listen to anyone who tries to help them and just keep getting more and more lost. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/06/24 06:35 PM |
| 20 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingTo this point, I would be hard-pressed to find a better example of the Left doing this than what I discussed in a previous post. Medical science has, for decades, said post-partum depression in men in a serious issue, and yet on an article about it, the top voted comment on that other sub is saying men are taking away from women's issues by calling it that. Anyone who pushed back got downvoted into oblivion. https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/170o7kz/men_can_experience_postpartum_depressi… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/06/24 06:31 AM |
| 30 | Article/discussion in French: Quebec Student Parliament : Male delegate kicked out over vague rumourThe trauma dumping allegation is particularly rich considering the NY Times article I posted earlier. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 05:29 PM |
| 28 | Article/discussion in French: Quebec Student Parliament : Male delegate kicked out over vague rumourGoogle Translate, pt. 2: “Establish a distance ” The document specifies that, in the days preceding the event, certain participants indicated to the officers of the Bleu.es caucus that they were uncomfortable being in the presence of Mr. Bergeron because of a “discomfort [which] is based on a dynamic at University ". Ms. Bélanger, the participant who had the panic attack, reportedly expressed her wish to “establish distance” in her friendly relationship with Mr. Bergeron, after learning of the e… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 05:28 PM |
| 30 | Article/discussion in French: Quebec Student Parliament : Male delegate kicked out over vague rumourGoogle Translate, pt.1: Shortly after 10 p.m., on January 4, 2023, the atmosphere is particularly tense on the second floor of the Château Laurier, in Quebec. On the third day of the simulation of the Quebec Student Parliament (PEQ), the “whips” of the Bleu party asked the members of the caucus to stay in their rooms. Corridor discussions in preparation for the televised debates the next day, against the Reds, are suspended for the rest of the evening. In one of the rooms, a participant, Ms. Bél… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 05:28 PM |
| 54 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingYeah, I found it refreshing that the article did not explicitly blame this on men policing other men's emotional expressions. Certainly in my adult life, it has been women much more than men who have dismissed or shut down my feelings. And yes, the manosphere can be toxic, but everything the author condemns can be found in female and feminist spaces, too. But I appreciated the author for recognizing that this is a left wing/progressive problem as well, that boys/men are not wrong for feeling ign… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 03:18 PM |
| 40 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingYeah, I agree generally, and especially with the "flawed girls" part. I also find it interesting that these articles focus so much on crying when I think that is only one of many emotional expressions that might be discouraged. Thinking, for example, of how happy=gay sometimes. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 03:12 PM |
| 32 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingNon-paywall, pt 2: As one 20-year-old put it, “If a man voices any concern, they get deflected with all of their so-called privileges.” He added: “They’d be like, ‘Whatever. Women have suffered more than you, so you have no right to complain.’” Almost without exception, the boys I talked to craved closer, more emotionally open relationships, but had neither the skills nor the social permission to change the story. Perhaps it’s not surprising that boys don’t know how to listen and engage with the… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 03:08 PM |
| 28 | Opinion | Boys and Men Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth HavingNon-paywall: The 20-year-old college student and gamer I met in Cedar City, Utah, didn’t seem particularly amused by his own joke that he was a cultural cliché. He lived in his grandma’s basement, and barely left the house except to go to classes. He spent the vast majority of his free time online — playing video games, watching porn and hanging out on Discord, the heavily male-skewed communication platform, where users gather in communities devoted to topics ranging from the innocuously nerdy t… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/06/24 03:08 PM |
| 3 | Does Gamma Bias Lead to Supporting Genocide? A Question About Amy SchumerI also found it fascinating, and something that I have noticed in a lot of subs. Like MensLib used to encourage cross posting between it and MRA subs as part of the dialogue (even delta_baryon would post in them). Now the mods explicitly use any history of posting in MRA subs as grounds to ban you from MensLib, even if your comments were arguing against those in the subs. And this isn't just a gender issue sub thing, but you see it with all sorts of controversial issues (Israel/Palestine for exa… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/06/24 03:12 PM |
| 3 | Found this subreddit after getting banned from r/SelfAwareWolves. Am I in the right place?Yeah, "without judgement" was probably the wrong choice of words. I also could have been clearer because, as you note, I also agree that the validation of the venting can be very harmful if it is steering people in the wrong direction, letting negative thoughts and emotions curdle into hate. I just sort of assumed the positive influence. But my point is just that you have to take people as they come, especially if they are hurt or broken. It's one area, to be more accepting and forgiving, where … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/05/24 09:01 AM |
| 6 | Found this subreddit after getting banned from r/SelfAwareWolves. Am I in the right place?I can assure you, you would be perma-banned from MensLib almost immediately regardless of whatever efforts you made to be non-aggressive and non-insulting. Whatever the sub once was, it is now so protective of (white) women from perceived (in bad faith) criticism that it is slipping into genteel racism and white supremacy. My two cents is that this is an Island of Misfit Toys sub. Basically made up of people who don't like or aren't welcome in other subs of this nature. The mods are also very ha… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/05/24 02:45 PM |
| 2 | Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.[S]ociety wants men and boys to cut off emotions that don't benefit society and in a large extension, women themselves. Thereby the idea that men need to be "more in touch with their emotions" and "vulnerable" can only truly happen when society stops expecting men to withhold emotions that reflect negatively on women Yep. And this is one of bell hooks' points: that many women, despite claiming they want this, are not ready to hear men's pain, particularly when it is inflicted by women. This is p… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/05/24 05:56 PM |
| 7 | Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.So basically, this quote tells men that their feelings are not important and society does not care about their feelings because women are afraid they will kill them. I imagine this take may not be popular here, but I view the idiom as patriarchal oppression itself. As bell hooks says, “The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotiona… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/05/24 09:10 AM |
| 9 | For Gen Z, an Age-Old Question: Who Pays for Dates?Sorry for the paywall, but interesting article in light of the recent discussions on Gen Z men and women diverging politically. Also perhaps related to LMWA's recent discussion on what makes it "left wing" and Roe v. Wade/abortion rights. In my opinion, the self-given label "feminist" or "liberal" often means something very specific to educated, urban professionals that does not actually mean the person is feminist or liberal as a whole or even in the context of heterosexual relationships. Inste… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/02/24 01:19 PM |
| 17 | What is happening to this sub?True. Kind of ironic. They are almost anti-feminist in their view of women sometimes. But I what I wouldn't want from this sub is for it to be ALL talking about women hurting men. Don't know the answer, but that can be tough to prevent. Online communities of all kinds turn toxic over time if you aren't careful. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/02/24 08:17 PM |
| 36 | Taliban Schools Also Failing BoysWe hear a lot about the Taliban's discrimination against women and girls, particularly related to their ban on schooling for girls (Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Malala Yousafzai - technically Pakistan, I know - etc.), but we don't often hear about the impact the Taliban has had on boys' education. This article delves into it a bit. I particularly found it interesting that not only does the ban on certain educational subjects directly impact boys, but the overall decline in the quality of edu… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/12/23 04:31 PM |
| 5 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsSorry, meant a gender studies theory book that focuses specifically on men/masculinity rather than gender overall and/or short articles. I'm not aware of much in that space, but always looking for reading recs. Separately, still haven't really forgiven Butler for the whole Avital Ronell thing. Really showed her ass on that one. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/11/23 04:49 PM |
| 2 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsI won't disagree with most of this, although probably more with the conclusions drawn from it. Definitely noticed and hated all the "men must..." stuff but I don't think it makes it all worthless. But for sure, there are many times I wanted to throw the book across the room (or at least set it down for a while). She clearly does not actually know many men very well, despite how certain she presents herself. But some of this is probably always going to be the case when a woman writes on the male … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 11:05 PM |
| 2 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsYeah, I'd probably break it down to 1/3rd I have no idea what you're talking about, have you ever met a man? 1/3rd you're so close to getting it 1/3rd I agree, good critique. Plus all the jargon-heavy academicspeak that is not my cup of tea. Wikipedia tells me this book came out in 2004 and that bell hooks, in the period from 2002-2004, wrote 4 adult books, 3 children's books, and made 4 films. Sometimes I think it shows in the book, but you be the judge. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 10:53 PM |
| 3 | Send Your Words of Hope to Survivors of Prison Sexual AssaultFun(/s) fact: The United States Bureau of Prisons uses a point system to assign inmates to low/medium/high security prisons. You get points for things like previous incarceration, having committed a violent crime, escape attempts etc. The BOP goes through the checklist, totals up your score, and then that determines what kind of prison you go to. Except the thresholds for the next higher level of security are lower for men than for women. So a man who commits the exact same crime and has the exa… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 05:32 PM |
| 4 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsOne last thing: To be clear, I am not telling OP or anyone else to read bell hooks. Just saying that I think it is possible to find some men's rights/men's lib value in reading one or two particular works by her if you wanted to. And I definitely think that person who recommended OP read bell hooks has not actually read a lot of bell hooks or, if they did, could not or would not internalize her critiques of the feminist movement. So yeah, I'm inclined to think whomever OP was speaking with can g… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 05:17 PM |
| 5 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsAll very fair enough. Particularly agree with the "no true scotsman" analogy as I commented below. To me, it is one of the bigger problems with a lot of contemporary feminists, that bad behavior is so quickly and easily dismissed as "well, they're not really feminists." These sorts of arguments over who the real social justice/revolutionary/etc. always seem to be common on the left, but there does appear (in my opinion) to be a particularly bad case of it within feminism. Everything I quoted wou… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 05:10 PM |
| 7 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsFair enough. I guess I would say that bell hooks at least does denounce that bigotry and argues that the failure by the feminist movement as whole to do not only damages the movement but is also not feminism. But yeah, there is an element of "no true Scotsman" to the feminist movement that often ends up as gaslighting. On the other hand, you could also say "Why should I change my name? They're the ones that suck." | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 03:20 PM |
| 20 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsTo be fair, there aren't exactly a lot of theorists they could tout. Even books like Self Made Man, Boys and Sex, and Of Boys and Men aren't really theory books. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 03:11 PM |
| 10 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsOne more quote, both because I like bell hooks and because I've reading more r/AskMen and suspect this quote would resonate with a lot of others: “To heal, men must learn to feel again [ed: one complaint I have is that hooks really leans into the "men need to feel" stuff and these first two sentences are a little victim-blamey]. They must learn to break the silence, to speak the pain. Often men, to speak the pain, first turn to the women in their lives and are refused a hearing. In many ways wom… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 03:08 PM |
| 6 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsThanks. Really appreciate it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 02:52 PM |
| 27 | "You should read Bell Hooks" a semi-rant about the experience of talking to feministsSo, I'm going to defend bell hooks a bit. I know that is controversial here, and I appreciate that the mods still allow opposing viewpoints to be aired rather than delete and ban anyone that strays from orthodoxy. First though, let me state that I agree bell hooks's isn't perfect. For starters, even within a single work (let alone a career), she will cover A LOT of ground which in turn means that you are definitely not going to agree with all of it (she is going to contradict herself at times as… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/11/23 10:09 AM |
| 15 | Send Your Words of Hope to Survivors of Prison Sexual AssaultNot so much a discussion item but an action item. Rape should not be accepted as part of the price you pay for committing a crime, and the fact that it is so breezily assumed (and joked about) is yet another indictment of the carceral state. The linked organization works to end sexual assaults in prisons. While not specifically a male issue, men makeup over 93% of the prison population in the United States, so this issue impacts men disproportionately, especially BIPOC and LGBT men. As we enter … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/11/23 12:59 PM |
| 2 | Jezebel, the Pioneering Feminist Website, Will Shut DownAlly Fogg is a man, but yes, he’s a good egg | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/11/23 12:27 AM |
| 5 | Jezebel, the Pioneering Feminist Website, Will Shut DownFair enough question. First, I don't agree with anyone on everything. That Jezebel at times directly contradicted my egalitarian values does not mean I didn't find value in it at other times (same goes for here). And to be clear, I found Jezebel to be more problematic more often than the other Gawker sites. I will also note that the FDS and TwoX subreddits were not fans (so enemy of my enemy is my friend?). https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/u1x3g/dae_dislike_jezebelcom/ https://w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/11/23 04:12 PM |
| 38 | Jezebel, the Pioneering Feminist Website, Will Shut DownI have a feeling that most commenters here hated Jezebel, but I am still sad to see it go, especially because it appears to be a victim of private equity vultures. I had my disagreements with the Jezebel writers over the years, but they were still leftists and I agree with many things (I am pro legal abortion because I am pro abortion in general). The true enemy is still the capitalist pigs who seek to divide us so they might profit. But that being said, I also appreciated it for giving me a gli… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/11/23 11:14 AM |
| 3 | Neutral leftwing spacesI found myself wondering the same thing recently now that I am acutely aware of how bigoted and toxic MensLib has become. Maybe it's just me being old, but back the heyday of blogging, it really felt like there were conversations and communities to be found. Places like No, Seriously, What About the Menz, Heteronormative Patriarchy, Feminist Critics, and others discussed men's issues from a leftist perspective. Perhaps even more importantly, while the internet has always had a trolling problem a… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/11/23 01:56 PM |
| 1 | In Early Modern Russia, Witches Were Men and Belief in Magic Was UniversalSorry, forgot to add a top-level comment. As we get close to Halloween, I thought the community might find this article interesting. Witches are strongly associated with women in western Europe (although I wish we would talk about warlocks more), but in Russia, witchcraft was identified with men. This article examines male witches in pre-revolutionary Russia and how their witchcraft fit into the strict class hierarchies of Czarist Russia. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/10/23 10:41 AM |
| 1 | My Essay: 'On Tea and Red Flags'Best of luck to you. I know not everyone has the time or interest in reading a 60 page scholarly article (still better sources than the Daily Mail), but you might find the Oxford summary report and its interviews with subjects helpful. Maybe the section starting on page 40 in particular? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/10/23 04:25 PM |
| 6 | In Honor of World Mental Health Day: Tuesday Check In: How's Everybody's Mental Health?What's the scale? 1 to 10 or is like DEFCON, where 5 is the lowest? Regardless, glad to hear things are getting better. For what it's worth, I, too, resent being forced to do things I would be perfectly happy to do on my own. I would guess that most everyone would, so maybe it's the second option, that some people appreciate the kick in the pants? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/10/23 02:24 PM |
| 3 | My Essay: 'On Tea and Red Flags'Also adding that the impact false accusations can have on mental health used to be something regularly discussed on MensLib. Obviously, you would likely be permabanned if you did so now, but in the interests of defending feminism and male feminism specifically, it didn't always used to be this way. https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/4cjqu1/i_was_falsely_accused_of_rape_and_im_having/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/3qq2q4/i\_was\_falsely\_accused\_of\_nonconsensual\_sex\_three/ | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/10/23 09:59 AM |
| 7 | My Essay: 'On Tea and Red Flags'A few thoughts amigo. First, if you have been the victim of a false accusation, it is not simply that it is perfectly natural to feel violated (it is of course), but is something that can cause serious long-term personality changes, including PTSD. While this study examines false accusations in a general criminal sense (all crimes, not just sex crimes, and not public shaming), I think some of the feelings the men describe could help you "be seen" as the kids say: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/10/23 09:27 AM |
| 6 | Tuesday is World Mental Health DayWhile June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, tomorrow (October 10th) is World Mental Health Day, and I thought it would be a good reminder that, even if you aren't experiencing any issues, a friend might be and you don't need an excuse just to chat. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/10/23 11:14 AM |
| 1 | Today is World Mental Health Day - Call a Friend Today, Just to ChatWhile June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, today (October 10th) is World Mental Health Day, and I thought it would be a good reminder that, even if you aren't experiencing any issues, a friend might be and you don't need an excuse just to chat. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/10/23 11:05 AM |
| 1 | Postpartum Depression in Men: Yes, It is a Real ThingFor what it's worth, PPD tends to arise a little later in men, sometimes a year or more after birth. If you are still experiencing symptoms, there is no shame is reaching out to a doctor or therapist to discuss. You also might find this helpful in distinguishing between PPD and the very typical "baby blues": https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9312-postpartum-depression | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/10/23 12:28 PM |
| 1 | Postpartum Depression in Men: Yes, It is a Real ThingYeah, there is some movement away from calling it "postpartum" depression for that very reason, to call it "peripartum" depression to try and make it clear that the symptoms can start appearing before birth. Also, I suspect, to try and make it clearer that PPD isn't necessarily about the physical and hormonal extreme that is giving birth, but is connected to other issues. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/10/23 12:26 PM |
| 3 | Postpartum Depression in Men: Yes, It is a Real ThingAnd the fact the top comment appears to be from a woman, in a male feminist space, telling men their mental health issues aren't real and they need to stop being so dramatic is...just...chef's kiss. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/10/23 12:17 PM |
| 16 | Postpartum Depression in Men: Yes, It is a Real ThingPostpartum depression in men isn't so much a research issue. It's that me saying "New dads! You can get postpartum depression too!" shouldn't be met with either a "Yes, but: Men DO NOT get postpartum depression because they aren’t postpartum." (literal top comment at MensLib)* or a "But it's not going to get a lot of research or attention for one glaring reason." Everything is just blaming men or women for it or arguing over who has it worse when it comes to gender issues these days. Just kinda … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/10/23 09:00 PM |
| 17 | Postpartum Depression in Men: Yes, It is a Real ThingSaw this posted on another subreddit, but thought it deserved to be discussed here as well. Postpartum depression is a common issue and a comic topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/742om0/postpartum_depression_in_men/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/7zpd9n/postpartum_depression_in_men/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/oo74fd/i_gave_birth_but_my_husband_developed_postpartum/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/9yn2zh/men_get_postpartum_depression_too/ While th… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/10/23 07:17 PM |
| 1 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?I do not think they intentionally meant to be anti-immigrant, but I do think they have demonstrated gullibility with respect to anti-immigrant stereotypes and that led to them to assume an argument (even to disagree with it) that is anti-immigrant. As I read the OP's argument, it is that it is morally and ethically wrong to discriminate against male refugees; however, it is hyperrational to do so because men statistically commit more crime. Therefore, how do we deal with these hyperrational but … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/09/23 12:31 PM |
| 1 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?Also agree that with any sort of statistic and pretty much all social science, you can quibble with the definitions used and how the data is interpreted. And certainly incarceration rates does not necessarily prove criminality rates. But still a useful measure, and perhaps the best you can realistically find. I did find it interesting that, as you note, that incarceration rates seem to increase the longer an immigrant is in their host country. Since the stats don't distinguish between legal and … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/09/23 09:36 AM |
| 3 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?It seems to be filled with benevolent sexism like women are good/pure and men are evil. Agree with this (although I wouldn't say filled). Everything else I disagree with, respectfully. Also not sure how your position on leftist/liberal ideology squares with the name of this sub. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 11:39 PM |
| -5 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?Respectfully, you are entitled to your opinion that feminism and men's issues are incompatible and you should have a place to share and discuss it. It's just that it sounds like that sub already exists (mensrights). You are, however, completely right that "feminism" is not the same as "women". Sometimes making progress on men's issues requires criticism of women's choices and behaviors, but that is not the same as criticism of feminism. Sadly, I think /r/menslib has begun to conflate the two. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 10:26 PM |
| 1 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?Circumcision is not the issue here dude. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 09:37 PM |
| -13 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?Hard disagree and hard pass. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 09:36 PM |
| 1 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?I agree that OP is pro-immigration. I also came on to here to clarify that the post was ultimately arguing in favor (or discussing - arguing may be too strong of a word) of more empathy to men, especially refugee men. But the OP ultimately still uses the word "hyper-rational" to describe discriminating against men if one zooms out to the abstract view of men are more violent generally. My point is that it is not rational at all. Even if we view things at the level of "all men are potentially vio… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 07:56 PM |
| 12 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?I actually think it is the opposite. It is discriminating against men to excuse racism and xenophobia. Calls less attention that way. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 07:31 PM |
| -10 | Racism Under the Guise of Feminism: MensLib's Anti-Immigrant Views?I'm on the left and I don't promote misandry. This sub is left wing and it doesn't promote misandry. And I don't think MensLib supports misandry. Let's not surrender the left like that. I am also a feminist (political theory) and I support feminism (the women's movement). I don't think either are inherently at odds with men's issues. I also believe racism is/can be a men's issue. Unfortunately, sometimes that racism will come from people who are or claim to be feminist. Saying so doesn't make me… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/23 07:29 PM |
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