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Got any science? I'll wait.
/r/PussyPass22/02/17 03:30 AM
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Your claims about illegals voting are simply false.didn't happen. http://www.snopes.com/three-million-votes-in-presidential-election-cast-by-illegal-aliens/
/r/MensRights19/11/16 04:08 PM
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Some may have, but I don't think it's likely that was enough to explain the degree of discrepancy between her and Obama.
/r/MensRights18/11/16 06:37 PM
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As much as I'd like to blame some of my tumblr-oriented fellow liberals, the facts simply don't support Maher's claim here. If this were true, we would expect a significant migration of left wing voters to the right. instead, the numbers show Trump getting about the same number as Romney, and only slightly more than McCain, while Hillary got significantly less than Obama both times. She simply depressed turnout on the democratic side, whoch is not surprising, because she never really could motiv…
/r/MensRights18/11/16 06:08 PM
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None of that discussion even happens in the clip. men's issues simply weren't involved in this election.
/r/MensRights18/11/16 06:03 PM
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I'll take these complaints seriously when conservatives quit complaining about Starbucks cups and "happy holidays" signs.
/r/MensRights16/11/16 10:27 PM
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But we eventually arrive at a question of whether the parents should have the right to make this kind of decision for an infant or whether the government should impose their values onto the parents by legislating out the right of a parent to make the decision of what is best for the child. No, actually this is parents taking a decision *from the adult man that child becomes. The government already does ban parents from getting tattoos "for" their children.
/r/MensRights13/11/16 09:05 AM
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Several people are pushing that narrative, but in fact, Trump got roughly the same number of votes that McCain and Romney got. This was not a right wing uprising.Hillary simply did not motivate people as well as Obama did, and probably not as well as Bernie would have.
/r/MensRights12/11/16 02:48 PM
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We have trump because Hillary couldn't motivate enough Democratic voters to come out.
/r/MensRights12/11/16 02:36 PM
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I fuck men. Fact is, you know God Damn well what he meant in that video.and so does the rest of America. Now if you're willing to tolerate that for the rest of his positions, fine. But don't pretend he isn't a Sexual predator.
/r/MensRights12/11/16 04:58 AM
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Far from it. Is that an insult in your circles or something?
/r/MensRights11/11/16 10:36 PM
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"I just start kissing them. I don't wait." Yeah, you're fooling yourself.
/r/MensRights11/11/16 08:05 PM
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I don't think you really believe that's what he meant.
/r/MensRights11/11/16 07:44 PM
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wouldn't we also be better off without a president who bragged about sexual assault? "Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything!"
/r/MensRights11/11/16 07:32 PM
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And she had now doubled down by claiming it's a vast conspiracy by the cops.
/r/MensRights04/11/16 07:23 AM
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We had a good run.
/r/MensRights04/11/16 07:10 AM
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It's also backwards. Yang (White) is associated with maleness, dominance and aggression, while Yin (Black) is feminine, peaceful and submissive. They're doing Taoism wrong.
/r/MensRights18/10/16 04:24 PM
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opposed to his son taking part in the Jewish rite of passage traditionally performed on the eighth day after birth. As if the infant walked in and agreed of his own volition.
/r/MensRights18/10/16 04:02 PM
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I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't care about lives or starting wars, what with his flippant comments about staying wars by shooting Iranian boats for giving us the finger. I mean I'm voting Jill Stein, but still.
/r/MensRights14/10/16 05:02 PM
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Well one of them bragged about committing sexual assault on video so.....
/r/MensRights14/10/16 01:41 PM
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But if the left ever senses and smells that there's no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police. They're actually just called the police, Rush.fucking idiot.
/r/MensRights14/10/16 01:25 PM
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sigh. I love that whoever wrote this fails to understand the nature of these studies.
/r/MensRights13/09/16 04:42 PM
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Don't know, but she promoted it through the Clinton foundation at events.
/r/MensRights10/09/16 11:09 PM
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The same Chelsea Clinton that works to promote forced circumcision. Just an fyi.
/r/MensRights10/09/16 10:25 PM
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I had no idea she wrote a book. I imagine it's more info about how much she opposes bodyshaming/thinks all men should have their foreskins cut off because she doesn't like them.
/r/MensRights07/09/16 12:24 AM
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Seems like she's setting girls back by rewarding their mediocrity.It may not be their fault they were taught to behave in a way that sets them back, but rewarding it won't change that.
/r/MensRights20/07/16 05:01 PM
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I like how the ones who do end up dating a guy despite the shortage, still end up rejecting the guy because he doesn't have enough money to pay the dowry or give her a nice enough ring.
/r/MensRights24/06/16 01:39 AM
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ah, so now the vidya games are causing rape. interesting.
/r/MensRights10/06/16 03:39 PM
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ten to one they fail to understand why they make no progress.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 11:41 PM
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My favorite is the one who blames her trouble on men being averse to commitment, yet admits that half the guys she dated were married already.
/r/MensRights31/05/16 08:35 PM
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Is she mature enough to stop trying to ban violent video games?
/r/MensRights27/05/16 09:17 PM
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Apparently, most of the world likes men who are poorly shopped.
/r/MensRights17/05/16 04:49 AM
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would this be the same Amy Schumer who ridicules men who don't undergo cosmetic surgery to make their genitals appear to her liking, then cried foul when others called her fat?
/r/MensRights04/05/16 05:06 PM
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It's interesting to note that the guy who introduced it did not want it to pass the committee. He planned it as a gotcha amendment, to embarrass those who support sending women to combat roles, which he opposes. It passed anyway, because the people he wanted to embarrass called his bluff. So this could end up being quite a show
/r/MensRights30/04/16 06:59 AM
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I have so many conflicting thoughts on this. But this is the main one.
/r/MensRights13/04/16 06:06 PM
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I was immediately reminded of this: https://youtu.be/enNOYsdgUOI?t=2m52s
/r/MensRights07/04/16 05:17 PM
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So she thinks kids should be taught about private parts. sounds reasonable, but not in this context perhaps. And then she also asserts that 7 year olds should be taught how to "please it." classy.
/r/MensRights07/04/16 05:10 PM
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Here's the best part: The segregation of the sexes at Muslim events is generally based on the idea that allowing them to see each other will tend to cause "impure thoughts" especially in men. Defenders of the practice assure us that if the men saw the women this would 1) cause the men spiritual weakness, and 2) lead to a weakening of women's spirituality, generally because the men may then attempt to seduce or even rape them. So, it's rape culture. Actual, textbook cases of rape culture. And fem…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 09:07 PM
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A couple months ago, one University demanded that fraternities go co-ed. This was pretty controversial, since the orgs warned this would result in them shutting down. while the bickering was going back and forth, a couple of emails from the University president to his bureaucrats were leaked. In them, he discussed how his explicit plan was to shut down the fraternities deliberately, because once that happens, the school gains ownership of the frat houses, which are prime real estate for expansio…
/r/MensRights16/03/16 04:15 PM
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If "abstinence only" can result in more STDs and abortions, is it possible feminist policy can result in more violence against women? I don't follow you. can you clarify this?
/r/MensRights21/02/16 06:12 AM
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um, Monster did not porrtray Aileen Wuornos as a hero. it portrayed her as a monster. it's right there in the title. she is at no time portrayed as heroic for murdering men and stealing their cash. recall the scene where she shoots an old man in the head as he cries for his "grandbabies."
/r/MensRights27/01/16 03:06 PM
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I love the way he flexes and talks about how he's going to fuck up anti-feminists, then wants to make sure his face isn't in the video.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 07:35 PM
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It's completely hilarious that an organization with the clout of NOW would actually endorse the lies of someone who's so clearly a lunatic as "Jackie." Who claims that, at a party that never happened, she was she was subjected to a gang rape orchestrated by a man who never existed.
/r/MensRights13/01/16 06:34 PM
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"Whatever the gender of the participants, all pornography including male-male gay pornography is an imitation of the male-female, conqueror-victim paradigm, and almost all of it actually portrays or implies enslaved women and master." - Gloria Steinem yep, when my fiance and I blow each other, it's just to mimic straight people. OK then.
/r/MensRights14/12/15 11:07 PM
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He's so full of shit in general, but his views on forced circumcision outrage me. Apparently, I didnt have a right to my foreskin because he doesn't like the way they look. That's his problem, not mine.
/r/MensRights14/12/15 11:05 PM
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riiiiight. it's not at all the fact that she's openly endorsed censorship policies multiple times.
/r/MensRights14/12/15 10:16 PM
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interesting, I hadn't heard about that. do you have any info about this team's investigation, or a report? I'm curious.
/r/MensRights14/12/15 07:56 PM
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Just going to point out that Amy Schumer ridicules men with intact penises in her stand up, then demands that we all condemn body shaming of overweight women.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 08:17 PM
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Fun fact: Bernie Sanders was arrested for marching with civil rights marchers in the same year Hillary campaigned in supoort of a segregationist for president.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 03:03 PM
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7 in real life, 10 by straight porn standards.
/r/MensRights30/11/15 06:10 PM
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He's so damn fake it's incredible. I dont know why others on this board don't see it.
/r/MensRights24/11/15 08:11 PM
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these folks seem overly upset over a silly mustache game.
/r/MensRights13/11/15 05:29 PM
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i stopped reading at "manspreading."
/r/MensRights29/10/15 06:13 PM
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i'm not saying we're in better shape. I'm saying the expectations are greater than they were in the 70s, for example. leading men are more muscular, and so are models. This guy actually illustrates the point very well. At one point he shows a late 90s action figure of Luke Skywalker, with huge, bulging biceps and pecs that stretch out his clothing, and compares it to the actual Luke Skywalker in the films, who was in fact a skinny teenage boy.
/r/MensRights16/10/15 04:28 PM
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It's certainly true that society's demands have pushed for larger, more muscular men in recent decades. I actually saw the film, and he makes his point very well. I'd also like to point out that blaming the men who have large biceps for sexism is body policing from a feminist.
/r/MensRights15/10/15 08:42 PM
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The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy has been endorsed by several other organizations: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians, The Netherlands Association of Paedi…
/r/MensRights13/09/15 09:29 PM
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Removal of any body part is going to have some kind of benefit if you look hard enough. certain benefits are simply not enough to justify an irreversible amputation. For example, one popular defense of circumcision is the claim that it reduces the risk of penile cancer. Yet those who make this argument tend to leave out the fact that according to the American Cancer Society, which has rejected circumcision to prevent penile cancer, the rate of penile cancer is 1 in 100,000. For perspective, the …
/r/MensRights13/09/15 09:08 PM
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There's abundant evidence of the fact that loss of the foreskin reduces sexual sensation and sensitivity. If you cut it off, you can't feel it anymore. The foreskin, especially the inner foreskin, is among the most sensitive areas of the penis. Even a cut man can test this by touching what little remains of the inner foreskin, which is the area of softer, usually different colored skin directly behind the head. Guys, notice how sensitive that is? if it hadn't been cut off, there would have been …
/r/MensRights13/09/15 09:07 PM
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The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy has been endorsed by several other organizations: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians, The Netherlands Association of Paedi…
/r/MensRights13/09/15 09:06 PM
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they say one thing, the scar on my penis from my forcibly severed foreskin says another.
/r/MensRights11/09/15 03:05 AM
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it comes from the "freemen" and sovereign citizens movement. it's a groups of conspiracy theorists with a loose ideology that, in summary, claims the United States government is actually a corporation run by maritime law that holds its citizens as property. As "freemen" or sovereign citizens, they claim to have no obligations under US law, and only have to follow their interpretation of common law, which they don't actually understand. Interestingly, they are actually tracked by the Southern Pov…
/r/MensRights10/09/15 10:49 PM
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I'm intrigued to find the legal definition of "dudebro."
/r/MensRights10/09/15 08:19 PM
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People keep comparing this to rape jokes. The difference here is, this commercial makes fun of the lifelong psychological trauma this man is experiencing, whereas rape jokes generally make fun of rape, or rapists. i don't recall ever hearing a rape joke that made fun of a victim's PTSD from being raped.
/r/MensRights10/09/15 04:39 PM
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All body parts have potential ills that can befall them. the remote chance of this happening is not a legitimate reason for removing the healthy body part without consent. All the conditions you mention are quite rare and easily treated. In the rare cases when someone has repeated issues as a child despite proper treatment, it might be prudent to consider surgery. this can not be said of a healthy child. Please note that male breast cancer is 100 times more common than penile cancer, according t…
/r/MensRights09/09/15 10:48 PM
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Parents don't have to decide to cut off body parts without necessity. there is no need or legitimate reason for it. And infant cant decide to get a tattoo on his foreskin or a piercing in it. No one seriously suggests that a parent has a right to do this. yet the same parent has a right to destroy that exact tissue completely? It's BS and not worth serious consideration. the fact that one person can't say no does not give another the right to say yes.
/r/MensRights09/09/15 09:54 PM
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my body belongs to me, no one else.
/r/MensRights09/09/15 06:58 PM
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which is why you cant tattoo a child or give them genital piercings, but somehow it's ok to cut that same tissue off? no.
/r/MensRights09/09/15 05:10 PM
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it's not supposed to pull back at that age. At birth and for the first few years, it's bonded tot he glans with tissue called synechia, which is the same thing that bonds our fingernails tot he skin below. it's meant to loosen gradually.
/r/MensRights09/09/15 05:08 PM
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They're just intactivists. I know thw blonde girl on the left, her name is Aubrey. she lives in Atlanta and works with a lawyer who fights circumcicion.
/r/MensRights09/09/15 05:06 PM
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It is a fabrication. Like I said, this is the result of echo chamber groups.
/r/MensRights04/09/15 07:14 PM
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We used to talk about sexual politics, rather than sexual practice. But what the libertarians did when they borrowed US gay male culture was they focused obsessively on sexual practice, and they eroticised inequality, subordination, pain and dominance. As a gay man, it always strikes me how tone deaf these people are, that they never realize the small fetish groups do not actually represent the rest of us. And somehow, the radfems think their sexual orientation is in itself a strike against the …
/r/MensRights04/09/15 05:18 PM
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I noticed that too. he's so full of it.
/r/MensRights25/08/15 05:17 PM
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I'm with fuschia flair in for posting here: http://www.reddit.com/r/mensrights/comments/3e72ex/new_super_mario_game_featuring_white_hand_is/ctcgiiv EDIT: and this is the only post I made
/r/MensRights29/07/15 06:19 PM
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I dont really get it, I'm just posting to point out that she's copying the camera girl's hair from the latest Hunger Games movie.
/r/MensRights24/07/15 07:10 AM
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ok, that makes more sense.
/r/MensRights24/07/15 01:01 AM
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I still want to know why there's a hand at all. You're golding the stylus yourself, I see no reson for there to be another hand on the screen itself. weird.
/r/MensRights22/07/15 05:44 PM
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TIL Playboy really does have good articles. I couldn’t believe a newspaper printed that in huge, big letters, and then in the small print somewhere below was a gun violence article. Am I really a bigger issue than gun violence?” While this guy does seem pretty trashy, his observation here is gold.
/r/MensRights18/07/15 04:38 PM
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this is pretty much the best argument she's able to make in court as a female. i mean, you can't really sue the government for not infringing on a right.
/r/MensRights17/07/15 07:31 PM
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I don't know of his qualifications, but I definitely don't like the idea of the "first" men's studies professor being a guy who flippantly promotes forced circumcision.
/r/MensRights29/06/15 07:03 PM
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Hateful bigots who happen to agree with some MRA causes.
/r/MensRights14/06/15 03:22 PM
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I was never banned, but made comments that kept getting deleted, so i just stopped going. My favorite example was when I shared my story of first hearing the term "white privilege" in a college course from an assigned reading. I related how, even though it was an actual social phenomenon, I reacted defensively when I first heard it because the use of the word "privilege" threw me off, leading me to think the reading was arguing an anti-white race point that it definitely wasn't. I told them how …
/r/MensRights11/06/15 06:59 PM
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"If my parents find out about this, they're going to kill me!" no one claims this phrase trivializes murder.
/r/MensRights10/06/15 05:19 AM
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Gotta love people who choose to participate in a public protest, the sole purpose of which is to be seen in public so as to promote their views. They get filmed promoting their views, then claim they didnt consent to being seen in the public protest they chose to join.
/r/MensRights10/06/15 05:16 AM
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I dont understand their goal here. it's like they think shouting loudly for a few minutes will get something accomplished, when in fact, they just get kicked out and the meetings continue as planned. after which, the speaker is then taken more seriously, due to the audience's frustration with their annoying behavior. Honestly, does it not occur to them to get their own protest going outside or have an anti-MRA event in another room?
/r/MensRights06/06/15 02:07 PM
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10/10 would ride the man.
/r/MensRights15/05/15 07:13 PM
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Fuck if I know. if not, at least it raises money for shelter that are trying to help.
/r/MensRights22/04/15 07:54 PM
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the money went to shelters for abused women, as I recall. The publicity gets more people to notice and donate.
/r/MensRights22/04/15 03:51 PM
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the walks are for publicity. the point of the events is to raise money.
/r/MensRights21/04/15 06:03 PM
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Seems odd that this event has become a controversy. when I was in college a few years back, my fraternity along with several others on campus did this in a nearby park. The shoes were donated, and we all had a lot of fun. no one was embarrassed, everybody thought of it as a big joke, and a fun way to raise money. No one shied away from posting the photos to Facebook.
/r/MensRights21/04/15 05:54 PM
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we had the same thing at the Skate Corral, a nearby rink.
/r/MensRights08/04/15 08:05 PM
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Why would they even have seats reserved for women? Weird.
/r/MensRights08/04/15 01:58 PM
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She has also has removed salary negotiations from the hiring process because studies show women don’t fare as well as men. likely due to the fact that women are often not taught those skills at some point in the education process, or by society in general. The solution to that would be finding out where the discrepancy occurs and making sure that women are taught said skills, not simply doing away with negotiations. her solution makes no sense. It's like saying, "studies show the IT field is dom…
/r/MensRights06/04/15 06:31 PM
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Reddit users began sharing a large number of leaked naked pictures of female celebrities. yes... along with everyone on every site on the internet. Why do so many websites have articles about the internet written by people who don't know how to internet?
/r/MensRights06/04/15 06:25 PM
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Only on this charge. No others.
/r/MensRights31/03/15 08:49 PM
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These same activists bent over backwards following the Charlottesville Police press conference last week to claim that Jackie probably wasn't lying, because such a false accusation "flies in the face of statistics," as one CNN panelist said. this argument is so bizarre to me. even if it's true that only 2% of accusations are false, that's irrelevant in court. we don't convict people based on probability.
/r/MensRights31/03/15 06:53 PM
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Reminds me of the movie Signs. I wonder if someone will threaten to take her downtown in a paddy wagon.
/r/MensRights31/03/15 06:46 PM
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turning to and where did they "turn to" before? no one else is doing the work here.
/r/MensRights31/03/15 06:07 PM
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and it portrays him as overweight and with a "neckbeard." good thing we aren't body shaming.
/r/MensRights31/03/15 05:04 AM
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Ah, the anti-fraternity set. Always on about how fraternities are male exclusive so we can organize the patriarchy in secret. Evidence: it says so on the tv. meanwhile, actual fraternity members are busy playing video games and having a few beers, with the occasional road trip, and couldn't organize for more than 15 minutes if you put guns to our heads. Source: I was in a fraternity. good guys, but getting them to do shit was like pulling teeth. also, it was a gay organization. privilege, not so…
/r/MensRights27/03/15 02:58 PM
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...has anyone told her there are gay women? plenty of lesbians will inform you that they face more discrimination toward their sexuality than their sex.
/r/MensRights17/03/15 07:39 PM
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I read that a few days ago. my gay fiance was shocked to find that I am anti-gay, as was I.
/r/MensRights05/02/15 08:36 PM
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To them, it is a genital form of blackface. that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!
/r/MensRights05/02/15 08:32 PM
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the symptoms of heart disease are often different for women, and it can often take different forms, so variations in education campaigns can be necessary.
/r/MensRights04/02/15 09:39 PM
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funny how this campaign doesn't address people who take up two seats by putting a bag/purse on the one next to them. At any rate, the manspreading "controversy" will now be brought up any time someone says forced circumcision is trivial.
/r/MensRights29/01/15 09:19 PM
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meh, I dont buy it. seems a little too parody-like in its writing.
/r/MensRights27/01/15 11:02 PM
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"Uncertainty allows mothers to select for their children the father who would be best for them." wait... if being the biological father isn't necessary, then why stop there? why can't any woman just pick any man off the street and just demand child support from him because he has the money? in fact, that's really what the old sytem allows. the woman could just say she had consensual/nonconsensual sex with a particular well-off man, and frequently get away with it. the fact is, women are overall …
/r/MensRights17/01/15 08:45 PM
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lol @ those who are downvoting you. You are precisely correct, that is the actual legal definition of the two terms.
/r/MensRights29/12/14 10:51 PM
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correct, although only if you are aware of the attempt. Assault is actually defined as "the creation of fear of an imminent battery."
/r/MensRights29/12/14 10:49 PM
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That's because sexism is prejudice + power. sigh. no, sexism is prejudice on the basis of sex, whereas sexism + power=gender inequality. why do these types insist on redefining the terms sexism and racism to refer to the social results of the ideology, instead of the ideology itself? it only ever seems to hinder their ability to get their point across to the rest of society.
/r/MensRights29/12/14 10:27 PM
1

I would report it. you may always be successful in preventing this from happening again.
/r/MensRights18/12/14 04:25 PM
1

sigh. the point was that popular opinion is useless as an argument for whether something is right or wrong. you clearly missed that. for example, you seem to believe Christianity is right. the majority of the world is not Christian.
/r/MensRights15/12/14 07:22 PM
1

Well, thank you for playing, "Missing The Point Entirely!"
/r/MensRights15/12/14 05:27 PM
2

appealing to popular opinion? really? it's also noteworthy that most of the world doesn't live under democracy.
/r/MensRights15/12/14 04:32 AM
2

you live in a fantasy world.
/r/MensRights14/12/14 07:45 PM
3

sigh. this is why religion is a poison.
/r/MensRights14/12/14 06:29 PM
3

Prove that you did not Here we are, the old 'demand to prove a negative' fallacy. first off, study after study has shown no correlation between homosexuality and childhood experiences. Also, even IF homosexuality were proven to be caused by some specific event, you would still have to prove there's something wrong with it. you have not done so. there are a great deal of behavior patterns and desires that are learned, this is no argument that they are wrong. religion is a great example. religious…
/r/MensRights14/12/14 12:57 AM
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we aren't talking about a habit. we're talking about an innate drive that occurs naturally, and for some, is directed toward those of the same sex. it's not an addiction to cigarettes. those in denial are not ostracized, they're actually sympathized with. though they can be annoying when they keep trying to push others to go into denial too.
/r/MensRights14/12/14 12:43 AM
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needing shit bags because anus is so destroyed, ah, this old myth. would love to see some medical studies about this phenomenon the right wing never does seem to have evidence of. STD's affect everyone. interestingly, they affect lesbians the least of any group, yet those who use this as an excuse to hate homosexuals always seem to hate female homosexuals as well, instead of holding them up as an ideal, like one would expect if this were sincerely an underpinning of their opposition to gay men i…
/r/MensRights14/12/14 12:33 AM
6

and those "dangers" would be.....?
/r/MensRights13/12/14 10:03 PM
3

Whats I think of everytime I see people with the "bathe in male tears" slogan: NSFW
/r/MensRights09/12/14 07:45 PM
1

Clearly, they sell higher quality baked goods to men. Shitlords.
/r/MensRights04/12/14 04:44 PM
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Story: I was in a gay/bi/progressive fraternity in College. It's male only. A sociologist wrote an article about us examining the phenomenon of gay men in a stereotypically heterosexual male organization. She was mostly focused on the fact that we did not allow women to join. It's mostly a social fraternity. She went into some of the benefits of fraternities, like having potential access to a network of professionals once you graduate, and potentially learning some leadership skills in the org t…
/r/MensRights01/12/14 07:13 PM
9

it's interesting, because i'm sitting next to my fiance right now playing games, and we're both white men. so his assessment is off, I think.
/r/MensRights01/11/14 04:07 AM
2

the attitude it often takes toward sex, porn and penetration. the anti-porn campaigners never seem to stop to notice that their allies in the fight are actually right wing repressors. in the 80s, a series of laws were passed in canada against porn sales, because it supposedlky abuses women. the first prosecutions were against gay bookstores getting shut down by authorities, because they didn't want gays around. but those same anti-porn feminists kept refusing responsibility for this. and there's…
/r/MensRights29/10/14 10:36 PM
4

It does seem like the guy was a little pushy. But if the woman is and was happy with it, as she says, then why be upset? Funny how the protesters are more upset about a possibly non-consensual kiss than about the massive numbers of men drafted into a war against their will.
/r/MensRights07/10/14 06:54 PM
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as i recall, this is the same party that, a few years ago, introduced a bill which would have banned peeing while sitting up. i shit you not.
/r/MensRights15/09/14 01:09 PM
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A few months ago, I read an article by a social justice activist who objected to his female friend being asked to leave an all-males only event in a private hotel room. It was a gay male orgy. She was genuinely shocked and hurt that SHE was unwelcome at a gay male orgy. I shit you not.
/r/MensRights04/09/14 07:16 PM
2

um, a full article instead of a screenshot of the headline would be more helpful to gain the facts here...
/r/MensRights18/08/14 07:31 PM
5

there are limits to what parents can do to their children. forced unnecessary amputations are over those limits. I'd like to ask you for any other example of a healthy, functional, anatomically correct body part which you find acceptable to cut off of a person in his/her childhood without any medical necessity. and as I said, I am opposed to child ear piercing, and it is indeed illegal in some places, and no, we are not talking about the frequency with which they happen. that's so completely irr…
/r/MensRights13/08/14 09:59 PM
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Babies can be vaccinated. Babies can be given medications with severe side effects. medical necessity. seriously, pay attention. Babies can be given up for adoption. Babies can be raised in broken homes. not body modification, and they are unfortunate necessities of life that are frequently out of anyone's control. Yet babies can have their ears pierced. in many places, that's illegal actually. and i'm opposed to it. it's alos worth noting that a better comparison would be cuytting off earlobes,…
/r/MensRights13/08/14 09:05 PM
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babies cant choose tattoos either. yet this cannot be done to them, because it is completely unnecessary and cosmetic, like foreskin amputation. it's my body, and no one had any right to deny me the right to choose.
/r/MensRights13/08/14 07:59 PM
2

Yeah, but at some point, liberals have to stop settling for moderates. Thats why I'm going to vote for either a third party if Hillary wins the nomination, or write in Elizabeth Warren.
/r/MensRights29/06/14 03:18 PM
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seems that way. the guy just outright gave up when she said it. maybe its a british thing, because americans would have started laughing.
/r/MensRights04/05/14 08:02 PM
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tl, dr. However, I already disliked Amy Schumer due to her promotion of forced circumcision in some of her skits, so I'll just go ahead and take the title as mostly true, seeing as I'm not gonna like her regardless.
/r/MensRights04/05/14 09:00 AM
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I love the fact that she says comparing circumcision to FGM is "racism." this woman needs a dictionary.
/r/MensRights04/05/14 08:51 AM
5

I thought the male maleficent was even better. but she was always my fave Disney villain. turning into a black, green-fire-breathing-dragon ftw!
/r/MensRights20/04/14 12:39 AM
1

yeah, i wondered if it might be libertarians as well... until I saw that only 5% support gay marriage. as a gay member of this sub, my experience here suggests that finding to be bullshit.
/r/MensRights15/04/14 06:16 PM
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fair point. anyway, i cant wait to see what happens.
/r/MensRights15/04/14 07:51 AM
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fair point. although if she was making it up, I would think she would have accused someone directly. but you never know.
/r/MensRights15/04/14 07:13 AM
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i'm curious as to how they determined that the DNA from her clothing was concluded to be the rapist's. I mean, couldn't it be that someone patted her on the back, leaving skin cells? unless it's semen, of course.
/r/MensRights15/04/14 04:44 AM
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indeed, plus the jeans with no underwear poking up seem to be perfectly placed for maximum sexiness. "without permission?" it was probably his idea. or his agent's.
/r/MensRights14/04/14 08:13 PM
1

odd color choice. when I hear of people wearing red, I think of aids activism.
/r/MensRights08/04/14 01:06 AM
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your post is misleading. that letter is not fromt eh FBI. it is a letter written to the FBI by several right wing christian groups who are attempting to equate the actions of that madman with the SPLC, implying the SPLC is responsible for his actions just because it spoke out against those groups.
/r/MensRights27/03/14 04:29 AM
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But apparently, FGM is worse, so this doesn't matter.
/r/MensRights25/03/14 10:29 PM
2

it all went downhill when they lost Will Ferrell. there wasa brief humor resurgence when Tina fety came back to play Sarah Palin, but that ended. I actually hope Palin runs for president soon, just so we can have those skits back.
/r/MensRights09/03/14 10:07 PM
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Some do, actually.
/r/MensRights05/03/14 09:09 AM
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There's abundant evidence of the fact that loss of the foreskin reduces sexual sensation and sensitivity. If you cut it off, you can't feel it anymore. The foreskin, especially the inner foreskin, is among the most sensitive areas of the penis. Even a cut man can test this by touching what little remains of the inner foreskin, which is the area of softer, usually different colored skin directly behind the head. Guys, notice how sensitive that is? if it hadn't been cut off, there would have been …
/r/MensRights22/02/14 12:38 AM
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so women can be prejudiced against men, but can't be sexist. In the same way they can be human, but not a primate. nice.
/r/MensRights18/02/14 10:56 PM
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no, not what I'm saying. just that despite the refusal of authorities to take notice, the movement is far more popular than the media lets on.
/r/MensRights01/02/14 04:46 AM
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here's a fun fact: despite some statements int he media, the first petition to get over the original 25,000 requirement was a petition to ban forced circumcision. it was ignored, and removed from the site.
/r/MensRights31/01/14 09:45 PM
1

the exact same sign is at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, MO.
/r/MensRights23/12/13 06:51 PM
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yeah, i notice that all filling this out accomplishes is the accused has the policy read to them, and told that if its true, they are to stop. mothing about a hearing, etc.
/r/MensRights17/12/13 06:10 PM
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its just a still shot of an awkward expression during a speech, you can do it with anyone.
/r/MensRights14/12/13 08:23 AM
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it seems to me that if your husband is asleep, you have other courses of action to "escape" than killing, unlike a prisoner of war. for example, walking out the front door freely.
/r/MensRights11/12/13 04:21 PM
3

That's a new feature? I can tell you that's been standard as a search option on gay dating sites for at least 12 years. I'm surprised it was considered newsworthy.
/r/MensRights10/12/13 04:33 PM
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the courts have already rejected her reasoning, there are a number of supreme court cases explicitly rejecting it. unless this is based outside american jurisdiction, that particular argument is dead before it's out of the gate.
/r/MensRights02/12/13 10:26 PM
3

in fairness, the female dentist probably isnt very good at her job if she tries to hold all those tools at once.
/r/MensRights26/11/13 05:32 PM
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He ran into her knife. He ran into her knife TEN TIMES.
/r/MensRights24/11/13 01:11 AM
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Interesting enough, ACOG is closely aligned with performing and promoting male circumcision, and has taken part in the AAP's endorsement of it.
/r/MensRights23/11/13 11:57 PM
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The irony is, that actual activists against FGM tend to oppose MGM as well, and say so. Some are on the Board of advisors for Intact America. It's only non-activist commentators on FGM who decry those of us who focus on ending MGM.
/r/MensRights14/11/13 07:37 AM
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just her own personal insecurity. At my college, some guys made a snow penis too. A group of my lesbian friends came by, and did they feel victimized? no, they just made snow boobs next to it.
/r/MensRights13/11/13 05:03 PM
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"I want you to think about all the women who are denied a chance to speak by men around the world...women who are subjected to genital mutilation" and then to many of them dismiss me when I speak out parts of my genitals removed without consent.
/r/MensRights07/11/13 06:02 PM
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because the commercial lied to them and told them it would doo al the things I thought it would as an 8 year old.
/r/MensRights07/11/13 05:30 AM
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I had an easy bake oven. that shit was false advertising. it was no easier to bake a cake, you still needed an adult, and it even took longer to make one.
/r/MensRights07/11/13 12:39 AM
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I actually never heard of Chris Brown until I heard about him beating his girlfriend. so, that may be why he gets more attention for being a domestic abuser than say, Charlie Sheen or John Lennon.
/r/MensRights11/10/13 12:57 AM
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groups never realize how many other groups do this. i used to serve tables at a restaurant, and at least 3 people a week came in asking for money. we always had to say no, because there were so many that we would go bankrupt if we gave them all money. they always got mad, but they never understood that its not just the community cemter that asks for donations, its also the football team, track team, cheerleaders, soccer, teams from the next town over, the community band, community theatres, meal…
/r/MensRights06/10/13 07:14 PM
1

I know that some do, although they rarely admit it. women tend to be less vocal about their sexual fantasies than men.
/r/MensRights04/10/13 12:12 AM
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yeah, I forgot about that. Actually, there was an anti-porn law passed in the 80s with support from Catherine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin, which banned only porn they claimed was degrading to women. this included anything that involved penetration by dildos. And now that I think about it, I've actually seen a few claim that gay male porn is patriarchal because it "simulates" hetero sex. Apparently, they are unaware that us gay men have our own sexuality that has nothing to do with hetero sex. I …
/r/MensRights04/10/13 12:08 AM
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Ask the feminist how the "porn is the exploitation of women" crowd handle the existence of gay male porn, and the fact that the acts portrayed in straight porn are all in gay porn. EDIT: I really want to know what the feminist says about this because I have looked really hard, and have NEVER seen one of them answer the question, always dodge or dismiss it.
/r/MensRights03/10/13 02:53 AM
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what does this have to do with men's rights?
/r/MensRights20/09/13 04:09 PM
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this title is misleading. the whole article is about how the feminist movement had unrealistic expectations due its failure to consider some of the realities of human biology and desires, and it should change its expectations because it's pushing for things that many young women don't necessarily want, or at least not want as bad as feminist thought expects.
/r/MensRights05/09/13 06:21 PM
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cost.
/r/MensRights29/07/13 06:47 AM
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exactly, several are quoting Monty Python. but not all.
/r/MensRights23/07/13 04:19 PM
1

SAFB huh? I'm from nearby, I even went to Triad high school. are you from the area or transferred in?
/r/MensRights17/07/13 07:07 AM
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people are speaking out more. It's something being forced on men without their consent that they would never choose themselves, and people are gradually less willing to ignore it. many of us are not happy with having had this forced on us. www.foregen.org
/r/MensRights15/07/13 06:31 AM
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Apparently, this woman is unaware that you actually can sue someone if they knew they had an STI before having sex with you, but didn't disclose it. assuming they give it to you, of course. Granted, he apparently didnt know he had an STI, but anyway, no, we aren't goign to start jailing people for cheating. ironically, that's a very backwards, traditional method of sexual regulation that we've dropped long ago.
/r/MensRights06/06/13 05:31 PM
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isnt this title a bit misleading? she clearly says that she'e not into a certain type of feminist man, ones that are really obsessed and self hating and try too hard to impress her with it. And honestly, I find the term "mangina" pretty derogatory. insulting men by comparing them to women simply because of their views is sexist towards both genders.
/r/MensRights03/06/13 11:48 PM
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different topic. nvm.
/r/MensRights31/05/13 06:28 PM
0

If it's the thread I'm thinking of, the guy did then follow up with a lot of vicious statement about transpeople.
/r/MensRights31/05/13 05:26 PM
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Yeah, but this was in the context of American usage. As in, the guy claimed that gays just "decided" to be offended by the word, when in fact it was actually given an anti gay meaning by homophobes. Point it, there's very little homophobia here, and I see nothing suggesting it's a part of the men's rights movement when it happens. Yet the accusation keeps getting made towards MRAs, and it's baseless.
/r/MensRights31/05/13 02:50 AM
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As one gay man, I'm always struck by the fact that I see more accusations of homophobia aimed at MRA groups than I've ever seen from any MRA. In fact, The only homophobic remark i've ever seen in this sub was one guy's halfhearted attempt to claimt he word "fag" wasn't a hateful term.
/r/MensRights31/05/13 12:34 AM
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I know it's real, I just mean that it's really only from women who were lesbians to begin with for the normal reasons, and got so caught up in their tiny intellectual groups that they actually imagined they chose lesbianism because believing it comported with their worldview. It's similar to how some right wing christians claim to have "chosen" heterosexuality, because they don't want to believe it's a natural phenomenon, as that would make more it difficult for them to maintain that it should n…
/r/MensRights24/05/13 04:34 PM
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And there are women who are lesbians for political reasons. Not because they are drawn to women, but because they wish to avoid men.| Not really. These are really just lesbians due tot he normal reasons; the thing is, some lesbians who become radical feminists forget that not everyone else is like them. After people stay in their minority groups with only like-minded people for long enough, some of them begin to see the world through their lens, and soem of these women who don't need men, begin …
/r/MensRights23/05/13 09:02 PM
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This is exactly the problem. it was used to denote a real social phenomenon, but the word itself is misleading to those who hear it. This makes it difficult for those who actually want to improve society, because their using the word with a new definition is confusing. Also, now so many internet "activists" and those who were only half listening in their Intro to Sociology class think they know what it means, but in fact they don't. So they use it under this broad definition almost like some ign…
/r/MensRights21/05/13 04:53 PM
1

It's fairly similar. But it's important to understand that this rift between fem gays and masculine gays isn't so much an activist movement thing, more just an attitude one finds in social groups. It's also relevant that many (but not all) gay social cliques develop cattiness and snark into such a huge activity that it becomes almost a social art form. That tends to blow gender expression out of proportion when it becomes the subject of the joke. And it's not that difficult for good-natured teas…
/r/MensRights21/05/13 04:43 PM
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Well, technically she means that she has privilege because she is a female who fits the traditional female appearance and role. Masculine women are often derided, is her point. Similar to how feminine men are often derided. People attacking the gaybros subreddit simply do not understand what it's about. In the gay community, there is a lot of acceptance of those who don't fit tradition (ex. feminine men,) which is great. Even celebration of those, as they are just being who they are, which is a …
/r/MensRights20/05/13 04:53 PM
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Many would defend the article and teacher's focus on how mean it is to the girls by pointing out that society teaches girls to base their worth on looks more often, therefore these teen girls will be more hurt than boys when called unattractive. The irony is, that when disciplining this behavior, going on and on about how hard it is for the girls and focusing on how it's more insulting for the girls sends the message to girls that they should feel more insulted, and therefore that their self est…
/r/MensRights09/05/13 06:46 PM
1

not necessarily. many students have successfully sued for violations of free speech like this. I'm in law school, and we just finished these cases in my First Amendment class. They would actually have to prove in court that he was disruptive.
/r/MensRights08/05/13 01:21 AM
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Not true. Being punished for expressing views in school is unconstitutional unless he was disrupting the educational process. It seems he was not.
/r/MensRights07/05/13 05:58 PM
1

well, in fairness, the same guy promoted clitorectomy and pouring acid on girl's clitorises to prevent them from masturbating, too. It was practiced in America for that reason until at least the late 70s. Blus Cross actually paid for it until then. No one knows how many had it practiced on them, though, because it did not become as widespread..
/r/MensRights19/04/13 05:23 PM
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Yeah that was nuts. as if he's a bad guy because he isn't working specifically for rape victims. there's more than one cause int he world, folks. Also, you'd think it would occur to some people that if false rape claims were not so common, actual rape victims would be more willing to accuse their rapists. She's really just hurting the victims she wants to help.
/r/MensRights08/04/13 06:06 PM
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It seems odd to me that so many say that judging others based on their looks is part of "patriarchy." Sure it's wrong to judge people like that, but how is it part of patriarchy? I see no way it keeps men in power or women under men's boot. it simply values beauty over lack thereof. I mena, go to Google and type in "Joe Biden h" but dont hit enter yet. you'll notice that the first three suggested terms based on popularity are: joe biden hair joe biden hair plugs joe biden height And there's the …
/r/MensRights08/04/13 06:01 PM
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I noticed that too. I had to rewind to make sure I had heard correctly. It was so irrational I have to wonder if she even heard him.
/r/MensRights08/04/13 05:12 PM
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I think he got rude with them and they decided to teach him a lesson. As far as sexual assault that could have been a knee in the groin and maybe stepping on his groin area with high heels! Not saying its right but there is definitely more to this story!| This, based on zero evidence.
/r/MensRights08/04/13 05:46 AM
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Actually she wasn't making an argument, she was reading verbatim from a printout of a feminist website that posted these talking points. that's not discourse. Interesting how at the end, the three people debating against the guy who was concerned about false rape claims kept trying to change the subject to actual rape victims with statements tot he effect that only one or the other is important enough to be combatted.
/r/MensRights08/04/13 05:40 AM
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Your teacher is exaggerating. Apply to the school. And no one is calling you the worst kind of person.
/r/MensRights07/04/13 08:26 AM
1

what?
/r/MensRights26/03/13 10:39 PM
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I'm wondering what he said.sends like an odd thing to be upset about.
/r/MensRights23/03/13 03:43 PM
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"Comments are closed for this entry."| Big surprise. I'd imagine there's more than a few people who have doubts about her claim that there's a connection between rape and catcalling out a car window.
/r/MensRights20/03/13 07:44 PM
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Looks like I'll be updating my obligatory list of organizations opposed to the practice. It's not surprising that they're attacking the AAP; the practice has come under hard scrutiny and the AAP is in terror of the doctors they lobby for being held accountable, so they panicked and overshot their defense by outright lying. The AAP doth protest too much, the rest of the world thinks. The list already: The Canadian Pediatric Society Royal Australasian College of Physicians British Medical Associat…
/r/MensRights18/03/13 08:13 PM
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In the gay community, we do. I was involved in an std prevention organization that did talks about it at social groups. Always watch your drink, never walk away and drink again, or have someone watch it, and so on. Go to the hospital right away if it happens, get a rape kit, all that.
/r/MensRights18/03/13 05:45 AM
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Copied from my reply to girlwriteswhat above: I'm not saying she's right. I'm just saying she's not a sexist. She argues that there is a natural instinct to NOT do something like this to a child, and the cultural practice of circumcision and its accompanying attitudes are designed to, and have the effect of, negating that instinct. I'd argue that men have the same instinct, but society is much better at negating it in men than women through its callous attitude toward harms doen to men throughou…
/r/MensRights16/03/13 05:06 PM
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I'm not saying she's right. I'm just saying she's not a sexist. She argues that there is a natural instinct to NOT do something like this to a child, and the cultural practice of circumcision and its accompanying attitudes are designed to, and have the effect of, negating that instinct. I'd argue that men have the same instinct, but society is much better at negating it in men than women through its callous attitude toward harms doen to men throughout their lives, and the ridiculing of sensitive…
/r/MensRights16/03/13 04:39 PM
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Interesting story, but how do you know this guy was doing it because he was brought up to sacrifice himself for women? He might have just done it because he's the type to butt in when he sees even minor wrongs done. some people are just like that. It kind of reminds me of someone I knew in my senior year of high school. One of my Cross Country teammates, we'll call Brad, was the type who always appointed himself the judge of EVERYONE else's actions. Brad once informed our coach that it "sent a b…
/r/MensRights16/03/13 04:32 PM
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I read it, I'm still not seeing sexism. She simply argues that the ritual has the effect of being a part of a system that disempowers females under tradition in addition to males. And that's what religion tends to do. It's not like she says that disempowering women is the primary purpose, or even that it's worse than the harm done to the male. She simply says it's an additional effect of circumcision, and an additional reason to oppose it. It's no different than those of us who, when FGM is brou…
/r/MensRights16/03/13 09:38 AM
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I think she's referring to the idea of maternal instinct, the strong protective instinct that mothers have toward children. Honestly, if you follow the intactivists who use mothering terminology, you'll see they're really not sexist, more like hippies who are all about the wonders of breastfeeding and love and peace and granola and shit like that.
/r/MensRights16/03/13 07:28 AM
1

I don't see where she's sexist to begin with.
/r/MensRights16/03/13 07:23 AM
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In fairness, that's nto what privilege actually means. privilege refers to the fact that society treats a certain status as a default, so to speak, and that therefore people who aren't that inevitably run into some difficulties that the "privileged" person will rarely run into, if ever. It doesn't mean that you end up poor. Although privilege is a bad word for it.
/r/MensRights16/03/13 06:54 AM
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....she's speaking up for the end of genital mutilation. She thinks it does harm to women as well as men. that's nto appropriating. "An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
/r/MensRights16/03/13 06:40 AM
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When a man thinks with his dick, that is folly.| Did she say that? All she's saying is it goes against natural human instinct.
/r/MensRights16/03/13 06:38 AM
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I tend to agree. I so often notice that many prominent veins of feminism have really just kept believing old stereotypes and objectified views of women (I believe the trendy word is "internalizing") and simply changed the traditionalist's conclusion from "and that's how it should be" to "and that's a terrible travesty." The best example is the anti-porn fems. (I know they're a dying breed, but it's still a great illustrative example.) They constantly see the actions of men in receiving pleasure …
/r/MensRights15/03/13 03:20 AM
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH! Justice for Jane Doe? The guy in the picture is absolutely convinced these guys are guilty and that this girl was raped, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HER NAME! Meanwhile, the girl admits she doesn't remember what happened, and had to piece it together from Facebook comments etc.. This shit is Poe's law at its finest. EDIT holy shit, I just realized something: suppose this girl really was raped. she must be pretty traumatized and humiliated, since at least some pe…
/r/MensRights15/03/13 12:36 AM
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It's worth noting that the author never says that men shouldn't have responsibilities. Just that the prevailing culture is acting that way. He thinks both men and to a lesser extent, women are acting that way, and that it's a bad thing. He's arguing that women are far worse off because that idea is encouraging poverty.
/r/MensRights14/03/13 04:08 AM
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If you follow the links, it's the facebook page of someone who is working to spread awareness of that woman who was gang raped in India recently, the one that has incensed the public so much. So this pic is serious, I guess. It's hard to believe a person who's working to spread awareness of the very serious problem of genuine rapes going on publicly, and unpunished, would then turn and use the words "scarring trauma and pain" to describe the discomfort of being stared at. But that's what's happe…
/r/MensRights13/03/13 04:14 AM
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Indeed. in fact, many American supporters tout the statistic that ~30% of the world's men are circumcised.... but leave out the fact that 25% of the world's men are Muslim. 25 of that 30% is due to just one religion, leaving less than 5% of males cut for non-theraprutic reasons. it's a pretty damning practice really.
/r/MensRights13/03/13 02:45 AM
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**Well, Felipe, just tell them you and your four buddies did not really gang-rape the young woman, you only gangbanged her. Better hope whoever reviews your employment application is not a woman. So it's ok for these guys to be shamed for the consensual sex they had in private? the only shame is that a college student like her won't ever have the resources to compensate these men like they deserve. And notice that he has the gall to create links on the page using that guy's name; he knows that d…
/r/MensRights11/03/13 08:48 PM
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Well the Mentally disabled relative example you mention is different than this one. that's someone who's saying that a negative comment about a certain type of person is especially offensive to him, because he loves his disabled brother/sister etc.. But here, the guy is actually saying that he's offended by these guys gangbanging this woman consensually, saying this woman is disturbed, and being offended by it because he has daughters. But he's the one who is disparaging women who like orgies. h…
/r/MensRights11/03/13 08:37 PM
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unlikely. andrea dworkin in particular was a lesbian. I think the sex-negative feminists see heterosexual sexuality in the negative light that they do because despite being feminists, they haven't quite managed to reject all the old, backwards ideas of men and women. specifically, tradition said women were subordinate to men, and that this is the way it should be. sexuality became viewed as reflecting that;man penetrates woman because she is inferior, and he is to be aggressive and controlling, …
/r/MensRights10/03/13 07:50 PM
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i see slut-shaming of all of them. the real problem is, he seems to really focus on slut-shaming the men more so than her. an odd twist. funny how she's "troubled" but theyre behaving like "dogs." its ironic, these old ideas of sex actually see women as victims of sex, which degrades both women and men; then, people jump up to defend women, and dont seem to realize theyre keeping both women and men down by assuming the old degrading view of sex. as a gay man, I find it interesting to view these …
/r/MensRights10/03/13 06:19 PM
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I posted some of the many studies showing that it does INDEED cause sensation loss, as well as the real world numbers showing that it't NOT reducing AIDS rates, and in fact may be making it worse. We'll see if the comments get approved. God I hate people like this, if it's such a small issue,t hen why nto just stop forcing it on people's bodies? Yeah, someone's protestign too much, and it's not me. I think she should look up what that quote actually means BEFORE she gets defensive, because the i…
/r/MensRights09/03/13 12:35 AM
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because you specifically said circumstantial evidence is not good evidence, and that it's not admissible in court. both these claims are false, which makes it clear that you don't know what circumstantial evidence is.
/r/MensRights08/03/13 04:56 PM
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you don't know what circumstantial evidence is. Circumstantial is any evidence that leads one to infer that a thing is true, rather than directly showing that it is. for example, a knife with the victim's blood on it bein present in the accused's apartment is circumstantial, because one would infer from it that the accused is guilty. it's distinguished from direct evidence, that which directly shows a thing is true (eyewitness account, video of the crime, confession, etc.) that evidence is circu…
/r/MensRights08/03/13 07:08 AM
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"having to explain tot hem why they are bleeding"? that's absurd. that's not their benefit, that's for the convenience of adults. children are nto for the adult's convenience.
/r/MensRights07/03/13 04:33 AM
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this operation is NOT normal, the whole point of the controversy was that he did something totally unprecedented, and the hospital did indeed admit it was illegal.
/r/MensRights07/03/13 12:56 AM
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Funny you mention that. 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer in their lives, but no one says we should remove the breast buds of infant girls; meanwhile, the rate of penile cancer is 1 in 100,000, but people like Douglas Diekema use that as an excuse to promote male circumcision on men without their consent. People like this just fish for excuses and treat people like objects without rights as long as they're unable to say no. 1 in 100 intact males will get a UTI, curable with antibiotics; Diekem…
/r/MensRights06/03/13 10:21 PM
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gay men get harassed by people who use male gender roles, and female roles to ridicule them. It's not surprise that we feel all over the place. Anyway, a lot of the MRM deals with stuff that rarely applies to gay men, like child support/custody, and when they are issues for gay men, it's more a discrimination against gays issue than men in general. What I can tell you though, is that gay men are FAR more likely to oppose circumcision. strongly. Shame they arent having more kids.
/r/MensRights04/03/13 04:55 AM
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there's more than just gender problems. educating women and giving them an opportunity to participate in public debate etc. is a great way to get people to question tradition. many traditions abuse men, but these kinds of things are so pervasive they get men to think it was their idea to mutilate their own genitals, etc.
/r/MensRights04/03/13 04:43 AM
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I don't get the point of these posts. Who cares what someone said in the commentary section? It doesn't really represent most feminists. Funny though, the guy who said it claimed MRAs are using woman hating to hide their "faggotry". Speaking as one gay man, I don't see how that would work, nor do I know anyone who has ever tried to be closeted that way. However, it's a commonly known and discussed fact that some closeted gay men have at times, said homophobic things to throw people off, either b…
/r/MensRights02/03/13 08:11 PM
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Helping women first is the best way to get the ball rolling when you have limited resources, like the UN.
/r/MensRights02/03/13 07:46 PM
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The thing is, Brick is supposed to be that big. the whole point of his character is that he's a raging psychopath with so much brute power his fists do as much damage as a gun. It's noteworthy that he's MUCH larger than any other character in Borderlands, almost like a giant. Chris, however, is a great example of the shift that has been occurring in gaming towards the demand for large male bodies. in the earlier games, he was perfectly normal sized. then RE5 comes out, and suddenly he's taller a…
/r/MensRights28/02/13 03:14 PM
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Yay for trans acceptance! Its great to hear this. Hopefully soon someone can do something about the legal issues that Greek organizations face when admitting transpeople.
/r/MensRights28/02/13 02:38 AM
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Indeed it does, I always get a little twine of joy when I think of how enraged Morris must be, living in a once commonly cutting nation, now almost entirely given over to wholeness. Viva La Vida, asshole.
/r/MensRights24/02/13 11:54 PM
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yeah, stereotypes and myths are persistent.
/r/MensRights22/02/13 11:33 PM
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I doubt anyone has that ability. Rapists hide it well. that's how they get away with it.
/r/MensRights22/02/13 11:13 PM
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Awesome news, glad to see a country that's smart enough to dump genital mutilation and use something that works!
/r/MensRights22/02/13 08:57 AM
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Well, I believe none of these things. I believe both of those are related symptoms of a social standard that must be fought by taking down both of them. I believe it's wrong for anyone to hit anyone (other than self defense) regardless of the damage they do. In fact, the amount of harm is relevant only when calculating damages in a lawsuit for battery etc.. Incidentally this is why I oppose both forced female genital cutting, AND forced male genital cutting. A right is a right. I believe it's ve…
/r/MensRights22/02/13 02:09 AM
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and it's Immediately followed by: For Zabeen's mother Fatima, the pain at times has been almost unbearable.| What a martyr. She beats Her son for not being a superhero as a child, and now she wonders why there's no international team working round the clock to give her another kid. Also, it appears the girl is now 18, or close to it. how does she expect the authorities to forcibly deport an adult for custody purposes?
/r/MensRights22/02/13 01:29 AM
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you know whats disturbing about the draft? it may never be changed, because when the subject is brought up, everyone says, "oh who cares? public opinion is so agains the draft it will never happen again anyway." except that public opinion tends to suddenly shift during war time. this is how drafts get popular. and people aren't reasonable during war, either. so yeah, it will happen again, at some point. and the most amusing argument i've ever heard against an equal draft: "but if we make women g…
/r/MensRights19/02/13 05:54 PM
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The community that characterize this misogyny call themselves the Manosphere, an interlocking network of blogs for “men’s rights” activists (MRAs), pickup artists (PUA) and some online gamers.| O, i'm a gamer and a pseudo MRA, and I've literally never heard of the term "manosphere." also, the idea that online gamers are somehow a part of any kind of organized ideology is absurd.
/r/MensRights18/02/13 03:52 AM
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honestly I feel like if this baby happens, you'll eventually want to be with the kid anyway. If I were you, I'd push for custody because like you said, she's unfit as a parent, and doesn't sound stable. If she has a bad job like you ay and would need child support while you get six figures, that's gotta go in your favor.
/r/MensRights17/02/13 04:45 PM
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faking your death is illegal and can lead to years of paperwork difficulties besides. However, making her feel like sh'ed be alone to pressure her to abort may work. she seems to have manipulated him, some girls do this because they warp their mind into thinking "this will MAKE him stay with me!" him leaving, like moving to a different state or country, might make it disappear.
/r/MensRights17/02/13 04:29 PM
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True. It actually didn't specify what kind of Gay site it meant so I just assumed porn or hookup sites. That's what I would expect from a hidden site.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 04:17 AM
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I'm honestly more surprised that Norton blocks anything as hate sites. I thought it was only a mediocre anti-virus program that's more bothersome and spammy than helpful.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 03:34 AM
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yeah I was iffy about posting it but it was just so ironic, I had to. Clearly, a site meant for obsessive teen girls/immature women, taking advantage of the fact that such people would likely fall for the spammy ad tricks.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 02:16 AM
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Indeed. he's known for blatant lies and spin. Notice that he uses one of his latest arguments, that infants do not feel pain because of high rates of "stress controlling hormones." He leaves out the fact that this hormone is cortisol, which is released as a response to pain. It is caused by pain. See, he's been a promoter of circ for many decades (in the early 80s he even wrote a poem called "Ode to the Circumcised Male." I shit you not, Google it!) He used to use the line that it caused no pain…
/r/MensRights12/02/13 02:04 AM
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well in fairness, there are a lot of "straight" gay guys in relationships with women. I don't know about you, but it's common for me and all my gay friends to get random messages on Facebook, etc. from these guys asking for hookups. They will insist "I'm not gay, I'm just turned on by guys is all." Yeah, that passes for logic in the denial stage. So if a girl finds this, she might be reasonable to worry that he's one of those guys and the relationship is headed for the inevitable coming out. Of …
/r/MensRights12/02/13 01:29 AM
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My God, this is epic projection right here: The fact that he's taken this extreme step to watch you online when you don't have a clue he's around brings up other disturbing questions. Where are his ethics? Does he have any? And if he is going out of his way to monitor you so secretively, what kind of information is he holding back from you?| Seriously yall, I am SO glad i'm gay, because I don't have to deal with the ridiculous gender double standards that society comes up with. It's odd that gay…
/r/MensRights12/02/13 12:19 AM
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again, I doubt you have asked many. you cant just assume people like having been cut against their will because of how they walk in the locker room. The fact that people dont bring it up means nothing. as i said before, people who do (like myself) get ridiculed, and many are afraid to. it's pretty personal to talk about. For just a fe examples, check out this forum as a private support group for men to share their grief.
/r/MensRights08/02/13 03:06 AM
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The line is easily drawn at nonconsensual, permanent bodily modifications that are unlikely to benefit the person they are forced on. teaching people religion and values is not permanent; people reject the beliefs of their parents all the time. and they aren't body mods. I actually dont like piercing girl's ears at young ages. but a better comparison would be removing earlobes, or piercing the foreskin, both of which are illegal (one is a sex crime actually!). fixing a cleft lip is fixing an act…
/r/MensRights08/02/13 03:03 AM
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Don't feel bad. the lobbyists who promote this junk are very effective at PR, at least in places like the US where the practice is supported byt he industry and medical organizations afraid of their eventual liability.
/r/MensRights08/02/13 02:54 AM
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Check the manual itself. you'll notice that one of the main contributors and advisors is David Tomlinson, who is the inventore and patent holder of multiple devices specifically designed for infant circumcision, and a man who gets royalties from their sale, as well as from him being part of the company Accucirc. That passes for objectivity at the WHO, a United Nations organization. Meanwhile, repeated studies have shown a reduction in HIV rates among women who get the various forms of female cut…
/r/MensRights08/02/13 02:51 AM
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Below are a few studies published in medical journals showing that the random control trial (RCT) studies that claimed a protective effect had several flaws, and real world disease rates between intact and circumcised men show circumcision does not protect against HIV. This article in the Journal of Public Health in Africa details the case that the trials were very flawed, the real world disease rates show that circumcised men are more likely to be infected than intact men in many nations, and t…
/r/MensRights08/02/13 02:14 AM
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I have known hundreds of circumcised men, and not one of them has mentioned their circumcision as an issue in their lives.| I doubt you have asked more than a handful. and the way that those of us who speak out get ridiculed, it's not surprising that many haven't taken the step of bringing it up to you. there are lots of important issues in the world. On a planet with 7,000,000,000 people, more than one problem can be solved at a time.
/r/MensRights08/02/13 02:01 AM
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A practice doesnt have to completely destroy any happiness for all the people who are subjected to it. some rape victims recover and move on quite easily. that does not work as a n argument for banning rape. and frankly, tattoos dont destroy people. you still cant force them on kids. slapping people in the face is illegal; doesnt destroy them. forced circ is battery, and should be treated as such. victims have a right to justice. if they dont want to exercise it, thats one thing. but just becaus…
/r/MensRights08/02/13 01:58 AM
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Foregen is specifically designed to raise money to do the science. And yes, we do have the tech to regenerate nerve endings; these are peripheral nerves, which regenerate well and have been regenerated. foregen is simply applying the existing tech to foreskin tissue. as for keratinization, yes that will be removed; it's a well documented fact that once the irritation that causes tissue to grow a keratin sheath disappears (which in this case, is the exposure of the glans,) the keratin sloughs off…
/r/MensRights08/02/13 01:49 AM
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Um, how/when has foregen spammed? I can tell you that this is my picture. I'm not part of Foregen, just support it. this was posted many months ago in r/atheism, and now this guy put it in r/cringepics. I have posted links to foregen before, but only to make the point about there being a lot of men so deeply affected by this that they formed the organization.
/r/MensRights08/02/13 01:42 AM
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recently, I've been moving toward actually adding up the major benefits claimed by supporters. Basically, I use their own numbers, but here's the thing: instead of using their terminology (relative reductions) I use the actual reduction. for example, a supporters says "circ drops the rate of UTIs by 90%! all hail circ!" But this actually means 90% of 1%. meaning, 99% of the whole would never get a UTI to begin with. 0.1% will anyway, so the only ones who benefit are the 0.9% who are prevented. o…
/r/MensRights07/02/13 01:09 AM
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Well yeah, I think we should be arguing whether or not the science is true and the ethics of cutting babies separately.| As a person heavily dedicated to stopping forced circ, I can assure you that we would like to. But defenders of forced circ dont want it that way. They continuously claim that all forms of FGM (often they will claim the worst form is the only one) completely destroy female sexuality and orgasm. o this basis, they will claim that it's ok to ban one but not the other. of course,…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 09:42 PM
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Case in point: This guy's picture is a parody of a Campaign to criticize the AAP for supporting forced circumcision. Do you really have to burn a potential bridge to MRAs by putting infant males in the crossfire? It's shit like this. More explanation: when the AAP announced a few months ago that their "new" research (which was in fact the same outdated shit) showed that the benefits on infant cutting outweighed the risks, but that they weren't recommending it for everyone (a rather fine line to …
/r/MensRights06/02/13 09:27 PM
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yes, but if you read the AAP report and compare it tot he AAP's older reports as wel as those of the other orgs I listed, you'll notice the AAP now simply repeats older claims, while calling them new. The vast majority of orgs are against it.
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:24 PM
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frankly, it's ignored. there's a popular belief that parental consent is sufficient for this operation. that's legally not true, but the the culture has accepted it, and public discussion of sexuality is limited to jokes, not serious human rights discussion. Couple this with the fact that generally, you can only sue for a wrong committed as a child for two years after you turn 18. Yet at this age, most are still uninformed about the practice, believing what they are told. And those who don't, ha…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:18 PM
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Oh, I wasnt attacking you. I'm well aware that feminism is not responsible for the opposition to forced circ. It's really a general idea of human rights and self-determination that is. Some feminist theory is kind of ironic. Women's rights supporters have historically had such a tough time achieving equality. so you'd think that when supporters of better treatment for women encounter a practice that harms men, they'd accept that it's a harm and be excited, since they could now go to society and …
/r/MensRights06/02/13 05:45 PM
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Yeah, we are making great strides to abolishing this brutal practice.| I admit that law passing was a disappointment. but it's important to note, that the reason it came up was a court finally acknowledged it as bodily harm, and therefore a practice already banned. Roughly half the German population support it being banned. One poll showed 45% support the ban; another showed 56% support it. But it all happened so fast, the legislature rose up and supported the legalization due to international e…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 05:20 PM
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I wanted to go, but could not afford it. I protested at Atlanta Pride instead. handed out fliers and stuff. Whioch reminds me, if anyone wants one, here's a printout I designed that's great to hand out. Print it double sided, then fold it into three portions so people can easily carry it around. It works pretty well. It's also good to leave in places where handouts can be left, lieka a cafe or bulletin board. Also, people can donate by buying from Amazon if you follow the instruction in this top…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:19 AM
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In general, none. it's a bunch of old myths + excuses based on stats reported in a very slanted manner. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Soci…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:15 AM
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In fairness, there is strong momentum against forced circ worldwide. The American pro-cutting lobby is getting very nervous, hence the screaming. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other orga…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:09 AM
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Yeah, i was peeved from their somewhat lukewarm portrayal of circ, when I noticed this gem only a few lines later: Men's issues have historically been taken seriously whereas women's issues often require a real fight to be acknowledged by the medical community. (ie. Where is the female Viagra?)| Ok, well, obviously we are fighting like hell to stop the pro circ lobby. so, there's that. And the female viagra is of course, biologically impossible. meanwhile, many keep claiming that the male viagra…
/r/MensRights06/02/13 06:06 AM
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All you have to do is scroll down and click the link to AMazon. once you do that, any time you buy from amazon during that visit, a portion of your purchase price goes tot hat organization, which works to end forced circumcision. they are a very serious group, not just some random site: they have spoken in front of the UN, and lobbied legislators, especially in Europe recently, and also take court cases to stop forced circs from happening, as well as get justice for males cut without consent. th…
/r/MensRights05/02/13 04:28 AM
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Notice how some of the games are devoid of sex or gender roles or even characters AT ALL? she used the money to buy the Little Big Planet series and ance Revolution. I shit you NOT! third row iirc. She is so damn lucky that many of the feminists in academia know nothing about video games. If they did, she'd have an investigation on her ass. I wonder if kickstarter allows that? anyway, there is NO way she's going to be able to find a way to do youtube reviews of video games worth $150k. and all t…
/r/MensRights29/01/13 03:59 AM
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Hello Feminist blogger. I would like to ask you for help with my project to explore gender tropes in video games by writing reviews about these games and then reading them on youtube as if i'm a documentarian. this apparently requires people to give me a lot of money to buy games for myself, because obviously I cant just ask people to donate their old games instead of give me money through a system with no oversight! Now you might be wondering why, if I have the knowledge of gaming and the gamin…
/r/MensRights29/01/13 03:41 AM
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Well, first i'm not sure that guy's analogy applies, because being pressured to change your religion out of nowhere is pretty annoying, not quite the the same as being approached in an appropriate and friendly manner. Actually, his situation describes being approached in a friendly manner, supposedly for the purpose of a date or starting a relationship, which is a totally acceptable purpose to approach someone for, assuming the way you approach is itself acceptable. and that's what happened to t…
/r/MensRights28/01/13 06:41 PM
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Right? and it's so bad that a lot of these commentators are nto making it up. they are honestly in terror at the thought that they will be raped at any moment. I mean, sure they could end up being raped. but in the same sense that I could end up being mugged when i walk out of the library tonight and head for my car. It can happen, and I do often take a precaution or two to reduce the chances (parking close, moving my car closer later in the day if I get to school early and started with a bad sp…
/r/MensRights28/01/13 02:57 AM
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And wow, I just noticed this part. recall that she was writing this letter to some crude stranger who made comments about her "taco" in passing: You were a harasser, the guy they make subway posters about, the guy who contributes to rape culture. Ask your female friends, if you have any, if they’ve ever walked home late at night with a key pushed through their knuckles, just in case, if they’ve ever crossed the street to avoid a stranger, just in case, if they’ve ever taken the long way home bec…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 08:42 PM
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I also had this to say regarding the author's assertion that rude comments qualify as gender oppression: It's interesting to me. I'm gay, and most of my friends are. I do notice the same type of behavior in the gay community from gay men toward attractive/unattractive men. I won't bother to give a laundry list of examples, but I can assure you it does exist and from where i'm standing, it seems to be just as common among gay men as among straight men toward women. So while I'd agree it is usuall…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 08:41 PM
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indeed, great example as well! for reference, here's the article posted in r/oney that I was responding to: A letter to the guy who harassed me outside the bar And here's the response I made in r/oney that got way too long (sorry! I'm a law student, they teach us to explain too much.) Give it a whirl with coverage of female politicians and ask yourself whether anyone would spend this much time discussing Joe Biden’s hairstyles.| ok, now she really has hanged herself with this one. Indeed, the me…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:53 PM
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is boss. +1for those who actually DO something about forced genital cutting and its real causes instead of trying to fit it into an unrelated oppression theory.
/r/MensRights25/01/13 05:18 AM
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Was wondering the same thing.
/r/MensRights23/01/13 03:35 PM
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.....well, Nazism was a form of fascism, so....
/r/MensRights23/01/13 05:10 AM
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I think it's probably more like "the systematic rule of society by men". Oppression is implied but optional.| yes, but I was just using that definition for the purpose of my earlier post. I know patriarchy is the systematic rule of men, but some of what is called "patriarchy" simply is not a systematic attempt to control or maintain men's power, it's often innocuous things. of course, you made that point.... Yes. This is exactly why we think those who spout these theories are insane, or simply p…
/r/MensRights10/01/13 08:28 PM
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We have to accept that patriarchy, as a purely theoretical definition, can exist. Insisting otherwise ignores reality. We have to define the term and actually point to where it exists instead of allowing the definition to constantly expand and that is half of the battle for the MRM.| this. I've always agreed that patriarchy (which i'm specifically defining as the oppression of women) exists and is a problem, but it's just one of many problems, and just one form of gender discrimination. It does …
/r/MensRights10/01/13 06:24 PM
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you can disagree with the instructor, doing so is entirely valid. just because they're the authority figure doesn't make them right. As long as you do so respectfully and appropriately, disagreement is encouraged to promote discussion and new ideas. I was a ply sci major, and we were supposed to disagree with them. the teacher's purpose is to teach us about the various ideologies out there, not to teach us which one is right. The whole point of an education is to equip us to eventually be the pe…
/r/MensRights10/01/13 06:01 PM
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some examples are below; in fact, the first guy actually got his charges reduced when a doctor testified proving that the tattoo was less invasive and disfiguring than circumcision. http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7464222 http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/01/05/parents-face-charges-for-tattooing-six-of-their-young-children http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/08/14295666-police-mother-arrested-for-tattooing-11-year-old-daughter
/r/MensRights04/01/13 11:16 PM
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this. I worked with an HIV prevention org years back, i know all sorts of places to get free condoms. although, does it ever seem odd to anyone else that birth control pills are portrayed as just a women's health or prevention issue? I mean, it seems to me the guys she's with is using them just as much as her. I simply do not get why it gets portrayed as a women's rights issue by advocates when it's just as much an issue for men. especially since they'd likely get a little more public support fo…
/r/MensRights02/01/13 09:02 AM
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lol @ people who think guns are a male thing. My Mom hunts all the time, and is quite the gun-clinger. most of the females in my family are.
/r/MensRights28/12/12 05:18 AM
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There are limits to what can be done to children. permanent body modifications are way over those limits. this is why it's illegal to tattoo children, or give them genital piercings, or cut off their earlobes. yet America acts like there's a special ethical twilight zone at the end of the penis. a person can always go to another school, or learn other instruments, or undo all these other interventions you mention. foreskin amputation is irreversible.
/r/MensRights23/12/12 04:27 PM
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the fact that virtually no one ever chooses it for themselves is more of a knock against doing it to them when they can't choose.
/r/MensRights23/12/12 04:24 PM
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I had am easy bake oven as a kid. I only asked for it because I wanted cake more often, and thought that getting one allow mere to easily make one without needing to persuade my mom to help. Fuckin false advertising.
/r/MensRights18/12/12 07:41 PM
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yeah,t hat's what I thought. then they lost it again by banning the persont hey were upholding as a victim simply because fo finding out he once disagreed with someone about something sometime in the past.
/r/MensRights06/12/12 07:57 PM
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Well they aren't serious. Just fangirls.
/r/MensRights05/12/12 04:58 AM
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Totally agree. Its the governments job to protect the people from others in society. It should have to get people to volunteer by doing that job correctly. Its an accountability issue.
/r/MensRights05/12/12 04:54 AM
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Don't worry, I wasn't offended by you, its just when people accuse me of being offended arbitrarily at a word that is still shouted as an insult to me when I'm at pridefest or on the street when my fiance and I are together, or on signs saying "god hates fags " and I am told this is not offensive, I call BS. On the reclaiming issue: I generaly don't like reclaiming offensive words. I see no real benefit in it, as the bigoted will always come up with a new word to use. Meanwhile, many will be off…
/r/MensRights04/12/12 04:35 AM
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That's actually pretty fascinating, thanks for that! At any rate, the word is and remains highly offensive to and used as a slur against gay men, with no secret that it has such a connotation. Folks on this subreddit would do well not to demean me and my fiance's incredibly fulfilling romantic loving relationship. I and others have spent far too long suffering under the boot of sexual control and will be unlikely to back down from it. Wtf, why is knight of malta getting all those upvotes? What p…
/r/MensRights04/12/12 01:13 AM
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Yeah Iwas doubly offended by an apparent pedophile calling me a pedophile as a gay man. Wtf.
/r/MensRights04/12/12 12:39 AM
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I often feel offended by the ideas of anti porn activists for the reasons you mention. I mean, they act like anal sex and blow jobs are some kind of form of oppression and sexually using the penetrated partner, which is really wrong and offensive to me. Like, "TIL that I was abused when I sucked my bf's dick , and here I thought it was awesome" And then some of them even try to attack gays porn as being somehow an imitation of heterosexual sex and all its gender hangups. And I'm just like, no, f…
/r/MensRights03/12/12 01:55 PM
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A lot of people have just misunderstood what feminism means. The vocal minority who actually do dislike men don't help this. Also, the state of SRS does not help things on reddit. Anyway, I support feminism, I just think there could be a much better dialogue about gender roles and issues going on, but there isnt. For example, a while ago there was a discussion about privilege in r/feminism. I said that I thought privilege wasn't an effective word to get the point across , that maybe a different …
/r/MensRights03/12/12 11:18 AM
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I'm curious, is it any specific mens rights group they condemned, a list of mens rightsissues, or just the general term "mensrights groups?" Cause its would be pretty meaningless for them to just condemn the general idea with no definition of it.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 09:46 PM
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So I just read Suzanne Venker's article, and I don't see how it's advancing the cause of gender equality for either sex frankly. For example: It’s all so unfortunate – for women, not men. Feminism serves men very well: they can have sex at hello and even live with their girlfriends with no responsibilities whatsoever.| So, wait... if they were married, they'd have special responsibilities to their wives? like what? that doesn't sound like equality. and if men are better off with the situation no…
/r/MensRights01/12/12 08:47 PM
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exactly. I get it all the time when I mention that I've been severely psychologically scarred from circ. people simply deny that I've been harmed, or tell me to man up. Hell, a while ago there was this thread in askreddit that asked ways you've traumatized your parents. I mentioned that they were traumatized when I told them how much I hated them for cutting me and how much it has harmed me. I was viciously attacked by people who were angry and defensive at me, for being angry. Many insisted it …
/r/MensRights01/12/12 12:07 AM
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what? that is, in no way, an arbitrary decision to be offended. the original meaning of "faggot" was a bundle of sticks used for firewood. Gay men used to be burnt at the stake, thus leading to them being referred to in a crude way as faggots. similar to the song "strange fruit" referring to blacks who were hanged in trees by lynch mobs. the word faggot as an insult has always referred to gays. and it is quite commonly used that way today. i dont know where youre getting this 70% number from.
/r/MensRights30/11/12 05:05 PM
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what drives me nuts is people still using faggot as an insult. but then, it is 4chan.
/r/MensRights30/11/12 06:17 AM
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I get your point. but the actual rate of circ later is not really MUCH higher. the vast majority are for phimosis; this showed that even the rates of overdiagnosis only lead to 3.3 in 1000 for that. I wouldn't call a difference of 2 in 1000 much higher. I mean, that's still 997 not getting it, instead of 999 not getting it. You're letting yourself get fooled by relative differences, without looking at the absolute difference. that's actually the fallacy that defenders of circumcision use to make…
/r/MensRights30/11/12 02:59 AM
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you'd be surprised. its interesting, because westerners who've attacked female cutting while defending male cutting have actually mischaracterized both practices, and ironically, they've done so in ways that tend to perpetuate female cutting overall. Here's a little fact sheet from Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, who's worked against FGM in Africa for decades, as well as against Male circumcision in the west. Those who actually work against it in Africa have had difficulty doing so, since they have had t…
/r/MensRights29/11/12 11:15 PM
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have you heard of foregen? they are going to achieve regeneration soon. i am a member, so i follow them closely. this is happening. also, there are others regenerating the rest of the penile tissue, so if you have further damage, that will be fixed too. pm me for more info. www.foregen.org
/r/MensRights29/11/12 11:09 PM
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but if you look at he source, they point out that's a problem of misdiagnosis. the foreskin doesn't retract during the first 5 years of age or even later, due to it still being attached to the head (developmental nonretractability). this sometimes get mistaken as pathological phimosis, a foreskin being unable to retract due to having tight scar tissue at the opening. (cicatrizing). as my source point out, the only actual need for circumcision is that condition of scar tissue. The number of boys …
/r/MensRights29/11/12 06:49 PM
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If you’re excited about an upcoming game or trailer, don’t describe your excitement in relation to erections, ejaculations or sexual penetration like you’re going to actually insert your penis into the game or something. All that just leads to trouble. well that might be crude, but how is it sexist? I don't see it. also, I do know women who've referred to their excitement for a game as making them wet, so it goes both ways anyhow.
/r/MensRights29/11/12 02:37 AM
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no, I mean male breast cancer. the rate of male breast cancer is 1 in 1000 according to the American Cancer Society.. Meanwhile, the only reason any male will need to be circumcised is for phimosis, which 0.6% of males will ever actually have, and of those few, 85% can be treated with a steroid cream. Penile cancer, on the other hand, has a rate of 1 in 100,000 according to the ACS
/r/MensRights29/11/12 12:58 AM
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I'm opposed to ear piercing of kids as well. I don't focus on it since it's not as severe as circ; a better analogy would be removal of the earlobes, or genital piercing. neither of those is legal to do to a child. it's ironic, people think it's ok to cut a kid's foreskin off completely, but putting a piercing in it is illegal, in fact considered sexual abuse. And yes, people do that. it's not offered in most of the world. but in America, it's become a cultural practice that people accept becaus…
/r/MensRights29/11/12 12:43 AM
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It's not an attack on your dick, it's only an attack on those who force it on those who are unable to refuse. I was unable to refuse, and it was forced on me as an infant, which has made my life hell; see my other post in this topic. in reality, it's those who defend circumcision, that defend this having been done to me. a "defense" of circumcision is actually an attack on me, of my own body. to defend the right to be free of assault is not an attack; its a defense against the initial attack.
/r/MensRights28/11/12 04:32 AM
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There's abundant evidence of the fact that loss of the foreskin reduces sexual sensation and sensitivity. If you cut it off, you can't feel it anymore. The foreskin, especially the inner foreskin, is among the most sensitive areas of the penis. Even a cut man can test this by touching what little remains of the inner foreskin, which is the area of softer, usually different colored skin directly behind the head. Guys, notice how sensitive that is? if it hadn't been cut off, there would have been …
/r/MensRights28/11/12 04:17 AM
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I'm not trying to convince you convincing you that it's mutilating. All I'm arguing for is that every human being has the right to his own body. without necessity for the intervention, due to an actual disease or maybe a birth defect, there's no justification for denying them that right. I do not think my side is the only one that matters because I don't like having been circumcised without consent; I'm saying that, like with tattoos etc., the only person whose opinion about circumcision matters…
/r/MensRights28/11/12 04:14 AM
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the likelihood of getting circumcised is less than the rate of male breast cancer. check this reply I made to someone else in this topic for sources on that.
/r/MensRights28/11/12 04:04 AM
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1 in 1000 males will get breast cancer, yet I doubt you are worried about the fact that you still have your breast tissue. I saw a pic on r/wtf a few months ago of this guy who got his earlobe caught in a net, and it tore wide open. yet you probably aren't upset they never had your ears or earlobes removed. meanwhile the only reason any male will need to be circumcised is for phimosis, which 0.6% of males will ever actually have, and of those few, 85% can be treated with a steroid cream. That co…
/r/MensRights28/11/12 02:37 AM
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The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. Including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians, The Netherlands As…
/r/MensRights28/11/12 02:16 AM
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You got circumcised and now feel like you're missing out? Well tough luck I guess, but I am circumcised and there isn't one thing wrong with my junk. well great that you feel good about it. that doesn't justify forcing it on other people. you ask people to kindly stay out of it... yet my parents should have stayed out of MY rights to MY body. I was circumcised as an infant, and have hated it and those who did it to me since the day I knew. Do you know what it's like when every time you shower, u…
/r/MensRights28/11/12 02:14 AM
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that may be. indeed, it probably will be the response. but really, no response is still a response. after all, the white house petitions guidelines state that he is supposed to respond to anything with more than 25k signatures. if it gets there and he refuses, that will make it look conspicuous. a few in the media or blogs would likely mention it, leading to some amount of buzz about the growing opposition. sometimes, silence speaks volumes.
/r/MensRights27/11/12 09:09 PM
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I got this email from Attorney for the Rights of the Child a while ago, but just saw it. apparently, she observed the anti-circ conference in Helsinki a while ago, and is now contacting intactivists for their views on the issue and how they got involved, as well as what they're involved in otherwise. I took it, and it does ask if you're involved in the MRM or women's movements as well. I also went ahead and looked her up, and it seems like she's doen some pretty interesting articles about gender…
/r/MensRights27/11/12 08:59 PM
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it always boggles my mind that someone would support the death penalty for rapists. I mean, even if we assume the death penalty is ethical, there's still a huge problem: suppose you're a rapist. you have this terrible urge for whatever reason, and you give in, and rape somebody. what now? well, if caught, you're given the same punishment as if you kill someone. and you're far less likely to be caught if your victim doesn't talk. so what's the most logical move, if you want to stop her from talki…
/r/MensRights27/11/12 05:36 AM
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I do not, and have never denied that women face discrimination in fundamental ways. I simply post here and discuss the issues men also face, such as forced circumcision, which is what I've chosen to devote a lot of time to, as well as others who decry the flaws of the child custody system, and a flawed rape prosecution system that ends up hurting men and women in the end. Note that calling attention to these issues does not deny the abuse of women, nor the discrim. they face resulting from gende…
/r/MensRights26/11/12 11:28 PM
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what I cannot understand is the number of people who don't seem to realize the MR community is about a lot more than just concerns about rape laws. like any movement, there are many of us who simply dont focus that much on some of the causes others in the movement support. I mean, there's a whole list of separate causes on the sidebar here, yet EVERYONE gets smeared as a rapist. it's nuts.
/r/MensRights22/11/12 05:55 AM
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"The main causes of bullying are sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia and transphobia—issues “men’s issues” ignore." I don't get it. How are they ignoring sexism by pointing out that males are more likely to be bullied? that is sexism. this makes no sense. A male being bullied because he doesn't fit the popular gender role is sexist. Also, I am unaware that men's groups are ignoring homophobia and transphobia at all. At any rate, all the causes of bullying they list are problems faced by females …
/r/MensRights19/11/12 12:52 AM
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As someone who's gay and involved in some gay activist groups, I can confirm this. however, it is a very small part of the gay population. I rarely have ever heard it used by any gay people outside very small intellectual discussion groups, virtually no one uses it outside the occasional discussion leader at a campus gay straight alliance, and often not even then.
/r/MensRights18/11/12 11:52 PM
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why is "trigger warning" hash tagged? It was my understanding that trigger warning was supposed to refer to the possibility that something on the upcoming page might trigger PTSD flashbacks for people who've been raped. or am I not getting it?
/r/MensRights15/11/12 01:57 AM
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kind of odd when after watching a situation with man being groped against his will by a woman and disliking it so much he left, this person insists that men like it. Thats like walking out in the rain and saying it's sunny.
/r/MensRights12/11/12 07:28 PM
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this. receipts for everything. Also, If you're as upset as you say, I have to wonder if she's trying to manipulate you by using it.
/r/MensRights31/10/12 10:06 PM
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heh, I was wondering if it included the number of women who inherit property, since women live longer than men on average. Even if you started from the first moment when women could own property through inheritance, the number of inheriting widows, plus the number of parents who died with only daughters, would put it well over 1% of women owning property in a very short time. So I knew this 1% number was baseless right away.
/r/MensRights31/10/12 05:08 PM
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No, but it was posted on here about 2-3 weeks ago. you might be able to find it in a search, maybe try trans or transgender. good luck Reddit's search mechanism is awful.
/r/MensRights29/10/12 11:28 PM
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I did see a blog a few days ago about a MtF transwoman who was asked to leave a woman's locker room at a public university. She sued under equal protection I think, and the school responded saying they were required to keep her out under Title IX because she was actually a man. one of the comments in the article was something like "How incredible that these men are trying to take away our hard won equal rights by taking away Title IX rights to equal athletic facilities!" yes, this person actuall…
/r/MensRights29/10/12 10:58 PM
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So, only recently having paid much attention to radical feminism, I'm surprised by this. Why do they dislike transpeople? I don't understand it.
/r/MensRights29/10/12 01:35 PM
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I see this so much. After a long argument where I fight like hell to get people to admit that circumcision, for example, is a human rights violation, people say "well ok, its wrong, but I just don't care about it much." this, after they clearly cared about it enough to argue with me and look up misleading stats to support it. and the logical move, after it's admittted to be a wrong, would be to say it should not be allowed. yet they'll still say they might do it because "everyone else is doing i…
/r/MensRights28/10/12 02:25 PM
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this seems like an exaggeration. I really wouldn't say it's "taken over" by lesbians who hate men. the Andrea Dworkin contingent is far less influential than it used to be. frankly, most lesbians aren't really paying that much attention to men, certainly not hating them.
/r/MensRights28/10/12 02:08 PM
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It was months ago that I looked it up. I didn't bother looking it up again before I posted here today asking where it was from. why would I lie? you're starting to sound a little upset about me wanting to know where the word is from.
/r/MensRights20/10/12 03:39 AM
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I did wiki it. I think I went onto the cisgender page and there was nothing on it at the time. there is now, though.
/r/MensRights20/10/12 03:32 AM
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eh. Straight isn't the default, it's just the most common orientation. for it to be the default, everyone would have to start out straight, then some people change to gay. majority=/=default. regarding the word cis: where does it come from? I wiki'd it once and found no origin, no basis for why it was picked as the word for someone whose gender identity matches their birth body. And as a gay activist, you'd think i'd have picked this up at some point.
/r/MensRights20/10/12 01:03 AM
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right, if they're deliberately doing it for the purpose of making money off you, they owe you. but if it's for some sort of news or public campaign, for example ambush interviews like this one, it's cool if it's in public.
/r/MensRights19/10/12 11:59 PM
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odd. even IF it were true that ALL rapists were men, that wouldn't be a reason for keeping men out. that would be a reason for letting them in to address the problem better. kind fo makes me wonder what's being said at this rally....
/r/MensRights19/10/12 03:43 AM
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well she's apparently ignorant enough to not realize her nudes would appear on the iPad too. anyway, it's the administration that suspended the kids. they're the real problem here. And if they knew how the tech worked, they likely would not have punished the kids.
/r/MensRights18/10/12 04:46 PM
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Agreed. She took a picture of herself with her phone, synced her phone to the school's iPad, and either didn't realize or forgot that syncing would cause the phone pic to appear on the iPad, then got embarrassed as a result of her own negligence, and the boys are being punished for it. This looks like one of those cases where old people who are ignorant of technology, don't know how it works, and when their incompetence screws something up, or the tech malfunctions, they just kneejerk blame the …
/r/MensRights18/10/12 04:21 PM
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I lift weights, drink beer, and love women.| ok, only 1 of those things is related to being a heterosexual male. the other two are just stereotypes. I drink beer, and lift weights (well I used to, when I had time) and am attracted to men. Anyway, the term "identify" is really more from the glbt community than feminism. it has a lot to do with the fact that some people are at times not sure what gender they're attracted to. for example, when I hit puberty, I knew that I was supposed to be attract…
/r/MensRights13/10/12 11:31 PM
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and circumcision this component from all those contributing factors, thus decreasing the pleasure overall, regardless of all those psychological factors. those other factors don't compensate for the permanent loss of the physical nerves in the foreskin. I can't imagine someone arguing that a woman who's been subjected to clitorectomy hasn't lost anything because she can still experiences the psychological aspects. even though studies show they can still orgasm. http://allafrica.com/stories/20110…
/r/MensRights13/10/12 05:42 PM
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It,s kind of funny how many people straw man others by saying they think a cause is the biggest issue of the day. I don't recall anyone ever saying that, except opponents of the causes that various people support here. Not sure why people try this as an argument, its unlikely that those who do have causes more important than the starving african children.
/r/MensRights13/10/12 03:34 PM
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Its actually the feelings in your penis that cause your brain to release dopamine. If the nerves aren't there to send those feelings, that means less dopamine. This is how neurology works.
/r/MensRights13/10/12 05:31 AM
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his statement about the MRM being nothing but man children on reddit sounds quite similar to the old claim that feminists were nothing but "bra burning hippies."
/r/MensRights12/10/12 04:30 AM
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Indeed. Check out this. In an interview with VoA, Dr. Wawer appeared to have had a preference regarding her results. "Yes, of course we are disappointed," she said. "But the data are what the data are."| so, she conducted a study with the desire to prove there was a benefit. when the numbers showed that it actually increases women's risk, she stopped, and claimed that the study "showed no reduction." On top of that, they claim the results don't matter because there's not statistical significance…
/r/MensRights10/10/12 06:23 PM
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Mgmbill.org has great stats on the dropping rate of circumcision in America. Its down to 55% nationally, but varies by region, so in some places its as low as 20%, so any infant cut today may be in the minority when he's a teen or adult.
/r/MensRights09/10/12 02:35 PM
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Show him some medical data. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Ph…
/r/MensRights09/10/12 03:42 AM
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threats of violence over the internet. always intimidating and worth takin seriously. also, calling someone a nerd over theinternet....
/r/MensRights09/10/12 03:40 AM
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wow, it's rough to see all the nasty things people say about transpeople in the comments. One of them even claimed it was part of some male plot to gain access to young girls. does anyone seriously think that some guy is going to take hormones for 2 years so he can get into a women's locker room? crazy. Although something tells me this isn't representative of most feminists. the carziest thing though, was one person who said it was a part of a male polt to dominate women by taking their rights a…
/r/MensRights09/10/12 01:00 AM
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if your friend HAD to get it, that's one thing. the odds of needing it are about 1%. that doesn't justify forcing it on healthy males without consent, as 99% won't need the surgery.
/r/MensRights08/10/12 05:39 AM
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Not gonna lie, even if I hadn't been circumcised as baby, I still would have wanted to get it done. | it's funny how often peple say that, when in fact, men who are intact rarely do so. in fact, around 1% of males ever get the surgery, and one study showed that of men getting it, 7% were choosing to. 7% of 1% = 0.35% of intact men choosing to get circumcised. meanwhile, those of us who have it forced on us as infants and DO want to be whole, are mutilated for the rest of our lives and ridiculed …
/r/MensRights07/10/12 10:43 PM
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There are limits to what people can do to their children, and forced amputation without necessity is way over those limits. I like your ear piercing analogy. a better comparison would be removing the child's earlobes, or at least piercing the foreskin. some people do that, google it if you want. yet it's illegal to do to a child, prosecuted as sex assault. yet cutting that very same part off is ok. it's BS.
/r/MensRights07/10/12 10:03 PM
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It is a practice accepted and even recommended by the AAP.| false. AAP's latest policy statement specifically says that they ARENT recommending it. All it says is the benefits outweigh risks, yet a few pages later they actually admit they don't know the risks or their rates. Meanwhile, the vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association ca…
/r/MensRights07/10/12 09:09 PM
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og yes, the doctors are responsible too, no doubt. but the parents are no less so. it's not difficult to figure out that forcing an unnecessary, irreversible amputation on a nonconsenting person is unjustifiable.
/r/MensRights07/10/12 06:38 PM
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I saw it a month ago from one of my facebook friends who works as an activist against circ.
/r/MensRights07/10/12 06:07 AM
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at 24 I feel no different than I did at 10| you always will. everyone does. kids think growing up is supposed to make you feel different, but it doesn't.
/r/MensRights05/10/12 05:03 PM
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it's odd to me how common it is for some people to insist that personal problems are part of some kind of patriarchal oppression. for example, this recent article on huffpost relates a story about a woman who decided to give her boyfriend oral sex, and he asked her not to stop, so she obliged because she liked him so much. when he reciprocated, she apparently didn't enjoy it much, and so hasn't seen him since. the whole article goes on and on about how this is an example of patriarchal oppressio…
/r/MensRights04/10/12 09:05 PM
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well in fairness, most intact foreskins retract when a man is erect. so you often can't tell from the silhouette of an erection.
/r/MensRights02/10/12 10:03 PM
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i thought the exact same thing. I just don't understand some of these anti-rape campaigns. there seems to be a lot of "dont' rape" messages going around, and I don't see why just telling rapists not to do it is going to stop them. chances are, they already know its wrong and unacceptable, thats why they tend to hide it. iirc, isn't there research showing that rapists have psychological issues that give them the desire to rape? I mean, that may not be every case, but most of them. I know there's …
/r/MensRights02/10/12 10:00 PM
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Affirmative evidence and conclusive evidence are obviously different things.| actually, conclusive evidence is a affirmative evidence that's enough to reach a valid conclusion. affirmative evidence is not different than conclusive, it's actually different than negative evidence, meaning the lack of evidence. affirmative means presentable, something that exists. For example, suppose I state that "there is a couch in my living room" example of affirmative evidence: the couch is right there, plainl…
/r/MensRights02/10/12 05:24 AM
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well i have to say that you're incorrect about evolution. there is affirmative evidence of it, in fact we've seen the mechanism of mutation, we've seen natural selection beat out various traits in favor of one, and we've even seen some new species evolve, for example viruses and bacteria, but also certain insects that reproduce quickly enough for us to see an effect in our lifetimes, and then there's all the domestic species that we've forced to evolve through selective breedin for traits we don…
/r/MensRights02/10/12 02:38 AM
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well I don't think it's all feminism that thinks this, but there does seem to be this strain of thought among some that the gender inequality problems of today have the same causes as the problems of yesterday, which just isn't true, they're often more complex. tak abortion for example. supporters of abortion rights usually portray that as an issue of WOMEN'S equality, claiming those opposed to abortion rights want to control WOMEN'S bodies and WOMEN'S reproduction and treat WOMEN as reproductiv…
/r/MensRights01/10/12 10:45 PM
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Sorry, if it's an accuser's word against an accused, there should be no conviction. An accusation is not evidence. If it's a difficult crime to prove, then it's a difficult crime to prove, end of story.| I'm only recently been privy to this whole discussion of those who want to switch the burden of proof for rape accusations. it fascinates me because I'm in law school, and so few people seem to understand that Innocent until proven guilty is not a moral standard, but merely a consequence of prop…
/r/MensRights01/10/12 09:11 PM
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I simply cannot understand why so many people refuse to believe that men are ever victims of sexism. It's odd, I mean you can even acknowledge that women are victims more often, and that they're more disadvantaged by it. and people will still dismiss the sexism against men. It's especially odd regrading sexism. if anything, acknowledging the ways that men are constrained by gender roles too, would tend to lead men to fight against them as well, leading to greater equality for women as well. afte…
/r/MensRights01/10/12 04:32 PM
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this. I'm actually kind of put off by the fact that Wikipedia even HAS a blacklist. it's supposed to be all about the free flow and accessibility of information.
/r/MensRights25/09/12 12:01 AM
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as a gay man, i find this creepy. he still looks 14.
/r/MensRights21/09/12 03:28 AM
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in grade school my friend's (we'll call him Sam) mom and dad got divorced. she got custody, and had child support payments from his dad. When Sam turned 18, she was still getting child support for him, because he lived with her still for a while and was in high school. but almost immediately after graduation, he moved to live with his dad out of state. the state still required the dad to pay child support the mother for supporting him. I'm not sure if that was a paperwork error or what, but they…
/r/MensRights21/09/12 02:26 AM
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interesting. is this actually the law, or the policy of some private medical organization that has strong influence? I don't know enough about Sweden.
/r/MensRights20/09/12 04:41 PM
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That's surprising. are you sure that men are actually not ALLOWED to get the vaccine, or just that doctors mostly wont agree to it? because I know that gay men are especially at risk, since it can cause anal cancers and gay men are at high risk of contracting it in that area. but I'm assuming you arent gay, so if they only vaccinate gay men it wouldnt help you.
/r/MensRights20/09/12 02:52 PM
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where do you live? I know that the CDC now recommends it for boys, and its been approved for men for a while now. although there are some who think the risk to men isnt high enough to warrant it.
/r/MensRights20/09/12 01:26 AM
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maybe i'm missing something, but doesn't the "1 vote" next tot he 100% mean only one person voted on each one? if so, then it's really just two peple disagreeing.
/r/MensRights18/09/12 10:19 PM
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relative difference is mostly irrlevant, since HPV is very common overall anyway. Last I checked,50% of males have it in their 20s, and 70% of females in their 30s. idk the specifics on oral transmission though. anyway, there's a vaccine now. if you're still young, get it.
/r/MensRights18/09/12 10:17 PM
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we will see it. it's growing, just not as popular to be banned here, but it will happen.
/r/MensRights14/09/12 02:08 AM
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the 1% claim is false, it's based on studies that ONLY looked at immediate complications. it ignores long term complications, like meatal stenosis, which 10% develop and has to be corrected by removing a portion of the end of the urethra.
/r/MensRights13/09/12 04:04 PM
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you're probably talking about me. I have severl lists of medical orgs that I post all over reddit, as well as list of evidence collected into some word files. i'll post the main one here, but PM me with your email for the files and I'll be happy to send. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human righ…
/r/MensRights13/09/12 05:10 AM
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Foregen.Org
/r/MensRights02/09/12 01:18 AM
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fair enough. anyway, it's not asurviving practice, but circumcision is. that's why a blind eye is turned to it.
/r/MensRights30/08/12 03:47 AM
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post birth? do you mean partial birth? cause abortion isn't really the same unless one thinks a fetus is an infant, a debate I will not get into. As I understand it, there's not really evidence that infanticide was practiced in Europe before Christianity, that's just a claim that was made by christian authorities afte the fact to promote their religion (i.e. without us, people are inhuman savages!) Islamic culture claimed the same thing after it came along, with no basis.
/r/MensRights29/08/12 10:00 PM
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While i'm pro-choice anyway, I doubt that limiting abortions tot hose that are raped would lead to false accusations. It's not likely that a woman would have to identify her attacker in order to be allowed an abortion in such a situation; hell, there are plenty of rapes committed by strangers the victim never saw before, and never does again. "I was walking in the park, and he jumped me. he was tall, dark hair, and white." "is it any of these guys ma'am?" "no not even close, oh well I guess I'll…
/r/MensRights29/08/12 04:38 AM
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I'm talking about the industrialized world. what your friend is doing is because of the claims or reducing HIV in Africa, under African rates of HIV. in the industrialized world, likelihood of heterosexual HIV infection is incredibly low, last I checked the number a male in America has a roughly 0.02% lifetime chance of getting HIV through heterosexual sex. ANyway,t eh claim that it reduces HIV is pretty questionable, because the studies claiming it were very flawed and have been shown to not ac…
/r/MensRights29/08/12 04:33 AM
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Well there's more medical orgs opposed to it than for it, in fact the AAP is the only one that's actually in support, and event hey don't say it's recommended, just has more benefit than risk. and If you go through their ludicrously long paper, you'll find that they ignored quite a lots of facts. As I pointed out in a post above, it seems to be circumcising doctors with the confirmation bias.
/r/MensRights29/08/12 02:24 AM
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for?????
/r/MensRights29/08/12 02:18 AM
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It's incredible how common that claim is, given that every doctor who's performed a circumcision in the last ~150 years watched this happen (NSFW) every single time. but denial is quite powerful, and when the custom is to deny the parents the ability to be in the room, and open discussion of sexual organs is inappropriate the truth is easy to hide from the public.
/r/MensRights28/08/12 09:00 PM
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Both. To summarize, that poll showed that while 77% of doctors claim to base their recommendation for/against circumcision on medical evidence, in fact their opinion was influenced strongly by whether they were circumcised. 68% of cut male doctors supported it, and 68% of intact males opposed it. females were influenced heavily by the status of their partners, and kids. and it's worth noting that other studies show that parents are influenced almost exclusively by the status of the father. And w…
/r/MensRights28/08/12 08:51 PM
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because infanticide never became an accepted practice. the "reasons" for circumcision in America (and the few places it happens) are just excuses to justify a foregone conlusion with no basis. that's why the standards applied to it are never applied to child tattoos, genital piercing, etc.
/r/MensRights28/08/12 07:16 PM
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there are lots of chapters of www.nocirc.org around the country you can join with to volunteer in various methods of awareness. there's also www.intactamerica.com which you can donate to, they're a few years old and have made quite a big splash in the media gaining attention for the cause. there's also other less labor intensive ways to spread awareness of the issue onl;ine, through liking facebook groups, reposting their info, posting on reddit of course, etc. there's also www.foregen.org which…
/r/MensRights28/08/12 07:14 PM
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Well, in fact that's already happening, has been for years now. Below is my obligatory list of world medical organizations opposed to it. There are actually more on this list than are linked to here, and it's increasing into other fields, including some court rulings and politicians actually voicing opposition to the practice, especially in Europe. The AAP is really under attack from all sides, and they're running scared, because they're a private organization made to further the interests of do…
/r/MensRights28/08/12 03:46 PM
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"and that's your right" but I doubt she thinks it's your right to have a girl's breast buds removed at birth because of it. even though 1 in 8 females will have breast cancer. meanwhile, penile cancer is used as an excuse for male circumcision, even though the recent AAP statement admitted it has a rate of ~1 in 200,000.
/r/MensRights28/08/12 03:08 PM
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or without necessity to remove healthy, functional tissue. And anyway,t he wording of this ad just shows how much profit margins drive the practice.
/r/MensRights27/08/12 11:38 PM
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Ironically, if he carried a gun, his masculinity would not be made fun of. And given that guns are more dangerous and can easily kill by accident, I think we can safely say these attitudes are contributing soem pretty serious harm to society.
/r/MensRights26/08/12 07:03 PM
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Meanwhile women live longer, are healthier and are far less likely to commit a violent offense. If men were cars, who would buy the model that doesn’t last as long, is given to lethal incidents and ends up impounded more often?| Ah yes, comparing human beings to products that are built, bought and sold based on their use to other people, rather than valued as persons in their own right. people are now means, not ends. this guy should read Brave New World.
/r/MensRights25/08/12 09:32 PM
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Yes, they are in fact the same body part; male and female genitals are actually just the same parts, rearranged and resized. we all start out in the womb as basically female reptiles, then progressively develop into female mammals, then if the fetus has a y chromosome, further development enlarges the clitoris and hood into a penis with foreskin,and the labia into a scrotum, the vaginal opening closes up, and the ovaries migrate down and become testes. thats a simple summary, anyway.
/r/MensRights24/08/12 02:26 AM
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You seem to be missing the point. you're acting as if the surgery itself is beneficial until proven harmful, when in fact the one with the burden of proof is the one who says the amputation of healthy tissue from a nonconseting person should be allowed. Yet, the vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human …
/r/MensRights23/08/12 10:20 PM
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there's abundant evidence of the fact that loss of the foreskin reduces sexual sensation and sensitivity. If you cut it off, you can't feel it anymore. The foreskin, especially the inner foreskin, is among the most sensitive areas of the penis. Even a cut man can test this by touching what little remains of the inner foreskin, which is the area of softer, usually different colored skin directly behind the head. Guys, notice how sensitive that is? if it hadn't been cut off, there would have been …
/r/MensRights23/08/12 10:15 PM
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Oh, also there's a lot of info from researchers opposed to female cutting that has shown that women are in fact still capable of orgasm and pleasure, just not as much, like male circumcision. Here's a little fact sheet from Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, who's worked against FGM in Africa for decades, as well as against Male circumcision in the west. Those who actually work against it in Africa have had difficulty doing so, since they have had to deal with the reality of what FGM is and why it exists, i…
/r/MensRights23/08/12 10:14 PM
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Yes. I've been writing a few essays for a blog I plan to start on the issue when I have time. If you want to see a great example of the American ideology trying to justify male cutting in the face of realities of female cutting, check this out. long story short: activists against allowing circumcising men as infants (and therefore involuntarily) have been fond of pointing out that certain forms of FGM (specifically, breaking the skin of the clitoral hood just enough to draw blood but no more) ar…
/r/MensRights23/08/12 10:12 PM
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An intact man can always get a circumcision if he's one of the small percentage who wants one enough to get it. less than 1% do. But I can never be whole again, and for that, those who forced it on me should be punished. and frankly, when intact males get made fun of, it's only because someone else was allowed to force circumcision on those other boys to begin with. So all of the suffering ist he result of circumcision. harassment either way is an argument for banning it.
/r/MensRights23/08/12 02:27 PM
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something tells me that if this person had actually been "malested" they'd know how to spell it. as well as knowing it's not "pedephill." that sounds like a new aspiring brand or something.
/r/MensRights15/08/12 04:55 AM
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best part is the fact that the groping she talks about that (according to her) would have been prevented with such a policy, was in fact the groping of an 18 year old adult. so, fail.
/r/MensRights15/08/12 04:53 AM
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Man. And yeah, that happened too. Industry got off too a bad start, no one thought ahead.
/r/MensRights14/08/12 04:44 AM
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It's interesting to see how the two issues are so intertwined. because westerners who've attacked female cutting while defending male cutting have actually mischaracterized both practices, and ironically, they've done so in ways that tend to perpetuate female cutting overall. Here's a little fact sheet from Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, who's worked against FGM in Africa for decades. those who actually work against it in Africa have had difficulty doing so, since they have had to deal with the reality …
/r/MensRights14/08/12 03:20 AM
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this along with Nintendo's marketing campaign of the 80s. See, when the game console industry was new, no one understood it properly. as a result, too many companies got consoles into the market, and it crashed because no one could afford or have space for all the consoles in their living room. Because of the crash retailers lost massive amounts of money due to no one buying the games and consoles that took up a crapload of space. Nintendo didn't like that. they were just starting in the game bu…
/r/MensRights14/08/12 02:46 AM
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Males are the privileged group and will never face institutionalized sexism.| yet, in the next sentence... They may face gender policing from other males or individual women who hate them, but not sexism.| see, this is the trick. just redefine the terms racism and sexism whenever they're used against the class that's usually superior. Ironically, people who do this only serve to perpetuate the system of division in question.
/r/MensRights13/08/12 06:31 PM
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Finding out I'd been circumcised as an infant. Knew right away it was unnecessary, because Id once heard someone get made fun of for being circumcised. been fighting against the forced practice ever since.
/r/MensRights09/08/12 09:54 PM
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A little over the top, but I guess its a start.
/r/MensRights08/08/12 03:32 AM
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well some might not think of circ without the bottom text, but I dont think that makes the image no good. The text IS there. I think people agree with the main image, then see the text, realize that infant circ has the effect of denying an adult the right to choose, and that makes them question the practice.
/r/MensRights07/08/12 12:08 AM
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because to take a body part from a man when he's an infant, is to take it from him as an adult. it's irreversible. Also, I like to point out that it's an issue of men's rights in a debate, because people who defend it like to discuss infant as if there's no connection between them and adults, acting like just because he can't say no now makes it ok for someone else to make the decision, as if it MUST be decided then. when it doesn't have to be. I've seen people argue that he probably won't decid…
/r/MensRights06/08/12 07:53 PM
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The claim it prevents cervical cancer isn't even true. it was based on a study in the 50s that showed only an association, but was quickly shown to be flawed, even the researcher who performed it rejected it within only 2 years. yet the myth persists. Despite the fact that in the 90s, the American cancer society openly state that it was false, and said that the research used to back it up was "methodologically flawed, and has not been taken seriously for decades." but it still gets reported in n…
/r/MensRights06/08/12 07:41 PM
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Sad to hear that, but it's worth noting that your bf had the ability to make that decision, because it wasn't taken from him. I was circumcised as an infant, and have hated it and those who did it to me since the day I knew. Do you know what it's like when every time you shower, use the restroom, change clothes, even make love, you're reminded that you can never be whole again? do you know what it's like when you go through your youth and teen years, discovering sexuality and being reminded of t…
/r/MensRights06/08/12 07:33 PM
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I agree with Avalon, show her the pain it causes. Info: Here's an interesting video of the procedure. Notice how throughout it, despite the baby's screaming, the doctor simply denies there's any pain. And then at one point, the father mentions that the doc said there would be pain relief? Yeah, this is what’s told to parents, quite often, yet its false. It's been debunked in scientific studies. A Summary of the issue basically, a baby will suck on anything you put in its mouth because of a refle…
/r/MensRights06/08/12 07:31 PM
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well it's difficult to say any petition actually achieves the goal of making a legislator or authority act. they're too out of date compared to modern polling to do that. but they do help raise public awareness.
/r/MensRights06/08/12 06:16 PM
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maybe it's just malfunctioning tech. that would explain why my Android tablet is a glitchy mess.
/r/MensRights06/08/12 04:39 AM
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hehe, no that's too much work.
/r/MensRights06/08/12 04:34 AM
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Pros: myths and social preference that remains in America, plus Judaism and Islam command it. The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Society of Gen…
/r/MensRights06/08/12 04:33 AM
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which shitstorm do you mean, the ruling in Germany? Btw for anyone who wonders, this picture was originally from a planned parenthood ad from a few months ago, but someone modded the caption at the bottom. I found it on Facebook.
/r/MensRights06/08/12 01:48 AM
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Someone did that months ago, actually. the original of this pic was from planned parenthood, and I saw this edited version on facebook.
/r/MensRights06/08/12 12:58 AM
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This. So many people don't seem to acknowledge that being part of society means if you don't stand for the rights of others, you can't expect them to stand for yours.
/r/MensRights05/08/12 06:16 AM
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‘The problem was the poster put the blame on to alcohol and women who are raped, suggesting if they didn’t drink they could avoid rape.| Ok, well no it didn't. it warns women that they're more vulnerable if they get very drunk. it didn't say they were responsible for being raped. it gives them tips on how to protect themselves from being chosen as the victim by someone who's preying on women. I do not understand groups that cry victim blaming every time someone tries to give women tips on how to…
/r/MensRights05/08/12 03:43 AM
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Ah, did nto knwo that about UK law. you're saying that someone can't give you permission to go into their own property by breaking in if the door's locked and won't open, etc? I meant to post the other comments as apart of a general discussion to an above comment. for some reason I thought yours was a part of that one. moving it now.
/r/MensRights05/08/12 03:41 AM
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Think of this way. If I have your consent or not I can't break and enter. It's a crime.| well, that actually isn't true. If I have your consent to break open the door/window of your house and remove something from it, doing so it legal. that's an invitation onto your property, it's permission. Lack of consent of the owner defines that act as a crime or not. same with intercourse.
/r/MensRights05/08/12 02:51 AM
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hot, pics nao
/r/MensRights31/07/12 03:09 AM
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I see. was he attractive? cause this professor was very attractive, but she also mentioned that another teacher who's older, far less attractive, and dresses a little frumpy also got comments about her looks, although they said she got different comments, like she dressed like a hippy, etc.
/r/MensRights31/07/12 02:57 AM
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exactly. especially since the patriarchy itself seems to be loosely defined. but I was just thinking, on the subject of looks. I went to a presentation at my law school a few months ago, about issues women face in law. we watched the documentary "Miss Representation" all about gender roles and challenges women face, mostly focusing on media portrayals of gender roles. one of the topics was how women public figures get objectified and their accomplishments ignored sometimes, due to people fixatin…
/r/MensRights31/07/12 02:09 AM
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I need feminism because I have never been able to believe a single person who told me I was beautiful.| that's unfortunate, but that's a personal problem of self esteem. I just don't think this is an issue of gender equality. You know, I've been doing some reading about PTSD. people who have it are so harmed, so psych scarred by their trauma, they start to see it everywhere they go, even though it's not present. They get reminded of it by things that aren't even similar, because certain people's…
/r/MensRights30/07/12 08:14 PM
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I don't understand. How does she expect to accomplish a sociopolitical goal without engaging and debating those who disagree? that's the whole point, to stop a practice by convincing those who support it to stop, through debate and discussion. I care about ending involuntary circumcision. I can't expect to do this without arguing with its promoters to debunk their points and arguments. So I do so often. I dont like it, but that's how activism is.
/r/MensRights30/07/12 07:37 PM
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agreed. It does sound like an appalling story, and as a law student i'm surprised to hear about these rape shield laws blocking cross examination, thats disturbing. i havent taken crim law yet though. still, I have to say im a bit wary of phyllis schlafly. that woman is filled with hate.
/r/MensRights28/07/12 06:40 AM
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lol @ armchair heroes. everyone is talking about what he should have done in the middle of a slaughter, saying he's scum for doing what they would have done, comfortably knowing they wont be able to be prove wrong. It's kind of like when the Iraq war started. 70% of America supported it. yet only around 1% of America is in the military. it's BS.
/r/MensRights28/07/12 05:56 AM
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Agreed,. I've had difficulty with depression off and on, and I'm tired of being told I don't matter.
/r/MensRights27/07/12 05:24 AM
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Agreed. That's why I think there should be no punishments for those who choose to come forward voluntarily, to encourage them to get their slandered victim released.
/r/MensRights27/07/12 03:22 AM
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By all appearances, these men believed that a man has a responsibility to protect a woman, even to the point of death. They believed that there are things in life worth dying for and the innocent woman sitting next to them was one.| what does he base this on? did he interview these men post mortem to find their reason for saving their girlfriends? doubtful. this guy's taking advantage of the fact that these men are dead and not around to debunk him, using their deaths as an opportunity to promot…
/r/MensRights26/07/12 05:28 PM
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Cat II Q is good, also the DTR but it requires more progress already sometimes. Whatever you use, be sure to take it slow, and stop if there's discomfort. I made the mistake of starting up too fast after a break and now have nerve irritation.
/r/MensRights25/07/12 04:00 PM
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Yeah I love how she says not to depend on men for everything because you'll lose everything if you do. Well yeah, I'm sure you will lose everything once he realizes you're using him as welfare and kicks you out of the house that was never yours to begin with, that you demanded he pay for even though you lived there.
/r/MensRights22/07/12 06:09 PM
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this. 4chan has no agenda, its just trolls. they figure putting r/mensrights up there will piss of the normal visitors to the site. i just went there, and it was an IRC chatroom filled with slurs and swastikas. edit: and now there's a pic of a horribly infected vagina.
/r/MensRights18/07/12 04:33 AM
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I love posts like these. As a non-jew and atheist, I tend to think that the opinion on this withing judaism will only be changed by those from inside the jewish community, who stand against it. Ultimately, cultural change within religion has to come from within, not from without. the only thing those of us on the outside can do is give info and encouragement. of course, jews make up only a small portion of all circumcision that occurs, so there's far more for the rest of us to do anyway.
/r/MensRights17/07/12 04:37 PM
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while I generally support abortion tights, I'm not that interested in the abortion debate anyway, but I always thought it was odd when people say a man shouldn't have any say on whether abortion is legal. I mean, I always seem to hear that argument from pro-choice people, and it seems like a cop-out, since they don't think other women should be able to ban a woman from an abortion either. so what's the difference? it's the same issue as circ: its a human rights issue, and all humans have a valid…
/r/MensRights17/07/12 04:19 PM
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there's actually a study showing that most foreskins don't extend past the glans, and those that do tend to go only a couple millimeters. I dont have the link on hand though. I've noticed that people opposed to intact males tend to use extremely unattractive pictures of intact males to justify the procedure, on the basis that ALL of them look like the one really unattractive example, therefore we should force circ on infant males. I've even seen some defenders of the practice use pictures of mal…
/r/MensRights17/07/12 04:13 PM
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Everyone has a say in the debate, because that's what free speech is about. The issue with circumcision is the fact that it's removing someone's body part without his choice. the ONLY person who has a say in whether any particular male gets circumcised is that particular male HIMSELF. nobody else, including some other male. so saying women's opinions don't matter doesn't make sense, because men'S (emphasis on the plural) opinions don't matter either, unless it's about whether they're going to ge…
/r/MensRights17/07/12 04:09 PM
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evidence? this is a published, verified, peer reviewed study.
/r/MensRights13/07/12 09:55 PM
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no, you're missing the point. the ability to orgasm after any of these procedures does not justify them. they are all human rights violations. the fact that women can still orgasm after clitorectomy, yet it is banned while male cirumcision allowed, shows that society is turning a blind eye to the abuse of men just because it's common and traditional.
/r/MensRights13/07/12 06:50 PM
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basically, show them that both are in fact true. just keep speaking the truth, and eventually enough people will see. there is information showing that in fact, women also produce smegma if their clitoral hood is not removed. Here's a link to a publication by one doctro promoting clit hood removal for that reason. yet no one accepts this as an excuse for the practice, unless they already accepted the practice anyway.
/r/MensRights13/07/12 06:44 PM
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Same here. My experience on this subreddit has felt nothing but affirming of my homosexuality and trans people, from what I can see.
/r/MensRights13/07/12 04:34 AM
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In fact, removal of the penis would bemore harmful, because studies from activists against FGM show that women who undergo clitorectomy are still able to orgasm. Not that this is a defense of the practice. it just shows that Americans who want to defend male cutting yet attack female cutting are experiencing cognitive dissonance, so they just falsely claim that FGC completely destroys female pleasure while MGC doesn't. That way they find it easier to be hypocrites and not take a stand against al…
/r/MensRights12/07/12 04:51 PM
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Here's a little fact sheet from Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, who's worked against FGM in Africa for decades. those who actually work against it in Africa have had difficulty doing so, since they have had to deal with the reality of what FGM is and why it exists, in contrast to what many westerners want to believe about it. In order to fight a practice, one has to understand it properly and factually; this is why it's been an uphill battle for westerners who go to Africa to fight FGM, based on their mi…
/r/MensRights12/07/12 04:44 PM
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It's interesting, because westerners who've attacked female cutting while defending male cutting have actually mischaracterized both practices, and ironically, they've done so in ways that tend to perpetuate female cutting overall. here's a little fact sheet from Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, who's worked against FGM in Africa for decades. those who actually work against it in Africa have had difficulty doing so, since they have had to deal with the reality of what FGM is and why it exists, in contrast…
/r/MensRights12/07/12 04:34 PM
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yeah, and not only that, but even if the 60% rate were true, it's only for heterosexual men. it does nothing to protect women, who already had a hard enough time insisting on condoms in African cultures to begin with. now not only is it more difficult for the woman to make the argument, many of them dont even try because they will believe the myth that circumcised men are immune. recently, there was a public sex scandal in Botswana where some politician's wife slept with another man. She was ask…
/r/MensRights10/07/12 05:09 PM
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pfft. neither are lots of people in every religion who don't agree with this or that aspect depending on the time. It's so ironic, all the religions are the same, always claiming the sky will fall and the religion will die if whatever practice is controversial at the time is done away with. and it never happens. Modern Christianity does this all the time, with arguments against gay marriage. "oh, if we end traditional marriage, our thousands of years of tradition that's the bedrock of civilizati…
/r/MensRights10/07/12 03:31 AM
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RIGHT! it's so funny, because some AFrican tribes that practice both female and male cutting do so under the belief that neither sex is born entirely male or female. that the clitoris is a female's male part, and the foreskin is a male's female part. therefore, the reasoning goes, removing those parts fixes each one, making them into a true biological male or female. At any rate, biologically, both male and female human embryos start out as basically female reptiles. they then develop into human…
/r/MensRights10/07/12 02:58 AM
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well, I had to start somewhere. that quote seemed a good starting point. I did just edit my OP.
/r/MensRights10/07/12 02:51 AM
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I find it disturbing that anyone thinks they have control over the circumcision of anyone else's body, period. my father's a man, and he had no right to circumcise me. any more than a woman has a right to remove here daughter's clitoral hood, or breast buds to prevent cancer.
/r/MensRights10/07/12 02:46 AM
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something destructive and "macho" gets refined by a bris, directing a man away from pure instinct and toward prudent judgment. Maybe Freud was right about the dominating power of the libido: if so, it makes sense to take that absolute power away from the penis. So much of what happens in sex is covenantal. Perhaps this is why Covenant has to be imposed on this organ from the very start. The common notion in our sexist world is that men are created "whole" and perfect. Circumcision negates that a…
/r/MensRights09/07/12 05:36 AM
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The governments job is to protect us from being harmed by others. That why humans created government. That's what the social contract is. I wish every day that the government had protected me from being forcibly circumcised as a helpless infant, and that's why I dedicate my work to making sure that one day, the prevailing attitude of tolerance toward this abuse will turn towards condemnation and punishment towards those who inflict it. So that every human being will be guaranteed the right to hi…
/r/MensRights08/07/12 07:52 PM
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You know as someone who has worked In HIV prevention, this just infuriates me even more. It used to be that defenders if circumcision were promoting their selective numbers and bad studies just to promote circumcision, and that's it. And it was just excuse after excuse after excuse, once the last one was debunked. Now, its worse, because they're actually promoting a myth to promote circumcision that is also causing people to get HIV in the crossfire, and they do not care.
/r/MensRights08/07/12 07:34 PM
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I can hardly see nukes flying over this. However, they will soon get involved in lobbying in support of it. Just like Christian groups that organize against gay marriage, who often publish junk studies claiming homosexuality is harmful and can be chqnged. One thing we can expect from religious groups in the coming years is studies trying to promote circumcision and claiming it does no harm to sensitivity. There are already a few such junk studies being promoted by the WHO, which is more a politi…
/r/MensRights08/07/12 07:21 PM
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there's abundant evidence of the fact that loss of the foreskin reduces sexual sensation and sensitivity. If you cut it off, you can't feel it anymore. The foreskin, especially the inner foreskin, is among the most sensitive areas of the penis. even a cut man can test this by touching what little remains of the inner foreskin, which is the area of softer, usually different colored skin directly behind the head. Guys, notice how sensitive that is? if it hadn't been cut off, there would have been …
/r/MensRights06/07/12 05:45 AM
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The vast majority of medical organizations in the world with a policy on circumcision are outright against it. including: Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians, The Netherlands As…
/r/MensRights06/07/12 05:44 AM
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well it isnt always. some people use it more specifically referring to men. its not uncommon to hear "gay men and lesbians." but then some use it as gender neutral as well. english sucks.
/r/MensRights02/07/12 03:56 AM
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most do have dogs. but cats are pretty common anywhere in the country. I started out with 1 pet cat, but there were barns, so others showed up to use it for shelter, reproduced, and it all snowballed from there. most people in the country "have" cats for that reason; they like hiding out in barns and sheds, nobody bothers to neuter or spay out there because they're just a common animal like anything else (would you spay a raccoon?) so they end up all over farms. also,t hey control rodent populat…
/r/MensRights23/06/12 04:05 PM
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I love cats. I always have, since I was a kid. I grew up on a farm, so tehy were everywhere. It always seemed natural to me to like cats, they're great pets and lots of fun. but everytime I tell someone I like cats, they always ask me why, as if there's something abnormal about me. It's kind of weird.
/r/MensRights23/06/12 07:32 AM
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Ah yes, Neil Pollock, the cutter of vancouver. yeah, he's a big advocate.
/r/MensRights16/06/12 07:01 AM
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i found it very interesting and worth a read. it was really thought provoking about a lot of issues over the ideal male body and so on. i did feel like it could have gone more in depth, but it was still really good. although for some reason, the last section of the book is heavily about the movie Lolita, and i simply could not see how it was relevant to the subject of the rest of the book. i think she might have thrown it in to pad the book for her publisher, but again, its still a good book.
/r/MensRights16/06/12 06:42 AM
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not really. it's a thing some feminists do, something about not wanting the word "men" in "women." apparently, this is the source of all gender problems. is anyone familiar witht he controversy in the gay community over changing GLBT to LGBT to make women's issues less ignored? that was quite a riot.
/r/MensRights10/06/12 08:33 PM
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"he kissed and pawed at you after you told him no. Sounds like rape to me." this is pretty insulting to rape victims. I also like the fact that the person who answered is a "volunteer rape councilor" and can't spell counselor.
/r/MensRights09/06/12 05:09 PM
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it's really disturbing, reminds me of people who say that if everyone was an atheist, everyone would murder and steal. all it really says is that person is a little off, and should be watched closely.
/r/MensRights09/06/12 04:44 PM
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this is false. there has been abundant research showing that children in households with gay parents are as healthy, happy and well adjust as those with straight parents. the claim that children without fathers are worse off is based on research showing that children with single parents don't do as well as children with 2. activists against gay marriage have taken to citing this as evidence that children who have parents of one sex are worse off, when in fact, the research was not about single s…
/r/MensRights09/06/12 04:41 PM
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But an outright ban is just unacceptable, maybe restrictions so that it cannot be forced upon a child before they are aware of the potential pros and cons of such,| that's what the movement to ban it is. a ban on performing unnecessary circumcisions on minors. not banning adults from having it done to themselves, no one's trying to do that. I suppose the word "ban" gets misunderstood, it actually is a minimum age limit. so no one can force it on a man when he's an infant or child, like it was fo…
/r/MensRights07/06/12 05:51 PM
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I notice you say it was sexually benefitting to you. might I ask why? and why you got the procedure as an adult? because if you were having problems that lead you to get circumcised to treat or cure them, you should know that your situation would not apply to healthy males, i.e. the >95% that would never need a circumcision. those who aren't having a dysfunction are simply losing sensitive tissue. Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a…
/r/MensRights07/06/12 05:47 AM
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I've always hated my parents for it, and in fact I no longer speak to them because of it. I wish they were in jail, and once I'm out of law school I plan to devote a lot of work into banning the procedure.
/r/MensRights07/06/12 05:42 AM
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I honestly don't get it. it's just dumb.
/r/MensRights06/06/12 07:47 PM
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this. what happens if they are both drunk? did they rape each other?
/r/MensRights27/05/12 08:01 PM
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Foregen.org I've had depression over it too, and have no relationship with my parents because of it. I'd you want to talk, I'm amputated willing. Falkner09 on Skype and Yahoo. Or pm me here.
/r/MensRights26/05/12 06:27 AM
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said before, I mean. damn TouchPal.
/r/MensRights11/05/12 07:36 PM
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I love how she asks Jewish people to lobby for Medicaid funding, even thought she said veggie that it wouldn't fund Jewish rituals, since they do it in religious ceremonies instead. This whole thing Is just propaganda to make a religious and cultural blood ritual look legitimate.
/r/MensRights11/05/12 04:18 PM
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yeah I was about to point this out too. does this author know that there are black women? Also, rape and lynching aren't mutually exclusive. if you're raped, then lynched, which is worse?
/r/MensRights09/05/12 12:20 AM
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It's funny, virtually no jurisdiction uses the term statutory rape, yet people use it so commonly as if it's a real legal term. it really doesn't mean much. not to argue or anything, its just really been getting on my nerves as a law student when so many people don't know how sex crime laws work. Statutory Rape
/r/MensRights08/05/12 01:16 AM
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The breast cancer stats always make me remember people who try and grasp at straws to defend involuntary circumcision. the problem here isn't that we shouldn't prevent, it's about the fact that forced amputation isn't justified to prevent incredibly rare illnesses, and the fact that no one is removing breast tissue from men to prevent breast cancer (100 times more common) calls out the fact that circumcision isn't a medical practice at all, but is a cultural practice with excuses.
/r/MensRights07/05/12 03:19 AM
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well judging by the bad grammar, it's probably a translation issue. someone who speaks broken english. that would make sense on craigslist, sice a lot of posts on there are scams from outside the country.
/r/MensRights07/05/12 12:20 AM
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Measles is rare BECAUSE of vaccination. Penile cancer is incredibly rare to begin with. My point is, the incredible rarity of penile cancer shows that circumcision to reduce the risk of it is unjustified, that this is an excuse to grasp for straws to defend a baseless cultural practice. The breast cancer stats call the lie out; breast cancer IN MEN is 100 times more common than penile cancer, and no one has ever seriously argued that we should remove men's breast tissue at birth. Its all an excu…
/r/MensRights05/05/12 11:49 PM
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American cancer society, cancer.org
/r/MensRights05/05/12 11:39 PM
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Know what's funny? the lifetime risk of breast cancer in men is 1 in 1000. the lifetime risk of penile cancer is 1 in 100,000. Yet people who promote circumcision claim it should be done to prevent penile cancer. excuses.
/r/MensRights05/05/12 05:16 PM
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absolutely incredible. The fact that someone in government would suggest we should cut off sensitive genital tissue from someone without consent, knowing it would cause a loss in pleasure, because they think it would make him less likely to want sex, and say this is something we SHOULD do, is incredible. It's especially appalling given that supporters of male circumcision say Female cutting is different, and should be banned, BECAUSE FGM is done for this reason.
/r/MensRights05/05/12 05:13 PM
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I don't have one on hand since im on my Tablet, but yes, this has been proven in multiple studies of domestic violence cases. In general, while men are more likely than women to commit domestic violence in the first place. the Flipside is, when we compare women who DO commit domestic violence, with men who do, those women are more dangerous on average, and do greater harm to their victims on average, because violent women are more likely to compensate for their comparatively weaker strength by u…
/r/MensRights04/05/12 04:24 PM
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Wouldn't matter, the guy was crazy to begin with. He circumcised himself years before, and botched it, yet still did this. He's nuts.
/r/MensRights27/04/12 06:34 PM
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My God, I almost forgot. one of the people on the committee that originally sent this bill to the floor claimed this: "However, reliable studies prove that male circumcision reduces instances of infectious disease, some congenital obstructive urinary tract anomalies, neurogenic bladder, spina bifida, and urinary tract infections. "| ok. um, Spina Bifida is a congenital defect in which the spine does not close properly in the womb. it's a birth defect, so it cannot be prevented by any surgery aft…
/r/MensRights25/04/12 10:01 PM
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Right, there are a lot of expenses. and that's one of the reasons why procedures like this are being pushed in hospitals; because they're easy and cheap to perform, yet hospitals and other facilities can charge $200-$400 for them. that's a pretty good pay for something that takes only 15 minutes to perform, and can be done for as little as an estimated $80 in actual cost to the hospital. in fact, the largest part of that cost is the anesthetic, and when you consider that 75% of circumcisions are…
/r/MensRights25/04/12 08:06 PM
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Yeah but this is a procedure that takes 15-20 minutes. Sure all those other costs are considered, but they aren't so high that this needs to cost that much. ultimately, a massive portion goes to buy nice cars for doctors and execs.
/r/MensRights25/04/12 03:41 PM
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I collected the email addresses of all the Colorado legislators. I sent them a letter with links to all the policy statements against it, several studies showing damage to sensation and sexual function, including PDFs of both, as well as info about men who are angry it was done to them, including NORM and Foregen. I decided to really play up the unnecessary component of the practice, since it's about government funding and plenty of legislators will be happy to cut funding for an unnecessary pro…
/r/MensRights25/04/12 06:12 AM
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good point. but does the birth rate continue to decrease? b/c if not, the relative ratio of old to young will eventually level out somewhat, right? at which point, the burden on the young will decrease slightly, leading them to be more comfortable with a few more children.
/r/MensRights23/04/12 11:42 PM
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you missed my point. a major reason people aren't having children as much as they used to is economics, i.e. the disproportionate number of old people tend to take a lot of resources, competing with the young. when the largest groups, the oldest, die off, that frees up the largest amount of resources for the younger. of course, those now dead people are replaced by the formerly second oldest; however, this generation is slightly smaller, as you said, so it uses less of the resources that were ta…
/r/MensRights23/04/12 10:05 PM
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Yes, but that's due to economic factors like the cost of living, and lifestyle changes. not younger people angry with how society treats them. it's not a boycott. even if it were, not everyone is refusing to have children. if a bunch of people boycotted, all it would take is the few men who aren't angry to donate sperm and the reproduction rate is back on track. At any rate, the older class of people in Japan who are a disproportionate percent of the population will eventually die, evening the s…
/r/MensRights23/04/12 02:40 AM
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Swedish Pediatric Society (they outright call for a ban) Royal Dutch Medical Association calls it a violation of human rights, and calls for a "strong policy of deterrence." this policy itself has been endorsed by several other organizations, including: The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners, The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians, The Netherlands Association of Paediatric Surgeons, The Netherlands Association of Plastic Surgeons, The Netherlands Association for Paediat…
/r/MensRights22/04/12 04:01 AM
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Well that's one down. Now only Jake Waskett could be caught. He'a one of Vernon Quaintance'a fellow fetishists, and actually had managed to publish articles in scientific journals along with the leading supporters of circumcision.
/r/MensRights21/04/12 04:34 PM
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this..... doesn't seem very well thought out. honestly, how does someone think that a few people boycotting society itself is going to make all of it stop? honestly I think this is wrongheaded, anyone doing this (1) severely overestimates their own influence in society and (2) overestimates the number of people who agree with them, and (3) overestimates the number of said people who would be willing to take this action anyway. on top of that, you don't change society by NOT participating. you ha…
/r/MensRights20/04/12 11:27 PM
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maybe I missed it, but maybe the guy volunteered his name? it seems liek they interviewed him. anyway, she's being charged so that's a start.
/r/MensRights17/04/12 09:18 PM
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God I love dead baby jokes. Funny story about it, too: Facebook used to let you put whatever you want in the "interests" section, but then changed "interests" to "likes" so that there had to be a link to a corresponding Facebook page for each of your "likes." well the thing is, when they did that, they converted a lot of the words and phrases that didn't have an exact match on the "likes" pages to other keywords that were closest to them. But this wasn't always accurate; suddenly people who like…
/r/MensRights17/04/12 02:14 AM
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I've always hated my parents for circumcising me, since the monet I found out they did it. I finally confronted them a couple weeks ago and it felt great. I don't plan to ever speak to them again, they keep calling and I keep hitting ignore. every one of my most personal moments, every time I make love, use the bathroom, change clothes, showers, even start the day with my morning pee, I'm confronted with the fact that I can never be whole. tell him that. On top of all that, there's all this as w…
/r/MensRights16/04/12 12:57 AM
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right, it's just offensive to gays. (1) wearing women's clothing doesn't mean a person is gay, and (2) it doesn't MAKE you gay.
/r/MensRights15/04/12 03:45 PM
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I see this as a big misconception. a lot of peopel don't understand that religious marriage and civil marriage aren't the same. the arguments about "legal" same sex marriage are about civil marriage. religious gay marriage is already "legal" in the sense that it's a religious ceremony where some church/mosque/synagogue etc. figure blesses and sanctifies the union before their god or w/e. this is a religious ceremony, and the government can't ban it. civil marriage, however, is a state recognized…
/r/MensRights12/04/12 08:53 PM
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To show that the two practices aren't as different as people think, and have generally the same excuses in both societies. I want them both stopped, and I want people to see how much a violation of human rights infant MGM is.
/r/MensRights12/04/12 08:40 PM
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basically, the clit isn't the only way for a woman to orgasm. it's just that in an intact woman, it's the most sensitive area, so intact women learn to rely on it. but in women with clitorectomy, it's gone, so they learn to rely on orgasm from other areas. g-spot, cervix, vaginal, etc. For women especially, reaching orgasm has a strong psychological component, which is why a number of studies show a woman who'sin an unhappy relationship often has trouble, while a man in such a relationship is le…
/r/MensRights12/04/12 08:38 PM
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I am interested in the other issues. I found this place because I was browsing through some of the topics that discuss this issue, and thought this one would be interesting. I do like hearing about some of the issues and arguments here, I've always been interested in Gender studies but often felt that those who call it "feminism" or "women's studies" often misunderstood some of the problems and their causes, how men are also limited by traditional gender norms and limiting one sex brings the oth…
/r/MensRights12/04/12 08:25 PM
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did anyone ever watch Popular? she was awesome on that. too bad it was cancelled. Anyway, yeah divorces suck, hope the kids turn out ok.
/r/MensRights12/04/12 03:47 AM
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I'm gay, so of course I'm a big supporter. I don't know a lot about the men's rights community though, I'm an anti-circ activist and subscribed because I noticed this would be a good place to post info. anyway, I'd also like to know what the place thinks about gay rights.
/r/MensRights12/04/12 03:44 AM
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legally, you can get an injunction. even unmarried. of course, there can be little legal recourse if it happens and you werent able to stop it. there have been two cases of injunctions in the past few years, and they both ended with the deciding against the circumcision, although they were both of older kids. Several years ago, there was a case in Missouri with an infant. dad wanted him cut, mom didnt. the judge ruled in favor of it saying it couldnt be harmful based on the fact that it's really…
/r/MensRights11/04/12 06:55 AM
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Damn that costs too much, glad I never went to prom. Anyway, I think this is one of the most overlooked issues in gender equality. Being gay, i always forget it exists. But it's ironic, because the idea that men should be breadwinners is what tends to encourage unequal pay for the sexes. If men are expected to pay for women, then it's a simple mathematical fact that men must have more money than women to do so. So in order for women to have equal pay, it's simple mathematical fact that the idea …
/r/MensRights11/04/12 06:40 AM
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WOW that's alot of stuff, thanks!
/r/MensRights09/04/12 10:42 AM
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.....why would any subreddit be ahate group? they arent even groups. they're just sites. it doesn't make sense, a subreddit can't even have opinions, only the people posting in them.
/r/MensRights09/04/12 07:26 AM
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Yes, but removal of the clitoral hood is illegal on minors by the female genital Mutilation Act, not just the more severe forms. It can only be practiced consensually on adult women, unless there's some unusual condition it's necessary to treat in a younger girl. It's interesting, there was a big controversy a short while ago. see, activists against male circumcision have for several years pointed out that one form of FGC out there is relatively minor: it's basically a symbolic nick on the clito…
/r/MensRights09/04/12 03:08 AM
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Well that's one of her points, is that actually, women with their clitoris removed are shown in those studies to be just as able to orgasm as intact women. Also, as she points out, studies show the complications you describe aren't as common from FGC as people believe, they are only rare cases that are sensationalized. And removing the clitoral hood is biologically identical to male circumcision, yet women are protected from this abuse without their consent, while men are not. Again, I'm opposed…
/r/MensRights08/04/12 11:56 PM
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I'm aware there are male privileges; I'm also aware there are female privileges. Sexism is a concept I am steadily moving away from believing exists towards anyone. In reality, I think it's a flawed concept that those who believe in only think exists because they can't see the whole picture from the point they've been painted into. The reality is, society's gender constructs have been built over thousands of years to create a system that's designed to restrict everyone of both sexes into boxes. …
/r/MensRights13/03/12 03:57 AM
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