Gavinso Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
86	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer	Social Issues	Gavinso	/r/MensRights	07/03/18 03:08 PM
82	The time I was shouted at by four feminists, why I'm not a feminist and a request for a source		Gavinso	/r/MensRights	04/03/17 10:11 AM
76	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism.	Feminism	Gavinso	/r/MensRights	21/09/18 05:47 PM
62	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently.	Discrimination	Gavinso	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 07:05 AM
39	Statistics on male vs. female attainment and performance. Too often, people only care about the few dots on the right.	Social Issues	Gavinso	/r/MensRights	15/08/19 05:53 PM
3	On the subject of "91% of men who ask for custody in court get it"...	Marriage/Children	Gavinso	/r/MensRights	12/02/19 08:44 PM

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
6	One of the biggest feminist instagram accounts posted this today I think most people can agree that putting the expectation on someone to fix someone else just because they have a shared trait is, to put it bluntly, fucked up. People who say that it is the responsibility of normal, westernised Muslims to stop other Muslims from joining ISIS, or whatever, are assholes. As are people who say that it is the sole responsibility of women to stop other women from, say, enforcing gender roles (I refer to women usually being the ones who build expectations of women t…	/r/MensRights	19/06/19 08:41 AM
1	THIS IS THE LAST STRAW. A sick British mom who repeatedly forced 8-yr-old boy into having sex jailed for only 12 months as the judge felt she felt guilty & stopped doing it out of embarrassment. What the heck is going on? Why is this not viral? Feeling disgusted to be part of such a society. Good for you.	/r/MensRights	07/06/19 05:41 PM
11	THIS IS THE LAST STRAW. A sick British mom who repeatedly forced 8-yr-old boy into having sex jailed for only 12 months as the judge felt she felt guilty & stopped doing it out of embarrassment. What the heck is going on? Why is this not viral? Feeling disgusted to be part of such a society. I get what you're saying. Personally, I use it as a tool of self-reflection. My immediate reaction was to see a 16 year old girl, see that she stopped of her own volition, and feel sympathy. Reversing the genders made me challenge my own subconscious sense of fairness. I am more sympathetic because she's a woman. I do feel less of a need to invoke justice on behalf of the 8 year old because it was a boy. That is messed up. I agree with you in a sense that we shouldn't be making statements about …	/r/MensRights	06/06/19 03:22 PM
21	THIS IS THE LAST STRAW. A sick British mom who repeatedly forced 8-yr-old boy into having sex jailed for only 12 months as the judge felt she felt guilty & stopped doing it out of embarrassment. What the heck is going on? Why is this not viral? Feeling disgusted to be part of such a society. I read what you wrote, and found myself thinking "yeah, okay, seems fair enough". At first, anyway. But even in the UK, where jail time is treated differently, if a 16 year old guy repeatedly had sex with an 8 year old girl. Would the judge say the same things? Would the story not go viral? I would not be extending the same sympathy, and I would feel far more empassioned on the 8-year-olds behalf. I wonder if it's the same for the judge.	/r/MensRights	06/06/19 01:36 PM
2	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently. That's what being oppressed means. Going on national television, saying that the mere sight of your oppressors is depressing, and having no repercussions, while your oppressors would be lauded, removed from the set and blacklisted for a similar comment.	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 06:12 PM
1	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently. If you're in the UK, it's on BBC iplayer. "The Ranganation" S01E02, 7 minutes and 30 seconds in. If you live elsewhere you might have to be a little more creative to see it, I'm afraid. In general, there's always plausible deniability - yes, maybe she's lamenting the low voter turnout. But from what she said it certainly comes across to me as a casual off-the-cuff remark about only having white men on station at that particular polling station and time.	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 05:14 PM
5	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently. Thanks for adding this, it's not even something I was aware of so I'm glad you commented, but I feel the need to be factually clear to other readers coming in: polling clerks are paid, though it's not exactly a career. Surely it isn't that she thinks too many men are polling clerks? Surely it isn't that she thinks every single job has to be dominated by women (except for the lowly jobs like trash collector she doesn't have to look at of course)? But it's either that, or she just thinks that …	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 09:05 AM
5	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently. Now you've pointed it out, it certainly wouldn't surprise me if her choice of words gave away that she doesn't even objectify men - at least objects would mean the room isn't empty - but she sees them as truly nothing. As bland as the desk she signs her polling card on.	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 08:52 AM
10	A room full of white men at a polling station is "depressing", apparently. Seen on "The Ranganation", S01E02, on BBC at around 7 minutes and 30 seconds in. Here in the UK, to vote you go to a polling station. There are clerks there who take your name so you can fill in a ballot. I have never found this to just be men at my local constituency anyway, so it's not like we have a polling clerk gap or some other bullshit. No. It's that apparently now we are supposed to accept people saying things like "It was depressing because it was only white men". But nobody would ever …	/r/MensRights	31/05/19 07:11 AM
14	Feminists say they are fighting against sexism. Ironically they themselves are sexist. If things were completely equal, we would sometimes see more women and sometimes more men. Statistical variation, and all that. So, if this is the first time there are more women, that doesn't have to point to things being skewed in favour of women. Ergo, it is possible to celebrate seeing more women in a field for the first time ever without wanting more than equality. It becomes problematic when we see only women in a field for, say, 5 years in a row. Then, it is pretty clearly skewed. For exa…	/r/MensRights	18/05/19 02:51 PM
8	When a man has a child he doesn’t want, he’s told “too bad, you knew the potential consequences when you had sex”. Why can’t we use this same argument for women? Preamble: I'm pro-choice, and believe that men should also get that choice (ie. financial/responsibility relinquishment, not forcing an abortion on the mother). A: So you're saying that some small percentage of men have abandoned their child without consequence, therefore all women should be able to, but by law, men should still not be allowed to? There should be unequal treatment, because some men get away with it? How ridiculous. B: This is true, and the only argument I'm willing to consider. …	/r/MensRights	18/05/19 06:45 AM
10	We must believe all women Alternatively, less than 5% of rapes result in conviction (ie. are definitely true), therefore more 95% of accusations are false. (/s, in case anybody is having difficulty here)	/r/MensRights	08/05/19 07:54 AM
22	A 'man tax' cafe that went out of business. Karma is taking its toll on the feminist world. I read that they blamed "fragile masculinity". I don't think I need to explain how fucking stupid it is.	/r/MensRights	24/04/19 09:28 PM
2	Found in r/Feminism - somebody speaking the truth gets downvoted because it doesn’t co-enside with their opinions on the woman who CONTRIBUTED to the black hole project. Well sure, in fact I keep my mouth shut outside of anonymity because it's very difficult to criticise the situation without putting down her efforts and looking like an asshole. There are probably many like me who don't reveal themselves because they value their career in the sciences. An example close to me, is my supervisor is an amazing woman and I hope that some day I can be pretty much exactly her. She has made solid contributions to an LHC experiment and deserves her position as a professo…	/r/MensRights	14/04/19 09:23 AM
2	Found in r/Feminism - somebody speaking the truth gets downvoted because it doesn’t co-enside with their opinions on the woman who CONTRIBUTED to the black hole project. Your comment makes out that it was an announcement with her name attached, like any other with any male name attached, and we are kicking up a fuss, but it's not. I've never seen a scientific announcement come with the flooding of various social networks with the picture of one of the scientists. That would be bad enough as it is, because we usually have problems with academics taking full credit for their student's work anyway (unless it's a woman, apparently). But furthermore, she played a rel…	/r/MensRights	14/04/19 09:03 AM
3	Found in r/Feminism - somebody speaking the truth gets downvoted because it doesn’t co-enside with their opinions on the woman who CONTRIBUTED to the black hole project. If she was a man... it totally depends. If it was a mostly European project, and a good-looking 'Murican got all of the praise undeservedly, then yes I'd have a problem regardless of their gender. If it was a black guy undeservedly getting all of the praise, I'd also have a problem with that. It's hard to approach your hypothetical because I can not imagine why the public would do this to a man. There have been times that men have received more credit than they were due, but that was not by publ…	/r/MensRights	14/04/19 07:21 AM
23	No bias here, move along 12 years ago, she was 17. Maybe she's been coding for 12 years, when she first got a little project at her dad's university, but she has not been working on this for 12 years. Furthermore, she didn't write the algorithm. Her entire team, including her, was focused on implementing an already-written algorithm. I'm not saying her contribution wasn't valuable, she apparently headed the team, but you shouldn't imply she was some kind of algorithmic mastermind while he was just a coder.	/r/MGTOW	11/04/19 04:33 PM
2	Complaint to the BBC about the disproportionate coverage between International men's day and International women's day. This is their response: I think it's more like, "We don't cover it as much because, basically, nobody gives a fuck" ...which if anything vindicates our POV. Feminism is a populist movement, at this point.	/r/MensRights	27/03/19 06:57 AM
4	On the subject of "91% of men who ask for custody in court get it"... Thank you. According to the University of Warwick, the lead researcher on the project, Dr Maebh Harding, looked at this data and “concluded that contact applications by fathers were in fact overwhelmingly successful”. The basis for this claim is that 88 per cent of dads who applied to court for contact with their kids were awarded some kind of access. For example, 10 per cent were restricted to “indirect contact” with their children via phone, post or Skype; a further five per cent were only all…	/r/MensRights	12/02/19 09:39 PM
3	On the subject of "91% of men who ask for custody in court get it"... Yes exactly - I believe around 50% are still "joint custody" with no mention of what proportion of that is 2 weeks in the Summer or how much on average it costs to get even that, while the mother pays nothing and gets 50 weeks a year. But sure, no bias here.	/r/MensRights	12/02/19 09:08 PM
1	Feminist argues that extreme poverty and homelessness are female issues. Gets schooled. Oh, I was specifically referring to the comment I replied to. I guess it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, so saw an opportunity to shoot off my opinion instead of doing my IRL work. I disagree with down voting some of your other comments. Interpreting statistics is often non-trivial (I disagree with the "facts not feelings kek" guy, the statistics themselves are facts but how we interpret them/apply margins of error on interpretation can require a lot of thought, and s/he's pro…	/r/MensRights	05/02/19 08:09 AM
8	Feminist argues that extreme poverty and homelessness are female issues. Gets schooled. I know you're being down voted, but I see where you're coming from, and hopefully can explain why the down votes are coming. A fair few people here left feminism because there is so much more to it than "seeing inequalities and wanting to change them". Declaring yourself a feminist today means something in addition to the dictionary definition: you believe in patriarchy theory. Therefore, men are always advantaged (or they might say "privileged"). And if they aren't, well, it's just a side effec…	/r/MensRights	05/02/19 07:47 AM
135	Boys left to fail at school because attempts to help them earn wrath of feminists, says ex-Ucas chief Their definition of minority is... interesting. They view women as a "minority" group (hence they have a women's officer), despite that they make up more than half. In some courses, at some universities, it's hard to argue that Asians are a minority any more either, depending on whether you feel that ~1/3 deserves minority status. To them, "minority" = "group I think needs special privileges".	/r/MensRights	28/01/19 09:13 AM
1	The Gender Inequality myth To quote the article this is sourced from: Most of the data from the CPS ASEC were collected in March (with some data collected in February and April). The estimates in this report (which may be shown in text, figures, and tables) are based on responses from a sample of the population and may differ from actual values because of sampling variability or other factors. As a result, apparent differences between the estimates for two or more groups may not be statistically significant. So, a differe…	/r/MensRights	24/01/19 10:14 AM
1	The Gender Inequality myth Lies, damned lies and statistics. On the one hand, I see your point that it's important to ensure that people aren't being mislead by a statistic. This can be done by putting in as much info. to the highest precision possible. On the other, clarification of the statistics is important so that we don't wash out the underlying message. In this graphic, I don't think that anyone truly believes that the areas shaded in pink are entirely occupied by women, nor the areas in blue entirely occupied by m…	/r/MensRights	24/01/19 09:44 AM
9	UK: 'Do you want men to be weak spineless sobbing wrecks?' Piers Morgan slams Gillette's new #MeToo-inspired ad and says brand has gone from 'celebrating fabulous masculine qualities' to 'portraying them as evil' Exactly. Consider the Greggs vegan sausage roll fiasco recently. I wonder how many people bought one just because Piers Morgan hated it.	/r/MensRights	15/01/19 04:57 PM
5	Men should be allowed to sign away parental rights without the consent of the woman during pregnancy. If she can choose to not be a mother, he should be able to choose to not be a father. I never disagreed with A, and am confused as to how you interpreted otherwise. But okay, good, that's established. Child support relinquishment and abortions are not completely unrelated, though they have their differences. You've made some assertion about rights, but they aren't objective. I agree with the right to bodily autonomy allowing women to abort. I don't agree that a child has a right to specifically its parents taking care of it. What happened to the bodily autonomy of the man giving …	/r/MensRights	17/12/18 11:07 PM
7	Men should be allowed to sign away parental rights without the consent of the woman during pregnancy. If she can choose to not be a mother, he should be able to choose to not be a father. You sarcastically thank me for the English lesson (probably not just English, more like communication in general), and seem to imply you understand that using the language of A to describe B when said language only literally applies to A is a good method of making a comparison (edit: eg. I fucking inhaled that pizza), yet in the next paragraph proceed to continue taking definitions literally? Okay, sure, I'm not going to continue that discussion. Glad you agree that those men in charge aren't pr…	/r/MensRights	17/12/18 10:39 PM
7	Men should be allowed to sign away parental rights without the consent of the woman during pregnancy. If she can choose to not be a mother, he should be able to choose to not be a father. I don't understand the point you're trying to make? Men shouldn't be allowed to relinquish responsibility, but women should be, because abortion isn't an easy ordeal? Because they don't have much stake in the pregnancy? How is allowing men to relinquish responsibility violating anybodies bodily autonomy? I'm pro-choice.	/r/MensRights	17/12/18 10:33 PM
3	Men should be allowed to sign away parental rights without the consent of the woman during pregnancy. If she can choose to not be a mother, he should be able to choose to not be a father. I thought it was pretty clear I was equivocating the two. By "men can abort", I obviously meant "men can relinquish themselves of the child". I accept that the word "abort" isn't literally correct here, but you should try to get used to people using comparative phrases in their speech/writing and not be so literal all the time. Regardless of whether or not it is right for a man to be able to "abort", a word I use to refer to "relinquish responsibility", that men can not do so makes it patently c…	/r/MensRights	17/12/18 09:52 PM
60	Men should be allowed to sign away parental rights without the consent of the woman during pregnancy. If she can choose to not be a mother, he should be able to choose to not be a father. Anyone seen that meme "if men could get pregnant, abortion pills would be in the supermarket in a range of flavours"? The beauty of this being that even a second of critical thought leads you to the conclusion that abortion for men is possible, and yet there is not a single place in the civilised world which grants men this right, while women do have this right in most places. It's actually an example of a right women have that men don't. It's turned out to be a nice way to differentiate those w…	/r/MensRights	17/12/18 05:21 PM
14	as a female mens rights activist I've been blocked by 15 "feminist" accounts. I once had a discussion with a feminist who was fine with everything I said, but said it was a shame I didn't want to label myself a feminist and she would refuse to work with me towards gender equality even in areas I agreed with her. And these people accuse others of not being open-minded...	/r/MensRights	04/12/18 07:05 AM
3	Melania Trump says women 'need evidence' if they say they're victims It makes sense to me that would happen. When the world believes women without evidence, we point out how wrong that is. When the world simultaneously refuses to believe men, or laughs at them, we point out how hypocritical and sexist they are for applying those different standards. I do both, though personally I believe that neither men nor women should get to convict someone without reasonable evidence. When we (or at least, I) complain about people not believing men, I'm complaining about the …	/r/MensRights	12/11/18 08:15 AM
2	White men are now the Democratic Party's punching bag. That's a dangerous bet to make. \| We have Donald Trump to thank for much of our current incivility, but today’s Democratic Party is predicated on open hostility toward white citizens. - USA Today It says that it's true in percentage terms too. A higher percentage of white people benefit than the percentage of other ethnic backgrounds.	/r/MensRights	06/11/18 07:22 PM
12	#MeToo Brought Down 201 Powerful Men. Nearly Half of Their Replacements Are Women. \| That's a strong motivation for false accusations. Interesting how many accusations were trivial (e.g. bad taste comments/texts) or were not substantiated when police or company investigations were completed. Just be sure you aren't conflating apologising with admitting fault. Personally, I think if the man admitted fault, the article would make no bones about that, so when it only says he apologised I read that as not admitting fault. More of a "sorry these women feel that way", perhaps even forced.	/r/MensRights	28/10/18 02:52 PM
2	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. Oh, a notorious outlier mod? I have, I remember thinking it was a great documentary! Edit: googled demmian. Holy shit.	/r/MensRights	23/09/18 04:12 AM
2	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. Wanted to ensure I was following all of the rules, but feel free to go through my history and find it. Should be easy enough. What is TiA?	/r/MensRights	22/09/18 08:12 PM
11	With all this #WhyIDidntReport going on, let's remember the innocent people of Salem that died because we just trusted the accuser. You're missing the point entirely. The fact that witches don't exist help the comparison, because it is now a perfect example of why we shouldn't convict based on accusations without evidence. If it was something else, such as accusations of rape, it wouldn't be such a good example anymore because we wouldn't be certain that there was no evidence. The details to compare are: people made accusations without evidence, the mob convicted them anyway, innocent people died. Therefore, we can learn tha…	/r/MensRights	22/09/18 09:25 AM
1	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. I would be down for that. I also think that the blogs out there are either insufficient, or not well advertised. Some of us really are in a good position to be discussing our experiences - I'd love the opportunity to present a left-wing MRA voice from a STEM field, if only I knew where to start.	/r/MensRights	22/09/18 05:54 AM
3	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. Thank you. I don't think it was the community there that hated it. I got my fair share of upvotes. It was likely just a mod (probably the one that stalked my profile and questioned my legitimacy because I also post here) who banned for some dumb reason, used a vague rule in defense without explaining it any further and then muted further discussion. I've had a few discussions on there in my time. Some have been very closed-minded, but some have also been very willing to discuss and we have had a…	/r/MensRights	22/09/18 05:00 AM
16	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. Omg you're totally victim blaming me right now. No further communication is wanted.	/r/MensRights	21/09/18 08:47 PM
6	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. Oh, no idea, from my point of view the story which inspired someone to make such a gendered and fallacious post was largely irrelevant!	/r/MensRights	21/09/18 06:07 PM
11	Well, it happened. Banned from /r/Feminism. By subscribe I only meant subscribe to the subreddits, not that I identify with the movements. Seen what exactly elsewhere?	/r/MensRights	21/09/18 05:59 PM
105	BBC runs article including the facts: "Williams...was one of 10 women punished for code violations at this year's US Open, while 26 men were fined". Headline reads: "Serena Williams' claims of sexism backed by WTA." Holy shit, I never thought to do this. "I am a FATHER, I would NEVER cheat" Can you imagine a male player threatening a female ump's job? "you will NEVER umpire a court I'm on for as long as you live". It's astounding.	/r/MensRights	10/09/18 05:05 PM
1	Typical feminist attitude to the wage gap myth: "It's sexism whenever a woman gets less, it's perfectly OK when a man gets less, because reasons." "These women are just getting what they deserve" is one I've heard before.	/r/MensRights	13/08/18 12:57 PM
1	Typical feminist attitude to the wage gap myth: "It's sexism whenever a woman gets less, it's perfectly OK when a man gets less, because reasons." The arguments we pose behind the wage gap also become perfectly clear to them when women in their 20s-30s out earn men	/r/MensRights	12/08/18 07:48 AM
76	Woman was "completely blindsided" by the way her ex husband went after her money. He hired a lawyer and pursued a percentage of her earnings, including her future assets! She worked years for that money. And they make it sound like one person, so someone reading it without being critical would think that the woman earning less had to promise half of her earning potential. You'd be forgiven for wondering if this is intentional...	/r/MensRights	09/08/18 06:35 AM
82	Woman was "completely blindsided" by the way her ex husband went after her money. He hired a lawyer and pursued a percentage of her earnings, including her future assets! She worked years for that money. I'd like to read that, but have no idea what to Google. Sauce?	/r/MensRights	09/08/18 06:33 AM
2	I've been baaaannned.....because equality. Commenting because I'm interested too. I feel like the only possible interpretation is "legislating against something is c o m m u n i s m" but that seems crazy.	/r/MensRights	21/07/18 07:05 AM
2	Cambridge teacher wears 'feminist fashion' to work. If a straight white man showed up like this, he would absolutely be fired for sexual harassment. Double standards. Yes, the scholar's gown is worth by both academic staff and students who achieve firsts, thanks for that correction.	/r/MensRights	17/06/18 05:53 PM
2	Cambridge teacher wears 'feminist fashion' to work. If a straight white man showed up like this, he would absolutely be fired for sexual harassment. Double standards. It doesn't cover the front of your torso. They would care because there's a dress code.	/r/MensRights	17/06/18 05:47 PM
168	Cambridge teacher wears 'feminist fashion' to work. If a straight white man showed up like this, he would absolutely be fired for sexual harassment. Double standards. Those gowns aren't graduation gowns, they're scholar gowns worn by staff to formals. It looks like a senior common room event. Edit: obviously, it's worth noting the ridiculousness of her doing this at an event where all people are required to wear what's known as sub-fusc, which is particularly restricting for men at this time of year while women can wear light dresses under their gowns. Unless, of course, this is more for herself rather than gender equality...	/r/MensRights	17/06/18 06:46 AM
5	Golf champ's wife attacks him after he bombs at tournament: Calls him loser, p***y, and that he’d better win or her and the kids would leave him and he would never see them again. The other replies to you are pretty good. Just want to add, I'm sorry you're being down voted for asking a genuine question. Personally, I think you should be given more visibility so that people with the same question get it answered sooner. We should welcome questions. In case you're new here, welcome.	/r/MensRights	16/05/18 06:39 AM
19	AskReddit asks "at what point in your life did you realize what being a man really meant?" and all the upvoted replies are about suffering. Sometimes there seems to be an idea that a "real man" sacrifices himself for others. While a "real woman" is considered to be "independent", doesn't care what others think, lives for herself, defies social standards, and sees herself as inherently worth something Beautiful summary.	/r/MensRights	15/04/18 05:04 AM
1	The Gender Pay Gap, satire Good point, I agree. I don't know much about being a CEO anyway, but it's something I worry about in STEM - though I'm not entirely convinced gender parity in numbers will ever happen, I believe women will soon be very over-represented in the higher positions, and by the time people realise what's happening, the biased rewards system it will have been that way for at least a few decades, and will take equally long to undo. But maybe I'm just bitter about all of the women-in-science talks, mentor…	/r/MensRights	02/04/18 01:37 PM
7	The Gender Pay Gap, satire The line about CEOs is perfect. It really makes you think, though. The reason there are more male CEOs and MPs is a reflection of the past, when, for example, we didn't have paternal leave parity. Let's say we now live in an era in which women and men have equal opportunities. The feminists, and the politicians who seem to follow them, will spend the next 30 years saying "it's 20xx, how do we still have more male CEOs?! Why is there a gender pay gap?!". This is used as justification for more pro…	/r/MensRights	02/04/18 06:23 AM
5	A common narrative Rekt	/r/MensRights	24/03/18 07:12 AM
1	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Hardly dodging your question, since I've already explained this to you. I thought you must have been referring to something else, but just for your dementia I'll copy and paste it from my previous reply: As I said, you replied to my other post which asked for a source on Corbyn being a rabid communist/feminist. [Your reply was] "for what?". So I made it clear, I'd like a source for both. I simply answered your question. I'm not saying you accused him of being a communist, I just answered your qu…	/r/MensRights	14/03/18 09:33 PM
1	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Ahh okay. You're a troll. I didn't use the word communist, or any synonym. Thanks for letting me know.	/r/MensRights	12/03/18 09:52 PM
1	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Avoided the issue? You literally asked a single question, and I answered it. I said you have no reason to believe that David Miliband wouldn't want gender parity (and any monkey can figure out I meant equal numbers in Parliament, based on previous messages you can't seem to connect together. Then again perhaps you're just incapable of searching the definition of parity). I also literally said I don't agree with any of those things in previous replies, just gave my reasons that I don't think the …	/r/MensRights	12/03/18 07:58 AM
1	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer !RemindMe 10 years Assuming you haven't succumbed to your obvious dementia. Edit: But anyway while I'm here, I can't resist a troll apparently. Sure thing. You think that David Miliband will be jubilantly welcomed back to the Labour Party as a viable candidate for leadership in the next ten years, and that when that happens he will win the contest and will buck the trend and be against gender parity, against the majority of his party. That's giving me rope to hang myself with. Riiiiight. Your re…	/r/MensRights	10/03/18 11:06 PM
3	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Wow that was crazy. I don't even know where to begin. Someone was elected leader by the party membership, apparently that's a "power grab" rather than democratic. You invoke David Miliband, someone who isn't even in the Labour Party. And how do you know that Chuka wouldn't want party gender parity? I'm not even going to respond to the rest because it was all garbage. I mean, when did I ever say he towed the line? What goes on in your head? You're clearly either misunderstanding me, or misremembe…	/r/MensRights	08/03/18 09:45 PM
2	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer You've given me hope, so thanks for that. So much of this thread turned in to a right-wing circle jerk, where people seem to think it's okay for the right to do harmful things to men's rights so long as it is shutting the left up, that I really started to think maybe this movement isn't for me after all.	/r/MensRights	08/03/18 08:05 AM
3	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Like I said, it's the position I find myself disagreeing more than any other. I personally think that there should be a female MP for women's rights, and a male MP for men's rights for that matter, and the rest of the positions should be fair game. But the world (ie. not just feminists) wants to see equal representation in parliament. He leads a profoundly democratic party, he has had to represent multiple policies which are not his personal position but are the position of his party, and would …	/r/MensRights	08/03/18 08:03 AM
3	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer You clearly want a response, so let's discuss this. By the way, it's incredibly problematic that the UK prime minister has just said something which could seriously harm men's rights, and here you are being okay with it because you think he is a rabid feminist getting what he deserves. I hope the satisfaction is worth it. Firstly, as per the other post you replied to, a source for "rabid communist" would be appreciated. All of his policies are mainstream in Europe, and accusations of him being a…	/r/MensRights	07/03/18 10:15 PM
3	Theresa May shuts down debate - by calling Jeremy Corbyn a mansplainer Source?	/r/MensRights	07/03/18 07:22 PM
4	The Green party officially announces a huge change, tells people "DON'T give any money to charity or men anymore-give it ONLY to WOMEN instead". Can we now admit the modern Left are the worst man haters & feminists? And I write this as a shocked & stunned Left winger. This should go to the top. Thanks for the links.	/r/MensRights	05/03/18 07:41 AM
10	Balanced and very extensive (1,700 studies), domestic violence research and statistics. Victims of abuse men/women - 23% / 19%; women more likely to be perpetrators 28.3% vs. 21.6%. These numbers seem strange to me. You'd expect the percentage of all people to be the average of men and women, right? If 20% of women are abused, and 15% of men are, you'd expect 17.5% of all people to be abused right? So how can the overall percentage of people abused be more than both? Is there a third category with a really high abuse rate? If someone who sees this knows the answer I'd appreciate an explanation. Edit: it looks like it is as expected in the next section about victims.	/r/MensRights	03/03/18 07:49 AM
10	Feminist campaigns against reality To be honest, I agree. I think feminism often diminishes men's rights in many ways, and that should be discussed here, however we need to distinguish ourselves from a group whose purpose is just to hate on feminists. This is not an example of feminism harming men or the men's rights movement. This is a feminist saying a dumb thing. It has no impact on our movement. But damn boi, if you want to be heard being a little more civil might help.	/r/MensRights	01/03/18 02:21 PM
1	Schoolboy, 16, 'killed himself' after being falsely accused of tying a girl to a tree and raping her (he was accused by other guys, because he had reported them for selling drugs) Is this the "rape culture" I've heard about?	/r/MensRights	20/01/18 03:01 PM
81	Being a woman increases likelihood of landing job interviews by 48.3% (from r/dataisbeautiful) This makes me so damn angry. The rage and passion I've seen feminist friends argue with. It's truly something. But when this happens, or when you point out that women in their 20s get paid more and there are more women in higher education? Without a moment's hesitation: These women are finally getting what they deserve. The world is full of smart, witty people who do this, including men. They're full of passion for how unfair the world can be to women, but when presented with a flipped situation…	/r/MensRights	08/01/18 11:41 PM
519	Eliminating feminist teacher bias erases boys’ falling grades, study finds Saved. Education is a perfect example of how feminism, as a movement, actively cherry-picks "statistics" to make women and girls appear disadvantaged, and ignores real studies which show otherwise. So many people honestly believe that young girls are trodden down because a few surveys were taken once and the girls said they "felt less confident", but then you look at actual grades and test actual teacher biases, nevermind the numbers of women going in to higher education compared to men, and it …	/r/MensRights	28/12/17 02:22 PM
3	Default sub post on the front page drops a massive Red Pill with a dose of equality: “Telling a male to “man up” is the equivalent to telling a woman to “stay in the kitchen.” I wasn't aware of that. If what you say is true, that obviously changes my perception, so thanks for pointing it out. It's something I'll investigate.	/r/MensRights	01/11/17 11:37 AM
12	Default sub post on the front page drops a massive Red Pill with a dose of equality: “Telling a male to “man up” is the equivalent to telling a woman to “stay in the kitchen.” It's as if a sub which doesn't ban dissenting voices can end up with people of different opinions. Who knew? But seriously, the sub isn't a hivemind. A lot of posters here are proud that there is a range of voices to be heard. Criticism is allowed.	/r/MensRights	01/11/17 07:11 AM
7	And another: Spurned woman, 26, who claimed she was raped by a 22-year-old soldier in the Kings Royal Hussars as 'revenge' after he 'rejected her' is jailed for five years Can I have a source for this please? Would be very useful in future discussions of mine.	/r/MensRights	20/10/17 10:42 PM
50	Feminist group admits 'pay gap' is caused by women's choices The gender pay gap is a common justification for "positive" discrimination against men in high paying business or STEM roles. It is also used as justification for the numerous well-funded programs to aid women - and only women - with their careers, among other things, giving them an unfair advantage against men. Edit: want to add, those are just the direct effects. The wage gap is just one lie within a whole system of propaganda. We are told that women are paid less for the same job, that women …	/r/MensRights	23/09/17 12:51 PM
8	Suicide rate for teen girls hits 40 year high There's context with this. Youre right, the picture doesn't show whether there are a lack of stories on men's suicide rates; but it's a meme, not a piece of rigorous journalism, originally made for a sub which is already well aware that this is the case based on what we have read elsewhere (eg. the sidebar). It's just like how the media didn't give a shit when Boko Haram were burning thousands of boys alive and letting girls go, but they cared when 300 girls were kidnapped. And the infamous "24%…	/r/MensRights	17/09/17 07:12 PM
15	Mike Buchanan discusses the gender pay gap with three feminists Mike: "Women earn more in their 20s and 30s" Feminist 1: "That's because they choose educate themselves more!" So I guess feminists are willing to consider people's choices when it suites them... Feminist 2: "They're getting paid what they deserve" I wish so badly that Mike had jumped on that. When women earn more, it's because they deserve it. Honestly, every time this discussion comes up, if you bring up the fact that women earn more at an early stage the feminists start using our arguments ag…	/r/MensRights	26/08/17 06:29 PM
26	/r/Mensrights is once again being equated with hard core white supremacy, by reddit. You need to consider actually reading the sidebar. If you want to write a little rant about people here, actually address their arguments instead of misquoting short summaries and attacking strawmen. For example, choosing not to be a parent is not the same as forcing an abortion. I'm sure it's not that difficult for you to comprehend that the mother can still give birth if the father relinquishes paternity rights and responsibilities if, for example, she lied about being on the pill to hook him …	/r/MensRights	13/08/17 06:40 AM
1	Men deserve to be told nice things too Very good point.	/r/MensRights	16/07/17 03:01 PM
–	Men deserve to be told nice things too Interesting read, I wonder if there is a link between the social media ego boosts women get, inflating their sense of worth, and the trend towards marrying later and later, perhaps once reality has hit them? I also wonder if this is something we can attribute to men's choices. Can we write off lack of women in STEM as personal choice (something I often do) while bemoaning the lack of online support men get from each other?	/r/MensRights	16/07/17 05:49 AM
0	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. If you can prove that you have some sort of condition such that you are forced to spend €thousands per year on toilet paper, and this actively impedes your life, then I think so. Read my other posts. I also think we should provide for albinos who have to spend heaps of money on sunscreen in order to go outside. As a matter of fact, I don't actually think we should be providing sanitaries for women, but that's because I don't think it impedes their life enough otherwise, whereas I was trying to e…	/r/MensRights	16/07/17 05:36 AM
1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. Ooh I can't help it, I'm gonna let myself have one more because it's so effortless tearing apart what you're saying. It's delicious. Everything apart from your last sentence is the slippery slope fallacy. Perhaps you believe that letting gay people get married will lead to 70 year old men being allowed to marry newborn piglets, therefore we shouldn't legalise gay marriage? You'll find that the majority of the world agrees with me that we can draw the line wherever the hell we want, and won't end…	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 08:08 PM
1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. This would just be a difference in our priorities and ideologies. Personally, I believe that the state should provide for those who are significantly disadvantaged in life such as disabled people (but not women as a group), but I recognise that this isn't the common belief in the US. In Germany, patriotism means paying extra tax knowing that we provide for our fellow citizens who need it.	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 07:48 PM
1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. So the state should only subsidise something if it would otherwise result in physical pain? Nah, I don't agree with that. We provide for problems other than physical pain all the time. It is a fact that without tampons or pads, women would be hindered in life just like it is a fact that albinos would be hindered in life without an extremely strong (and likely expensive) sunscreen. So we subsidise the sunscreen. I don't believe the tampons are significantly expensive enough per person that the st…	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 07:42 PM
1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. I didn't say "biological difference", I said "significant and obvious biological disadvantage". The question of where we draw the line as to what it significant enough isn't trivial. But you'll find that in most countries, some of those things are subsidised. I would bet that people who sunburn extremely easily (albinos?) can get particularly strong sun lotion on the NHS in the UK. I know for a fact that some women without breasts can get state funded implants if it is effecting their mental hea…	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 07:23 PM
1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. Just to clear things up, I made a comparison to disabled people to highlight how the person I replied to was refusing subsidy only because it was for women and not because there is a problem with subsidising someone with a disadvantage. I didn't call women disabled. But I don't think we disagree. If the disadvantage is menstruation, and we agree that women are forced to spend a significant amount of money giving them an overall unfair disadvantage that we as a compassionate society decide to sub…	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 05:10 PM
0	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. I don't agree. We don't limit the rights of disabled people just because we're subsidising them, we do it because, as you said, it's dangerous for them. If the disadvantage faced by women (which I conceded might not even exist) made doing certain things a danger then yes, limit what they can do. But their period, for which we would provide sanitaries in this scenario, doesn't necessarily make an activity more dangerous.	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 04:49 PM
-1	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. I was referring to subsidised sanitary items only. I didn't say they were the same. The fact that there are differences between disabled people and women in general doesn't change the hypocrisy I highlighted, which is that you're willing to give to one group if they need it but not the other. I wasn't saying "Women are just as incapable as someone without legs lol", I said you're witholding resources only because they're women even if they are genuinely disadvantaged.	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 04:42 PM
-2	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. Using comparisons to make a point is a common discussion/debate technique. It highlights hypocrisy and faulty logic. You probably do it all the time. If it could be argued that women are significantly disadvantaged due to their biology, if we are to provide for disabled people I don't think we can get around also providing for women. Whereas, based on what you've said, it seems you feel that we should provide for disabled people (if we can afford it as a society) but not for women, even if they …	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 03:10 PM
0	While males deal with 18 years of slavery, fake rape charges, high amounts of child support/alimony, sexual harassment at work, suffer from societies expectations of them, happen to lose their kids, and are now facing domestic violence, females breeze by. Out of interest, do you believe that the state shouldn't provide any help for disabled people, such as a wheelchair for a person born without legs? I'd define that as someone's biology and would personally like to live in a society which helps those who are significantly and obviously disadvantaged due to their biology. Just to be clear, I am only asking out of interest and don't necessarily believe that women are as significantly disadvantaged as feminists sometimes claim they are.	/r/MensRights	15/07/17 02:50 PM
1	Calls to sack a UK politician because he argued in favour of fair trials for men falsely accused of rape. The point of my second paragraph was that kind of argument in prosecution holds no water, so yes I agree that it isn't the defenses job to give reasons why the accuser would make the accusation. You didn't respond to the questions in my third paragraph. Doesn't allowing the defense to use the accuser's prior actions like that as a get out of jail free card make it impossible for some people to ever convict their rapist/thief? Is that a system we want to live in, where those who have one night st…	/r/MensRights	04/06/17 03:33 PM
1	Calls to sack a UK politician because he argued in favour of fair trials for men falsely accused of rape. Not in a court of law. As a point of evidence, it is circumstantial at best. To say "they have given things away before" in defence is about as conclusive as the prosecutor saying "why would they go through this traumatic process unless they were telling the truth and didn't want to give that thing away to that person?". If you say that it is conclusive, you are basically giving permission to rape people who like one night stands, including men. Say I liked BDSM, and I was quite good at pulling …	/r/MensRights	04/06/17 12:27 PM
2	Calls to sack a UK politician because he argued in favour of fair trials for men falsely accused of rape. You're welcome, and thank you for your original point. I too regularly compare rape to other crimes when reading feminist discussion, but had never considered making the comparison here until I read your comment.	/r/MensRights	04/06/17 08:36 AM
17	Calls to sack a UK politician because he argued in favour of fair trials for men falsely accused of rape. If I may, I'd like to offer a more fitting analogy: If someone likes giving away their things, for example to charity or friends or whatever, it doesn't mean that they're more likely to lie about someone stealing their things, and you simply can't say "she probably wanted to give it away but changed her mind after the event" in a court case and expect it to be as legitimate as evidence such as broken windows.	/r/MensRights	03/06/17 09:20 PM
6	Female here 🙋🏻 avid supporter of men's rights Good for you and your friends. Really. But I'm afraid you simply are a minority. A minority of feminists also consider themselves MRAs. Feel free to correct me if I'm misreading what you're saying, but even you refused to use the MRA label. Someone else has given you a big list of things that your "vocal minority" have done. The thing is, it is this vocal minority who are regularly being elected to head of organisations. They have their articles shared, they have positions to lecture and influen…	/r/MensRights	08/05/17 02:34 PM
28	Female here 🙋🏻 avid supporter of men's rights Wholeheartedly agree. Problem arises when feminists actively try to silence the men's rights movement, and use their political and social power to do so. 99.9999...% of feminists believe that all of mens problems are a symptom of their privilege ("patriarchy") and are therefore not worth fighting for; you are perhaps a unique one who doesn't believe that. The feminist movement regularly skews statistics to make it look like women have more problems. Examples: men commit suicide more often BUT WO…	/r/MensRights	08/05/17 09:16 AM
36	A false rape accuser's story in TwoX \| To my rapist and the police. Fortunately the post has been down voted to hell, but I'm glad that you've screenshotted it and pointed out how the way victim culture is being breeded can leave some girls looking for any reason to be a victim while simultaneously not giving a fuck about the men whose lives are ruined. So long as feminism keeps telling them that they're victims, they will look for any reason to feel victimised. They're rape victims because they were dumped, and the police violated them too by responding to thei…	/r/MensRights	06/04/17 06:52 AM
6	Hotel accuses teen's father of being a paedophile I was so pleased to see Cassie (creator of The Red Pill documentary) tweet this article out. It's also nice to see a newspaper decide that this is newsworthy. Men constantly hear about how priveleged they are that they don't have to control their appearances. As long as it isn't too illegal, society apparently lets men get away with anything. This is said by women who also tell men that their privelege prohibits them from understanding what true societal judgement is like; men's complaints are s…	/r/MensRights	06/04/17 06:44 AM
7	My school offers a Women-only Rape Defense Class. A lone girl replied-all to the entire student body and faculty to ask why men are not allowed. Major Props I'd love to see an update if they reply. I do believe that women-only classes at gyms and for self-defence purposes are fine because, quite simply, there's a demand for it. So as long as the university is meeting any demand to teach males as well (and, if there's a demand for it, in male-only classes) then this is fine. If there are agendered classes and enough women have asked for a women only one, fine. What isn't fine is when there are classes only being provided for women.	/r/MensRights	04/04/17 10:10 AM
3	Had a nice discussion today. Sure, I dont doubt any of that. I guess my post gave off the impression that social scientists don't calculate errors correctly out of laziness or lack of mathematical ability. While this is true sometimes, I don't doubt that it isn't also due to difficulty to do so when studying things as complex as humans as opposed to particles in a collider. But it doesn't mean that these studies shouldn't strive to calculate a statistical error and a systematic error, and quote them both. It's infuriating t…	/r/MensRights	03/04/17 08:31 PM
6	Had a nice discussion today. 3000 could be a decent number to perform the study on, depending on how significant their result is. The lowest possible statistical error (ie. assuming it was 1500 males and 1500 females) is about 2.5%. Say that 60% of females outperformed their male counterpart, you have evidence up to 4 standard deviations. (This is a back-of-an-envolope calculation, but should give some idea). But they absolutely need to include more info. about the study. If it was 2999 males and 1 female studied, the stati…	/r/MensRights	02/04/17 04:24 PM
6	Pub landlord takes down 'sexist' sign calling for women to 'stamp on' men At first I thought "that isn't so bad" until it was pointed out how the reaction would be if this was about women or blacks. The problem we have isn't that we can't take a joke at our expense. It's that the world would be outraged if they saw a similar joke about another group - there is only one group they clearly disrespect and there is only one group for which it is normalised to make fun of on a sign in a family pub.	/r/MensRights	29/03/17 03:59 PM
85	Female teacher arrested for sexual relations with male student grins in her mug shot, probably because she knows she'll get off with a slap on the wrist We always advocate that the accused in a rape accusation should be innocent until proven guilty. Let's not be hypocrites and assume that men can't falsely accuse someone of rape.	/r/MensRights	25/03/17 03:42 PM
1	If a woman aborts a foetus she is gloriously exercising a human right. If a man (who is denied that right by law) asks her to do the same, he is a monster. Funny how it's a "baby" now not a foetus. Ah. You're trolling. Took me way too long to catch on to that, well played.	/r/MensRights	05/03/17 11:08 PM
2	If a woman aborts a foetus she is gloriously exercising a human right. If a man (who is denied that right by law) asks her to do the same, he is a monster. Funny how it's a "baby" now not a foetus. Assuming just for a moment that the foetus can be seen as a person who has autonomy: Not allowing someone to continue being a parasite on your body does not violate their autonomy. If someone is using my resources, and I tell them to get the fuck off of them, I'm not violating their autonomy (even if I am making them do something they don't want to).	/r/MensRights	05/03/17 04:53 PM
2	The time I was shouted at by four feminists, why I'm not a feminist and a request for a source Firstly, I pride myself on changing my mind frequently. For example, I once believed that MRAs was a group I didn't want to associate with. But look where I am now. Discussions with my significant other are a back and forth debate. I'd like to understand why you're so interested in that? Why have you come here and written a multi-paragraph post based on the assumption that I don't like to change my mind just because I off-handedly mentioned that my partner had changed her's? As for the people bo…	/r/MensRights	04/03/17 10:16 PM
11	The time I was shouted at by four feminists, why I'm not a feminist and a request for a source But that's the patriarchy! Because society views women as so weak that they can't handle prison, so even this just goes to show how much you need feminism! The reason you're given longer prison sentences is because you're privileged! I feel the need to point out that I am being satirical, because that is a genuine argument they might use. At some point, I hope their minds start to wonder how this privilege we have actually manifests, because at some point this "privilege" is causing so many prob…	/r/MensRights	04/03/17 12:20 PM
1	I want to vent about the strawman arguments regularly posted on feminist facebook pages. I see, thanks	/r/MensRights	25/03/16 08:03 PM