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Pay rate: you make $10/hour. Earned income: You worked 10 hours, so you earned $100. Are 2 people who are in the same position with the same pay rate, but work different hours paid the same? Answer is yes and no. Feminists tend to lock on to the "no" part -- the earned income -- and ignore the pay rate and choices that lead to it...
/r/MensRights10/12/21 08:30 PM
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I'm not arguing it is. I'm stating, simply, that carrying a rifle on your property isn't illegal. Had he done something illegal with it, like point it at somebody, then yes, he would be the aggressor. But he didn't. I'm not arguing that this situation is normal or even moral. I'm contending that there's a chance that this is legal. But until we know more info, that I don't know.
/r/MensRights26/11/21 08:31 AM
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If you take a life you have to prove in court you had no other option ...That's not how that works. Like... at all. At least not in most states (where duty to retreat isn't a thing). Here's what he has to show (not prove, btw, this is a defense, so it just needs to create 'reasonable doubt', not 'beyond a shadow of a doubt'): would a reasonable person in this situation be in fear of death or great bodily injury? Well, a guy threatened to take your gun, kill you with it, and then just grabbed for…
/r/MensRights26/11/21 08:26 AM
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Performing completely legal actions isn't provocation in the eyes of the law. Had the guy came out of the house with the gun pointed at the guy, you're right, he would be the aggressor. But in this instance, there were no laws broken, there was no aggressor, until someone threatened to take the gun and kills someone with it, then acted on that threat. At that moment, he became the aggressor. "Provocation" in a legal sense means something far different than in a colloquial sense.
/r/MensRights26/11/21 08:22 AM
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Complete self defense in my mind is choosing to shoot in defense if yourseof when there are NO other options. You will either be killed, or be killed. That's... not what the law says on self defense. Would a reasonable person fear they were in imminent danger of death or serious injury? Well, a guy just threatened to take your gun, kill you with it, and attempted to do so. I think a reasonable person would have a reasonable fear of death or serious injury. Congrats, checkbox for self defense has…
/r/MensRights26/11/21 08:19 AM
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Dude had every legal right to have a firearm on him, on his property. Dude was in danger. Literally just distanced himself from an attacker trying to take his gun. That's justification 101. You do not try to take a firearm from someone, or that someone will likely shoot you. That's not a controversial statement. Stop pretending like it is. Was what he did wise? Nah. This should have been a slugfest at worst. Was what he did legal? Potentially. Depends on facts we don't know yet.
/r/MensRights26/11/21 04:59 AM
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Dude says "I'm going to take that gun and shoot you." Proceeds to attempt to take gun, and gets shot. That's self defense. If the allegation is true that it was planned, that's murder. I'll wait for more info before making a decision.
/r/MensRights26/11/21 04:45 AM
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Million plus is likely exaggeration. However, actual damages + punitive fees/fines can certainly make this mid to high 6 figure.
/r/MensRights24/04/19 07:56 PM
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Simple, Gillette took a "Men are bad, you need to fix yourself approach", and EGard took a "Men are good, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows" approach. The Gillette ad attacked men as a demographic, not addressed some gender role problem. Imagine an ad that came out saying: Women are so emotional, and manipulative, and controlling. We should do better. Disclaimer: some of them are okay I guess... Would you be hailing it as addressing gender role issues, or see it as a misogynist viewpoing on…
/r/MensRights22/01/19 07:50 AM
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Nailed it. Critical thinking skills really should be what we educate to IMO. Instead, it's rote memorization. That's cool and all, but doesn't really make you brilliant. I've done interviews with plenty of folks that are very well educated in our field. They can give us a great book answer to what a particular system is, but once we start digging in and trying scenarios out, they struggle. Same thing happens across the board.
/r/MensRights26/07/18 05:23 PM
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A few hundred Russian female snipers *~2,500. But, ~34 million Russian soldiers fought. A couple thousand women compared to the general force? That accounts for ~.0073% of the general force, or 73 millionths of it...
/r/MensRights13/07/18 04:42 PM
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"Single most common cause." "Accidents" can be rounded up in to a ton of categories, so I excluded them, personally, as a "single common cause." Fell out of tree. Car wreck. Crushed by a piano. etc... Plus, that's in the US, this email was UK, or the 2nd source. As for the accidental poisoning, it's important to recognize that it's accidental poisoning of undetermined intent. So basically, if you OD on prescriptions and didn't leave a suicide note, it's pretty obvious its a suicide, but since yo…
/r/MensRights14/11/17 08:36 PM
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Here's data from the CDC for the US. Once you hit 35, cancer and heart disease start to win out. Here's data from the ONS. Check the "20-34" and "35-49" age range. "5-19" is beat out a bit by "transport accidents." Quote from the ONS: Suicide and accidental poisoning leading cause of death for 20-34 year olds Suicide (including injury/poisoning of undetermined intent) was the leading cause of death for 20-34 year olds (24% of men and 12% of women). Factors that could lead to these deaths include…
/r/MensRights14/11/17 07:16 PM
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Not quite. He called the judge a "Man hating bitch" and was then surprised when he didn't get his way... Don't get me wrong, I get being emotional, but damn, if you're not able to keep that in check in court, of course you're not going to get what you want! He's lucky he wasn't held in contempt...
/r/MensRights24/05/17 04:27 PM
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No. Safe withdraw rate is at around 3%, which puts you at around $30k/yr. That said, it also depends on your age/how long you want it to last. If you're in your late 50s, 4% probably isn't unreasonable. If you're in your teens, you may want to look at a 2% rate. If you're interested in these sort of concepts, /r/financialindependence discusses them at length.
/r/MensRights05/04/17 11:28 PM
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Intactivists are a major part of the Men's Rights Movement, it's not surprising that there's a lot of conversation on it in a MRA sub.
/r/MensRights30/03/17 03:31 PM
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It's interesting to realize that, even when women are self-employed, they still make less. Honestly, I'll chalk it up to wanting to get different things out of employment. Men (on average), work to maximize income. Women (on average), want to find fulfillment in what they do. In addition, most of these "gaps" don't take other benefits in to account (i.e. retirement, health, sick/vacation, etc...).
/r/MensRights29/03/17 09:36 PM
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For some things, they don't. As I mentioned earlier, there are things called "mandatory arrest laws." Here's a list of states that had them on the books in 2008 according to NCJRS, page 19, table 1.
/r/MensRights10/02/17 04:26 PM
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They're called Mandatory Arrest Laws. The NCJRS has a table of states that have them on that document. Table 1, page 19.
/r/MensRights10/02/17 02:07 AM
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Another.
/r/MensRights23/01/17 05:18 PM
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Not quite. A judge can instruct you not to discuss it, and if you ignore that, hold you in contempt, but just discussing it is not illegal. Also, the practice is not illegal.
/r/MensRights05/01/17 03:37 PM
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Their guesstimate was a little high according to this. ~50% of DV is reciprocal, with 70% of non-reciprocal DV being perpetrated by women, and in reciprocal situations, "the woman was more likely to have been the first to strike."
/r/MensRights14/12/16 06:47 PM
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Gabbard's another fairly popular one right now, too. So I'd say it's a solid "maybe."
/r/MensRights22/11/16 07:55 PM
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How about /r/FeMRADebates?
/r/MensRights17/10/16 05:24 PM
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Not just religious unfortunately. The good news is, it's trending downward, bad news is, not fast enough. In the 60s, the rate was in the high 80s, in 2010, the rate was about 77%. About a 10% drop in 50 years really isn't super significant. Needs to drop much faster.
/r/MensRights17/10/16 05:21 PM
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It's much higher than 10%. A number of states (39, plus DC, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) automatically enroll you when you apply for a drivers license, license renewal, passport, or state ID card.
/r/MensRights09/05/16 05:04 PM
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In an honest defensive campaign? I probably would enlist. It's personal then. In the current grab for oil and political influence? Nah.
/r/MensRights28/04/16 06:23 AM
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Not justice. I don't have the tool kit for that as IANAL. That said, there's a nearby non-profit that deals only with abused kids. Has it's own medical staff, therapists, etc... They contract with the schools and local police to help get suspected victims in and taken care of. Its kind of like a halfway. When there's enough to suspect there's something going on, but not enough for DHS to take the kids away, they take the reigns and try to figure it out and help the kids. It's helpful for the kid…
/r/MensRights18/04/16 07:58 PM
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That's totally true. And it's one thing that I respect about the movement. I do believe in equality for all, and realize there's a lot of work to be done across the board. That said, I only have so much time and energy, and because of my experiences, I choose to spend that working for men and boys. Because of that, I identify more as an MRA than an egalitarian. Although I want equality for all, I feel that men have more work that needs done than other demographics in some key areas that are clos…
/r/MensRights18/04/16 04:18 PM
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DA decided not to prosecute. Decided that we were too young to go through the courts and that we were too young to know what had happened to us. Figured that my testimony as the oldest would be the best, but since I was a guy, it wouldn't be received as well. So, instead of tarnishing their record in an election year, they decided not to prosecute. I've heard that afterwards, my bio-mom did end up leaving him (even though, given the opportunity to keep us kids and leave, she decided to keep him)…
/r/MensRights18/04/16 06:04 AM
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Much. I'm grown and married. If there's anything I'd like to tell people in the situation still, other than to tell, it's that it does get better. Those early years sucked, but honestly, they weren't the worst of it. The seclusion afterwards lasted mostly through high school. PTSD and terrible dreams, always feeling guilty and never knowing why, feeling dirty even though somewhere, I knew I wasn't, that was the worst. And it went on until I got help. It took some dedication, but, as stupid or si…
/r/MensRights18/04/16 05:58 AM
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She's aware of it. We had a fantastic case manager with SCF that took extensive notes on everything. Although I'm the only one that really remembers it first hand, when we were old enough, they turned the paperwork over to us and we all read through it like crazy. That said, she's definitely in the college "me" years. I don't blame her for it, it was just the catalyst to the revelation I guess. She'll grow out of it once she hits the real world. I know I did. Thanks for the compliment. :)
/r/MensRights18/04/16 05:55 AM
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U.S. Basically the same thing.
/r/MensRights16/03/16 03:55 PM
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Here it is.
/r/MensRights19/02/16 09:07 PM
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...I think it's time for new friends. :p I jest. ^(kind of) Guess they got to be a part of that days lucky 10,000.
/r/MensRights19/02/16 09:05 PM
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Thanks for the info. To be perfectly honest, I haven't taken the time to read surveys and the like on it, so I'm going mostly from what I've heard. It looks like I may be wrong, though, and that's good to hear. (:
/r/MensRights13/01/16 06:03 AM
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Gee, I wonder why that is... A little less sarcastically. The United States is enormous compared to most European nations. Guns are much more imbued in our culture which means police have to far too often defend with lethal force...
/r/MensRights12/01/16 11:40 PM
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But, you see, if I call the cops and lie to them, it's a crime. If I lie to my administration, I could get in trouble, but it's both unlikely, and not a crime. So...
/r/MensRights12/01/16 11:31 PM
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These did. Which resulted in this. In addition, most of Bernie's tax plan is to close loopeholes. Things like companies reporting huge profits, but paying 0% or negative tax. Although there would be an increase in taxes, most of it would be repealing the Bush era tax breaks (that failed to sunset as they should have in 2010 *edit:* thanks Obama).
/r/MensRights12/01/16 05:41 PM
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Make more sense than previous administrations... Bernie: "We want to do this. So, we raise taxes by x% depending on your income to cover it." Previous administrations: "We're going to be fighting a 2 front war. Let's cut taxes on the upper class. Because we'll be hemorrhaging money, we clearly don't need to take in anymore. Let's turn this surplus into a deficit!"
/r/MensRights12/01/16 04:42 PM
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He said it in the article, but, he said there was an "epidemic" on campus. That said, hyperbole in public speaking is often just that - hyperbole. I do believe that sexual assaults take place on campus at a higher rate than off campus. That's not to say I feel it's an epidemic per se, but I have no issues addressing differences in the "real world" to "campus world" to level it out. And I think that's partly what Bernie is meaning. Especially with wanting campuses to refer to police. In order to …
/r/MensRights12/01/16 04:36 PM
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To be honest, I think any politician who doesn't claim to be a feminist when directly asked is committing political suicide. Unfortunately, feminism to many means equal rights. Now, you and I know that's not what actually happens, but to many Americans, that's the reality they live in. So, saying, "No, I'm not." would be translated by many to saying, "No, I don't want equal rights." Which would be bad for any politician. That said, from your article, he doesn't really say anything too alarming, …
/r/MensRights12/01/16 04:30 PM
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Annnd we come full circle back to what defines rape. From the study: Not surprisingly, the vast majority of sexual assault victims (89%) reported drinking alcohol, and being drunk (82%), prior to their victimization. And how intoxicated was the "assailant." Did they give consent? Look, obviously having sex with a black-out drunk person is a bad decision and illegal (unless you're a female, as seen here) but if you're both tipsy, or even drunk, and both decide to have a go, in my book, and the la…
/r/MensRights07/01/16 05:58 PM
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Calibri. Edit: Here's a comparison of Comic Sans and Calibri, 40pt font.
/r/MensRights28/12/15 09:23 PM
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Manslaughter Man's Laughter. FTFY
/r/MensRights28/12/15 05:52 PM
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So, since a lot of people were critiquing OP's image selection, and they indicated that they weren't going to recreate it, I took a few moments to rebuild it and fix some of the errors. This was all done in Paint, so if some visual things don't match up or aren't perfect, I don't really care. If someone wants to add sourcing, fix things, or whatever, feel free. Colors are: Background - #FF4500 Women portion of pie chart - #B0C4DE Men section of pie chart - #696969 Text - #FFFFFF Font is Calibri
/r/MensRights28/12/15 05:48 PM
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194 people. Including not-surprising titles like "YUSU Women's Officer", "Centre for Women's Studies", and one of my favorites, "Centre for applied human rights." Applied Human Rights? Yeah, seems like their students are applying human rights correctly...
/r/MensRights18/11/15 07:27 PM
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$211,260 with 2,732 backers... $211260/2732 people = ~$77.33/person
/r/MensRights13/11/15 12:17 AM
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It's absolutely more about Men's Rights than what TRP subreddit stands for. Here's what Cassie had to say about the title in her AMA a while ago: Hi CaptainWeeaboo, thank you so much for asking this! I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to use your question to address everything I want to say about the title. The title The Red Pill refers to the cultural metaphor for “seeing the painful truth of reality” (which of course originated from the movie The Matrix). When I began this project in March 2…
/r/MensRights13/11/15 12:11 AM
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I really hope that that's where the $10k came from. I'm concerned that it's someone who's trying to make it seem like it's much closer to its goal so less people donate, then pull the $10k out either right before, or do a chargeback to remove the funding. I really want that to be a legit donation, so I hope your speculation is right.
/r/MensRights27/10/15 05:51 AM
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Look at the rewards section: Pledge $1,000 or more I Believe Everyone Should Have a Voice! All of the above rewards + The license to host a screening of The Red Pill documentary in your hometown with the option to charge ticket sales (if you choose to do so) and keep all of the profits. This is a great opportunity to ensure the film screens in your town! (Fine print: filmmaker and backers have to agree on the screening date in order to avoid conflicts with premiere dates)
/r/MensRights26/10/15 10:32 PM
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I'm wondering for those who haven't donated what they can yet...is it because you have any reservations? Her AMA addressed the fact that the title is in no way related to the subreddit of the same name...so what gives MR? Haven't really been on Reddit the last few days and it hasn't come up in the recesses of the internet I've been on. So, I didn't even know about it. Now that it's been brought up, and after reading her AMA, I think its promising and could really help the MRA as a whole. So I've…
/r/MensRights26/10/15 04:35 PM
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And given, especially in the US, the reception to the peddling, you'd have to not want to make money not to do it. Or be morally opposed or whatever. Point is, it's an easy sell for the most part. College Humor actually did a pretty good skit on it. I'd watch the entire thing, but if you're pressed for time, about 10 seconds from where that link starts will do.
/r/MensRights26/10/15 03:15 PM
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Shh... you're overthinking this. Just blindly accept it as fact and move on. /s
/r/MensRights23/10/15 05:42 PM
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I don't know, it kinda makes sense. Like, the only reason why I'm not super rich is because I didn't have the right role models. See, now the problem isn't me, but other people. That's why it's better. /s
/r/MensRights23/10/15 03:11 PM
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I'm at work and don't have a lot of time to dig stuff up for you, but /r/MRRef might have some sources for you to use.
/r/MensRights06/10/15 05:50 PM
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I guess my point was more that, had this happened at a feminist rally by a group of masked men, police would have found something to charge them with. Harassment, disturbing the peace, inducing panic, false report of a fire, culpable negligence, assembling without permit, trespassing, etc... Instead they're asked to leave. And then when they argue with that, still, nothing happens. I mean, seriously, if a cop were to tell a guy, "I'm not here to pick a fight", and the guy went, "You have picked …
/r/MensRights06/10/15 05:01 PM
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Yes - but of course you have to show that you know who did it and not simply arrest one of the protestors on the presumption that they 'probably' did it. Actually, that's pretty much what law enforcement is for. They have "reason to believe" that someone did something illegal, so they detain them and let the courts figure it out. Plus, it's not like all of them aren't guilty of something. At the very least, they're accomplices. In addition to that, most "disturbing the peace" laws could also app…
/r/MensRights06/10/15 04:02 PM
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To be honest, I have no problem with most feminists I know. Then again, that's because most of them are actually egalitarian and feminism has hijacked the "equality" movement, but I digress. The problem is this, people always say something like: "My feminist friends I know in real life are great people! Why do people judge feminism harshly!" or "every group has it's bad eggs." The only problem is those feminists do nothing. They are powerless. Even if they aren't the minority in numbers (which I…
/r/MensRights18/09/15 09:11 PM
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I'm getting it some times. Probably around 75% of the time it loads correctly. If they're supposed to be set up as a paywall, they're doing a terrible job with it. hah.
/r/MensRights11/09/15 11:06 PM
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As heartbreaking as it is, it appears the damage has already been done. TBH, it sounds like the mother is "poisoning the well" so to speak, and it's already happened. I find that their reasoning for not enforcing visitation has merit while still being depressing... With respect to Greenwald's decision not to enforce visitation rights, the panel wrote that, while the boy had participated in therapy for several months to foster a relationship with his father, he remained "vehemently opposed" to an…
/r/MensRights11/09/15 06:52 PM
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For some reason they either edited it, or it's not loading properly now. :/ Here's the text at least: A father who has been prevented from seeing his son by the child's mother should not be obligated to pay child support, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled. The Sept. 2 decision from a panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Matter of Coull v. Rottman, 2014-1516, reverses a 2014 ruling by Westchester County Family Court Judge Hal Greenwald denying Robert Coull's petition to suspend his…
/r/MensRights11/09/15 04:21 PM
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I agree that he caught a break. But now, there's a precedent for it that can be referred to.
/r/MensRights11/09/15 04:17 PM
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I'm not even going to bother reading your whole comment because the first few sentences were wrong. Translated: "I'm not even going to bother having a discussion with you because this one time something different happened..." Congrats, you get to be the exception, not the rule! You also get to be the person with your fingers in your ears going "lalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you! I'm going to keep believing whatever I want! lalalalalalalalala!"
/r/MensRights09/09/15 07:13 PM
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(male students can often wear tank tops, short shorts, and play sports topless) Working for a school district, I assure you, false. Both genders are held to the same dress code. Women can wear tank tops, just like guys, but neither can wear "spaghetti straps." Guys can't be shirtless, neither can women. Shorts/dresses/skirts/pants have to cover 3/4 of the thigh. Guy or girl. And this is standard across the state. Dress codes are not about repressing sexuality, but about promoting at least semi-p…
/r/MensRights09/09/15 06:36 PM
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I can't name any legal rights but I don't think that doesn't mean there isn't bias. The gender ratios at top levels is severely in favour of men. The only industry where women earn more than men is porn which is a prominently male funded industry. And the gender ratios at the bottom, in dangerous work, and workplace fatalities is severely against men. In addition, the fact that there are no legal rights women are lacking, yet there are plenty that men are should be an indicator of where work nee…
/r/MensRights09/09/15 03:39 PM
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Depends. Statuatory rape? Better throw you in with hardened criminals! Pissing in public? Ohhhh myyy, you get to spend time with the murderers now! Etc...
/r/MensRights14/08/15 02:14 PM
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FTFY. But please, let us not associate with BLM. It'll only come back to bite us in the ass. You know, it took me until AWildBugHasAppeared's comment to get that BLM = Black Lives Matter... Living in a rural area and volunteering with a rural fire department, BLM = Bureau of Land Managment. I was incredibly confused as to why having a federal agency associated with us would be a bad thing... I get it now, though.
/r/MensRights12/08/15 11:09 PM
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No, they find "MRA" to be an insulting term for some reason...
/r/MensRights12/08/15 08:39 PM
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Depends on the state. Here, any sex related offenses or violent crimes is a "measure 11" offense. They have minimum sentencing requirements and are all grouped together in their cell block. So, YMMV, but here? They put the sexual offenders with violent offenders...
/r/MensRights11/08/15 05:31 PM
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I think he would just see men being screwed over as "losers". Agreed. I can hear it already... "Men getting screwed over? I'm not! I'm rich! Why aren't they like me? Because they're losers, that's why."
/r/MensRights10/08/15 04:33 PM
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Unless age of consent in that state is 16. Not entirely sure, haven't looked it up. Anyways, a 2 year age difference (what he believed it was) I don't feel justifies the punishment. Maybe community service for both of them (him for the act, her for lying) I could get behind, but not this...
/r/MensRights04/08/15 05:51 PM
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The fact that she lied and claimed to be 17 ruins this case for me... Had he known she was 15 and still gone for it, then sure, convict. She lied, claimed to be 17 (2 year age difference), and was using an app with the intent to have sex with other people. IMO, he's not a sex offender. I realize strict liability crimes are a thing, but I still feel mens rea should have to be met...
/r/MensRights04/08/15 05:45 PM
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But what offense did he commit? He's openly stated that, had he known her real age, he wouldn't have even met up with her. But, given the information and her word, he believed her to be over the age of consent. Strict liability crimes such as these are ridiculous. Mens Rea (actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea) is a standard in due process for a reason... Edit: For those unfamiliar, the latin phrase is translated to "the act is not culpable unless the mind is guilty." It's often used as a…
/r/MensRights04/08/15 04:47 PM
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I dug through some old code just to make sure I did. And I found one time that I did. //This section checks mouse clicks and converts them to trigger pulls That's basically the same thing, right? :D
/r/MensRights03/08/15 11:09 PM
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Because I always start my code with something along the lines of: //ONLY MEN CAN WORK ON THIS //WOMEN ARE INFERIOR AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND MY ADVANCED CODING //ALSO ONLY WHITE PEOPLE - CAUSE PRIVILEGE //LOLOLOLOL STEM BIASES And because people are going to take this seriously, yes, this is sarcasm...
/r/MensRights03/08/15 08:02 PM
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He can't get in to Canada with that on his record.
/r/MensRights01/08/15 03:01 PM
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It's like criticizing feminism in /r/feminism and then complaining about how you're being downvoted banned. FTFY.
/r/MensRights10/07/15 05:53 AM
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Noticed it. And pressed it.
/r/MensRights09/07/15 10:20 PM
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Meh, I'm glad I wasn't. That "annoying" task takes seconds in the shower. If this was some 3rd world country where water was scarce and showers even more rare, sure, that'd make sense, but comeon, it's nothing. Plus, the argument of 'more sex' is as fallacious as they come. My foreskin doesn't change my ability to please a woman or to perform. However, circumcision has been linked to erectile dysfunction, so, I guess that would put a damper on your "more sex" thing... Edit: You deleted your post…
/r/MensRights06/07/15 07:58 PM
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The comment lists a series of initiatives which both directly and indirectly have benefited men. Correct, but the initial question was: ...has taken on behalf of men. As I feel this is going to get into a definition war: be·half bəˈhaf/ noun noun: behalf in the interests of a person, group, or principle. "votes cast by labor unions on behalf of their members" synonyms: in the interests of, in support of, for, for the benefit of, for the good of, for the sake of "a campaign on behalf of recycling…
/r/MensRights02/07/15 04:56 PM
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That being said - this isn't necessarily a bad thing. People are coming in and discussing with us. Are we so afraid of contrary opinions that we can't read them? If they have something valid to say, we should listen - and hope that the reverse will happen, too. It's not so much that I'm afraid of discussion. In fact, I love discussion. However, having a group of individuals who's minds are already made up on the matter posting false information and half-truths isn't discussion, it's disrupting t…
/r/MensRights02/07/15 04:45 PM
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I like to think of it as taking responsibility for your actions. There are things a person can do to prevent bad things from happening to them. You wouldn't pull out a wad of 100 dollar bills at 2am in Red Hook Brooklyn because it's likely you will be separated from that wad of 100 dollar bills in a violent way. The same holds true for getting completely wasted at a frat party with people you don't know. In a perfect world, you would be able to do both things .. but the world isn't perfect and b…
/r/MensRights02/07/15 04:31 PM
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If you can find sources that show these were caused by the feminist movement with the intent of helping men, then sure. However, most of these happen to be targeted at helping women and coincidentally also assist men, or are the actions of a single person that identifies as a feminist, not the movement as a whole.
/r/MensRights02/07/15 04:11 PM
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Thanks for digging up the statistics! I didn't like how the steroid statistic was "of the adult population" as it doesn't really tell us, in context, whether or not OP was correct by claiming that 4-6% of men will use them. The closest thing I was able to find dividing it up by gender was of high school students. That site claims that: Five to 12 percent of male high school students and 1 percent of female students have used anabolic steroids by the time they are seniors. Given how impressionabl…
/r/MensRights02/07/15 03:40 PM
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The moment it was uttered... TL;DR, it takes data and compares basically all men's income to all women's income. It fails to take into account type of work, hours worked, overtime worked, tenure, etc... So a simple thing, like showing men work more hours, as done here, debunks it.
/r/MensRights30/06/15 11:55 PM
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I think you mean a new toyota...err... toy yoda.
/r/MensRights30/06/15 11:37 PM
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Kind of true. It isn't so much a cry for "help" as much as it is a drastic way to change one's situation. Although suicide rates are lower among women, women lead men two to one in suicide attempts. So, Murphy says at least 200,000 women are involved in suicide attempts annually. But he points out that attempted suicide most often is not an attempt to actually end one's life. Its purpose, he says, is to survive with changed circumstances. "An attempted suicide is not really an attempt at suicide…
/r/MensRights30/06/15 11:00 PM
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WWII was hell. Bombing was inaccurate enough that, if your town happened to have a military plant of some kind in it? You were getting leveled, both in the Pacific theater and European theater. Nuclear weapons were just an easier way to do that. Instead of needing an entire flight of bombers, you just needed 1 to get on station. That said, I don't agree with the decision to use nuclear weapons, at least on a moral level, I do however understand the need to. The Japanese people were essentially b…
/r/MensRights29/06/15 03:46 PM
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Although I've learned not to speak it, I've realized there's 3 types of people: Feminists Egalitarians MRAs Most people in the egalitarian camp prefer to identify as "feminist." Not only because it's socially accepted, but because of how feminism appears to the layman. If, in conversation, they actually do agree with true equality, I mentally classify them as an egalitarian, not a feminist. If they spout off the normal patriarchy, rape culture, wage gap bullshit, I classify them as lunatics...er…
/r/MensRights29/06/15 06:34 AM
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I don't think it's so much as the right to abort a growing fetus, but the right to give up, before birth, parental rights and responsibilities. A woman, in most places, is able to, even against the fathers wishes, receive an abortion and give up their parental rights and responsibilities. A guy doesn't have that option, or anything even remotely close to it.
/r/MensRights29/06/15 06:19 AM
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In fact, many people are encouraged by their lawyers to seek this protection without cause because of the beneficial position gained by this strategic move. These orders are easy to obtain -- all a woman has to do is say that she is in reasonable fear for her safety. Documented evidence of abuse is not required. Holy crap that's terrifying. Sorry you had to go through that dude...
/r/MensRights19/06/15 09:04 PM
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Read my response to jb_trp
/r/MensRights19/06/15 05:27 PM
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It's incredibly sad. There were so many signs that this guy needed help and so many people ignored them, including the police and our justice system (judge that signed off on restraining order). This article touches on the accusation (police "didn't plant to arrest him"), but I applaud the writer for trying to illustrate the guy as a human that needed help rather than focusing on the accusations. I doubt we'll ever get answers as to what specifically happened that night, but what's been speculat…
/r/MensRights19/06/15 05:06 PM
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...A Goon?! Bad decisions were made! I jest, as a former member of a provi-bloc sov holding corp turned pirate, fly safe and shoot at you soon. ;) Nice work, btw. Looks good!
/r/MensRights19/06/15 04:28 PM
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Time to go back under your bridge, troll.
/r/MensRights16/06/15 05:07 PM
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Yikes. The closest we've got to that is an environment sensor going bad and telling us that it was 9999 degrees in the server room. Made us crap ourselves. Then chuckle. I would like to keep our servers running. I'm afraid some wouldn't come back up after being shut down...
/r/MensRights15/06/15 05:08 PM
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Our roof AC unit is out. It gets hotter than hell in here for the time being. Good news, I think we're just going to hang out in the server room today. The cooling units there are all still working (thank god).
/r/MensRights15/06/15 03:45 PM
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I think you've hit the nail with that one. I have a hunch that advertisers were seeing what was making it to the front page with their image next to it and they bitched. It's what happens when you put an MBA in an exec position, $ or move on.
/r/MensRights10/06/15 11:25 PM
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Thanks for allowing it! I think by letting these sort of comments get downvoted into eternity, we're showing any potential supporters that are on the fence that we are mostly reasonable people that aren't just here to hate brigade. So thanks.
/r/MensRights10/06/15 06:58 PM
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I think that's exactly paragonofcynicism's point. You can't claim a movement's been "hijacked" by a vocal minority if the silent majority does nothing to quell them. Idle complacency is still supporting them.
/r/MensRights10/06/15 06:55 PM
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Thanks for the heads up! Was wondering why none of my stuff was gathering any attention over the last couple days... It's been fixed. :D
/r/MensRights08/06/15 10:45 PM
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Let's play buzzword bingo!! In order to end the oppression, alienation, and exploitation maintained by this racist patriarchal capitalist state. Uh... well, looks like everyone just got a blackout.
/r/MensRights08/06/15 05:43 PM
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Come on now, we all know feelz>realz! /s
/r/MensRights31/05/15 05:45 PM
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I'm not really sure this fallacy fits. It basically states that dismissing one issue because another issue is worse is bad. However, I feel that /u/OrosTheDarkElf is stating that 1st world feminism attempts to tackle proximate non-issues (like people saying "hi" on the street) instead of actual issues plaguing women. He's not dismissing their issues because there are bigger issues, he's dismissing them as non-issues.
/r/MensRights31/05/15 05:42 PM
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You forgot my favorite part! She's the victim here because she described feelings that a rape victim would feel!
/r/MensRights29/05/15 04:24 PM
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ITT: Psychopath simply means "different" instead of meaning someone suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior. Gotcha.
/r/MensRights27/05/15 03:23 PM
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You are basically arguing here that what DS says cannot be true because it says something very negative about women. Not OP, but I disagree. I believe his statement was more about the realm of possibility than it not being PC to state something. Statistically, it's impossible for all women to be psychopaths as they make up >1% of the general population, and only ~1% of the general population is a psychopath. That said, you present 2 options. Although this is a false dichotomy, I'll play along. W…
/r/MensRights26/05/15 08:41 PM
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Hironimus lost a legal battle with Nebus in May 2014, when a Palm Beach County judge ruled that the boy should be circumcised, according to the Orlando Sun Sentinel. ... Hironimus filed a federal suit against both Nebus and the judge last month, claiming that her son did not have a medical need to be circumcised, had expressed that he did not want to be circumcised and was afraid of the procedure. Wait... what? What legal precedence do they have to order a non-necessary circumcision that the chi…
/r/MensRights19/05/15 08:58 PM
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I work in IT, so coming home and doing webdev work, after working full time with computers doesn't seem too appealing to me. I could contribute some if it's really needed, though. Are you looking at a design-from-scratch HTML5 website, or a little drag/drop wordpress sorta thing?
/r/MensRights19/05/15 08:54 PM
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BE QUIET! All this noise and bickering is triggering me! Jazz hands, people, JAZZ HANDS!
/r/MensRights19/05/15 05:46 PM
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It has lots to do with it. I'm on mobile, so I don't have my stats readily available, but IIRC, something like 60% of college graduates are female. However, STEM fields are only about 30% female. Why is that? Most women choose to go into arts whereas men choose STEM. This is supporting evidence (not end-all be-all proof, but evidence) that shows the "wage gap" is caused by the choice of people, predominantly women, to go into arts rather than higher paying STEM like men choose to.
/r/MensRights12/05/15 04:36 PM
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Pretty much the same as any elite or special forces. Take the USAF PJs for example, once you make it past extended training day, a part of indoctrination, you're given your ascot. If you can make it through that, you've proven you have the will to go through the rest of the training.
/r/MensRights12/05/15 04:30 PM
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identical rights I don't have access to hormonal birth control or abortions either. So, I guess technically they're right, even though you are most correct.
/r/MensRights08/05/15 06:30 PM
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I work in IT. You either manage the data center yourself, or pay someone else to manage it. "Cloud computing" isn't some magic way to get free storage space on the tera->petabyte level...
/r/MensRights29/04/15 02:35 PM
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Dash cams can be toggled on and off, and are usually off, whereas the bodycams are designed to be on. Always. The Freedom of Information Act allows you as a citizen to request government documents, records, etc... It's a great idea, and has some huge benefits, but some of the draw-backs, like this one, are huge. I'd also like to point out that not every agency uses dash cams. Out of the 4 that patrol my area (City, Reserve, County, and State), only State has dash cams. Same reason. City got hit …
/r/MensRights28/04/15 09:34 PM
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Unfortunately, it's not just a policy, but state and federal law... As much as I'd love to alter it a smidge, it's way easier said than done.
/r/MensRights28/04/15 09:08 PM
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Actually, most cops love the body cam idea. The issue agencies have with them is stuff like this, where a single person can file a FoIA request for all footage the agency has. This is obviously a privacy issue, but it also cripples the agencies workforce as they have to go about reviewing, editing, and submitting the footage. One agency that's affected suggests that it'll take 3 years to fulfill and has scrapped the program because of it...
/r/MensRights28/04/15 08:37 PM
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1) It doesn't take much time. Send an email. Make a phone call. Swing by the office for 5 minutes. There are ways to do it that won't eat up your time... 2) You absolutely should bring it up. Deciding that discrimination is okay and being complacent with it is how it spreads. Don't be complacent. Don't let it spread.
/r/MensRights27/04/15 05:35 PM
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We refer to this as "brainwashing." It's how religion survives.
/r/MensRights24/04/15 09:38 PM
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The article succinctly sums it up at the end: The goal isn't science, it's politics.
/r/MensRights22/04/15 09:09 PM
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Exactly my thoughts. "I'm so sorry that they made this mistake..." Right... you're sorry...
/r/MensRights22/04/15 07:30 PM
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I'm not even asking questions then! I'll just grab the pre-hire paperwork and start signing.
/r/MensRights17/04/15 03:46 PM
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You can nail all of the questions, but if you're unprofessional or have a bad attitude, good luck. Especially in IT. Having been around the block, most places are looking for technical aptitude with soft skills. When getting hired on where I'm at right now, I was changing from desktop support to network support/sysadmin (Jr.). At the end of the interview, I was literally told, "Don't worry too much about the technical stuff, you've shown you can learn that. This was more about gauging your peopl…
/r/MensRights17/04/15 03:44 PM
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hell they can refuse to hire you because you're black, or a woman, or whatever else they want to discriminate against - as long as they don't use those as justification and it cannot be proven that was the reason why you were not offered the position. That's pretty much the extent of US employment law, especially in "at-will" states...
/r/MensRights17/04/15 03:41 PM
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Pretty true, but not quite. Having been in charge of hiring at my last job, the company has a "range" in mind, not really a number per se. The postings we put up had a number on them, but that was the bottom of the range we had in mind. Most people didn't argue it, the company won, the employee won, woo-hoo. However, those that did, could work their way up. If they had a leg to stand on (previous experience, really desirable, only candidate, etc...), then great, we'd work our way up the range un…
/r/MensRights15/04/15 07:44 PM
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I believe he's hinting at the fact that the vocal portion of the current wave of feminism is attempting to reach "equality" by dragging men through the mud. I don't believe /u/entropiczy is suggesting that we disagree with "true" feminist ideals (equality), but rather he is suggesting that the methods the modern feminist movement are using are counter to our movement and often clash. tl;dr he's not saying feminism is bad, he's saying modern feminist are doing it wrong.
/r/MensRights14/04/15 06:12 PM
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There's been some rumors that Ron Wyden might throw in his hat... I'd much prefer him to Clinton.
/r/MensRights10/04/15 05:01 PM
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You mean, like this? http://www.fighting4fair.com/uncategorized/addressing-anti-male-bias-by-an-australian-state-government-department
/r/MensRights26/03/15 03:44 PM
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You're attempting to undermine the premise that women commit acts of abuse by hyper-selecting one specific (emotionally charged) category that people would assume to be dominated by men. Unfortunately, that falls under this, this, and this.
/r/MensRights25/03/15 08:09 PM
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Nor have I seen you present any. Simply put, as far as abuse goes, women in general tend to abuse just about as much as men, you can nit pick all you want, it doesn't make your argument any stronger.
/r/MensRights25/03/15 08:00 PM
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Okay. Looks like 53.5% of perpetrators are female and 45.3% of perpetrators are male. Who is most likely to abuse or neglect children? Of child abuse cases in 2012, in over 80% of the cases the parent was the perpetrator. In 2012, more than four-fifths (82.2%) of perpetrators were between the ages of 18 and 44 years while two-fifths (39.6%%) of perpetrators were in the 25-34 age group. Of the 2012 child abuse cases, 45.3% of the perpetrators were male and 53.5% were female. http://www.safehorizo…
/r/MensRights25/03/15 07:07 PM
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Google search will get you a lot, but here's a good one: http://www.saveservices.org/2012/02/cdc-study-more-men-than-women-victims-of-partner-abuse/ Basically, the evidence has shown that, since the mid 70s, the rate of abuse against women has been declining whereas the rate of abuse against men has remained fairly steady. It looks like in ~2010, the rate of abuse against women dipped below that of abuse against men (according to this report by the CDC and DOJ, 53% vs 47%).
/r/MensRights25/03/15 04:50 PM
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Did you feel comfortable talking to friends/family about what was going on? Did they come to you about things they noticed? If so, what were those conversations like? Absolutely not. You know, for the first few years, I didn't really see it as abuse per se. She was really good at manipulating things. Usually, I deserved it in one way or another. The one time I talked with a friend, it's cause he brought it up. I realize now he was trying to break into an awkward subject, but how he brought it up…
/r/MensRights25/03/15 04:32 PM
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They are just emphasising female victims because they are the majority of victims of domestic violence. Empirically shown to be false.
/r/MensRights25/03/15 04:13 PM
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(I don't know the content) From the description: Todd Harris Goldman updates the eternal battle of the sexes. And this time the girls win. Irreverent, hilarious, and outrageous are mild words to describe this 96-page, full-colour, sad but true testament to the pathetic flaws that are ever so apparent in boys. Narrated by Trendy Wendy, the feisty stick figure with big blue eyes, Boys Are Stupid articulates exactly what girls wish they could do to boys Italics added for emphasis.
/r/MensRights23/03/15 08:33 PM
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The Pursuit of Happyness is what you're thinking of, I believe.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 06:35 PM
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