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| 6 | Rape vs Forced to Penetrate when Rape Really Should INCLUDE Forced to PenetrateThe United States does not have an overall statute like the United Kingdom. The FBI definition only applies in categorizing data. It is not a criminal statute. Rather, each state has its own laws, which vary between using "rape," "sexual assault," or "sexual battery" to define some or the sole type of crimes under which a person can be charged. Most states no longer treat the "rape" as something that can only happen to females. It comes down to how prosecutors choose to charge the accused. In th… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/06/26 07:05 PM |
| 2 | The secret Australian teacher guide, that portrays teachers as victims and and boys as monsters, and Men's Rights as the evil heart of the ManosphereFrom the report: Such behaviours can also include intimidating conduct like circling women teachers in the school yard and direct physical and sexual assault. That seems like a convenient means of absolving sexually abusive teachers by blaming their male victims. | /r/MensRights | 19/06/26 06:47 PM |
| 2 | Why does it seem that homosexual men are more accepted by women than by other men?The best evidence is women's relationships. Most of their gay friends are male. When women engage in activism for the gay community it is either generalized or specifically addresses gay men. It is less common to hear straight women talk about lesbians, associate with them, or address their unique issues. | /r/MensRights | 11/06/26 04:32 PM |
| 7 | Why does it seem that homosexual men are more accepted by women than by other men?If women were as hostile to gay men as these comments suggest, Pride movements, LGBT advocacy groups and campaigns for gay rights wouldn't have been overwhelmingly supported by women for decades. This is not necessarily true. For example, many in the black community talk about how white liberals and progressives present themselves as anti-racist and play the part publically, yet still in engage in convert and sometimes overt racism. Left leaning people are more likely than right leaning people t… | /r/MensRights | 06/06/26 05:12 PM |
| 1 | Multiple Perpetrator Rape Committed by Female Offenders: A Comparison of Solo, Duo, and 3+ Group OffendersThis article is a good rebuttal against "women don't gang rape". I do not think so. The report matches current assumptions that women only commit sexual violence because a man forced or coerced them to do it. I could see someone using this report to claim that solo female rapists are rare. The report does acknowledge that it may be easier to convict women involved in group offenses, which could potentially skew the results. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/05/26 06:52 PM |
| 1 | I think a lot of people underestimate just how harmful is it that feminists are fighting so hard against violence committed by women being properly recognisedSkimming does not give a good picture because one misses the context. For example, skimming the feminist response to the study would give the impression that they agreed with the findings. However, actually reading their responses reveals that many feminists view the results as "an extreme outlier" and find it difficult to believe women's opinions have gotten worse despite having no evidence to support these positions. Likewise, feminists will in one breath claim to care about male victims and i… | /r/MensRights | 19/05/26 11:05 PM |
| 5 | I think a lot of people underestimate just how harmful is it that feminists are fighting so hard against violence committed by women being properly recognisedPerhaps you should do more than skim. Many feminists will often say they support male victims and then claim that female perpetrators or claim that mentioning male victimization is a derailing tactic. As for women being supportive, there was a recent study (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357549572_Judgments_About_Male_Victims_of_Sexual_Assault_by_Women_A_35-Year_Replication_Study) showing that women are less supportive of male victims than men. One must be careful not to look for want … | /r/MensRights | 18/05/26 03:41 PM |
| 8 | I think a lot of people underestimate just how harmful is it that feminists are fighting so hard against violence committed by women being properly recognisedThese feminists are not hard to find. You can find examples on the feminism and AskFeminists subreddits. I have talked about male victimization for over 20 years. It is rare for feminists to encourage male victims to share their stories and rarer that feminists will listen to them. As for feminists standing with male victims, that is so uncommon that I can name the feminists who have done so. | /r/MensRights | 18/05/26 02:05 PM |
| 3 | Why do some feminists, especially on Reddit, so vehemently deny they don't hate men but do nothing to stop and even justify hateful comments of men in their subreddits?Your argument is undermined by the fact that the so-called manosphere is largely reviled by society. It is popular with a segment of the right wing and some men, but it is not taken seriously. More so, by your own admission "the manosphere and TRP are reactionary backlash toward women's liberation," implying that their hostility is a response to the misandry coming from feminism (of which you provide a fine display). If you spoke about any other group in the way you spoke about men, it would be … | /r/PurplePillDebate | 17/05/26 12:58 PM |
| 4 | Imagine how much better off children would be if child support was put into their education funds instead?The average child support payment is $400 a month. Assuming the father pays for all 18 years, that would be about $375,000. I think it is unwise to give an 18-year-old access to that kind of money and assume they would remotely responsible with it. They would be lucky if they had $10 left within a year. An option I have often suggested is that child support to go directly to paying for education needs and medical services. Bypass the custodial parent and use the funds to pay for the tuition and … | /r/MensRights | 12/05/26 04:06 PM |
| 2 | Genuinely curious where women get the idea men sexually assault men more than womenFrom the 2010 report: Rape is defined as any completed or attempted unwanted vaginal (for women), oral, or anal penetration through the use of physical force (such as being pinned or held down, or by the use of violence) or threats to physically harm and includes times when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent. Rape is separated into three types, completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, and completed alcohol or drug facilitated penetration. … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/05/26 05:48 PM |
| 20 | Genuinely curious where women get the idea men sexually assault men more than womenNote - the MTP statistics DO INCLUDE ATTEMPTS - but the study cared so little about men's stats that they wouldn't even list that anywhere but the footnotes That attempts are included in the report, but the researchers chose not to include that language in the infographic. This is one of the many ways in which the reseachers misrepresent their own data to make it appear few men are victims of sexual violence. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/26 09:48 PM |
| 13 | Genuinely curious where women get the idea men sexually assault men more than womenThe most generous explanation is that they base the assumption on reports from men. Most male victims who come forward report male perpetrators, so people assume this represents the totality of male victimization. Likewise, most research does not ask the sex of the perpetrator, allowing people to draw their own conclusions. The less generous but more accurate explanation is that many on the left (feminists in particular) do not believe that women can commit sexual violence or anything they do is… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/26 09:44 PM |
| 1 | They’re trying to erase history to fit their narrative.I first encountered this 20 years ago in college. It is one of the few times I was stunned into silence. I incorrectly assumed no one would be dense or brazen enough to make a claim so easily is disproven. | /r/EverydayMisandry | 30/04/26 07:58 PM |
| 11 | PerspectiveYour perspective is unique, but not representative of the typical male experience. You mentioned that now women are less likely to seek an emotional connection with you while men are more likely to do so. This has not been my experience as a man nor does it match anything I have heard from other men. Men typically do not seek out emotional connection with other men. This would at best be perceived as weird and at worst play into homophobic attitudes. You also stated that women are now more appre… | /r/MensRights | 22/04/26 05:33 PM |
| 1 | Feminists are spreading this article claiming it says 62 million men are part of a “rape academy” when that is not what this article is saying at all.The links are in the comment you responded to. Did you not read them? The main point of the CNN article and how people perceived it was that men are the problem. The available evidence shows that women are also look at such material, apparently at a higher rate. | /r/MensRights | 19/04/26 11:30 PM |
| 3 | As an egalitarian woman, I absolutely cannot support the manopshereAs many noted, the "manosphere" and men's right movement are not the same thing. To address your points: When it comes to sexual violence, according to the CDC's NISVS 2016/2017 report, about 1 in 7 males will be raped in their lifetime. This is compared to 1 in 4 females. Keep in mind, the NISVS counts oral sex and masturbation of females as rape. It does not count these acts for male victims, meaning it is likely the rate of rape against males is higher than 1 in 7, probably somewhere around 1… | /r/MensRights | 19/04/26 05:15 PM |
| 1 | Feminists are spreading this article claiming it says 62 million men are part of a “rape academy” when that is not what this article is saying at all.The research on this is solid, so it is the case that women are more likely to seek out violent porn. The point is that framing violent porn as something only men seek out is dishonest when there is evidence showing that women are more likely to seek out such material, specifically when it violence against women. | /r/MensRights | 19/04/26 04:38 PM |
| 10 | Feminists are spreading this article claiming it says 62 million men are part of a “rape academy” when that is not what this article is saying at all.It is true that there is a group where as small number of men plot to absue women. The issue is the conflation of that small group of men with the 62 million visits to site. The conflation implies that the reason millions people visit the site is to see videos of drugged women getting raped despite that clearly not being the case. In that regard, the title is inflammatory and misleading. | /r/MensRights | 17/04/26 10:06 PM |
| 6 | Feminists are spreading this article claiming it says 62 million men are part of a “rape academy” when that is not what this article is saying at all.It is curious that you cited the 2015 NISVS considering that according to the 2015 report, 9.6% of men in the US were reportedly raped and 24.8% experienced unwanted sexual contact, over 70% of which was committed by females (including rape) as shown in prior versions of the report. More curious is why you think rape statistics are relevant to this article. The 62 million visits represents the total number of visits to the site, not the total number of views of the videos. Secondly, there is no … | /r/MensRights | 17/04/26 09:58 PM |
| 1 | Help with Domestic AbuseMost DV services will not provide assistance to men. At best, they will refer men seeking aid to offenders' programs. The best course is to contact services dedicated to helping men. | /r/MensRights | 06/04/26 07:09 PM |
| 1 | Help with Domestic AbuseIf you and your son are in immediate danger, please leave. Do not wait for legal advice. Protecting yourself and your son is more important. A subreddit is not the best place to seek legal advice. I suggest contacting support services dedicated to helping men, like mensafe.org, and reaching out to them for advice. They would be better equipped to provide you with information about resources in your area. | /r/MensRights | 06/04/26 07:07 PM |
| 3 | Is there proof that women are more empathic besides study that used empathy tests or pictures of sad peopleWomen are not more empathic. Empathy is feeling what other people feel. Most people do not do this. They instead consider what they would feel in a situation if something happened to them. That is sympathy. Women are more likely to express this behavior, however, they do not always do so out of concern for the other person. In many instances, they are reacting to their own emotions, not the situation of the other person. | /r/MensRights | 06/01/26 03:50 PM |
| 18 | As a man, I choose the bear, too. When you include “made to penetrate” counts, women rape men at 1/2 and 1/3rd the rate of men raping women (last 12 months and lifetime).It is worth noting that the CDC changed the methodology used for the NISVS survey when they did the 2016/2017 survey. If you look at the data from the last full report they released, the 2010-2012 survey, the 12-month difference between male and female victims was on par. Notice also how the 2016/2017 survey no longer mentions female victims of “made to penetrate.” It appears that after the change to the methodology, the researchers stopped asking women that question. This is confirmed in the re… | /r/MensRights | 01/01/26 02:38 AM |
| 4 | Why do feminists try to gaslight male victims of suicideIn my experience, feminists generally have no interest in male suicide and rarely mention it. When they do mention it, they respond with the first part of the OP's comment, "women are more likely to attempt suicide." Occasionally, they will also repeat what you stated, which is that men use methods more likely to result in death. However, the OP is correct in that feminists rarely acknowledge male suicide as a serious issue, and they only time they seem concerned with it is when the man or boy's… | /r/MensRights | 31/12/25 08:21 PM |
| 6 | Why do feminists try to gaslight male victims of suicideFeminists place greater value on women's suffering than men's regardless of the situation. From that perspective, a woman trying to kill herself is of greater importance than a man succeeding in taking his life, even if the latter is preventable. | /r/MensRights | 31/12/25 08:11 PM |
| 3 | Men are more violent than women, not more abusive.In general men in abusive relationships could leave those relationships without a fear of being beaten, raped or murdered as a result. Where did you get that information? I do not know of any study or research that claims male victims of abusive relationships face no fear of their abusers. All of the available research I have seen (and I have 25 years of experience adovcating for male victims) shows that men fear retaliation from their abusers, including assault, murder, and false accusations. | /r/PurplePillDebate | 27/12/25 10:39 PM |
| 7 | Men are more violent than women, not more abusive.With respect, if one person commits abuse and another does not, the average person would consider the latter morally better. The presumption society, particularly feminists, makes is that women either cannot or do not abuse others, implying they are morally superior. If this were not the intent, one would expect people to mention women's penchant for psychological abuse and the devastating impact such abuse has on people. However, that does not occur. In regards to the power imbalance, that is l… | /r/PurplePillDebate | 27/12/25 10:30 PM |
| 2 | Lack Of Preventative and Aftercare Resources for Male SAWell, 1) You are playing semantics. Your statement was, “Yes the CDC, does state that about 80% of male victims were abused by a woman, but right above that data point it states that exactly 87% of male victims of (completed or attempted) rape reported only male perpetrators. The fact remains more men fall victim to sexual assault than women in America, but the perps are bad men.” That statement makes no logical sense. Rape is a form of sexual assault, specifically forced sexual intercourse. Tha… | /r/MensRights | 20/09/23 06:07 PM |
| 1 | Lack Of Preventative and Aftercare Resources for Male SAGiven that 'made to penetrate' is considered 'rape' by most non-feminists health care professionals and in the US falls under all first-degree sexual assault/rape statutes, there is no logical reason for ignoring the higher prevelance. According to the CDC, males are three times more likely to be raped and sexually assaulted by a woman than by a man. To focus on male perpetrators is to simply ignore the reality of the problem and play into the narrative that 'women can't rape men'. | /r/MensRights | 20/09/23 05:12 PM |
| 1 | Fact Checking Feminist Claims About False Rape Accusations: Part 2I do not think a conviction proves an accusation true anymore than a refusal to prosecution proves it false. The issue is the evidence or lack thereof, and even the latter is necessarily helpful. This is why I think people should avoid making definitive statements about this issue. We simply do not know with any certainty how often false accusations occur. What we do know is that that they do occur, and many of them share characteristics and social responses. As a society, are we willing to acce… | /r/MensRights | 19/09/19 01:36 AM |
| 5 | Fact Checking Feminist Claims About False Rape Accusations: Part 2I'll first take issue with the terrible title of a blogger who isn't a researcher, but uses a smear against actual researchers that are simply writing what researchers have actually found. It's an ad hominem in the damn title and we are meant to take this seriously? The title is from the original post, so it if there is an ad hominem, it came from the feminist who wrote it, not me. Meaning that the number is likely inflated beyond what is actually true. There is no way to draw that conclusion. A… | /r/MensRights | 19/09/19 01:29 AM |
| 2 | Yes, men can be sexually assaulted. Gender stereotypes make it hard to talk about.It is written by Joanna Schroeder, so for every correct bit of information, there will be a lazy excuse for why women have it worse. I wish she was capable of talking about this issue without using old data and mentioning the typical feminist canards. | /r/MensRights | 24/08/18 02:25 PM |
| 0 | 4,444 vitcims: The travesty of sexual abuse in Australia’s Catholic ChurchesYou can support organizations like SNAP. They provide support for victims of clergy abuse and help to fight against the massive cover ups. | /r/MensRights | 14/12/17 04:32 PM |
| 5 | Clementine Ford: If it takes a village to raise a child, let it have lots of menFord is not reaching out to men out of any legitimate valuing of men. As she stated in her article, she is doing this because she does not want her son "to think that the people he can turn to for help are Daddy and a million other women." It has nothing to do with valuing men, but with what Ford considers "the daily unpaid labour we perform invisibly for the benefit of others." She does acknowledge that one of, if not the primary, reasons why men do not help strangers with their children is fea… | /r/MensRights | 09/08/17 03:00 PM |
| 3 | The UK plans to ban sexist adverts which show men failing at housework/parentingThis really is not the right approach. We should encourage advertisers not to make such ads, not ban them. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/17 02:08 PM |
| 1 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderIs not the most reasonable step to ask the boy his age? Or her son? Or ask why the boy is caring for his siblings while still in high school? To my knowledge, the woman only did the second one months later, and then only because she was filling out an application. | /r/MensRights | 13/07/17 09:22 PM |
| 1 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderI quoted the law above, and the language is again quite clear: It is not a defence to a charge under section 151 or 152, subsection 160(3) or 173(2), or section 271, 272 or 273 that the accused believed that the complainant was 16 years of age or more at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed unless the accused took all reasonable steps to ascertain the age of the complainant. Simply thinking a child is over 16 is not a defense. The link you provided listed seven factors. Based o… | /r/MensRights | 13/07/17 09:20 PM |
| 1 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderThe law states: It is not a defence to a charge [...] that the accused believed that the complainant was 16 years of age or more at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed unless the accused took all reasonable steps to ascertain the age of the complainant. The language is rather precise. Merely assuming based on sight or the child's behavior is not sufficient. More so, given how frequently children do not look their age, either due to their genetics or their deliberate attempt to… | /r/MensRights | 11/07/17 04:54 PM |
| 1 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderI would agree except that the law states that believing someone is older is not an acceptable excuse. So simply taking a person's appearance and behavior as proof of their age does not work. As for the ruling applying in cases of female victims, that is highly unlikely, particularly in Canada. Canada has a long history of letting off people, especially women, who rape boys. The courts, however, are pretty good at prosecuting men who rape girls. | /r/MensRights | 11/07/17 11:53 AM |
| 2 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderThis blog piece and the title here misrepresent the case. No, it does not. The reason the judge acquitted Barbara George is because George claimed she thought the boy was older. The judge found that George took "reasonable steps" to determine the boy's age, none of which included simply asking the boy's age. Instead: [...]George assumed C.D. was over the age of 16 because he had facial hair, a mature demeanour and apparent sexual experience. He also smoked and took care of his younger siblings. … | /r/MensRights | 11/07/17 11:48 AM |
| 16 | Canadian Supreme Court finds it’s not rape if the boy looks olderIt is not just a direct contradiction. As I states in my post, this is precisely the circumstance the law was meant to address. That is why it is worded in such a way as to place all responsibility on the adult. Merely thinking someone is of age, even if they tell you they are, is not enough. Unless you have a vagina. Then a little smattering of facial hair and a touch of maturity is all the proof you need. | /r/MensRights | 10/07/17 06:40 PM |
| 1 | When was the last time that Walt Disney had a male lead?Big Hero 6 from 2014 was the last animated film with a male lead named Hiro. It is a good film, particularly given the focus on brothers. The next male lead film (technically a Pixar film) is due out in October of this year. It is called Coco. | /r/MensRights | 13/06/17 07:12 PM |
| 14 | Nottingham sex abuse support network expands and opens centre for male victimsThis seems like a good thing, although I would like to know what services they provide. Historically female only services tends to treat male victims as abusers rather than people in need of support. One thing did stand out from the article: ... the figures are roughly one or two in 10 men will suffer some type of sexual assault. Last time I checked 2 in 10 translates into 1 in 5. So what the person meant to say is that anywhere between 10% to 20% of men experience sexual assault. See how concis… | /r/MensRights | 09/06/17 12:56 PM |
| 5 | Are more men raped in the US than women?So do women. Women tend to report their assaults more than men. We can see this in studies on military and prison sexual violence. Despite males making up the majority of the victims, proportionally females report more assaults. Also the vast majority of men who are raped in prison are heterosexual, and there is a lot of shame related to their sexuality when these men are raped While that does play a role, the primary factors for men not reporting the assaults are fear of disbelief and potential… | /r/MensRights | 08/06/17 03:06 PM |
| 2 | Are more men raped in the US than women?Based on the available information we have, chances are that males and females are raped at about the same rate. There are no studies to my knowledge combining prison rape statistics with general population statistics. I do not think one could do this without skewing the data anyway as there is likely a bit of overlap between the groups. The same holds true with counting military rape or religious-based rape. Many victims, particularly male victims, are assaulted by multiple people. One would ne… | /r/MensRights | 08/06/17 12:14 PM |
| 1 | Just saw WonderWoman, some thoughts. (Minor spoilers)It looks like the concept of the Amazons is based on a mix of Milton and Perez's versions of them, while Diana's history comes from Azzarello's take from the New 52. | /r/MensRights | 05/06/17 11:42 AM |
| 1 | Just saw WonderWoman, some thoughts. (Minor spoilers)Hippolyta tells Diana that the Amazons were created to protect mankind. This would explain why there are no children on the island other than Diana. Of course, the story was a misrepresentation told by Hippolyta, so who knows what the actual origin is. | /r/MensRights | 04/06/17 11:22 PM |
| 1 | Just saw WonderWoman, some thoughts. (Minor spoilers)They are shown to always train for the impending war with Ares. They, or at least Diana, appear versed in several modern languages, implying they have access to some information from the outside world, which would given them knowledge of other forms of fighting. | /r/MensRights | 04/06/17 11:20 PM |
| 1 | Just saw WonderWoman, some thoughts. (Minor spoilers)It is a funny line, but it is also the kind of eye rolling thing you would expect to hear from an all female society. | /r/MensRights | 04/06/17 02:43 PM |
| 4 | Just saw WonderWoman, some thoughts. (Minor spoilers)For me, most of the parts came in the beginning of the movie on the island. There is narration about the Amazons being creates to teach mankind love. There is another bit about sex. Diana explains to Steve Trevor that she read a 12 volume treatise on human sexuality. The author apparently found that while men were necessary for reproduction, they were not needed for pleasure. Another part plays through the entire film, and it is that the female villain essentially gets away with murdering hundre… | /r/MensRights | 03/06/17 02:27 PM |
| 2 | Feminist proves MRAs have a point by trying to disprove that pointI'd nominate a better MRA term: poisoned masculinity. Because the real issue is that men have been dealt a shitty hand and cope with it the best they can. I think this plays their game by saying that there is something wrong with masculinity. Even though that is not what you, that is how many feminists will take it. The better thing to do would be to talk about the factors that lead people to commit violence. If we want to talk about sexual violence, we could note a significant number of men who… | /r/MensRights | 31/05/17 05:30 AM |
| 5 | Emma 'Mattress Girl' Sulkowicz is - apparently - "Channeling Her Rage Through BDSM". For fuck's sake ...It is too early in the morning, afternoon, day, evening, and night for this level of stupidity. I think, however, that if there was any questions whether she was telling the truth about being raped, "performances" like this one provide the answer. | /r/MensRights | 26/05/17 12:34 PM |
| 15 | And there it is. Stupidest fucking thing I read all day. Male victims don't matter.If I recall correctly, the majority of the victims of shooting last year at the gay club were male. Where were all the claims that the attack was a violent act of misandry? | /r/MensRights | 23/05/17 08:11 PM |
| 31 | Rape victims to be allowed to give pre-recorded evidence to avoid the trauma of cross-examination after cases of victims killing themselves to avoid courtThat assumes it gets in front of a jury. A good prosecutor would practice the testimony with their witness prior to the trial. By the time the person takes the stand, the testimony will be so rehearsed that the delivery will not be a problem unless the person cracks. However, testifying on camera with the knowledge that no one can question what you say will prevent some of that. My understanding is that the intent is to get the accused to plea guilty before trial. If the recording is strong, the… | /r/MensRights | 19/03/17 02:43 PM |
| 1 | Why Hollywood’s siding with Brad Pitt over Angelina JolieMy understanding is that this was part of the prenuptial agreement. Should the couple divorce, Jolie would get full custody of the kids. | /r/MensRights | 01/03/17 10:29 PM |
| 4 | Mom Who’s Sick Of School Sweeping Her Son’s Abuse Under The Rug, Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands : Part of a pattern of anti-male discrimination in educationI do not usually support filing lawsuits to address problems, yet in this instance I think the parents should sue the school district. The district has a legal responsibility to protect the children in their care. Once you have a child with broken bones, it is time to do more than let the children "handle" it themselves. They are lucky the step mother is so kind. I would not have been so physically amicable with them. | /r/MensRights | 01/03/17 03:24 PM |
| 13 | Feminists are mad that Casey Affleck won an OscarHow curious. Affleck only has accusations against him and feminists want him punished. Lena Dunham admitted in her memoir she molested her sister repeatedly, yet she remains in feminists' favor. | /r/MensRights | 28/02/17 05:08 PM |
| 1 | This is what rape hysteria driven misandry looks likeGiven that most abusers know their victims, I suspect the number is fair high. | /r/MensRights | 27/02/17 05:52 PM |
| 9 | Teen Girl Sent Teen Boy 5 Inappropriate Pictures. He Faced Lifetime Registry as a 'Violent Sex Offender' or 350 Years in Jail.In practical terms, there is a four year difference between the two, so harping on his age is pointless. Should he have avoided a relationship with the girl? Probably. However, that hardly makes the situation criminal. As for the soliciting pictures, this is normal teenage before. Again, would it have been better had he not asked or the girl not sent the pictures? Yes. Yet it does not make the boy a violent sex offender. Neither does the request for sex. These kinds of cases abuse laws meant to … | /r/MensRights | 15/02/17 04:56 PM |
| 3 | 'The future is female': Hillary Clinton invokes 'lesbian separatist' mantraI would say that the DNC would have to be monumentally stupid to push for a third try, however, these are the same people who had less security on their servers than a Gmail account. | /r/MensRights | 08/02/17 07:48 PM |
| 1 | 4,444 vitcims: The travesty of sexual abuse in Australia’s Catholic ChurchesIt is highly unlikely that male victims would lie about being abused by priests. This is also a number based on several decades of abuse. The number is high, but hardly improbable given the Church's history of abuse. | /r/MensRights | 08/02/17 03:54 PM |
| -18 | Serena Williams: ‘If I were a man,’ I would have been considered the greatest a long time ago.She has a point. If you look at her number of wins, her total number of titles, and her grand slam achievements, if she were male she would be labeled the greatest of all time. I would give her the title but for one thing: women play shorter rounds during grand slams. I do not doubt Serena could go for 5 sets, but most female players cannot. Other than that, I think one could argue, based on her achievements, that she is one of, if not the, greatest living tennis players. | /r/MensRights | 27/12/16 05:53 PM |
| 128 | MTV Releases New Year's Resolutions for 'White Guys'This is brilliant. Mocking white men cost the Democrats and progressives the election. Now a large portion of white men dislike that political side. Therefore the best response is to continue to mock white men. What could go wrong? | /r/MensRights | 20/12/16 04:00 PM |
| 1 | At least 1 in 6 men have had unwanted sexual experiences, including abuse and assault. #1BlueString asks guitarists to replace one of their six strings with a blue string to support themIf you read the website, it explains why they chose the phrase "unwanted sexual experience": How people define their own experiences, and the labels they give to them (or don’t), are very important. We’re not interested in imposing labels, or even providing definitions. For our purposes, that’s not necessary or helpful. Instead, we’re offering tools for thinking about past sexual experiences that may have caused or contributed to current problems. They further explain: By “unwanted” we do not me… | /r/MensRights | 04/11/16 03:18 PM |
| 1 | At least 1 in 6 men have had unwanted sexual experiences, including abuse and assault. #1BlueString asks guitarists to replace one of their six strings with a blue string to support themThere is no "bullshit". Researchers have consistently found that about 16% of men were sexually abused as boys. This number dates back to the mid 1990s. This rate appears even when feminists attempt to manipulate the rates. I am not sure why anyone informed about the actual rate of abuse against boys would take issue with the statistic. I am more baffled by the ridiculous response that this is some sort of conspiracy. I realize that some feminists like to troll this space to make it appear that … | /r/MensRights | 04/11/16 03:03 PM |
| 3 | Vice: "Why Australian Men's Rights Activists Had Their Bullshit Documentary Banned"The most ironic part of the article is that the author has not seen the film. She likely did not watch the promo from the Kickstarter campaign. All she knows is that it is about the men's rights movement. Apparently that is reason enough to block the film. What makes it doubly ironic is that, from what I have read and heard, the film showcases examples of victimized men. So this author effectively calls talking about male domestic violence victims "bullshit". I have a rule I use when talking to … | /r/MensRights | 28/10/16 02:48 PM |
| 1 | California makes it a felony for prosecutors to withhold or alter exculpatory evidence: Most defendants are maleThis is already illegal. I can only imagine that the reason for this law is to get around the legal loopholes that protect prosecutors when they withhold evidence. I do not see, however, what would prevent the loopholes from applying under the new law. | /r/MensRights | 07/10/16 03:27 PM |
| 2 | WhiteHouse.gov Petition to change the Federal Bureau of Investigation's definition of "rape" to be more clear and more inclusiveWhile I agree with changing the definition, the one on the petition is more confusing than the original one. My suggestion would be to add two words : Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by or with a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/16 04:23 PM |
| 2 | Female police officer charged in man's deathOklahoma's penal code defines manslaughter in the first-degree as: Homicide is manslaughter in the first degree in the following cases: When perpetrated without a design to effect death by a person while engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor. When perpetrated without a design to effect death, and in a heat of passion, but in a cruel and unusual manner, or by means of a dangerous weapon; unless it is committed under such circumstances as constitute excusable or justifiable homicide. When per… | /r/MensRights | 24/09/16 07:07 PM |
| 1 | 'In most [US] states, forcing a man or boy to vaginally or anally penetrate someone counts as rape' - is this correct?Thank you. I do not think I am particularly knowledgeable or prominent enough to do a AMA. | /r/MensRights | 20/09/16 11:45 AM |
| 2 | 'In most [US] states, forcing a man or boy to vaginally or anally penetrate someone counts as rape' - is this correct?It depends on how the laws are applied and defined. For example, California would count any penetration, whether of the victim or the victim being forced to penetrate, as "rape". Yet it can also fall under "sodomy" and "forcible acts of penetration". Missouri charges cases as defined in your quote. "Rape" specifically only applies to male-on-female penetrative assaults. "Sodomy" would cover any sexual violence against males. When women commit sex offenses against minors in Missouri, it is always… | /r/MensRights | 20/09/16 11:45 AM |
| 2 | 'In most [US] states, forcing a man or boy to vaginally or anally penetrate someone counts as rape' - is this correct?Yes. | /r/MensRights | 19/09/16 03:26 PM |
| 5 | 'In most [US] states, forcing a man or boy to vaginally or anally penetrate someone counts as rape' - is this correct?Toysoldier here. The claim comes from state laws. Many states have laws that no longer require penetration of the victim for it to count as rape. I will also clarify that many states do not use "rape" but instead classify sexual violence under "sexual assault". These acts are technically rape. Note that none of these laws refer to statutory rape. These are all felony charges. There is, however, a catch. Some states that have gender neutral laws do not always apply them neutrally. For example, Mi… | /r/MensRights | 19/09/16 02:23 PM |
| 22 | Feminists want to get rid of statutes of limitations for rapeIn fairness, it is true that most rape victims do not report their assaults until many years later. As a practical matter we need to acknowledge this. Where it presents a problem is that memories fade with time. Important details can be lost. Recalling the assaults can also distort one's memory. I tend to verify the things that happened to me with my brothers and cousins, and I have a fairly good memory. But even with my good recollection, I do not think it is fair or ethical to the accused whos… | /r/MensRights | 14/09/16 03:14 PM |
| 2 | Viewpoint: Is bloodied Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh just another image?It is good that the media showed this picture. However, this is has been going on for years and there are far worse pictures out on the internet of the toll of this war on children. How long a people really going to be concerned about this boy? Will it prompt anyone to do anything? Or is this just the West's moment to pretend to care about what is happening in Syria? | /r/MensRights | 21/08/16 09:37 PM |
| 5 | Pedophile sisters who spent more than a decade abusing a young boy starting when he was only 6 have been spared jailIn other words : #WhoDidntSeeThatComing. | /r/MensRights | 19/08/16 06:38 PM |
| 2 | Resources for men in Ohio?Here is decent start. I would check each one to make sure they are still active and see exactly what they offer in terms of services. | /r/MensRights | 17/08/16 10:48 AM |
| 2 | Two women convicted for sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy over the period of 14 years are out on bail. Sentences to be determinedNo, it is more like UK law is designed to only punish male offenders. | /r/MensRights | 15/08/16 06:27 PM |
| 1 | For a much-needed laugh: a collection of the funniest titles from #FeministAMovie on Twitter. Enjoy!Some of these are quite good. I will pass this on to one of my artist friends. These seem like something he would draw. | /r/MensRights | 11/08/16 07:15 PM |
| 6 | 'We have never felt abnormal': Triplets born to Britain's first surrogate father say they have had a happy upbringing without a mother.I give him credit for raising the children by himself, especially triplets. I cannot say I agree with his decision, but at least it does not appear he tried to keep women out of the boys' lives. | /r/MensRights | 08/08/16 05:11 PM |
| 1 | Facts about male sexual abuse #3 - A male can experience an erection, orgasm, and physical pleasure during abuse.I think it depends largely on when you post. I have noticed that if I post articles during the middle of the day Central Time they receive more responses than if I post during the morning. It is possible that the post simply got buried as more articles were submitted. People occasionally link to my blog on this sub. I write primarily about male victimization, and the most popular link involve male victims of sexual violence. I have also found out about various cases, reports, studies, and servic… | /r/MensRights | 03/08/16 12:20 PM |
| 3 | Woman pleads guilty to raping a boy younger than 3, won't go to jailYet general a man would not receive a suspended 10 year sentence for raping a two year old child. Prosecutors would offer a deal with less time, but not something that would allow the accused to walk away with no real penalty. | /r/MensRights | 27/07/16 02:10 PM |
| 2 | Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos: Why is the twitter safety council such a hotbed of anti-gay bigotry?The proper response to this is to report every instance in such a progressive makes the same comment. Force those who run Twitter to reveal their double standard or ban progressive rabble rousers. | /r/MensRights | 20/07/16 03:44 PM |
| 1 | Feminists Rap About The Patriarchy!Due keep in mind that once heard it cannot be unheard. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/16 08:39 PM |
| 0 | Empty cinemas in Ghostbusters opening week. Constantly attacking your audience with vile insults doesn't seem to be a profitable strategy after allIn fairness, when I went to see the last X-Men movie, there were 17 people in the theater, including myself. So I cannot say this was entirely the fault of the hostile responses from the director and cast. The trailers were not that good, and I suspect most people simply were not interested in the film. That said, this should be a lesson to filmmakers: if you constantly insult the very crowd you want to go see the film, you may end up with a theater of empty seats. | /r/MensRights | 17/07/16 04:35 PM |
| 2 | Female teacher rapes 13 year old boy. Feminist blames toxic masculinity.No, what the article does is hold "toxic masculinity" responsible. O'Malley's position is it wrong only because of how society views Vera's actions, not that the woman raped a child and banked on her attractiveness to get away with it. | /r/MensRights | 28/06/16 12:24 PM |
| 2 | The Taliban using "Bacha Bazi", boy sex slaves, to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan. International Community Impersonate Crickets.Keep in mind that they would also killed the boys. | /r/MensRights | 22/06/16 09:35 PM |
| 4 | Ghostbusters reboot cast declare movies critics to be only men, have empty lives (tired old "losers" schtick), hate it because "women" and "only men can fight imaginary ghosts", that they live with their mother and are 45 years oldYes, insulting potential viewers is the best way to get people to pay to see your film. | /r/MensRights | 10/06/16 06:35 PM |
| 4 | #ProtectTheMeme - Jess Phillips MP claims she has received 5000 abusive tweets which state people DON'T WANT TO and WOULDN'T RAPE HER. Memetic Feminism's Implosion Continues.I love the irony of her complaint. She is essentially arguing that she wants men to want to take | /r/MensRights | 31/05/16 05:04 PM |
| 2 | The 5th-best female soccer team in the world just got crushed by an under 15 boys team...Ladybugs 2. | /r/MensRights | 26/05/16 05:07 PM |
| 10 | Revealed: British man missing for six years slipped into drink and drugs after being falsely accused of rape.I want to save this story to show to feminists who claim that men falsely accused of rape do not suffer as much as rape victims. Everything described in the article sounds like the kind of things rape victims do to cope with their trauma. A false accusation is not a victimless crime. It hurts people like any other crime. | /r/MensRights | 17/05/16 05:31 PM |
| 2 | The main reason I hate The Good Men Project.There was an interview Matlack did about a year after he left GMP. That was the article I was thinking of. | /r/MensRights | 11/05/16 02:32 PM |
| 5 | The main reason I hate The Good Men Project.Matlack actually had a fairly public falling out with feminists on Twitter before he resigned from GMP. He closed his Twitter account, so it is hard to track what happened. I will look for an article about it and post it if I can find it. | /r/MensRights | 10/05/16 02:26 PM |
| 1 | Officer's rape conviction set aside after accuser admits lieI do not know if this man is innocent, however, cases like this one show the importance of investigation and why relying solely on one person's testimony can lead to problems. | /r/MensRights | 06/05/16 05:08 PM |
| 4 | Often used as an example of "Toxic Masculinity", Anders Breivik was 'already damaged by the age of 2" by his mother and grandmotherPerhaps he is evil. Perhaps he deserves to die. That is not the issue in question. The issue in question is whether his mother's abuse caused or contributed to his behavior. I think it is difficult to claim it had little or no impact. Yes, many abused children never grow up to hurt others. But some do. In most instances, the point where they become willing to hurt others usually ties to a moment in which violence was done to them. If that act did not occur, it could reduce or prevent that abused… | /r/MensRights | 28/04/16 01:28 AM |
| 14 | Often used as an example of "Toxic Masculinity", Anders Breivik was 'already damaged by the age of 2" by his mother and grandmotherI think the connection between the two is obvious. Based on what is stated on the article, I can understand why feminism would catch Anders's ire. The ideology sounds similar to the things he heard from his mother, particularly the clinging rejection element. | /r/MensRights | 27/04/16 04:14 PM |
| 15 | Often used as an example of "Toxic Masculinity", Anders Breivik was 'already damaged by the age of 2" by his mother and grandmotherIn a way, yes, she is responsible for the man he became. While he made the choices to behave as he did, his reasons for doing it seem to stem from how his mother treated him. Had she not been so abusive, it is probable that Anders would not have attacked those people. | /r/MensRights | 27/04/16 04:12 PM |
| 2 | A Male Survivor Speaks - I am now used to 19 year old third wavers with six weeks of community college gender studies classes and a PhD in Tumblr condescendingly telling me what my experiences "mean"In terms of who is posting, comparatively speaking it is a ghost town. A very limited number of people are allowed to post there, so even if they a slightly larger number of comments, that does not necessarily mean it is because more people are participating. | /r/MensRights | 19/04/16 12:46 AM |
| 3 | Why do male feminists hate themselves so much?I do not know if they hate themselves, however, they are often put in a position where they must be overly critical of themselves and other men in order to win female feminists' favor. This tends to result in many male feminists attacking men an masculinity in a way that looks like they hate men. They are also required to constantly "check their privilege" and this too often looks like self-hatred. | /r/MensRights | 18/04/16 04:20 PM |
| 2 | No women, no rape': The warped logic of Harvard's students should disturb us all. An attack on an all male University Club.It is interesting that the backlash was about the argument over whether it is fair to keep out women. I would think the argument should be over the absurd claim that because there are no women present, no one commits rape. That completely ignores male victims of rape. But of course, one can never expect anyone to care about that. | /r/MensRights | 18/04/16 10:04 AM |
| 5 | Women gets 8 years jail and 25 years on the register for raping boy 11-13. Is this a good sentence?This is a good sentence. If the woman rejects the desk she will get 13 years, suspended down to eight. Usually women walk away with probation only. | /r/MensRights | 05/04/16 06:23 PM |
| 17 | Bullied boy turns the tables on his girl tormentor - then white knights who were watching the whole thing come.That is part of the problem. While no one wants bus drivers acting with impunity, this is a situation where the driver can see at least two kids harassing and assaulting another kid. At that point the driver should be allowed to step in and stop the assault, remove the children from the bus, and then call the police. It is absurd to think that the bus drivers would have to sit there and watch this happen and be legally bound to do nothing. Even teachers are allowed to step in. | /r/MensRights | 05/04/16 11:55 AM |
| 1 | My son is 12 - how can he be a rapist? Nightmare ordeal of boy's 'sleepover sex'But how the hell do they get away with questioning a minor without the legal guardian present? It depends on the law. Here in Illinois police are allowed to question minors without a parent or guardian in the room. In Chicago they are required to record the session, although the officer gets to choose when to turn on the recording device. Other states have different rules, and the same applies with countries. | /r/MensRights | 29/03/16 03:22 AM |
| 18 | Is nothing sacred anymore? Feminism is now going after comic book heroes who display "Toxic masculinity"This was as far as I got: Zack Snyder's film looks like it's taking a page from the work of comic writer Frank Miller... It looks like that because Snyder did take a page from Miller. The film is loosely based on the Dark Knight Returns. If you cannot be bothered to learn about the film and genre you are discussing, do us a favor and keep your mouth shut. | /r/MensRights | 22/03/16 08:09 PM |
| 1 | World number one Novak Djokovic has questioned equal prize money in tennis, suggesting men should get better awards as they have more spectatorsIn fairness, plenty of female players draw maybe crowds, so I think he is wrong on that part. I do agree, however, that it is unbalanced that female players receive the same prize money when they play fewer sets. The male players are on the court longer and often play at a higher level than the women. It makes sense that the men should earn more. They literally do more work. | /r/MensRights | 22/03/16 02:19 PM |
| 1 | [Discussion] Would you hit a women who physically attacks you?My policy is simple: if you hit me there is a strong chance I will hit you back. I am small and short, but I am stronger than I look and I will not hesitate to floor you if need be. If you do not want me to hit you, keep your hands to yourself. | /r/MensRights | 21/03/16 05:03 PM |
| 3 | All I can say is, really? If anything MRAs have done more for me than any feminist has done or ever will do.Toysoldier here. Both 1in6 and MaleSurvivor are good resources if you are in the United States. Mankind and Survivors Manchester are good resources for those in the United Kingdom. There's also a [1in6 set up for Canada](www.1in6.ca) and the Canadian Centre for Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. While some of these groups do have connections with feminist organizations, to the best of my knowledge none of them peddle feminist ideology in assisting male survivors. I visited MaleSurvivor when I… | /r/MensRights | 07/03/16 11:40 AM |
| 1 | Girl who cried UVa. gang rape pretended to be her rapist to win a boy, lawyers say. Hundreds of fantasy, fake texts. You couldn't make it up.That is from last month. I mean how will they react to the above article. | /r/MensRights | 10/02/16 08:56 PM |
| 95 | Girl who cried UVa. gang rape pretended to be her rapist to win a boy, lawyers say. Hundreds of fantasy, fake texts. You couldn't make it up.It will be interesting to see how feminists respond to this revelation. For the past year they have held to the assumption that something must have happened to Jackie. If the above article is true, then the entire story from beginning to end, including the rape claim, is false. There is no weaseling out of that. It would appear feminists simply bought the story because it sounded like what they wanted to hear. | /r/MensRights | 10/02/16 04:54 PM |
| 3 | Australia's NSW Police post reminder that men are victims of family violence too.It is well and good that the police say that we should consider men as potential victims. Unfortunately, Australia's policy on helping male victims is to send men claiming abuse to batterer's programs to determine if they are really victims and accused women to domestic violence shelters. Until that policy changes, the police's efforts will be pointeless. | /r/MensRights | 21/01/16 01:10 PM |
| 13 | Someone has described how the new feminist DV intervention system in Australia works in menslib and askfeminists. Its absolutely disgraceful. Have a read.That is absolutely disgusting yet exactly what I would expect to see in Australia. I am astounded that they would actually contact the accused before verifying the male's story. If he is telling the truth and has yet to get out if the home or at least away from the abusive woman, have they not condemned him to more abuse? Likewise, by assuming the woman is the victim until proven otherwise are they not enabling abusers to exploit the system? As for the two mentioned sub's, the usual crowd, parti… | /r/MensRights | 11/01/16 05:47 PM |
| 1 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?In fairness, the mod you mentioned is particularly ignorant of the most basic information about this issue. He has Tamen and ballgame to contend with, both of whom have corrected his misinformation with evidence. The last thing he needs are more facts. | /r/MensRights | 07/01/16 07:41 PM |
| 2 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?I would like to start a community that isn't pro-feminism, or anti-feminism, but bans the discussion of feminism entirely. I do not think that is practical when discussing men's issues. It would be like trying to discuss gay right's issues without mentioning religion. I suppose you could do it, yet I would think you would spend so much time dancing around the obvious that the conversations would go nowhere. This is essentially what happens on Men's Lib. The same thing happened with the Good Men … | /r/MensRights | 07/01/16 12:57 PM |
| 1 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?I am sure it happens sometimes. However, I must wonder how much of their personal biases play a role in their assumptions about commenters. | /r/MensRights | 07/01/16 12:47 PM |
| 3 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?At present they are convinced that I have created several fake identities and constantly spam their sub. | /r/MensRights | 06/01/16 10:11 PM |
| 7 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?I agree, however, Men's Lib attempts to position themselves as a place for men to discuss men's issues. Even with their demand for people not attack feminism, most of the reasons people are banned seem to be for simply not following the feminist narrative. As blueoak noted, what prompts a violation changes at a moment's notice. One mod deleted some of my comments for what appears to be annoyance that they received enough upvotes to be top-level comments. | /r/MensRights | 06/01/16 08:21 PM |
| 14 | I finally checked out /r/MensLib yesterday. What the hell is that place?You beat me to the comparison. Not only is it like GMP in terms of tone and how the sub is moderated, it also features the same posting quirk. For every article that is actually about men's issues they post something that either undermines that issue or is pure clickbait for feminists. | /r/MensRights | 06/01/16 06:27 PM |
| 1 | Husband and wife coerce minor to perform acts on wife. Husband gets 15 years, wife only 3.5Trauma does not always occur as a result of force. She could have experienced emotional trauma. | /r/MensRights | 23/12/15 02:42 PM |
| 2 | Woman staged 'rape' scene with knife, vodka, called 9-1-1. Her own FitBit used as evidence to show it was staged.Honestly, I simply find this case funny. I would like to think she did not even realize she had the fit bit on or that it was recording all her movements. Now we need only wait for the ridiculous excuse for her making a false claim. | /r/MensRights | 23/12/15 02:41 PM |
| 13 | Husband and wife coerce minor to perform acts on wife. Husband gets 15 years, wife only 3.5The man holding the camera causes more trauma than the woman actually raping the girl? | /r/MensRights | 22/12/15 07:34 PM |
| 2 | Star Wars 7 was a Men's Rights Movie(spoilers)I saw it more as an attempt to inject politics into the series. Rey is definitely a feminist character, and like most feminist characters she is flawless. But that is where the feminism ends. The rest of her arc is simply rehashing Luke's journey (without any of his trials). I do not think they did anything wrong with Han. It is in his character to run from settling down. The same thing happened in the novels. Leia does not walk away clean, either. She throws herself into job rather than deal wi… | /r/MensRights | 22/12/15 07:32 PM |
| 17 | Husband and wife coerce minor to perform acts on wife. Husband gets 15 years, wife only 3.5It makes no sense that the person who physically committed the harm should review a third of the sentence as the person who watched it happen. They should at least receive the same sentence. | /r/MensRights | 22/12/15 05:47 PM |
| 11 | If men focus on their own pleasure during sex, it's sexist. If they focus on their partner's pleasure, it's sexist. If they breathe air, it's sexist.Because no one else wrote it: who did not see that one coming? There is ironically no way of pleasing feminists like this. They move the goal post so much that it might as well be a baton. Who was it who told men to focus on women's pleasure? Who was it who told men that giving women pleasure was the mark of true manhood? Who was it who told men that if they focusing on women's pleasure over their own that should be pleasurable to them? Every one of those concepts comes directly from modern femi… | /r/MensRights | 21/12/15 04:47 AM |
| 9 | Has anyone else noticed how it's becoming more common for feminists to claim that they care about men's issues too, when there is an abundance of evidence that shows otherwise?It is not simply that there is evidence that feminists in general do not address men's issues. There is evidence, as shown by these feminists's comments, that some feminists are completely ignorant of men's experiences. To dismiss the prison rape statistics by citing an outdated study that does not even recognize female rapists is simply juvenile. What makes it worse is they do not even know they are wrong. They are so indoctrinated that even when presented with evidence supported by years of no… | /r/MensRights | 17/12/15 05:34 PM |
| 2 | "I am innocent, I never did it; my God I am innocent!"Images like this one were the first thing to come to my mind when Zerlina Maxwell wrote her article last year about always believing take accusations. | /r/MensRights | 16/12/15 05:41 PM |
| -1 | Cosby sues 7 accusers for defamation, seeks damages and retractionsFrom a technical position that is likely the. From a PR position he spent the better part of a year being pummeled in the news by accusation after accusation and now decided to strike back. It looks bad, and can easily be deflected because even if these seven accusations are false that would not explain away the other twenty three. | /r/MensRights | 15/12/15 04:22 PM |
| 1 | Stop encouraging boys to 'say no to feminism'She is not wrong that feminism is not designed to address men's issues. The problem is the contradiction between that admission and what feminists typically say about feminism, namely that it is for everyone. It cannot be both for everyone and really about women. It must be one or the other, and it tends to be the latter. Of course, most feminists will not admit that... unless you do what Poole did and call them on the contradiction. Then they will readily admit that feminism is not so much abou… | /r/MensRights | 15/12/15 04:19 PM |
| 3 | Cosby sues 7 accusers for defamation, seeks damages and retractionsI suspect the reason he only went after seven is because those may be the only ones his lawyers think they can prove are false or unfounded. I doubt they have enough to cover the other 23. However, from a PR position this looks as bad as the accusations themselves. Had he done this immediately it would have played differently. Now it looks like he wants to trash the accusers. | /r/MensRights | 15/12/15 04:06 PM |
| 3 | Playing to fantasies: why we excuse female rapists - "We not only have an existing tradition of holding males accountable for protecting themselves, but also a modern tradition of excusing women’s behavior by blaming it on men."That really is a fantastic point. So much of what we hear is "This is what I would've done if I were him." It has nothing to do with what actually happened to the victim. It is all about the adults justifying their fantasies. If that hurts boys who women preyed on, so be it. These are the same people who would say they would love being raped by a woman as a man. They never factor in what happens when they do not want to have sex with their fantasy rapist. | /r/MensRights | 11/12/15 06:24 PM |
| 3 | Self proclaimed male feminist writes article on Clementine Ford calling for de-escalation and inclusive discussion - gets eviscerated by feminists in comments.Did anyone expect otherwise? Did anyone honestly think that the feminist response would be to accept the call for lessening the anti-male vitriol because it hosts feminists potential allies? | /r/MensRights | 08/12/15 04:39 PM |
| 6 | Sports media mocks Tim Tebow over abstinence pledge -- Men can't win. We're either potential rapists or prudes for not having sex.No, that was the media focusing on him because of his religious views. | /r/MensRights | 04/12/15 02:25 PM |
| 1 | The hypocrisy of male feminists: Hugo Schwyzer, Kayle Payne, Jian Ghomeshi, Hart Noecker and now James Deen... Who will be the next one?I will try when I get access to a computer. | /r/MensRights | 04/12/15 02:24 PM |
| 1 | The hypocrisy of male feminists: Hugo Schwyzer, Kayle Payne, Jian Ghomeshi, Hart Noecker and now James Deen... Who will be the next one?I am not sure. The comments were deleted somewhere around 2011. | /r/MensRights | 03/12/15 10:47 PM |
| 32 | Sports media mocks Tim Tebow over abstinence pledge -- Men can't win. We're either potential rapists or prudes for not having sex.If Tebow does not want to have sex, what difference does it make? Why attack him over it? Even if you do not agree with his religious views (I certainly do not), does he not have the right to say with whom and under what circumstances he wants to have sex? | /r/MensRights | 03/12/15 06:07 PM |
| 4 | The hypocrisy of male feminists: Hugo Schwyzer, Kayle Payne, Jian Ghomeshi, Hart Noecker and now James Deen... Who will be the next one?He did, but here is the interesting part: when he first admitted this on his blog, feminists praised him for taking responsibility (I would link to this, but Schwyzer changed his server and blog design and deleted the old comments). It was only when he crossed black feminists and they criticized him over it that other feminists went after him for the suicide/murder attempt. Even then, many prominent feminists still supported him, including people like Michael Flood and Jessica Valenti. | /r/MensRights | 03/12/15 01:06 PM |
| 11 | Amnesty International isn’t concerned about the human rights of men and boysAt least they are being honest now. It was not long enough when they would have offered some halfhearted argument about a lack of space or not enough time to include anyone new. It is good that Mike published these. People need to see not only how ridiculous the response was, but how sensible Mike in his request. It makes them look biased to refuse him solely on his disagreement with their ideology. | /r/MensRights | 02/12/15 08:53 PM |
| 1 | Can we talk about r/MensLib?I would not say it is the opposite, although I would agree it is often counterproductive. | /r/MensRights | 01/12/15 07:31 PM |
| 9 | Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus, new study suggestsThe study is somewhat misleading. While the structure of the brain is important, so is how it works. To say that men and women are not different because their brains look similar is like saying there is no difference between a house cat and wild cat. How those cats behave will determine how similar they actually are and the same applies to the human brain. | /r/MensRights | 01/12/15 01:17 PM |
| 2 | Can we talk about r/MensLib?I find that if you give people time they will eventually show what they are really about. Here is a recent comment from Dewey_Darl, one of the mods, in response to criticism about the sub's attack on the men's rights movement: We feel that two different standards for the MRM and the feminist movement is appropriate, because we feel that the movements are qualitatively quite different. We know this is a controversial viewpoint on reddit. There are other subs, like OneY, that treat feminism and th… | /r/MensRights | 26/11/15 08:34 PM |
| 1 | Do mods on literally every subreddit that is somehow related to women delete anything that questions the feminist narrative?It is not the subs so much as it is the moderators. If the mod has an ideological bias then they will likely delete dissenting comments. However, they sometimes do this to avoid feminists and progressives from attacking them. | /r/MensRights | 25/11/15 02:46 PM |
| 4 | My son asked me, "Dad, how did you know how to be a great dad when your father wasn't?"There are some men who ignore their responsibilities. I wonder, however, how many of those men grew up without fathers. How many of them never had any men in their lives? Or how many of them only had uninterested or abusive men their lives? We are very quick to challenge men for failing to do their job as fathers without considering that many of them never saw what a father should be or how he should act. | /r/MensRights | 23/11/15 10:41 PM |
| 1 | Woman Arrested for After Abducting a Man and Making Him Her Sex Slave for Three DaysIt depends on what penalty sexual torture carries in Mississippi. I was unable to find anything about the sentencing. My guess is that it carries a lesser sentence than rape ir sexual assault. The kidnapping charge will carry the bigger sentence. | /r/MensRights | 11/11/15 07:08 PM |
| 5 | Male Definition of Masculinity Is a Surprise - Toxic Masculinity DebunkedIn short, we have a study telling us that men defined masculinity as they have for the last 10,000 years. The only way this result is surprising is if one buys into the feminist narrative of "toxic masculinity." Anyone who studies history or spends time around men and boys would already know that men value honor, self-reliance, and respect over sexual conquests. | /r/MensRights | 07/11/15 06:31 PM |
| 1 | A visibly annoyed Cassie Jaye responds to Futrelles false accusations, accusations of bias in general, confirms that mra's contributed the minority of pledges.I hope this spells the end of Futrelle and his antics. He is one of the most dishonest people I have ever encountered. When he does not misrepresent people's comments and positions (often out of context), he lies about them. It does not take much to see this. One need only read his blog to see how selective he is with his quote mining. He never goes after average people or general comments. He either selects the most offensive comment or attacks provocateurs like Paul Elam. Perhaps this situatio… | /r/MensRights | 05/11/15 01:19 PM |
| 0 | What is the deal with male feminists?I do not agree with the insult, however, I do think many male feminists engage in much self-loathing. | /r/MensRights | 03/11/15 04:35 PM |
| 6 | TL;DR - Melissa Harris-Perry Doesn't Understand Hard WorkMy former foster mother banned our entire home from watching MSNBC from 9 to 11 am on weekends solely because of how much she hates MHP. And this is a woman intent on voting for Bernie Sanders. | /r/MensRights | 28/10/15 08:56 PM |
| 11 | "It’s important to acknowledge any human being that experiences violence but we need to make sure our response to domestic violence maintains a gendered focus" -- Karyn WalshIf you ever wanted a clear example of what goes on in domestic violence shelters, this article is it. This is the mentality driving most support services. How does one begin to help men if one starts from the premise that women inherently have it worse? If one considers domestic violence something that men do to women, how can one even understand what prompts women's violence against men? It is as precise an admission that they do not care about male victims they make without flat out saying the… | /r/MensRights | 24/10/15 02:09 PM |
| 4 | Made To Penetrate Included In FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Rape GuidelinesI suspect that the response is also meant to deflect the criticism the definition received. Several media outlets pointed out that the definition, at face value, appears to leave out female-on-male rape. The FBI certainly received its fair share of complaints from advocates for male victims and men's rights activists. It may be that the higher-ups decided to use the loosest interpretation of the definition in an effort to quell the dissent. The definition can be read to apply in instances of for… | /r/MensRights | 24/10/15 12:36 AM |
| 3 | Made To Penetrate Included In FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Rape GuidelinesI assumed that would be the response. The next question is how does the FBI know if the police departments reporting their cases used the same definition? How do they know those cases were not called and therefore categorized as something else? | /r/MensRights | 23/10/15 06:03 PM |
| 1 | Rape Numbers Rise Along With FBI’s ‘More Inclusive Definition’ of RapeThe report does not list the crimes by sex. I think it would be unwise to assume all or most of the newly counted crimes involved male victims. Many of these cases likely include female victims of anal rape, oral rape, or something like date rape. | /r/MensRights | 23/10/15 12:39 AM |
| 2 | Rape Numbers Rise Along With FBI’s ‘More Inclusive Definition’ of RapeThe new definition says no such thing. It is still not legally possible to use a vagina as a instrument of rape. Page 2 shows that technically the act would count as rape if it were considered "the carnal knowledge of a person." Where it gets tricky is the sodomy and sexual assault with an object. The former would cover most instances of male-on-male sexual violence, meaning that if a man raped another man, the FBI would not count it as rape per se. They would simply aggregate it with the other … | /r/MensRights | 23/10/15 12:38 AM |
| 6 | Rape Numbers Rise Along With FBI’s ‘More Inclusive Definition’ of RapeRepresentatives from the FBI claim the new definition counts those acts, but as you can see there is no way to verify that each police department will use it. It is possible and probable that male victims will still go uncounted. | /r/MensRights | 22/10/15 05:02 PM |
| 3 | All-new South Park episode "Safe Space" is amazing. Thank you Trey Parker and Matt StoneThis season seems to focus on taking the piss right out of the progressive left. This episode did a spectacular job of it, particularly with the song. Someone should be kind and forward it to the most outspoken social justice warriors. | /r/MensRights | 22/10/15 04:58 PM |
| 1 | Why sex that’s consensual can still be bad. And why we’re not talking about it.Articles like this one make me wonder if the people writing them have ever had sexual encounters with men. Let us take the assertion from the article that the female orgasm remains "elusive." What man is unconcerned about making a woman orgasm? Is this not something that men brag about? Do they not claim that they made women have multiple, flesh-quivering orgasms as a way of proving their sexual prowess? While I am sure there are plenty of men who do not care about their partners enough to make … | /r/MensRights | 21/10/15 11:24 AM |
| 5 | First-ever all boys shelter to help male sex trafficking victims built in Central FloridaIn many instances the reason for the lack of services is the assumption that they are not needed because few male victims come forward. Unfortunately, one of the reasons for this is because no one looks for them. The article notes that there are dozens of services for female victims, few of which reach out to or will accept male victims. How can you help someone you do not think exists? | /r/MensRights | 20/10/15 08:50 PM |
| 4 | First-ever all boys shelter to help male sex trafficking victims built in Central FloridaThe article begins with a clunky recounting of a girl who was trafficked as a child, however, the rest of the article highlights make victim's need of support services. It is good to see people are finally taking this issue seriously. | /r/MensRights | 20/10/15 07:36 PM |
| 11 | Grandmother, 62, walks free from court despite admitting she groomed 15-year-old boy and used him as 'sexual plaything'Unfortunately, this is how UK law works. UK does not recognize women as potential rapists, so they cannot receive rape sentences. The worst they can receive are sexual assault sentences, and judges have a great deal of room on how they can issue the sentence. This is the sort of thing keeps male victims from coming forward. | /r/MensRights | 17/10/15 08:21 PM |
| 2 | How not to report on child sexual abuse: An 11-year-old boy does not “have sex with” his adult babysitterWell, previous cases with young male victims did not prompt this much concern. I think the victim's age plays a role, yet I think the general increased coverage and awareness, which is something many feminists oppose, has had an affect. People are beginning to see how wrong this type of double standard is at face value. | /r/MensRights | 07/10/15 06:15 PM |
| 5 | 1BlueString asks guitarists to replace one of their six strings with a blue string to symbolize and support the 1 in 6 men sexually abused in childhoodSome of the comments here make think a few regulars may be feminist trolls. The upcoming alone is questionable. As for the 1 in 6 rate, researchers have found it in dozens of studies since 1996. It is highly unlikely the number, which counts all unwanted sexual contact, is false. I would ask people to use a little sense, and perhaps stop falling into feminist traps. The number is legitimate, as is the concern for boys. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/15 09:31 PM |
| 0 | CNN wants you to feel really sorry for this woman who was just executed. After all, she only murdered her husband.I disagree with the death penalty in general, so I find the woman's execution immoral. I do think the media focus has been on this person being female, however, this not the first time the media pushed for sympathy for a death row inmate. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/15 12:21 PM |
| 1 | Salon, pedophilia, and defending a “monster”No, it would backfire. It would only associate men in general with pedophiles. Men do not benefit from the assumptions women do. You can accuse a woman of the worst behavior and people will still feel sorry for her. In contrast, I have read people saying we should take 10-year-old boys accused of sexual abuse out into the yard and shoot them. | /r/MensRights | 28/09/15 11:19 PM |
| 1 | Salon, pedophilia, and defending a “monster”I made no comparison of men's rights to pedophilia. I simply think this is a topic men's rights activists would care about out of general concern. | /r/MensRights | 28/09/15 08:52 PM |
| 1 | Salon, pedophilia, and defending a “monster”I do not think the two issues should be conflated. One is about a misguided perception based on a fundamentalist pseudo religion while the other is a logical conclusion drawn from limited information. I would like people to realize all men are not a threat to children without having to argue that all pedophiles are not a threat to children, namely because all men are not pedophiles. | /r/MensRights | 28/09/15 08:49 PM |
| 1 | Salon, pedophilia, and defending a “monster”I do not think there is an angle outside of this being a general issue that should concern men, particularly those with children. | /r/MensRights | 28/09/15 06:27 PM |
| 1 | The Vicious Cycle Of Abused Boys In AfghanistanI spotted this article early this morning. It features an interview with a member of Hagar International. The organization is one of the few groups actually doing anything to help the boys in Afghanistan. I found it very insightful because it covers some of the issues that boys face, particularly how many of the abusers are helped by the police and that the boys can be arrested if they come forward. The accounts shared in the interview are rather tame compared to some of the other cases I read a… | /r/MensRights | 26/09/15 11:42 PM |
| 3 | U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of BoysSo you watched the hour-long segment and saw this exchange: NARRATOR: At his restaurant, Dastager's friend Gholom introduced Najibullah to the bacha bazi boy he owns, 14-year-old Nemat. GHOLOM: [subtitles] He's Daddy's boy. Daddy's boy. NARRATOR: Najibullah, sensing that all was not right with the boy, asked to speak to him alone. NEMAT: [subtitles] We've fallen out. We woke up at 3 am and started fighting. GHOLOM: [subtitles] Tell him to make peace. NARRATOR: Gholom agreed. [subtitles] NAJIBULL… | /r/MensRights | 21/09/15 11:11 AM |
| 1 | U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of BoysIs this true? Do the boys who agree to have sex with Afghan men in exchange for money really face ostracization, shame, etc. by the other citizens of Afghanistan? And is this humiliation specifically for the fact that they were sodomized? These boys are not agreeing to do anything. The vast majority of them are threatened, sold, or kidnapped. Even if they were child prostitutes, there is no excuse for chaining a boy to a bed for weeks. So let us stop with the idea that boys are bringing it on th… | /r/MensRights | 21/09/15 10:55 AM |
| 9 | U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of BoysI have written about this for years. Not only has the United States government ignored it, but so have the Canadian and British governments. The part I found most disgusting was the government changing the Army field manual to restrict soldiers from criticizing the acts. So not only are they not allowed stop child rape, they are prevented from even saying it is wrong. As if it were not enough that we ignore child rape, we are giving money to the rapists to get their help in fighting the Taliban … | /r/MensRights | 21/09/15 01:19 AM |
| 2 | U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of BoysNo, this is not on Obama alone. Bush also turned a blind eye to the rapes because the warlords helped Coalition forces fight the Taliban and their supporters. | /r/MensRights | 21/09/15 01:09 AM |
| 1 | Should MRA's post on Men's Lib?In answer to your question, I think that men's rights activists should post in the sub, however, they should also be aware that their views are largely unwanted. The space is largely for discussing men's issues through a feminist lens. If MRAs go there with the intent to challenge feminism, it will not end well. The problem I have with the sub is that it seems many of the people involved, certainly most of the mods, have little to no knowledge about the issues they wish to discuss. For example, … | /r/MensRights | 19/09/15 03:22 PM |
| 5 | Judge ordered the removal of a YouTube video produced by a 13-year-old boy that exposes the sexual and physical abuse that he and his brother endured while in CPS foster care.In typical CPS fashion, there is no legal reason given. The article states: The judge assigned to the case, Judge Keith Dean of Dallas County, ordered Mrs. Cook to take down the YouTube video. He made her take it down while she was standing in the courtroom. Cook told Breitbart Texas that the CPS worker and the ad litem had angrily discussed the video while in the hallway but were very careful about was said on the court record. The Judge had signed an order whereby she could be held in contempt… | /r/MensRights | 17/09/15 01:18 AM |
| 2 | Is Jessica Valenti finally just losing the plot? The staff at the Guardian seem to think so.I love her admission: the reason she does not like comments is that people do not always agree with her. She only wants to read comments from people supporting her views. If people are going to have the gall to question what she writes, then there should be no commenting. In short, when she wants to hear your opinion, she will give it to you. | /r/MensRights | 12/09/15 02:57 PM |
| 2 | Wiki uses the same CDC source as the FAQ yet comes to completely different conclusions.I had to revert edits several times already as there appears to be a concerted attempt to obscure the rate of female-on-male sexual violence. | /r/MensRights | 06/09/15 04:54 PM |
| 2 | Wiki uses the same CDC source as the FAQ yet comes to completely different conclusions.I edited the section to include the other statistics. It is dishonest to present the statistics as if the CDC stated women never commit sexual violence when the reality is that the CDC researchers specifically excluded "being made to penetrate" to lower the rate of rape against male victims. I will see how long it lasts until the section is changed back. | /r/MensRights | 05/09/15 06:06 PM |
| 2 | 71% believe political correctness is a problem in the US. Only 18% disagreeSo they agree political correctness is a problem. Now what will they do about it? Despite most people apparently disliking the PC control, they are also too afraid to say or do anything to prevent it. | /r/MensRights | 29/08/15 04:27 PM |
| 3 | This is how Mary P. Koss, one of the most prominent feminist researchers in the field of sexual violence in the United States, feels about male rape victims.Koss's comments were part of an interview. | /r/MensRights | 27/08/15 11:55 PM |
| 4 | This is how Mary P. Koss, one of the most prominent feminist researchers in the field of sexual violence in the United States, feels about male rape victims.It appears the audio is from a few months ago. I highly doubt Koss has changed her mind in that time. | /r/MensRights | 25/08/15 03:37 AM |
| 3 | This is how Mary P. Koss, one of the most prominent feminist researchers in the field of sexual violence in the United States, feels about male rape victims.Being penetrated is much worse than getting enveloped. No, it is not. One may have a greater potential for injury, but both carry the same emotional and psychological trauma. I felt far worse lacking any control over getting an erection than I am when someone put something into my body. | /r/MensRights | 25/08/15 03:36 AM |
| 2 | WTF, New York Post? Why Are You Advocating Rape?Personally? Every minor he had sex with, coupled with every video he owned/distributed. Very well. Let us assume Fogle 1,000 videos. He should then be raped 1014 times. Then what? Do we let him go? Do we treat him for the physical and psychological damage he suffered as a result of this punishment? People can't make this into a "regret" scenario. I do not think anyone is making this into a "regret" scenario. This is an issue of basic morality. One cannot say that raping people is wrong and then … | /r/MensRights | 23/08/15 08:29 PM |
| 1 | WTF, New York Post? Why Are You Advocating Rape?Stating that feminists on reddit complained about the headline is not a counter argument given that I acknowledged feminists are talking about this. I am not questioning that they are talking about it; I am questioning their sudden concern for something they typically do not talk about. | /r/MensRights | 23/08/15 03:14 PM |
| 2 | Please Check the Temperature of Hell: Jezebel Finally Calls It Rape - "Ex-Cheerleader and Healthy Living Author Pleads Guilty to Rape of 15-Year-Old Boy"In fairness, it has nothing to do with anyone at Jezebel believing this was rape. The woman literally plead guilty to rape. There is no other way to decently report that other than stating, "Ex-Cheerleader and Healthy Living Author Pleads Guilty to Rape of 15-Year-Old Boy." | /r/MensRights | 23/08/15 03:07 PM |
| 4 | WTF, New York Post? Why Are You Advocating Rape?I am curious: at what point is it no longer okay? At what point can we say that Fogle, for example, has been raped enough? Or is there no limit? | /r/MensRights | 23/08/15 02:56 PM |
| 0 | WTF, New York Post? Why Are You Advocating Rape?It is interesting to see the feminist take on this. For years feminists ignored victim advocates and men's rights activists who called out these kinds of jokes. Ampersand in particular repeatedly wrote off male victims of rape. Yet now they suddenly care so much about this issue. I highly doubt it is because they actually take any issue with the joke, let alone that any of them think it is wrong to rape men and boys. I think it is simply a matter of exploiting the joke because it fits their "rap… | /r/MensRights | 23/08/15 02:53 PM |
| 2 | Woman accused of getting 13-year-old boy drunk, raping him: '"...He made me feel very happy, I felt like I was loved for once, but I don't think it was love. I think I was used," she wrote'Missouri's sodomy law does not require force. That is one element. The state would need only prove that the victim was either incapacitated, incapable or consenting, or forced. Porter admitted the boy was drunk, so that meets the legal standard for proving the boy was too intoxicated to consent. He is also under the legal age of consent and therefore automatically incapable of giving his consent. The element force may be difficult to prove because it is the boy's word against Porter's, but that … | /r/MensRights | 02/08/15 11:15 PM |
| 1 | Knoxville woman charged with raping a minor. Where's the feminist outcry?I'd like to understand: why are feminists supposed to have an outcry when women do bad things? It is a matter of holding them to their own standards. Every week there is an article or blog post reblogged and retweeted hundreds of times calling for men to decry some random act of violence a single committed against a single woman. Yet women a woman commits a bad act, particularly against boys, all the feminists go silent. They do not feel the need to even state the act was wrong, let alone expres… | /r/MensRights | 02/08/15 11:08 PM |
| 9 | Woman accused of getting 13-year-old boy drunk, raping him: '"...He made me feel very happy, I felt like I was loved for once, but I don't think it was love. I think I was used," she wrote'I'm hoping they're going for statutory because they know they can convict on that. No, it appears the prosecutors went with statutory rape because Missouri law does not count males as potential rape victims. They could have charged Porter with sodomy, but that is a higher class felony. It seems the prosecutors chose the lowest charge they could given the evidence they have. That is remarkable considering the victims claims Porter choked him, pinned him to the bed, and raped him. That is the ster… | /r/MensRights | 02/08/15 08:17 PM |
| 3 | Prominent Feminist Julie Burchill’s son Jack (29) commits suicideIt doesn't seem to matter that this guy killed himself, only that he was the son of a piece of shit tabloid hack. Nobody seems to care who he was or why he killed himself. To the contrary, that is the point of this thread. Read what Burchill wrote. Now think about it in context to her son's suicide. Do you see a potential connection? Do you think Burchill masked her opinions when around her son? She mentioned in an interview that she did not get along with her oldest son and had not seen him in … | /r/MensRights | 04/07/15 09:20 PM |
| 3 | John Oliver on harassment against President Correa... with the ACTUAL context it was delivered in.Can I just link the same exact study you linked? Of course. However, it is important to note that the level of severity comes from the respondents' perceptions. We do not have the exact comments that were used, only the way those on the receiving end took them. In other words, we do not know that women are more likely to actually be physically threatened. We only know they are more likely to consider the harassment they receive physically threatening. This is important because it gets to the hea… | /r/MensRights | 24/06/15 12:12 AM |
| 3 | John Oliver on harassment against President Correa... with the ACTUAL context it was delivered in.The nature of Sarkessian's threats is relevant because Oliver argued that they represented sexism against women. However, in many instances the threats and harassment are little more than "Fuck you, you lying cunt. You didn't even play the game." I agree that is not polite, but it is not harassment or a threat, let alone sexist. It also rarely happens without Sarkessian tweeting something that provokes a response. The E3 situation is a fine example. She lied about the press pass and received man… | /r/MensRights | 23/06/15 06:24 PM |
| 5 | John Oliver on harassment against President Correa... with the ACTUAL context it was delivered in.The context of the Correa bit is one thing. The comparison with Sunday's bit is another. A recent Pew study shows that men face more online harassment than women, yet Oliver presented the issue as if women are the primary target. We all know why he and his writers did this. They are progressives and they largely agree with the spin progressive media places on this issue. I suspect if Oliver has a response, it will be to mocked those claiming that men experience harassment. That is the typical pr… | /r/MensRights | 23/06/15 02:54 PM |
| 12 | Columbia writer’s ‘Avengers’ parody pokes fun at ‘men’s rights activists,’ gains national attentionWas he trying? Or does he think he is actually funny? I do love that someone claiming to be from the Huffington Post offered to run it on their site. The story, artwork, and point of the comic is just pathetic, sexist, and short-sighted enough for HuffPo. | /r/MensRights | 16/06/15 05:29 PM |
| 17 | Columbia Student: I Didn’t Rape Her - Paul Nungesser was cleared of a rape charge but faced a harsh trial-by-media. Now, as new details come to light, he’s speaking out and fighting back.More problematic than damning. They are difficult to explain away. Even feminists who are typically good making excuses are having a hard time with this. In terms of prosecution, I think this one is harder to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. It is hard to argue the man is a violent threat when you send him messages that read, "lol yusss Also I feel like we need to have some real time where we can talk about life and thingz because we still haven’t really had a paul-emma chill sesh since summmmer… | /r/MensRights | 03/02/15 10:08 PM |
| 1 | The UK has just enacted a new guilty until proven innocent policy on rape accusations.The K and B case states: Where the Crown rebutted the presumption of doli incapax ("incapable of crime") in respect of two girls aged 14 and 11, those girls could be convicted of aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring a rape and indecent assault, even though the Crown had not rebutted the presumption of doli incapax in respect of the principal offender. Note the emphasis. The girls could not be convicted of rape. They could, however, be convicted of compelling someone else (presumably male)… | /r/MensRights | 30/01/15 03:35 AM |
| 2 | In Plain Sight: The Rape of Afghan’s Boys - "The issues men face must be addressed directly and based on their own merit, not the defense or liberation of women."To be fair, the article covers stories I read before. The first time I read about the incident where the man said he likes to use the knife on boys I had to walk around to keep calm. One would think that kind of abuse would make people act, but it did not. Instead, the Canadian government continued to work with people who like to cut boys as they rape them. | /r/MensRights | 30/01/15 03:21 AM |
| 3 | The UK has just enacted a new guilty until proven innocent policy on rape accusations.Do you have a link to the case or the actual title of the case so I can look at it myself? To my knowledge, no woman in the UK has been charged with rape. If this is the case with the two girls you are referring to, it happened in Florida, not the UK, and the girls were charged with felony armed sexual assault and kidnapping, not rape. The worst case of a woman raping children that I know of is the case of Vanessa George. She, and three other women, raped dozens of infants and toddlers, recorded… | /r/MensRights | 29/01/15 08:03 PM |
| 12 | The UK has just enacted a new guilty until proven innocent policy on rape accusations.The law isn't being changed; this is just about guidelines for the police and CPS when investigating cases and deciding whether or not to prosecute. That is true. It appears that this policy will only apply during the investigating process, and is no different than asking the accused what proof he has that the accuser consented. And the guidelines on consent are gender neutral. That remains unclear. In a BBC interview, Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders specifically refers to a scen… | /r/MensRights | 29/01/15 05:59 PM |
| 9 | Feminists say the dictionary definition of feminism is wrong.Is she saying that, since women, on the aggregate, are more disadvantaged than men, we cannot possibly narrow the scope to one specific matter and consider, for one second, that a woman may have advantages or privileges that a male does not? No, she is saying that due to the way "oppression" works, it is not possible for anyone belonging to the "oppressor" group to be "oppressed." Feminists believe that "oppression" stems from a system of "institutionalization," i.e. that it exists on a fundamen… | /r/MensRights | 27/01/15 09:02 PM |
| 0 | Tulsa woman sentenced to five life terms in sex abuse of young boyThat's a good thing, right? I agree it is a good thing. It is simply surprising. I am used to seeing women receiving a three to five-year sentences for years of abuse. It is unusual to see a woman receive a harsh sentence for months of abuse. Five consecutive life sentences may seem kind of silly, but sometimes it's necessary to avoid the possibility of parole. Not to mention it has that kind of shock value that can serve as a deterrent for anyone ever doing this again. I doubt this sentence wil… | /r/MensRights | 26/01/15 10:45 PM |
| 1 | Tulsa woman sentenced to five life terms in sex abuse of young boyWhy do you not think someone who rapes children should be removed from society forever? For the same reason I do not think someone who murders should be removed from society forever: people can change. And before you attempt the argument, I was abused for most of my childhood. I am well aware of what it is like, what those types of people are like, and what the impact of abuse is. That is precisely the reason I support rehabilitation and parole. One life sentence would allow the possibility of p… | /r/MensRights | 26/01/15 10:41 PM |
| 3 | Tulsa woman sentenced to five life terms in sex abuse of young boyThere is nothing wrong with me. I simply find it excessive to sentence someone to five consecutive life sentences. One will do, but even that is rather extreme when five 10-year consecutive sentences would get the same result. To put this in perspective: this woman received more time for abusing one child than Jerry Sandusky did for abusing a dozen children over several decades. I understand the desire to punish her. I want her in prison. However, this sentence is extreme. That said, I am rather… | /r/MensRights | 26/01/15 08:55 PM |
| 5 | Why The Disconnect In Feminists?Why is it that men are drilled and hammered with responsibilities, extending so far as supporting someone else's kids born to your wife [...] while women have been so far removed from the idea of taking responsibility that many don't even understand the concept? Feminists argue that all problems stem from men's oppression of women. If women bore any responsibility for their problems, that would act as counter evidence to feminists' claims. It would show that men are not all-powerful oppressors a… | /r/MensRights | 26/01/15 05:21 PM |
| 4 | Watch What Happens When These Boys Are Asked to Slap a Girl.....would anyone dare to reverse it?More interesting is that the article complains about the boys not hitting the girl, as if it were a bad thing. So here we have feminists getting exactly what they want and still whining. | /r/MensRights | 06/01/15 12:44 AM |
| 3 | Can feminists and MRAs work together?Third wave feminists tend to be the one leading the charge to shut down any discussion. These are your Jessica Valentis, Lindy Wests, Melissa McEwans, Amanda Marcottes, and Amanda Hesses. I do not see any of them bending for the sake of conversation. For example, Hess admitted that the feminist support for the UVA accuser Jackie was ridiculous solely because of had bad it made feminists look. | /r/MensRights | 19/12/14 12:43 AM |
| 2 | Can feminists and MRAs work together?I have not seen it work offline either. It usually becomes an argument over which views should be accepted rather than an open discussion. The only way I can see it work is if the people involved are friends. | /r/MensRights | 19/12/14 12:40 AM |
| 6 | Can feminists and MRAs work together?Years ago, I participated on a blog called Feminist Critics. The goal of the blog is to foster the type of conversation between feminists and men mentioned above. It did not work. No matter what my fellow co-bloggers and I did to ensure a balanced conversation, feminists would not participate in open discussion unless they could make the rules and control the space. The same thing happened at The Good Men Project. This was a feminist attempt to create a men's space, and at present men, particula… | /r/MensRights | 18/12/14 04:37 PM |
| 7 | UK government creates new fund for male rape victimsThere is already a fund for female rape victims. It receives £4 million every year. | /r/MensRights | 12/12/14 09:03 PM |
| 1 | Lena Dunham, with a libel lawsuit hanging over her head from her false rape accusation levied at an innocent man, pens a damage control piece where she claims to be attacked by right wing misogynists and rambles like crazy about how she is a "good person" for speaking out about rape. Must read.I am not inclined to read Dunham's piece given that she defended molesting sister. When she owns up to that I will take her more seriously. | /r/MensRights | 10/12/14 11:36 PM |
| 0 | No Charges in Eric Garner Chokehold Case for N.Y.P.D. Officer [They have them killing that man on tape and still didn't get an indictment...This one really gets to me.]That may not happen. New York state rarely releases grand jury minutes. Even if it happened, I doubt it would reveal any information different than what we see on the video. | /r/MensRights | 04/12/14 01:18 AM |
| 2 | "The Drastic Overreach of the NJ “Rape by Fraud” Bill" - Amanda Marcotte [Yes hell has frozen over and she's calling for moderation.]I did not want to read the article, however, having read it I must correct title. Marcotte is not calling for moderation because she disagrees with the law. Her problem with the law is: it gives those who oppose any legislation attempting to address sexual abuse (affirmative consent laws, for instance) the ability to point and say: Look, those crazies think everything is rape, even fibbing! Marcotte's concern is solely for how moronic the law makes feminists look, not the utter stupidity of the … | /r/MensRights | 26/11/14 08:58 PM |
| 1 | A Letter to a Poser - Toy Soldier's open letter to Chris KluweI am comparing the behaviors in severity, just as I am talking about whether the behavior of a few individuals characterizes the group as a whole. The majority of the GamerGate supporters write neutral comments. In contrast, a large part of the anti-gamer crowd writes harassing, dismissive, insulting comments directed at gamers. We do not know that anyone from the GamerGate community sent death or rape threats. What we do know is that Brianna Wu and Anita Sarkeesian made those claims and their s… | /r/MensRights | 29/10/14 04:24 PM |
| 1 | A Letter to a Poser - Toy Soldier's open letter to Chris KluwePointing out a rhetorical error and turning around and using the same rhetorical error a couple paragraphs later is, in fact, the very picture of hypocrisy. Actually, it is not. Hypocrisy is not saying one thing and doing another. It is saying you believe or agree with something when you do not. | /r/MensRights | 28/10/14 01:04 PM |
| 1 | A Letter to a Poser - Toy Soldier's open letter to Chris KluweI am holding holding both groups to the same standard. One group is accused of harassing women despite that the evidence shows otherwise, whereas the other group so frequently harasses the first that someone felt it completely reasonable to tweet that people should bring back bullying. One group is accused of hating women because they do not want feminism in their games, whereas the other group unleashed a concerted flame war against the first that reached cable news. To my knowledge, not a sing… | /r/MensRights | 28/10/14 01:02 PM |
| 1 | A Letter to a Poser - Toy Soldier's open letter to Chris KluweGiven the level of antagonism hurled at the GamerGate supporters by the anti-gamer crowd, it is reasonable to assume they are the most inclined to dox GG supporters. Of course, it is possible someone else was behind the doxxing. | /r/MensRights | 28/10/14 02:12 AM |
| 0 | Transgender Student Can’t Be Diversity Officer Because She’s a now a White MaleI wrote the blog post, not the reddit post. I did not omit the Times link. Look at the post again. The second blue link goes to the paper. I think you are looking for a fight that cannot be had. | /r/MensRights | 22/10/14 10:15 PM |
| 1 | Transgender Student Can’t Be Diversity Officer Because She’s a now a White MaleYou made it sound like something the institution did, but it wasn't institutional I think it is institutional given that the school has not publicly sided with Timothy and has not instituted a policy to address something that was bound to occur. that's a nuance that you very clearly concealed by not just linking directly to the NYT article instead of your, now very obviously, biased blog. I did not post this thread. Someone else did. I did post a link to the Times article in my blog post and quo… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/14 05:52 PM |
| 2 | Transgender Student Can’t Be Diversity Officer Because She’s a now a White MaleI quoted from the New York Times in my blog post. All but the first quote come from that article. The Times tries to be more nuanced, however, there is no way of doing it that does not sound like pandering. The school is supposedly inclusive. Neither the students or the staff showed any hesitation in accepting Timothy's requests. Yet the moment he decided to run for a position he, by virtue of being transgender, is more than qualified for, the students turned on him. Even if one can reasonably a… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/14 03:46 PM |
| 0 | Observations from debating with feminists[…] if I attack them head on, insulting them for posting something that's so retarded, they listen. If I'm calm and rational about it, they ignore (if they don't go as far as just deleting). While I do not resort to insults or attacks when debating feminists, I too have noticed that the calm and rational comments often prompt the harshest responses from feminists. In my opinion, feminists react this way because they cannot defend themselves against a rational argument. An insult or attack allows… | /r/MensRights | 08/10/14 03:59 PM |
| 2 | Damn men, taking up space on trains!Feminists have run several articles like this in the last few years. They conveniently never show pictures of women taking up space. The picture from Chicago is particularly ironic. It appears the woman has one of her bags sitting on the seat that the man is supposedly taking up. Incidentally, I live in Chicago and ride the train frequently. I see just as many women taking up space with their bags as men. The difference is that women are less likely to move their things even when asked. | /r/MensRights | 01/10/14 02:42 AM |
| 1 | David Futrelle defends his 'right' to call a man a rapist even if he has been found innocent in court.Futrelle has a sordid history of dismissing statistics concerning male victimization, allowing his readers to mistreat male survivors, and of encouraging his readers to watch child pornography. That is not what I would call "supportive" of male rape victims. | /r/MensRights | 29/09/14 03:08 PM |
| 1 | [Serious] Why are 91% of serial killers male?Your question is problematic. We do not know that 91% of serial killers are female as we have not caught all serial killers and do not know how all serial killers operate. The proper question is why are 91% of known serial killers male. I am not sure there is an easy answer to this. Many of the killers who are caught end up being caught because it was their first few times killing someone, they have been at it so long that they have gotten "sloppy", or because they are actually ready to be caugh… | /r/MensRights | 26/09/14 05:57 PM |
| 2 | 10 year old arrested for allegedly raping 4 year old, in police custodyThe girl should have been arrested because it is the law. Her arrest does not mean there will be charges. I do not like that the girl being held in jail for four days, however, since the article does not specify the nature of the assault, perhaps there is a reason for it. Many people can remember being 4-years-old and younger. They certainly can remember traumatic events. My earliest memory is from being around 2-years-old and seeing my father raping my older boy. The article and video focus on … | /r/MensRights | 07/09/14 04:20 AM |
| 2 | A 24-year-old Arizona man is being asked to pay more than $15,000 in child support for a daughter he fathered at the age of 14 — and didn’t know existed until two years ago.In Arizona, the noncustodial parent does not need to know the child existed to be held financially responsible. Legally, Olivas may be able to sue for damages, but he would have to show how his life was impacted by the experience. As far as the articles about the case state, he was not negatively harmed. More so, the state is legally allowed to take whatever money awarded Olivas to fulfill his child support obligation. A lawyer might be able to reduce the amount of money Olivas must pay, but the… | /r/MensRights | 04/09/14 09:02 PM |
| 2 | Reddit admins admit that users at 2XC used sock-puppet accounts to make things look worse than they seemed and lied about harassment via PM.You mean some feminists claimed that they were being maliciously harassed constantly and when someone checked the claim turned out to be a lie? No... | /r/MensRights | 21/08/14 07:46 PM |
| -5 | Can some man here please tell me why "cis" should be a thing?You are also Homo-sapiens sapiens because you are human. You are also (I am assuming), a biped and have pentadactyl limbs. These are descriptions, not labels. A label is a descriptor, so your argument does not work. The difference between calling someone a homo-sapien and calling someone "cisgender" is that the former is a scientific definition while the latter is a political term used by a group to designate those who are "other." It is no different than calling non-Christians heathens or non-J… | /r/MensRights | 18/07/14 01:17 AM |
| 1 | Concerning the "40% of all rapists are women" assertion.I addressed this last year in a post. If one adds up the numbers, women commit 57% of all sexual violence against males. The CDC researchers decided to exclude being made to penetrate from rape, although most states legally count the act as rape or whatever the highest sex offense statute is in the state. As such, if one counted that act along with that the researchers defined as rape, one finds that women commit 43% of rape against men. This not anyone playing with the numbers. This is people s… | /r/MensRights | 15/07/14 07:13 PM |
| 1 | This is a list of 29 Things Women Avoid Doing Because We Fear For Our Safety from Buzzfeed.com, I didn't know that website was off limits so here's the listExcept the argument is that these are things only women have to do, so pointing out that men have to do them negates the argument. The sex of the potential attacker does not matter, although that is a common red herring feminists like to throw out when their argument is debunked. | /r/MensRights | 06/07/14 03:23 PM |
| 4 | 10 Ways Men Can Combat Sexist Entitlement in PublicHope he realizes this is a logical fallacy: anecdotal fallacy No, he does not. When I told Utt that his arguments were an example of circular logic and argumentum ad populum, he replied with: The problem with your reply is that you assume that the cumulative voices of women who are calling for this type of entitlement to end [...] is not evidence, as you seem to believe that there are only certain types of evidence that meet your scientific standard. Yet these voices are evidence [...] and the e… | /r/MensRights | 06/07/14 04:00 AM |
| 0 | Hobby Lobby and the War on WomenI guarantee that because of this ruling there will be a challenge to the law the protects homosexuals from being passed over/fired because of their sexuality within this decade. No, it will not. It only applies to health care, and a specific aspect of that. People need to stop with the slippery slope argument. Women are still capable of paying for their birth control pills. It will still be covered under the ACA. More so, it appears everyone has forgotten that there are other methods to prevent … | /r/MensRights | 01/07/14 10:47 PM |
| 2 | This MSNBC article would be overwhelmingly in support of men's rights if AVfM and speakers at last week's conference weren't so anti-feminism. I really think we need to consider reframing our arguments.By having "it's the feminists' fault" in our opening salvo, it does have the unintended effect of making us sound whiny and blaming everything on nasty women. Any criticism of feminism will prompt that response. Christiana Hoff Sommers and Cathy Young are rather tame in their critiques of feminism, yet they receive a lot of hate for what they write. I think what would help is if people criticizing feminism supported their accusations with evidence. Do not just say that feminists prevent fathers … | /r/MensRights | 30/06/14 06:01 PM |
| 1 | Any ideas on turning online advocacy into real life advocacy. I was thinking of creating a MeetUp Group for my area. But what would we do?Real life advocacy is not putting out pamphlets. Look into the support groups in your community. If there are any that focus on helping men and boys, volunteer to work with them. They can always use extra people. Write to your state senators and congressmen asking for their support for more services for men and boys. If there are any fathers' rights group in your area, again, volunteer your services. That is the way you advocate. You actually go out and help people, not do what feminists do and … | /r/MensRights | 30/06/14 01:48 AM |
| 2 | Have you been sexually coerced, assaulted or raped by a feminist?How do you properly label someone a feminist for this purpose? That is an asinine question. How would one label a person a Christian? Would you not base it on how the person identified themselves? How are a few testimonials in any way representative of a larger pattern? Assuming that is the intent of the question, the examples would be illustrative at best. They would only show that feminists can and do commit this kind violence, something most feminists flatly reject. How can we know whether st… | /r/MensRights | 27/06/14 08:10 PM |
| 2 | Girl raised in a matriarchal household taught to succeed- brother neglectedThe irony is that there are several men who recount being treated horribly by feminists, resulting in them hating themselves and struggling to form relationships. This the very thing so many feminists claim NEVER happens. | /r/MensRights | 27/06/14 05:53 PM |
| 1 | On why MRM in its current state will be always an unsuccessful movement.One reason MRM might fail is if it obsesses about feminism, rather than proactively advocating for men's rights. No, that is not a problem. Feminism has been very successful without proactively advocating for women's rights. | /r/MensRights | 21/06/14 12:21 AM |
| 1 | On why MRM in its current state will be always an unsuccessful movement.Direction is not the issue. Feminism is as directionless as one can get. What exactly are feminists opposed to? What exactly do they want? What exactly are they for? You can ask the same feminist the same question minutes apart and a get a different answer. But feminism has a doctrine. It has a set of principles explaining why it should exist. That is good enough. Compromise is an issue. A functional movement needs as little compromise as possible. It needs one voice or at least one voice louder… | /r/MensRights | 21/06/14 12:19 AM |
| 3 | On why MRM in its current state will be always an unsuccessful movement.The reason the men's rights movement will be unsuccessful if it continues in its present state is because it lacks a doctrine. It has its enemy -- feminism -- but lacks any principle guiding a dislike of that enemy beyond "things for men are really bad." It is not just enough to say that things are bad. You must have some doctrine leading people. It does not have to be coherent. Feminist doctrine is anything but coherent. It only needs to be simple enough to use to rally people behind your cause… | /r/MensRights | 20/06/14 05:19 PM |
| 5 | You have MANKIND listed in the front page as a suitable resource for male victims of sexual violence - big mistake MASSIVE.Rapecrisis is a feminist-run group that only provides limited services for male victims. | /r/MensRights | 19/06/14 07:40 PM |
| 1 | For your enjoyment, "Feminist Frequency: Women as Background Decoration: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women" in which we learn gaming corrupted the culture by using sex to sell. (Does Anita seem more botox'd then usual?) (Well, at least she changed her lumberjack shirt.) (Same hoop earrings.)What work? If she was the life-long gamer she claims to be most of the work would have been done already. Let us face facts: she conned feminists into giving her $160,000 and conned EA into giving her a job. Now that she has the money and the prestige, she can take her time releasing videos she clearly filmed years ago, likely before she even got the money. | /r/MensRights | 17/06/14 07:43 PM |
| 3 | Reasonable feminists call out "misguided" #EndFathersDay movementI wrote this article and I think that the main lesson to be taken away from this is that most of the internet, hundreds of self-identifying feminists included, thought that this hashtag, fake or not, was sexist and utterly ridiculous. Yet plenty of feminists though it was legitimate enough to retweet some of the hateful comments. Feminists cannot pat themselves on the back for calling foul on #EndFathersDay when they support #KillAllMen. And the latter was started by feminists. This is also is n… | /r/MensRights | 13/06/14 11:18 PM |
| 4 | Official Confirmation that AVFM Recieved Death ThreatsIn this instance there would be no reason for Futrelle to lie. It is just odd that he suddenly became Lois Lane and had to get to the bottom of something he did not think was true in the first place. | /r/MensRights | 12/06/14 02:00 AM |
| 3 | [Discussion] I'm a feminist. Ask me anything. Do not hold back.I will take this seriously and ask what I often ask feminists in person: Is there any aspect of feminist theory that you disagree with? | /r/MensRights | 26/05/14 11:02 PM |
| 3 | What rape apologism looks like - "She faces 30 years in prison. To avoid the prison sentence she filed for refugee status in Canada. Canada granted her request."Having said that I do wonder if there was some reason it was so big that this article doesn't mention. The judge in the case sentenced Harvey to 15 years per offense, but required that two of the sentenced be served consecutively. My understanding of Florida law is that Harvey would have to complete 15 years for the first sentence before the second could potentially be lowered for good behavior. However, I could be wrong. | /r/MensRights | 20/05/14 07:07 PM |
| 2 | I Can Haz Hypocrisy? - Toy Soldier dismembers Violet Beaudelaire's attack on Tal Fortgang's attack on the privilege narrativeMen might be the victims of violent crime more but men also perpetrate more violent crimes. That is irrelevant. The issue is the victim, not the perpetrator. But let us address the perps for a moment. As bloeoak notes, men are more likely to be arrested for crimes than women. Men are also more likely to be prosecuted and convicted than women. Women are less likely to be reported for crimes and more likely to receive plea deals. Likewise, women's violence, particularly against men, is more likely… | /r/MensRights | 14/05/14 05:41 PM |
| 3 | So this is what actress Shailene Woodley said that feminists crucified her over...You do realize that explanation (ironically written by feminists) simply restates what Woodley stated. The very premise of the feminist movement is that it promotes equality "for women." Not everyone. Only women. That by default creates an imbalance because cannot create equality by focusing only on one group. The link further shows that feminist theory is built around the concept that "patriarchy" infests every aspect of society, and is a direct result of men's intentional oppression of women. … | /r/MensRights | 09/05/14 02:18 AM |
| 3 | Jezebel commentator debunks rape statistic claiming men are raped almost as much as womenI do truly hate lazy logic: The correct data to use to compare the incidence of rape for women and men is the lifetime statistics There is no "correct" data to use. The 12-month numbers are included in the lifetime numbers. The purpose of splitting the results is to show the potential rate of sexual violence in the most recent year. The commenter is correct that the rates could vary depending on the selected year (although the smaller subset of respondents should not affect the rate this much). … | /r/MensRights | 02/05/14 03:46 AM |
| 3 | "Feminism is not 'the f-word'" (x-post from /r/feminism) reeks of desperation from a dying movement, imoDying movement? No. Desperation? Yes. Feminists seem incapable of understanding that you cannot have a movement bases solely on blaming half the population for all your problems and not expect people to think you hate that group. It has been over 60 years now. If pew still think feminism is about hating men and misguided, then it likely is. | /r/MensRights | 11/03/14 06:03 PM |
| 2 | Feminist writer for Jezebel/Cosmopolitan says not to perform oral sex on uncircumcised menNow in contrast, look at how feminists respond to men who will not perform oral sex on menstruating women. You have to love the irony. Refusing to put your mouth on an uncircumcised penis = perfectly fine. Refusing to put your mouth on a bleeding vagina = sexist pig. | /r/MensRights | 04/03/14 07:10 PM |
| 1 | "Radical Feminism" vs. No true Scotsman fallacyThen the golden test would be, to show self-proclaimed "non-radical" feminists the sexist and often misandric stances, policies and programmes that come from well-known mainstream feminist institutions. See if they withdraw their support or not. The problem is that it is quite easy to say one does not support something. It is another thing to actually show it. A fine example of this is the Good Men Project. While the editors of the magazine say they oppose sexism against men, they regularly publ… | /r/MensRights | 08/12/13 10:25 PM |
| 1 | "Radical Feminism" vs. No true Scotsman fallacyThe problem with that is assuming that 'real' feminists actually see the radical messages. I would agree except that many of the so-called "radical" comments are said or written by well-known feminists or occur in popular feminist spaces. | /r/MensRights | 08/12/13 10:19 PM |
| 9 | "Radical Feminism" vs. No true Scotsman fallacyThis is not that the criticized feminist groups are "radical". The issue is that the feminists responding to the criticism cannot defend against it so they claim that the other feminists are not "real" feminists. This "no true feminist" fallacy only plays out in negative contexts. Mention any positive thing done by a small group of feminists and most feminists will not hesitate to take collective credit for it. It is only when the behavior, policies, or rhetoric are obviously sexist, biased, or … | /r/MensRights | 07/12/13 06:14 PM |
| 1 | Social Justice Warriors have their claws into comics now..... Watch this fail hard. Ms Marvel is now a teenage Muslim girl from Jersey.There is nothing wrong with the character. However, Marvel's last attempts at playing to the politically correct progress left have not paid off. Their two major GBLT ploys -- Rictor and Shatterstar hooking up and Northstar getting married -- did not boost sales in the long-run. Their attempt at a racially diverse Ultimate Spider-man only resulted in low sales two years out. Their all-female X-men book is doing okay, but it is not selling as well as they would like despite the top talent on the … | /r/MensRights | 08/11/13 07:22 AM |
| 6 | Over two decades ago I was sexually assaulted by a woman when I was no older than seven years of age. Very few people believe me. Even fewer seem to care. I've been asked many times if I'm just making it up. I need help and direction.Darklogic, you are not rambling by writing about it. These things are difficult to write about. There is no "right" way to get it out. Many people do find these things difficult to believe because they contradict what people think happens. Most people assume abuse follows a specific pattern, usually the one they see on TV shows. They do not know what to make of anything different. Some people may find it hard to ever believe certain accounts. So let me make it clear: I believe you. If you are lo… | /r/MensRights | 02/11/13 10:53 AM |
| 3 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapethe math does not work out the way people claimed it does. At all. I am curious: what does (6.7 + 79.2 + 83.6 + 53.1)/4 equal? They do not know how many rapists there are, and they do not know how many rapists are (fe)male. Correct. So they cannot say what ratio of rapists are female. Incorrect. They can say what ratio of rapists are female as reported by the victims. And before you claim that does not count, keep in mind that this is the methodology used by police departments and the FBI to gau… | /r/MensRights | 01/11/13 04:37 AM |
| 2 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeSubsets are not snapshots of all the statistical characteristics of their superset. If you read the CDC study, you will see that the researchers never stated that there was a difference in the perpetrators reported by victims in the lifetime and 12-month sets. So it is unclear that the two sets have a different percentage of perpetrators. Not only do we have tons of evidence showing these groups are very distinct statistically, No, we do not. Again, if you read the study, you would find that the… | /r/MensRights | 01/11/13 04:24 AM |
| 1 | There is a word for that: rape apologism. That is what David Futrelle is engaging in. - Toy Soldier laying the smacketh downI did not argue that her conclusion was false. Fair enough. I argued that her conclusion was suspect. Based on her methodology, despite that other studies have found the very result you consider suspect. | /r/MensRights | 01/11/13 12:26 AM |
| 2 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeIt is impossible to make that claim without defining the perpetrator population "rapists". Defining the perpetrator population is a separate issue than estimating the rate perpetrators of a specific sex commit sexual violence. But it would change the total population of rapists. Which changes the percentage of women or men therein. No, it would not. The CDC did not add more accounts in after they published the survey, so there is no chance of new perps popping up. Two, the total number of rapist… | /r/MensRights | 01/11/13 12:23 AM |
| 2 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeYes, Futrelle "changed" his mind, but look at the reasons he gives for doing so. He does not agree that being made to penetrate is rape. He simply agrees to call it rape because of the negative response he got. Then he plays the victim as he takes a pot shot at the people calling him out for his inexcusable position. As such, I doubt he actually changed his position. I do think he has learned a valuable lesson: even feminists can have a Todd AKin moment. | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 08:09 PM |
| 1 | There is a word for that: rape apologism. That is what David Futrelle is engaging in. - Toy Soldier laying the smacketh downshe may or may not be correct. Her logic, however, is flawed, so her conclusion is suspect. That is argumentum ad logicam. Typhon's methodology may be flawed, but that does not mean her conclusion is. | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 06:02 PM |
| 3 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeThe CDC seems pretty clear that no inferences can be made about the demographics of perpetrator population. Toy Soldier didn't seem to deal with that assertion - nor do you. I am Toy Soldier. The CDC itself made no attempt to deal with that assertion even as scores of people used the CDC's report to conclude that men represent the majority of rapists and people need to teach men not to rape as a result. Those people did not infer anything from the data; they simply read it differently. If most w… | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 05:56 PM |
| 2 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeNo, it is not. Read the CDC response. I read their response. As I noted in my post, the problem is that it is unclear whether the offenders as reported by the victims changed during the 12-month period. We have no reason to assume they did because the researchers asked people about their experiences and then asked if they occurred in the last year. Likewise, the CDC had no problem reporting the offenders for the lifetime rates using the victims' information. They reported in their press release … | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 04:54 PM |
| 1 | There is a word for that: rape apologism. That is what David Futrelle is engaging in. - Toy Soldier laying the smacketh downNo. Consider it this way: if a person argues that the Earth was created 6000 years ago by a sky god who flooded the world, and that is the reason why the Alps exist, his argument would be wrong. However, his conclusion that the Alps exist would be correct. In this case, Typhon's argue is incidentally correct. Women are responsible for over 40% of the sexual violence against males. However, Typhon's manner of reaching that conclusion is based on a misreading. So she is technically right for the w… | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 03:53 AM |
| 4 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeI'm not convinced that this is even analogous because I'm not convinced that a "victim of sexual violence" has less resources than a "rape victim" or is treated as less deserving of resources because they are the former rather than the latter. Legally speaking, some states do treat sexual assault as a lesser offense than rape. Sometimes the acts can potentially carry the same sentence, but as a result of mandatory minimums, a person charged with rape may face a greater likelihood of a harsh sent… | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 03:48 AM |
| 5 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeWhy would one make this exception? I guess the answer will be some radical feminist nonsense about rape being the incarnation of societal oppression. No, it is because Futrelle does not want to be accused of excusing child rape. | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 03:39 AM |
| 4 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeTrue. However, if you follow the math Typhon used, technically the number would be correct. If 50% of rape victims are male and 80% of them were raped by women, at least 40% of rapists would be female. The problem is that the 12-month rate does not specify the offender breakdown. Typhon used the breakdown from the lifetime data, but it is unclear that those rates would also apply to the 12-month sample group. | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 03:37 AM |
| 3 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeEven if it were true that 40% of sexual violence against men is committed by women The CDC's own numbers using their definitions show that women commit 57% of all sexual violence against males. this isn't remotely the same as saying that 40% of rapists are women. I agree. Saying that 40% of all rapists are female is not supported by the survey. Saying that 40% of rapists who rape males are female is supported by the survey. It simply depends on whether one counts being made to penetrate as rape. | /r/MensRights | 31/10/13 12:32 AM |
| 6 | "Manboobz" David Futrelle explicitly states that forcing a man to penetrate someone with his penis is not rapeI don't see where he says that. He did not. I used the term in my post because it is the best description of his response. Labeling it as something other than rape doesn't automatically mean treating it less seriously. It does if the purpose is to specifically exclude a particular group of people from being considered rape victims. This is no different than arguing that gay people who want to get married should use the term "civil union" while straight people can use "marriage." Even if they inc… | /r/MensRights | 30/10/13 08:26 PM |
| 0 | I'm a young man who was raped by a woman about a month ago. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice about how to pursue pressing charges.I think it would be best to report the crime to the police and then seek an attorney. The police can investigate the crime, and the attorney can help you understand the process. If you are worried about your mental health being used against you, I would consider gathering up your medical records and going through them with the attorney. The attorney can tell you whether something can be used against you and help you prepare for that potential should the police file charges. Outside of that, I wo… | /r/MensRights | 24/10/13 12:15 AM |
| 1 | A question of 'Rape Culture'I strongly disagree that people would not mind to see an accused rapist assaulted - look at Maryville or Steubenville for two cases where people have banded together around a rapist, against the victims. That is because they do not believe the accused are rapists. If they did, they might respond differently. I also strongly disagree that people who were mugged are disbelieved or assaulted are blamed in the same way that victims of sexual assault are People may be more inclined to believe someone… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/13 11:19 PM |
| 1 | When stumbling across feminist posts like these on Tumblr and Facebook, I wonder how some people can't see how people might get offended or feel silenced. I re-worded it to hopefully emphasize how these statements can come across as silencing.But why is it that a very similarly worded quote tends to skip over the heads of many? It does not. Most people are aware of such contradictions. They simply rationalize their biases or attempt to, resulting in cognitive dissonance, which usually manifests as hatred towards anyone pointing out the biases. The feminist who would balk at such references to Muslims will have no problem with such tracts about men because she assumes the misandry is reasonable and therefore is not biased. The anecdot… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/13 10:29 PM |
| 1 | Woman poses as teenager to rape boy - and of course doesn't get charged with rape. Can you guess why?You might be going for coercion, but the definition of coercion in that law does not appear fit because judging by the article (and the investigation probably), she did not physically force him to have sex with her and any physical intimidation was done after they had had sex. The statute does not only require the use of force. It also includes the threat of force: (b) When the offender coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence likely to cause serious personal injury o… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/13 05:56 PM |
| 1 | Woman poses as teenager to rape boy - and of course doesn't get charged with rape. Can you guess why?While the boy's ability to flee was impaired, it's not clear if he was also "bodily impaired" so he may not have been physically incapacitated. According to the article: "He told investigators he tried to leave Dixon's home several times, but she would get upset, and one time she even choked him." Choking would certainly meet sections 3 and 4 of the sexual battery statute. I don't think it is usual (possible?) to pile an "assault" charge on top of a sexual assault charge. It depends on how the s… | /r/MensRights | 22/10/13 05:51 PM |
| 6 | Woman poses as teenager to rape boy - and of course doesn't get charged with rape. Can you guess why?Or you are too dumb to realize that lewd or lascivious battery is a separate chapter (and lesser offense) in Florida law than sexual battery. | /r/MensRights | 22/10/13 03:54 AM |
| 6 | A question of 'Rape Culture''Rape culture', in the broadest definition, is simply the recognition that cultural factors have an influence on the prevalence of rape, and especially on the way we treat victims. The problem is that the definition is too vague and can include anything one wants it to. The definition also ignores the social response to sexual violence. Rape is considered an abhorrent act (at least when it is done to females). Few people consider it acceptable, let alone legal. Most people hate rapists and have … | /r/MensRights | 21/10/13 05:56 PM |
| 2 | I Was Raped By a Woman (And Then Dated Her For Two Years) - This makes me wonder how many men are out there holding onto similar stories.It is a powerful story, one that is more common than people, particularly feminists, think. I have spoken to many men who only acknowledged what happened to them years after it happened. The idea that a woman simply cannot commit rape and that men must always want sex lest they lose their manhood is very common. It keeps many men and boys from dealing with their abuse. As for GMP running the article, I suspect that is because it appeared on xoJane, a feminist site. The editors at GMP would not r… | /r/MensRights | 04/10/13 02:45 AM |
| 8 | Ever notice how "enthusiastic consent" campaigns are addressed to the person obtaining consent?The campaigns are not just addressed to the person obtaining consent. They are only addressed to men. It is as if the people creating the campaigns assume men's consent is a given. | /r/MensRights | 02/10/13 03:49 PM |
| 8 | Columnist running out of feminist perspectivesI do hope people realize the article is satire. | /r/MensRights | 02/10/13 12:08 AM |
| 3 | Understanding perspectives, MRM & FeminismMen's rights activists reject the concept of "the Patriarchy", so it would not be common ground for them. I think, however, that your comment reveals the core problem between the two groups: doctrine. The two groups will never see eye-to-eye because of feminist ideology. It is like trying bring Christians and atheists together. As long as Christians demand that atheists follow Christian doctrine and atheists continue to reject that doctrine, they will not reconcile their differences. I also do n… | /r/MensRights | 01/10/13 09:03 PM |
| 7 | Where the hell did the idea that raping makes you manly come from?Its like the people who talk so much about masculinity have no idea what the fuck it is, because their description is wildly different than anything I have been expected to fulfill my entire life. You forget that this is all a game. The point is not to honestly discuss facts, but to make claims to support an agenda. Feminists make that argument to support their claim that rape stems from male dominance. The more they can tie masculinity in with sexual violence, the easier it is for them to make … | /r/MensRights | 29/09/13 06:53 PM |
| 1 | Prominent writer/academic gets in trouble for saying: “I’m not interested in teaching books by women. I don’t love women writers enough to teach them, if you want women writers go down the hall. What I teach is guys. Serious heterosexual guys.”He should get in trouble for this. While it is true other teachers may teach classes featuring literature by women, it is unfair to his students for him to wholly avoid anything written by women except for Virginia Woolf. Students should read a variety of works, and whether he personally enjoys those works does not mean he should not teach them. After all, many of his students may not enjoy the works he chooses to teach, but that is not an excuse for them refusing to read the book and do their h… | /r/MensRights | 27/09/13 05:10 PM |
| 2 | 27 Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked ThemAre feminists not allowed to focus on women? They may focus on whatever they want. My point is that the project does not appear to have been created with the intent to reach out to men. It appears they were included later on, possibly because some men asked if they could submit their photos as well. It seems to me that you're going out of your way to see the worst in feminism. I am simply pointing out that the project is imbalanced in terms of the representation of survivors. It is possible, and… | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 09:15 PM |
| 1 | After reading a lot about male rape victims, and even getting to know one....MaleSurvivor provides an online public and private forum for men to share their stories and talk with other survivors. It is an excellent place, very open and welcoming, and lacks any political nonsense. I know of no offline examples of this. Many attempts to create these kinds of services run into problems ranging from finding space, finding funding, and getting men to show up. It is very difficult to manage. | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 04:04 PM |
| 1 | 27 Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked ThemI am aware of that. I am also aware that project's focus is on sexual violence against women, not men, and that about 90% of the project's submissions come from women, not men. So my point stands. Reblogging a single post does not show that feminists as a group care about male survivors. Even if the feminists running the project do care, they do not represent all feminists, and they are not actually including men as often as they could. | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 03:47 PM |
| 5 | 27 Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked ThemThird, my intent was not to praise feminists, it was to point out that feminists, contrary to the belief of this subreddit, care about sexual assault victims of any gender. Reblogging a single post does not show that. There needs to be a more consistent discussion in feminist spaces about the issue to show that they are concerned about it, and unfortunately there is not. | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 02:50 AM |
| 11 | 27 Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Quoting The People Who Attacked ThemYou know who shared this post on Facebook? My feminist friends. Do you know why Buzzfeed ran the male survivor post? Non-feminist men complained about the lack of male survivors in the original post. It is also worth noting that the original post does not appear to include any transwomen, whereas at least one third of the male survivor post features transmen. | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 01:28 AM |
| 2 | You’re Not Helping v.19 - "New rule: if you want to teach men about sexual violence, don’t downplay the sexual violence they experience." Toy Soldiers layin' the smacketh downDeansdale, I do not accept the 1 in 4 statistic as it presented by feminists. The rate comes from the Koss study, and the rate includes sexual assaults that occurred prior to women entering college. The age range is from 13 to 22-years-old. Obviously few people under 18-year-olds attend college, so any acts committed against minors should not count towards the final number. Koss also made no effort to determine where the assaults occurred. An assault could have occurred during Spring Break in Me… | /r/MensRights | 20/09/13 04:51 PM |
| 2 | You’re Not Helping v.19 - "New rule: if you want to teach men about sexual violence, don’t downplay the sexual violence they experience." Toy Soldiers layin' the smacketh downYes, that was my mistake. I corrected it. | /r/MensRights | 20/09/13 04:35 PM |
| 2 | "I Was A Hated Hipster Meme, And Then It Got Worse." - A man is pre-judged and harassed based on his appearence, recieves same treatment from feminist site xoJane.To be honest, I am more curious as to where he finds ink ribbons in 2013. That must be a challenge. As for the author being prejudged for his appearance, I am not surprised. The internet is an unfriendly place, and it takes little to prompt people to poke fun at others for no good reason. It is, of course, ironic that the feminists on xoJane, who are so concerned about protecting women from unfair judgments based on their looks, had no problem attacking this man using his looks just because he b… | /r/MensRights | 19/09/13 10:54 PM |
| 1 | Now it’s wrong | Toy SoldiersMy grandmother had a my Dad at 13, my aunt at 14 and my Uncle at 15, then went on to have 5 more by the time she was 42. My Grandfather was 22 at the time of the first, and they were married (although the birth date minus the gestation cycle didnt come anywhere close to the wedding night nor after). Their parents were friends, fellow church members and their farms were next to each other. Every situation is not the same, so it is possible that your grandmother was capable of handling an adult re… | /r/MensRights | 04/09/13 03:35 PM |
| 1 | Houston girl, 10, faces sexual assault charge after playing doctor with 4-year-oldWhy is that an inconsistency? If a 14-year-old cannot give informed consent, how can a 9-year-old give informed consent? How can a younger child, who would have far less understanding of the ramifications of her actions, be responsible for her choice while an older child is not? That is the inconsistency. | /r/MensRights | 29/08/13 11:50 PM |
| 5 | Tumblr Launched 'Campaign' In Response To 'Fat-Shaming Anti-Feminist Meme' (qnd hateful anti-male comments are top)I have a question: bow often does Broderick think about the men and boys used in feminist memes to mock men, male survivors of rape and domestic violence, and men's rights activists? How often does she consider that those men and boys posted their pictures for something other than being used to attack another group? If any of those men and boys complained about feminists using their image to mock them or some other group, would Broderick rally behind them? Better yet, how often Broderick worry a… | /r/MensRights | 29/08/13 11:38 PM |
| 3 | Anita Sarkeesian posts violent murder fantasy of Randy Pitchford & confirms what a lot of her critics have previously brought up but didn't have direct clear proof of: She's a straight-up misandrist!!!Call what she did a negative if you want, but it pales in comparison, and "She retroactively can't complain because she did this" is complete nonsense. To a degree. However, it does undermine her argument. Sarkeesian complained about the threats made against her. The vast majority of those threats were just people venting with no real intention of doing to her. Nevertheless, she and many others found them vicious, sexist, and wrong. When presented with a fan fiction story depicting her killing t… | /r/MensRights | 15/08/13 11:09 PM |
| 4 | Hugo Schwyzer Attempts Suicide - Make of this what you will.If this was a serious attempt, Schwyzer has my pity. I understand what it is like to feel pushed to the brink by people who ought to support you. That said, I find this whole situation incredibly manipulative. Schwyzer made a big deal about going offline, and yet he has been just as active in the last week or so as ever. He made a big deal about "take-down culture," implying that feminists unfairly turned against. Yet it appears he had an online affair with a woman half his age, which is the ver… | /r/MensRights | 04/08/13 03:15 PM |
| 4 | Hugo Schwyzer Attempts Suicide - Make of this what you will.No, I find that odd as well. I knew someone who made frequent attempts to kill himself before he succeeded, and the institution he went to would not allow him unmonitored access to a phone in the initial 72-hour period. I am curious as to how Schwzyer was able to conduct an interview less than 12 hours after such a serious attempt. | /r/MensRights | 04/08/13 03:07 PM |
| 6 | Being born Straight, While, Male, Cis makes you scum of the Earth and there's nothing you can do about it.I think this list was created to mock feminist and progressive beliefs. If you add up some of the basic groups and compare them, according to this list white lesbians are at a great disadvantage than poor black males. That is laughably inaccurate, so I can only assume that this was either a joke or whatever feminist who wrote this was trying too hard. | /r/MensRights | 04/08/13 02:57 PM |
| 3 | Feminism and MRA subreddit idea.Feminist Critics tried this. I was a part of the site for a while, and during that time we changed the commenting policy numerous times to accommodate feminists. It did not work. Feminists initially participated because they thought the blog feature a group of feminists critiquing culture. When they discovered it was a group of people critiquing feminism, the feminists first tried to get us to change the scope of our discussion and when we refused they left. Several months later we had another s… | /r/MensRights | 01/08/13 09:24 PM |
| 6 | Hugo Schwyzer announces he's throwing in the towelI think Schwyzer's "farewell" post is one of the best examples of playing the victim I have ever seen. Many of his articles about men contain the "clever cynicism masquerading as progressive outage" he bemoans above. Most of the articles are little more than take-down pieces against men. It appears that Schwyzer wrote these pieces to actively court the feminist "take-down culture" that later turned against him. His articles about men were not edged in cruelty but forged in it. This won him femin… | /r/MensRights | 31/07/13 04:33 PM |
| 2 | [ToySoldier] - How not to have a discussion (or how to have a feminist discussion)Those ideas do pose a problem for advocates for male survivors like me. We constantly have to combat feminism's impact on the support community, particularly when it comes to providing services to male survivors. Likewise, while most people do not care about feminist theories, the theories do manage to find their ways into general discussions and it is important what drives those theories. As for monitoring the extremists, I only write about what I stumble on. If an article appears in a Google a… | /r/MensRights | 30/07/13 06:10 PM |
| 2 | [ToySoldier] - How not to have a discussion (or how to have a feminist discussion)In fairness, the men commenting on Perry's article were already there. Most of them have participated on that site since it's inception. Also, as I mentioned in my post, I think these kinds of discussions are not pointless because they show just how weak feminist arguments are. Perry cannot answer basic questions, and seems so thoroughly convinced by yet ignorant of his own arguments that at one point he supports a pro-life position despite being pro-abortion (that happens on page 3). People nee… | /r/MensRights | 30/07/13 02:39 PM |
| 1 | "Women who are rape victims should go to prison if their rapist happens to be underage" - Feminist.The law is tricky in this regard. Legally speaking, a minor cannot consent to sex regardless of the age of the party. For example, if my 13-year-old godson were to have sex with another 13-year-old, the state could charge both of them with sexual assault against a minor. Should my godson force himself onto the other child, technically speaking there is nothing stopping the state from again charging both of them with a crime because my godson still could not legally consent to sex. This actually … | /r/MensRights | 27/07/13 04:27 PM |
| 6 | Boys with sisters more likely to be "sexist" and republican because they never have to cook or clean - liberal feminist "study"Does anyone have access to the actual study? | /r/MensRights | 09/07/13 01:12 AM |
| 2 | What keeps MRAs and Feminists from working together?In order to work together both sides must consider the other side's positions legitimate. They do not. Feminists do not think there is any merit to the concerns men's rights activists mention, and men's rights activists are turned off by feminist doctrine and rhetoric. More so, feminists tend to reject anyone who does not agree with their doctrine and refuses to follow it. That makes it impossible for them to work together because they will have different goals formed by different intentions. | /r/MensRights | 08/07/13 02:01 PM |
| 3 | "FEMINISM: Telling young women that their safety and well being isn’t their responsibility, their safety and well being is their *Rapists* responsibility."The thing about rape is that it is often not violent and gruesome as depicted. True. The thing is that a lot of rape is perpetuated by lack of discussion, education and awareness about rape. Untrue. While people may not think of their actions as rape, it is unlikely that most people do not know it is wrong to have sex with someone who does not consent. And the moment we start discussing "near rapists" we go from objective analysis to subjective rhetoric. Im on my phone so no dox but a country re… | /r/MensRights | 08/07/13 12:56 AM |
| 1 | Feminism vs religion -- feminist asks which is better and comes to a totally unsurprising conclusion.It is a facetious, illogical argument. Others have pointed out that feminists have done plenty of physical and legislative harm to others. The point others have not mentioned is that most religions have been around much longer than feminism, and therefore have had time for their followers to commit more wrongs. Likewise, those religions have also had more time to commit great acts. The most obvious is Jane Caro's ability to read and write. It is because of Catholic schools and institutions that … | /r/MensRights | 03/07/13 04:59 PM |
| 1 | "13 year old boy raped by wrestling coach's sons. Community turns against rape victim. Father is driven out of his job as k-12 Principal. They wore t-shirts *to school* supporting the rapists"If I were more concerned about feminist hypocrisy I would have made that the point of my post about this case. Instead, I chose to focus on what the town did to the victim and his family. I chose to point out the feminist hypocrisy here because it is grossly apparent that feminists seem to pick and choose which victims they think count. What happened to this boy was horrific. An entire town turned on him, tried to get his father fired, and ran them out of town. I would think anyone concerned abo… | /r/MensRights | 02/07/13 11:53 PM |
| 1 | Commentary on GMP Feminist's description of E3Thanks for linking to my post. Just a slight correction: I do not identify as a men's rights activist. I am an advocate for male survivors. I also happen to take issue with various feminist policies and ideas. | /r/MensRights | 02/07/13 03:24 AM |
| 5 | "13 year old boy raped by wrestling coach's sons. Community turns against rape victim. Father is driven out of his job as k-12 Principal. They wore t-shirts *to school* supporting the rapists"Your comment makes no sense. Feminists typically jump all over incidents like this when the victim is a girl. No matter how obscure the case is, some feminist will find it, write about it, and within a week virtually every feminist online will have a blog post about it. When these assaults happen to boys, feminists, the self-professed anti-rape advocates, suddenly go silent. I agree that there is a victim here who was treated like garbage. He needs help, and from what I have read, it is not clea… | /r/MensRights | 24/06/13 03:26 PM |
| 7 | "13 year old boy raped by wrestling coach's sons. Community turns against rape victim. Father is driven out of his job as k-12 Principal. They wore t-shirts *to school* supporting the rapists"Don't ask for people to not trivialize male rape victims while trivializing female rape victims. Stating that it is a felong to have sex with your girlfriend while she is passed out drunk does not trivialize female rape victims. It is a statement of fact: it is a potential felony to commit that act. Secondly, Steubenville faced national public outrage [...] but during a lot of the news coverage, especially post-verdict, the media were still mourning the effect being charged as rapists would have… | /r/MensRights | 24/06/13 03:19 PM |
| 1 | British study shows children are brainwashed into thinking Girls are better than Boys at schoolwork. Wich make the boys underachive.This is not the first time a study found that biases in favor of girls result in boys underperforming. The common thread in all the studies I have read is that the shift to focusing on girls' needs combined with the lack of male teachers has resulted in boys failing in subjects they once soared in. I should come as no surprise that if teachers keep telling boys that girls are better than them that boys will stop trying. It should also come as no surprise that if teachers keep ignoring boys' inte… | /r/MensRights | 21/06/13 06:09 PM |
| 1 | The idea that feminists view all rape prevention advice directed at women as victim blaming is a misunderstanding on the part of mra's.The link does not go directly to a feminist site. It is just an image of a list of random advice. Do you have any examples of a feminist listing this advice as acceptable? | /r/MensRights | 21/06/13 05:55 PM |
| 2 | The curious case of Jodi Arias, and it's effect on male victimsIn fairness, LaViolette was doing her job. While I do think she has a bias against men, which is typical of many women working in the domestic violence community, and that Jodi conned her very well, LaViolette's job is to support the defense's claim of self-defense. They could not put someone on the stand who would say anything other than "Jodi suffered from abuse and killed to protect herself." After watching her testimony, I do not think LaViolette peddled feminist framework as much as she con… | /r/MensRights | 06/05/13 02:54 PM |
| 12 | "MRAs are going to exploit this false-accusation story to drum up paranoia about feminism: I'll just preempt their strawman with one of my own." -Amanda MarcotteI do enjoy how Marcotte claims that no "anti-feminist" can ever present a single example of a woman having consensual sex and then claiming it was rape even though she previously wrote about the Hofstra case in which a woman did exactly what Marcotte wants to see proof of. Her ability to slip in and out of doublethink is astonishing. I doubt she even realizes she is doing it anymore. | /r/MensRights | 02/05/13 09:54 PM |
| 3 | So I confronted my molester, and this is what I get in return. (It seems as though I'm uncertain, but my cousin (light blue) knew and confirmed that this was her)I am sorry you went through that. Confronting an abuser can be a difficult thing, especially if they do not see it coming. They can become very defensive and aggressive. Depending on your age and the state you live in, you may be able to press charges against her. Some states allow you to file charges up to the age of 25. Other states have lose statutes of limitation and may allow you to file charges even if you have "aged out" of the limitation. | /r/MensRights | 16/04/13 07:44 PM |
| 3 | UniteWomen.org posted this, acknowledging that men CAN be rapedYes and no. Yes, the ad acknowledges that boys can be raped. Yet as others have noted, the ad is not speaking out against sexual violence against boys or men but using a male survivor to speak out against sexual violence against women. As a male survivor, I find that disheartening. The ad not only treats male survivors as a tool for making a broader argument about violence against women, but it also implies that no one judges male victims of sexual violence, which is patently untrue. | /r/MensRights | 22/03/13 11:54 PM |
| 1 | Wording such as this, is why people believe in rape culture. Thoughts?That's plainly untrue. Show me any source that states that rape culture doesn't apply to male-on-male assaults, or that it's strictly about male-on-female assaults. Here is an example. Nevertheless, the theory of "rape culture" is built around the idea that "The Patriarchy" prompts men's violence against women, so by its very nature the theory does not apply to male-on-male assaults aside from asserting that those men are "feminizing" their male victims. McEwan called the boy "brave and clever a… | /r/MensRights | 20/03/13 04:47 PM |
| 1 | Wording such as this, is why people believe in rape culture. Thoughts?Last I checked, 60% still counts as a part, and a rather substantial one at that. So is 40%. And keep in mind that the 60% includes men who prey on other males. Since the theory of "rape culture" only applies to male-on-female assaults, arguing that it stems from misogynistic social norms stemming from masculinity and "The Patriarchy", you have a problem. So yes, most perpetrators are female, but isn't this only a count of male victims of staff misconduct? You are forgetting to add in the inmate… | /r/MensRights | 19/03/13 08:47 PM |
| 1 | In light of this most recent Ohio rape case, it came to mind about a certain topic that I have never seen addressed.Well, in this particular case the boys would not have been identified because they are juveniles. However, since other media outlets and activists already revealed the boys' names, keeping their names hidden would be pointless. | /r/MensRights | 19/03/13 08:13 PM |
| 0 | Wording such as this, is why people believe in rape culture. Thoughts?Huh? How? That women commit a significant portion of sexual violence (by your estimates 40%) undermines the notion that "constructions of masculinity are part of the cause" of rape because it suggests that what prompts people to rape has little to do with gender identity. If masculinity were a requisite for rape, which is what the theory of "rape culture" implies, then one should not see women committing sexual violence at all. It's still just one study, and the analysis deliberately maximizes t… | /r/MensRights | 18/03/13 06:21 PM |
| 0 | Wording such as this, is why people believe in rape culture. Thoughts?Even that link you cited estimated that the ratio of female rapists to male rapists is about 40% : 60%, using only the 12-month data. Actually, if you look at the data, it shows that ratio varies between genders. More males reported female rapists than male rapists (if one counts being forced to penetrate as rape). That completely undermines the notion that "constructions of masculinity are part of the cause" of rape. Likewise, the 2:3 ratio is not the great a difference, certainly not enough fo… | /r/MensRights | 18/03/13 07:56 AM |
| 2 | What I would like the Men's Rights Movement to never become... (in support of Farrell/Fiamengo talks at UofT)Yes, people here generally view that feminism has had a detrimental effect on men's livelihood, but that doesn't mean that the ideas themselves are dangerous or that any given individual who expresses those ideas is "evil" enough to warrant such vitriol. I agree that people should not try to shut down the sharing of opposing ideas with vitriol and bully tactics. However, I do think that some ideas are in and of themselves dangerous and that some individuals to express those ideas can great wrong… | /r/MensRights | 07/03/13 10:49 PM |
| 1 | A Sad Day For Male Rape Victims In IndiaLook again at the language you quote: whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature. The law is only about punishing certain types of sexual acts, not punishing those who commit sexual violence. So when the law is used in sex offense cases, the government essentially states that the problem is, for instance, that the person had anal sex, not that one of the people involved was unwilling. | /r/MensRights | 07/03/13 10:38 PM |
| 5 | A Sad Day For Male Rape Victims In IndiaThat is not entirely true. The feminist response was very hostile to the notion that women could even commit sex offenses. One women's rights activist stated: “We are shocked to learn that the ordinance introduces a gender neutral perpetrator for sexual assault, suggesting that both women and men could potentially be charged with the offence. Rape, as we know, is a crime largely defined as male violence against women, with absolutely no evidence of women as perpetrators. This is in disregard to … | /r/MensRights | 07/03/13 05:21 PM |
| 9 | Feminism addresses men's issues; a rebuttalFeminists were widely supportive of the Good Men Project when it started, until it started publishing what they considered were antifeminist MRA articles and rape apologism. Actually, feminists only supported GMP to the extent that it focused on a feminist perspective and shut out non-feminist voices. The feminist backlash happened when GMP refused to shut out those voices. By the time last December's incident happened, feminists already despised GMP and Tom Matlack in particular because they wo… | /r/MensRights | 05/03/13 11:10 PM |
| 4 | Jodi Arias will likely get off- in 2011, the conviction rate for women who killed men was 14%. For men who killed women, it was 94%. also, why iare the sexists feministing ignoring this?It is unlikely Arias will walk. The prosecutor wants her to get the death penalty so bad he can taste it. He had her on the stand under cross for five days, more or less shouting at her and picking out every lie she made. I think the jury may have gotten lost for a bit (I know I did), however, he closed his cross of Arias very well. And keep in mind this is the defense's case. We have not gotten to the state's case yet, which I imagine will skewer Arias. | /r/MensRights | 04/03/13 02:33 AM |
| 1 | Any time a feminist talks about "teaching men not to rape," toss them this link. "[T]he vast majority of rapes are committed by serial, violent predators."False analogy, there's no connection I'm aware of between being a feminist and being a child rapist It is not a false analogy because of my childhood experiences with feminists and because women commit the majority of child abuse. Likewise, there is not connection between being male and being a rapist. I've read Hugo Schwyzer, but I've never heard of him blaming all men for the rape that some commit. Again, this is not hard to find. Likewise for Men Can Stop Rape. When you google them the taglin… | /r/MensRights | 06/02/13 01:06 AM |
| 1 | Any time a feminist talks about "teaching men not to rape," toss them this link. "[T]he vast majority of rapes are committed by serial, violent predators."If a woman is by herself in a vulnerable place (an empty basement parking lot, a crowded bar or club, in bed with a one-night-stand), it's not irrational for her to be wary of the men around her. It is irrational if the majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows, and typically not in an empty basement, parking lot, a crowded bar or club, or in bed with a one-night stand. I understand being wary of strangers. As a male survivor of abuse, I am very wary of certain groups… | /r/MensRights | 04/02/13 05:44 PM |
| 1 | Any time a feminist talks about "teaching men not to rape," toss them this link. "[T]he vast majority of rapes are committed by serial, violent predators."I am sure there is, as some women use sex toys, their fingers, or other objects to penetrate others. But I think you missed my point. Most states do not define rape as "being forcibly penetrated". Most define it as "unwanted sexual intercourse with force, coercion, or threats present". In that regard, any case of woman having sex with an unwilling male would count as rape. | /r/MensRights | 04/02/13 05:13 PM |
| 1 | Any time a feminist talks about "teaching men not to rape," toss them this link. "[T]he vast majority of rapes are committed by serial, violent predators."So it doesn't make sense to me to assert that Lisak's work is somehow a refutation of the feminist stance regarding men and rape. It does when one considers that the feminist argument is that all men are potential rapists, that women live in perpetual threat of rape from every corner, and that men bear collective responsibility for the violence done by a handful of men. Feminists are well aware that Lisak's research shows that a fraction of men commit the most of the sexual violence against wome… | /r/MensRights | 04/02/13 02:02 AM |
| 2 | Any time a feminist talks about "teaching men not to rape," toss them this link. "[T]he vast majority of rapes are committed by serial, violent predators."It is just because the definition of rape is being penetrated. Actually, it is not. Most states do not define rape as such, and the few that may still apply rape statutes to female-on-male rape cases. The CDC study is an example of the researchers deliberately excluding being forced to penetrate as rape so as to lower their projected rate of rape against males, which they admitted in the conclusion of their study. Women who are forced to preform oral sex on other women also count under this form… | /r/MensRights | 04/02/13 01:57 AM |
| 4 | It takes one to know one | Toy Soldiers on feminists and "The Nice Guys of OK Cupid"I wrote the post in question, I figured I should respond. There aren't "steps" to getting a date. There's no "formula." I would agree, except we have countless examples of articles, TV shows, advice columns, and women themselves telling men that there are "steps" to getting a date. Men hear this, act on it, and then get rejected. While that is bound to happen because each person has individual tastes and may have no interest in the person approaching them, it really does not help to then hear th… | /r/MensRights | 08/01/13 06:30 PM |
| 0 | Rape and its role in feminist propagandaIt is not difficult to find examples of feminist-run organizations using gender-specific language or policies. For example, the UK-based organization Rape Crisis, the national organisation which survivors of sexual assault, not only does not recognize male survivors, but its policy is to exclude any rape center that provides services to them. Even when an organization uses gender neutral language, the information is often geared specifically towards women. RAINN is good example of that, although… | /r/MensRights | 25/12/12 05:35 PM |
| 1 | A response to Kate Harding's anti-MRA piece on JezebelI dislike political labels and ideology because they come with too much baggage. I prefer to simply advocate for the issues that concern me, and avoid the nonsense that happens when someone says they are liberal, conservative, feminist, or a men's rights activist. It also makes it much easier to reveal another person's biases. If I make a comment about men's issues and the person immediately labels me with pejorative "MRA" retort, everyone gets to see that. | /r/MensRights | 16/12/12 12:28 AM |
| 1 | A response to Kate Harding's anti-MRA piece on JezebelIt seems odd to bar linking directly to the article in question, but so be it. I removed the link. | /r/MensRights | 16/12/12 12:22 AM |
| 2 | Reddit's r/Videos users get sick and twisted advocating child abuse. "I only saw one ridiculously lucky kid." (Six year old pushed to do oral sex on adult woman)I just want to say to those linking to the actual video: if the video contains any depiction of child abuse, you are committing a federal crime by linking to it. STOP LINKING TO IT. And anyone who sees the link, have the common sense not to click on it, and report it to the mods and/or police. DO NOT WATCH THE VIDEO. You are committing a felony if you watch the video, even just to see what it is. | /r/MensRights | 21/04/12 04:58 PM |
| 1 | Manboobz Minions Caught Attacking Male Rape VictimAs I stated in my post about this, it does not matter if Zarat behaved horribly. Neither you or your regulars can argue that people ought to believe rape victims and then turn around and accuse the man of lying about rape just because you do not like him. That makes you and your regulars hypocrites of the highest order. I am not concerned about those who did not realize he was a victim. I am concerned with those who accused him of lying and those who read those comments and said nothing. This is… | /r/MensRights | 13/02/12 03:47 PM |
| 0 | Manboobz Minions Caught Attacking Male Rape VictimFrankly, I have no reason to assume you did not see my post before you responded to Happy as you have a propensity for dishonesty. It would not matter if Zarat spent every waking moment calling you and your cohorts every insult he could think of. None of that condones anyone questioning his past or his experiences, let alone accusing him of lying about his abuse, and certainly not because he wrote something you did not like. As I stated before, none of your regulars challenged the accusation aga… | /r/MensRights | 07/02/12 03:33 PM |
| 2 | Manboobz Minions Caught Attacking Male Rape VictimNo, Toysoldier did not misrepresent what went on in that discussion, which is why he linked to the six posts he took issue with. If you actually go and look at the discussion, you will see that <em>none</em> of the feminists commenting on your blog objected to the attack on a male victim's credibility. You will also see that both Happy or Pecunium stated that Zarat lied about his past and his family, with the clear implication that he either lied about being abused or that because they think he … | /r/MensRights | 06/02/12 11:12 PM |
| 1 | Anti-MRA Blog wants to know: Why aren't MRAs participating in Flores-Villar vs USNo, you are being criticized because he disagrees with your political views. This case just provides an opportunity to demonstrate that without being accused of engaging in a personal attack. | /r/MensRights | 14/10/10 12:50 AM |
| 1 | Anti-MRA Blog wants to know: Why aren't MRAs participating in Flores-Villar vs USIt is not an issue of funding. It costs nothing to sign the brief. I suspect that most of the men's organizations probably were not aware of the case or that the scope of the case was not something that concerned them. It is likely that the only reason feminist organizations supported the case is because of the immigration issue, and not out of any concern for father's rights, which most of those organizations by and large oppose. This just happens to be a single instance in which feminists jump… | /r/MensRights | 13/10/10 06:08 PM |
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