Landjo Archive

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1	Title IX and College Rape: A Series of Injustice Part 1 What an interesting development. This article could easily have been one on avoiceformen say one-two years ago. The tide is definitely turning, but only because the abuses the system led to were blatant enough to trigger anyone's sense of outrage and injustice. What we are still not talking about is that we are enabling psychopathic behaviour. True, deliberate false accusation are remarkably rare compared to the opportunities people have to launch them, but a few percent among us completely lack…	/r/MensRights	29/06/16 06:04 PM
3	Feminists outraged male rape victims might receive support. To be fair, ROKS is not representative of feminism in Sweden. It has, amazingly enough, also brought much progress for men in the country - starting with mandatory paternal leave, a culture of great engagement of fathers, and default shared custody not easily scuppered by random accusations of abuse. Permanent alimony was abolished a long time ago, and child support levels are modest, fair, and tied to visitation rights. Feminists were also in the driving seat of making sure this clinic was set …	/r/MensRights	28/06/16 12:35 PM
14	Emma Sulkowicz receives woman of courage award Even more egregious: no matter your race and gender, it is difficult to be more privileged from a global perspective than being from a family of high-earning medical professionals in one of the richest cities in the world and attending a leading university. Not to mention getting to attend the State of the Union address.	/r/MensRights	27/06/16 09:27 AM
7	Feminist authors write article blaming poor safety in death profession on the workers themselves. It seems like there is no way to win. This author is not particularly malevolent or devious in any way; she is simply reflecting an overall societal consensus, on the left and the right, that men are actors and women acted upon. While we can dismiss any responsibility placed upon a woman as victim blaming, we can just as easily assign responsibility to men for everything that happens to them. That way, no matter what the data say about degrees of victimisation by gender, we can justify prioritis…	/r/MensRights	22/06/16 01:05 PM
3	I guess Buzzfeed seems to have no problem shaming a woman for not being a feminist. This is what I find so contradictory. On the one hand, when it comes to the extremes of visible feminism, especially of the traditionalist victim variety, most of the world appears to agree with most people on this site. Even self-described feminists. On the other, distancing yourself from feminism is anathema and seen as equivalent to opposing equal rights for women, or even hating women. That is why proposals like banning antifeminist speech even appear on the mainstream political agenda. Iron…	/r/MensRights	22/06/16 12:59 PM
5	Haters Gonna Hate, Even When They Disguise It As Concern Trolling On Twitter I of course do no agree with the feminist narrative. But I can see how strict gender roles would lead to such extreme actions. A man grows up learning that he has no value unless he contributes to society - through work, protecting women and children, or standing up for ideals. That in turn makes the less gifted and advantaged boys feel inadequate and even self-loathing. In the mind of the perpetrator, an act like this transforms him from a loser to a hero for a cause. The toxic part of masculin…	/r/MensRights	14/06/16 10:28 AM
0	Haters Gonna Hate, Even When They Disguise It As Concern Trolling On Twitter I love how an attack on almost only men is reinterpreted as misogyny. Amazing. I also do find the beneath the surface racism disconcerting as well. I see no difference between calling men rapists because some of them are, and calling Moslems extremists because some of them are. I would even subscribe to a much milder interpretation of toxic masculinity. Growing up gay, I know how oppressive the male gender role can be if you do not conform. The problem is, we are letting feminism define toxic ma…	/r/MensRights	14/06/16 10:23 AM
2	Can we change your mind about Men's Rights Activists? Are they a force for good? Sure, the journalism sucks. But, first of all, they are under extreme pressure to churn articles like this out and give it some kind of spin. Equating MRA with some version of rightwing extremism, such as by saying we are defending WHITE males, is the easy way out. Related, second, and perhaps more important, is the fertile ground this narrative grows on. Even the people who reject the extremes of victim feminism will find the notion of a struggle for men's rights anything from befuddling to des…	/r/MensRights	13/06/16 04:08 PM
0	Male Stripper smuggled into Duchess of Cambridge's former school by sixth formers on last day before exams. But what if it had been a female stripper hired by sixth form boys? Sure, it's a double standard. But perhaps the focus should be on toning down Draconian restrictions on what male students may do, rather than insisting on equal treatment for female students. As long, of course, as there are no tangible exploitative aspects of what happened. This is the kind of much-vaunted MRA outrage that not only mirrors exactly the extremes we blame feminism for, but that will inevitably be cherry-picked to demonstrate MRA radicalism. With a bit of creative quote mining, I c…	/r/MensRights	31/05/16 06:25 AM
3	Female Students Are More Pro-Censorship Than Male Students. First of all, that a large minority of university students support censorship, even when framed as a relatively innocuous question, is striking. Second, just two decades ago, when I was a foreign student at a fancy liberal arts college in the US famous for its liberalism (read progressivism), it was the political RIGHT that favoured censorship, that balked at slight hints of nudity on television, and took offence at sexual innuendo. I guess historians will figure out why at some point. But what …	/r/MensRights	24/05/16 04:16 PM
-7	Hairdresser Neah Tuohy screams ‘the system is f***ed’ as she's jailed for 12 years for glassing a man in the face as he lay unconscious in the street after taxi rank fight Wow. That is a pretty harsh punishment. Even for a man. So yes, that is fucked. The only mildly good thing is that we are moving towards something akin to equal treatment for both genders - ESPECIALLY for female perpetrators and male victims. But, to me, MRA should be much more about more leniency towards men than harsh punishments for women (except of course in egregious cases of sexual abuse where women get off the hook completely - another area where the tide appears to be changing). And OF C…	/r/MensRights	17/05/16 12:42 PM
10	Albany University Expels Women Charged with Fabricating 'Hate Crime' I can understand why prosecutions of false accusers are so rare. Imagine the incentives the police, DAs, and judges face. First, they have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accusation was maliciously false. Second, make one mistake - one single mistake - and expect a career-ending public outcry. Few things could be more horrible than punishing an actual rape victim for a false accusation. But in the Anglosphere at least, I think there is a clear tendency to prosecute the most blatant cas…	/r/MensRights	10/05/16 07:28 PM
3	Albany University Expels Women Charged with Fabricating 'Hate Crime' I can understand the outrage. And in particular, I am struck by how the unintended consequence of this kind of action will be MORE racism and sexism, not less. Fuel for the fire of those already convinced of the inferiority of whole groups of society. But beneath the outrage, there is something even more insidious. Similar to cases where accusations of sexual assault have been justified as means to bring across important social messages, the culprits in this case were driven not only by probable…	/r/MensRights	10/05/16 07:19 PM
7	Michaelia Cash's message to men - "take lower paid jobs" The utter ignorance of basic economic concepts and of the role of public policy that permeates this article is striking. Besides, I imagine that the most vocal opponents of this view would not be the men, but their wives... No need to rail at idiocies like this. They do an excellent job of discrediting themselves. Let us not give them the opportunity to turn MRA criticism into a badge of honour and valiance. Or better yet: let's agree!	/r/MensRights	22/04/16 02:04 PM
2	Men Are Harassed More Than Women Online - Data shows men get more hate, while women say they get it because they’re women. Take mansplaining. Read women's description of them. Apart from glances at boobs, in my professional life, I meet people who are condescending, belittling, self-aggrandising all the time. I am used to fighting not to be underestimated, and it takes work in most situations (though it gets easier as you get older). I have to watch out for sensitivities, avoid appearing overly arrogant, but still calibrate my assertiveness carefully. It is a pretty complicated game. Could it be that women have lear…	/r/MensRights	16/04/16 05:03 PM
-4	Matched a girl on Tinder and had a debate for over an hour. I finally unmatched her after this. First of all, you are of course right: if someone writes something like that or even raises such a topic on Tinder, you are right to see it as a warning sign. But on the larger point that you can rape someone without knowing it, I find the wholesale dismissal a bit disturbing. Violent rape - of course you will know about it. But I, as a gay man, have been in several situations where I regretted consenting to sex during the act, tried to convince my partner politely to stop (but not clearly enoug…	/r/MensRights	16/04/16 04:56 PM
0	Most powerful American feminist organization kills another shared parenting bill: N.O.W.’s crusade against actual gender equality slips into the limelight In that feminist utopia that is my native (but not home) country, Sweden, feminism has actually been the driving force behind paternity leave and default shared parenting. As was NOW in the 70s, on the reasonable logic that only shared parental rights and responsibilities would truly liberate women in the public sphere. Their paths diverged, I presume, as the contradictions between pushing for gender equality and functioning as women's lobby (a natural consequence of patriarchy theory) became to…	/r/MensRights	16/04/16 04:04 PM
-30	Don’t name rape suspects unless they are convicted. These guys got away with a horrific crime. MRAs are bound to celebrate that, but perhaps being named will at least teach them a lesson. I find it sad that our society is this opposed to even doing that. Personally, in these circumstances, why would I report a rape? Is this what we want victims to do? The hate is palpable.	/r/MensRights	14/04/16 04:48 PM
1	Swedish Law Would Allow Men To Back Out Of Fatherhood This proposal is based on feminist reasoning, in fact. Which is indeed uplifting: after all, almost all MRA concerns cater to the dictionary definition, if not the practice, of feminism. It benefits, I submit, women and mothers at least as much. It ensures that a father that has committed remains legally and morally liable for his children, without the shadow of doubt single mothers face because of the few women that engage in fraud for their own gain. That is why I hesitate to agree with the co…	/r/MensRights	04/04/16 07:14 PM
0	Feminist having one more breakdown: "Everything is sexist!" What is the point of this outrage? The kind of people that write this nonsense are in a sense our best allies: they are the ones that are much better at demonstrating the bigotry of radical feminism than (male) MRAs, who can easily and unfortunately credibly be discredited as anything from privileged to jealous (presumably undeservedly so). The real enemy is the sneakier, more diplomatic feminism. The kind that relies on gender roles to focus DV resources on women, for example. Or the Emma Watso…	/r/MensRights	04/04/16 11:40 AM
3	That's rich... women decline to date men who earn less - however good looking I can't tell you how many of my female friends fail to find a partner despite their good looks - all because of an intrinsic drive towards hypergamy. They need to be able to respect their men; and being more successful than them makes that difficult. I have seen many relationships founder when the man's status drops, but few where the opposite was the case. So much of how we esteem men, as a society and even sexually, is tied up with professional success (not necessarily monetary success, though…	/r/MensRights	29/02/16 12:24 PM
1	During his Oscar presentation, Joe Biden made it a point to say that men are also victims of sexual assault! To be fair, some credit is due to feminists for recognising male victimisation quite a bit more than most of us here seem to think. Some even recognise female perpetrators. The much, much stickier, controversial issue is the question of the systemic nature of false accusations. Feminists, as well as society in general, shy away from this. A reaction more visceral than anything else: the thought of not being believed when you are at your most vulnerable make most women, and I am sure many men, re…	/r/MensRights	29/02/16 12:16 PM
22	15 year old boy charged with raping 47 year old woman. He reportedly "coerced" her. It is of course possible that he raped her, but I imagine it would have to be a violent affair leaving marks - there is no way a 15-year-old could have the powers of psychological coercion. To me, this reeks of a woman trying to get out of a potential statutory rape charge. But then again, spending time reading posts and links from this blog, I admit to being a bit biased and would welcome further information about the case.	/r/MensRights	24/02/16 01:27 PM
2	College student: Women should be required to register for the draft, and that includes me This is of course the kind of feminism I can get behind. And if I remember correctly, shared custody, expanding the draft to women, and reforming alimony (shorter time commitment and gender equality), were in the charters of NOW - only to be subsequently removed as women realised that side of equality was not in their best interests. Another thing I agree with feminists on: the draft is outdated. Warfare is not about boots on the ground, it is using the cutting edge of technology. For that we ne…	/r/MensRights	24/02/16 12:35 PM
2	Most people don't understand what this movement is for... Yes but it is not that easy. Take the right to be relatively free from sexual harassment (ignoring for a moment the fact that sexual harassment of men is much more widespread than most people assume). Assuring that right for both sexes is hard to do without also according women a certain level of privilege. And take the fact that men take much more financial responsibility than women. Is that female privilege? If so, do we have the right to fight it, given that it rests on ostensibly free choice…	/r/MensRights	23/02/16 02:59 PM
11	Most people don't understand what this movement is for... In a recent party discussion about domestic violence, I tried to make the point that, although probably women suffer worst, the resources and support available to men stand in no proportion to even the lowest estimates of male victimisation. That caused a violent reaction. I was accused of minimising the problem and wanting to grab valuable resources for men. For some reason, the mere thought of male victims as a group was anathema. But in other situations, coming at it from another angle, react…	/r/MensRights	23/02/16 02:53 PM
2	250,000 people do not care about due process in Kesha case I wonder what would happen if the genders were reversed: a man trying to get out of a contract with a woman claiming abuse? Of course her claims may be correct. If so, she deserves sympathy. But the point is, making it that easy to get out of a contract would create enormous moral hazard. It would encourage false claims more than authentic ones; if she was indeed abused and suffered from it, going public and being questioned will be very hard. You probably just want to forget. Which is why I fin…	/r/MensRights	21/02/16 04:49 PM
7	Why Do So Few Men Get Alimony? Not only male pride; the very few women that do pay alimony are at the forefront of pushing for alimony reform. They find it deeply unfair that they should support their spouse, even in cases where the claim is fully legitimate (a man who gives up his career to take care of the family, say), at least for a transition period. Something about the mere thought of supporting a grown man causes outrage in all of us. Even I, a gay MRA sympathiser, find myself having a hard time mustering sympathy for …	/r/MensRights	17/02/16 08:59 PM
1	Women’s groups fight Florida bill to overhaul alimony law..."emotional testimony from many ex-wives who warned the move will wreck the lives of many women" --> I guess this is a bad time to bring up that 75% of divorces are initiated by women. Bizarre, is it not, that NOW in the 70s lambasted alimony as oppressive and infantilising. Equally bizarre is that men, firmly in control of political and economic power - at least ostensibly - fail so miserably in organising to protest against excessive alimony. Sure, the money-earning spouse should have some duty to compensate a spouse that has stayed home and taken care of the family, but for a reasonable time only - the time the other spouse needs to brush up on education and establish herse…	/r/MensRights	17/02/16 02:24 PM
1	Baseless moral panic about campus rape culture goes digital: "Online reporting system to help sexual-assault victims" To be honest, not such a bad idea. We have a problem both with false accusations AND underreporting of rape, especially by male victims. This helps both sides: it would weaken the case of someone like Emma Sulkowicz (assuming Nungesser's version is true), because she would not have reported the rape immediately afterwards. And it would strengthen the case of someone who is a victim, but for whom the experience is too traumatic to rehash in detail. Having been in such a situation myself, I can pr…	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 07:38 PM
5	Does it ever seem to you that feminists only seem to punch down? Nail on the head: one of the saddest things about modern feminism is the combination of slandering toxic masculinity and blaming men's problem on themselves with contempt for any signs of weakness in men (cf. male tears, dismissing MRAs as whiners). That contempt pretty much scuttles what could be a productive focus on the oppressive nature of gender roles for both sexes.	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 07:17 PM
4	One way men are oppressed is that victims of false rape accusations are not seen as victims. I do not think it is that bad. I think most people are willing to sympathise with a falsely accused man. What we are not willing to do is to see the problem as systemic to men as a group. In other words, we do sympathise with men, but individual men, not men as a group. That is the main reason why MRA faces such visceral opposition by society at large: few disagree with our main talking points, but the mere notion of seeing males as a group as potential victims is anathema. Soldiers, yes. Miners…	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 07:12 PM
2	The gay community needs to deal with its misogyny problem. I have been waiting for this article for a long time. Strange, is it not, that gay men have been shielded from accusations of misogyny for so long, while straight men, many of whom will bend over backwards to please women, are scrutinised every step of the way for even the slightest hint of disrespect of women, let alone misogyny. This is of course misandric drivel, but with several kernels of truth. As a gay man, I get away with treating women, albeit jokingly, in a a way that straight men coul…	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 07:06 PM
1	Madeleine Albrights desperate "sorry, not sorry" over saying women who vote for Sanders will go to hell. Doubles down on her misogyny and misandry, now with pay gap and oppression myths. She was one of our most impressive women politicians. I had much respect for her. What a pity that she would fall prey to such simplistic ideology.	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 06:57 PM
1	Hillary Clinton hires woman who thinks it's much better to falsely accuse a man of rape than to disbelieve an accuser This is so sad. I actually get it: male rape victims understand even better than female ones how incredibly sensitive you can be when reporting such a horrific experience and how painful disbelief can be. But there is a huge difference between making sure the system provides the support and sympathy vulnerable people need, and tweaking the system so that convictions are easier to obtain. The solution we already have in place, at least for women. There are rape advocates whose job it is to suppor…	/r/MensRights	16/02/16 06:55 PM
5	Film director said: "This falsely accused thing drives me nuts.” What I don't get is: we have about 100.000 convictions of sexual assault per year in the US alone. Why in the world focus a documentary on cases that are, to say the least, questionable, rather than the large stock of cases that have been proven beyond reasonable doubt? True, there are miscarriages of justice, and the system is not perfect, but at least then you will not suffer the risk of having your narrative discredited.	/r/MensRights	09/02/16 08:48 PM
7	I recently told my female friend that I was raped by a woman, now she doesn't want to be my friend, says I'm "scary" and she "disagrees" that I was raped In a recent discussion of domestic violence against men, on an article questioning gender parity, I ventured the comment that even if we assume that only 20% or even only 10% of victims are male, that is still more than most people think and we at least need to accord male victims a proportionate share of the resources. A furious feminist then proceeded to accuse me of downplaying female victims and attempt to tear down the support structures they had built up for women over the past decades. Th…	/r/MensRights	05/02/16 02:23 PM
5	Meet Filmaker and men's rights activist, Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj Note how unlikely that label is to stick compared to calling a man a misogynist. And note how well aligned feminist pejorative labels are with traditional gender roles (men are active and responsible for their acts; women are victims or at least misguided). What is striking is not so much the obvious contradictions, but how readily society lets them slip.	/r/MensRights	27/01/16 11:37 PM
3	Meet Filmaker and men's rights activist, Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj Maybe. Of course both men and women would have to be courageous to speak out publicly about these issues; few are the people who are not only articulate and courageous, but picks a topic that not only goes against this ingrained bias, but societal pressure, and self-preservation, but that is likely to garner everything from apathy to downright disgust. And of course I lapse into that very bias all the time, every day. It's deeply ingrained.	/r/MensRights	27/01/16 09:54 PM
7	Meet Filmaker and men's rights activist, Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj She is great - the courage and conviction she needs not only to convince herself, but to take on such an unpopular issue for the other gender, is worth celebrating. And how embarrassing for us here in purportedly progressive countries to see India, a country ridden with misogyny and caste-based discrimination dubbed the rape capital of the world just a few years ago, rise to the forefront of changing people's view of gender issues - the cutting edge of progressiveness. It is indeed the women in …	/r/MensRights	27/01/16 08:48 PM
2	It's not just scholarships. Admissions are heavily stacked against men. No really a surprise for a prestigious STEM school. For all the hype about quotas, I am convinced that informal, benevolent sexism makes up the most distorting kind of discrimination (quotas, after all, have to be clearly circumscribed). Even I find myself favouring women in areas where they are severely represented, such as in well-paid expert missions to developing countries. Bad, I know. I am sure discrimination runs the other way: if I am applying to med school or a psych graduate programme,…	/r/MensRights	18/01/16 03:28 PM
-12	2014: "I hate that men are harassing me by looking at me!", same feminist 2015: "I hate that men don't look at me anymore!" To be fair she says that she hates that her culture makes her miss it. Which shows at least a modicum of self-awareness.	/r/MensRights	17/01/16 03:41 PM
2	A Male Feminist Said That He Will Punch Every Anti-feminist and MRA in Public and He Will Force Every Dissenter to Accept Feminist Ideology by His Muscle! Of course. Feminists are right about toxic masculinity, oppressive gender roles, and cultural constructs. They just apply their own principles selectively, just like all of society - can anyone think of any single law or public decision that is neither gender neutral nor rests upon a (at times misguided and backfiring) desire to promote or protect women?	/r/MensRights	15/01/16 09:49 PM
5	The war that feminists started: fantasy vs reality MRA is also about liberating men from the constraints of the male gender role as provider, protector, and perpetrator where even the most legitimate grievances is dismissed as whining. That of course includes more respect for the role of the father in the traditional family, but apart from that, our stance is antithetical to social conservatism. Social conservatives are as likely as feminists to shame men who do not live up to expectations, who stray from the male gender role, to overinterpret c…	/r/MensRights	08/01/16 02:07 PM
1	Harshest truth I shared on my Facebook That is not the problem. Some people are selfish, and we have free speech (sort of). The problem is that society gobbles up the claim that that selfishness is in fact only a striving for equality, driven by exactly the same gender roles the "feminazis" claim to oppose. Also, the feminazis are vocal and visible but a minority. The vast majority of self-described feminists are not narcissistic sociopaths, but just buying into the one-sided traditionalist view of the genders that society and femini…	/r/MensRights	07/01/16 09:50 PM
1	Chris Gayle, that 'Australian' cricket player who was fined 10k and called a misogynist for politely asking a woman out? He's now been BANNED from the sport by Cricket Australia. He has lost his job for lightheartedly talking to a woman. I understand and even partly sympathise that we should not condone this behavior in cases where power differences or shame might pressure people into agreeing to things they do not want, especially of a sexual nature. We can expect politicians, for example, to maintain a higher level of decorum - that is arguably part of their job. But here we have a kid reaching fame for his athletic prowess, but otherwise just a young man acting like many young men do. Indeed, gender roles and society all enco…	/r/MensRights	07/01/16 08:34 PM
1	Belarus only executes males. "No woman may be executed in Belarus". At least they are not pretending to be gender neutral. They are honest about it.	/r/MensRights	03/01/16 09:14 PM
0	Harshest truth I shared on my Facebook Even if we accept that men are much more violent than women, what strikes me the most when observing the immense reluctance society has to considering anything above negligible levels of female-perpetrated abuse of adult males, is simple: Why in the world would we expect another outcome, when we teach boys that hitting girls is anathema, and teach girls everything from nothing to the complete opposite (when lauding the woman slapping her unfaithful husband on TV, for example)? Or when we conside…	/r/MensRights	03/01/16 06:10 PM
0	This is the problem created by those 'no violence against women' posters... I think the comment was a bit silly, though. The systemic nature and gender roles behind it are obvious, even to feminists and the general public. And how does he expect someone like that to react? Plus this is the kind of stuff that, coupled with the right underlying assumptions, lend credence to ridiculous but tempting portrayals of MRAs as misogynists. Edit out some of the context, add some commentary, and voila, yet another MRA insisting that it is his right to kill women and a woman, laudab…	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 10:45 PM
5	Study: Women Aren't Discriminated Against In Science Or Math, It's Actually The Opposite Claiming that those figures result from discrimination against men is repeating the same unnuanced generalisation we accuse feminism of. First of all, it is a mystery to me how we can expect to detect pure discrimination at all in a sector so desperate for even middling talent that university graduates sometimes start at salaries upwards of 150 k USD. Systematically preferring one group should be suicide in such a competitive market. Second, let's distinguish between pure discrimination and reac…	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 10:36 PM
0	This is the problem created by those 'no violence against women' posters... Fascinating. I used to think that the assumption that men oppress women through patriarchy was what poisoned feminism, a movement with laudable intentions that I fully agree with in theory. It is the oppressed status of women that makes them able to ignore men's problems, justify or even celebrate female violence, and in fact defend rather than oppose gender roles. But that is perhaps changing. The focus is more on the notion that the personal is political, that subjective perception should assu…	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 10:00 PM
-6	Video shows woman allegedly threatening man on a Sydney train with a chisel "You can't sit next to a woman" While I condemn her behavior, I also understand it. Having to put up with ridicule, objectification, harassment, and assault on a daily basis, lashing out at a man who assumes that his gender alone gives him the unalienable right to take up space with no consideration for her feelings, let alone ask her is excessive, but understandable. What is sad, of course, is that yet again, it is the victim who will be thrown in jail, while hundreds of millions of rapists roam the earth fully convinced they…	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 08:32 PM
-8	Mary P. Koss thinks that it is "inappropriate" to consider men who have been raped by women as rape victims, because "their penetration experience is not similar to what women are reporting". She calls it "unwanted contact". She might actually be right. All else being equal, rape by penetration of a woman may be worse, on average, then rape by envelopment. The issue is more that this kind of sweeping statement without evidence coincides with a drive to broaden the definition of rape, to include a range of behaviours that previously would have been classified differently or not be subject to sanction at all. Culminating, of course, in unworkable reforms like reversed burdens of proof and affirmative consents. That wo…	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 01:05 AM
1	University Psych Class turns into chick crying orgy over their victimization. Lone male student at the end tells by far the worst story of abuse and the entire class laughs at him To be fair, most people, not only feminists would react that way. At most, we can criticise the hypocrisy of claiming to combat gender roles, but sticking to them religiously in all but a few cases if they benefit or protect women. What I wonder the most was: How did the instructor react? The etiquette breach by itself was brazen enough to warrant censure. Did she actually condone it? Now that I would actually report.	/r/MensRights	28/12/15 12:58 AM
1	(Mostly) female response to story about man who receives alimony check with adult child support written in the memo The whole story is ridiculous. Even the alimony payment, moderate and limited to six years, seems comparatively reasonable. I think around 3% of alimony payers are women, partly because men often do not exercise their right to ask for it. But the tendency is rising, and already now we see women spearhead demands for alimony reform. Since making alimony reform explicitly gendered would be too obviously sexist, it would benefit mostly men. The sad thing is, of course, that men, the strong gender, …	/r/MensRights	27/12/15 09:11 PM
-1	Isn’t it just obvious that MRAs are the right side? And that an MRA world would clearly be the better world? The real reason is that we are deeply programmed to protect and prefer women; indeed, had this not been the case, humanity would never have survived. Just pointing to the systemic nature of problems men face question this programming. That is disconcerting to all - men, women, and feminists. There will be progress on specific issues - false accusations, father's rights. But societal recognition of men's rights as a whole? Fat chance. And probably the wrong strategy.	/r/MensRights	25/12/15 09:46 PM
1	Human rights organisations will not openly help men falsely accused of rape because of the "nature" of the "crime". And nowhere in this Guardian article do they acknowledge that false accusations are occurring due to "rape hysteria". For a serious crime often plagued by lacking physical evidence, I find it scandalous that - as rape advocates also claim happens frequently - rape kits that could determine a trial are not even tested. With the immense resources we spend on sexual assault, how is this even possible? How is this not part of the most basic due diligence that even the most incredulous of investigators have to complete? Or compatible with the basic principle that a false conviction is anathema to a civilised society…	/r/MensRights	25/12/15 10:31 AM
2	A NSW Police spokesman said victims should report abuse without fear of being charged by police if they later changed or retracted their statements. WTF? Let's be fair here. Reporting such a traumatic event means rehashing it in minute, excruciating detail - no matter how benevolent or victim-centric the process. We have to respect that some victims are simply not to go through that pain. Let us not conflate that with provable lies with malicious intent. Those should never go unpunished. But if an accuser retracts a statement and there is no proof beyond reasonable doubt that he or she lied, all we can do is make sure victims, including male ones…	/r/MensRights	23/12/15 11:45 PM
1	Over 50% of reported rapes in Mumbai false. As far as I can read, the 50% figure only refers to abuse of traditionalist, often Draconian legislation - abuse that most commenters, including the more progressive parts of feminism, appears to recognise. Unfounded or downright malicious rape accusations obviously also occur, raising the false accusation rate to well over half - the kinds of figures we only get from jaded, outspoken police officers plagued and unavoidably also biased by bad experiences. Perhaps it is the blatant nature of such…	/r/MensRights	23/12/15 11:14 AM
1	Rage Pretty nasty comments. But it all goes to show how incapable we are of viewing men as a group of potential victims. To be fair, I think after finding out the egregious details of individual instances, their tone would probably change - but the initial prejudice will always be something along the lines of "he deserved it". As most of us here, I had a hard time accepting gender parity in DV perpetration for a long time. But now I find it striking (!) that women do not make up the majority of perpe…	/r/MensRights	14/12/15 06:23 PM
3	I came here for a peek, and this is nothing like I expected. The sexism this reddit is sometimes, not always unjustifiably so, accused of mostly stems from two things. First there is the striking nature of a single-minded focus on issues that face men. Human beings, MRAs included, are biologically and culturally programmed to protect women more than men, and whether we like it or not, if there is a reasonable plausible interpretation that something is sexist, we will opt for that interpretation. Second, there is the underlying frustration that shows throu…	/r/MensRights	14/12/15 03:10 PM
4	Remember- most women are good and on our side, even if they only oppose MRAs due to poor perception. To me, men are at least as much as a problem. Just like women are by far the best slut shamers...	/r/MensRights	25/11/15 08:49 AM
1	MP Jess Phillips: ‘You have to be a remarkable woman to get to the top, average men get there all the time... And of course: how to open up more choices to men. Feminists are right every once in a while: gender roles are very constraining. Especially for men.	/r/MensRights	24/11/15 04:38 PM
2	MP Jess Phillips: ‘You have to be a remarkable woman to get to the top, average men get there all the time... What is bothersome is not that Jess Phillips says something like this, but that few people call her out on the blatant sexism publicly. We have freedom of expression; but there should be mechanisms in place that make sure people are accountable for the things they say. On a few issues, notably gender, that is not the case.	/r/MensRights	24/11/15 12:47 PM
1	India celebrated International Men’s Day 2015 on grand scale. Not just MRA's but general public and corporates too participated. I am amazed at India. Only a few years ago, following the horrific rape, slandered as a patriarchal backwater, it has, over a relatively short time, experienced a broadly backed backlash against admittedly ridiculously sexist traditionalist dowry and assault legislation. Even more astonishingly, Indian feminists often agree: it was the Delhi Commission for Women that came out and cited a 50% false accusation rate in a drive to discourage abuse of the legislation. Read the comments section, and h…	/r/MensRights	23/11/15 10:25 AM
2	My role as a father was insulted this afternoon by a complete stranger Of course. Who would object to a woman reporting a similar event? Just recently I read a piece bemoaning the fact that only 10% of women reporting in appropriate touching in public transport report the incidents. If we bemoan that, then this kind of incidents, with many witnesses, should be reported as part of our civic duty - even if sulking and complaining to the chorus of the converted may seem like the more comforting option.	/r/MensRights	20/11/15 09:35 AM
1	Female equal rights activist in Sweden says fathers don't need a Fathers day, because they simply don't deserve it. If you start from the assumption that men are privileged, it follows that they are privileged as fathers, too. As a result, all our complaints about how fathers are treated can not be that bad. And keep in mind that Sweden, often perceived as a feminist utopia, has outlawed alimony, has one of the highest female employment rates (close to all mothers are working), sees shared custody as the default, foresees mandatory paternity leave, and caps child support so that it is seldom onerous even to l…	/r/MensRights	09/11/15 03:33 PM
3	"Gay couple asked ‘which of you will be the mother?’… And is ultimately denied adoption" - because dads don't really matter to these morons. To be fair, you would have to correct for socio-economic status. Single-sex households going through the trouble of arranging parenthood have much higher income and education than average, I would presume.	/r/MensRights	23/10/15 12:48 PM
2	"Gay couple asked ‘which of you will be the mother?’… And is ultimately denied adoption" - because dads don't really matter to these morons. Surely a gay male couple prepared to go through all the trouble and humiliation such a process involves (perhaps the only area in which homophobia in modern Western society still rears its ugly head), will be better prepared for the challenge of parenthood than a good part of children in today's world, many of which come about by 'accident' and grow up in single parent households?	/r/MensRights	23/10/15 12:47 PM
0	Five reasons men are closing the life expectancy gap As ONS figures reveal that wealthy men are outliving the average woman for the first time, what factors could have caused the gender gap to close? To be fair, the issue is not so much that we are subsidising women as that men, especially men of lower status, tend to not give a toss about their health. Awareness campaigns would be good but can only do so much. We have to find ways to convince men to take care of themselves better, perhaps to value themselves more.	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 05:55 PM
3	Five reasons men are closing the life expectancy gap As ONS figures reveal that wealthy men are outliving the average woman for the first time, what factors could have caused the gender gap to close? Really tall people have shorter lives? Other research I came across found a correlation among men between social status and height. And social status and longevity are correlated. Where does that leave us? Think about how badly society treats short men... hard to believe.	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 05:53 PM
1	Five reasons men are closing the life expectancy gap As ONS figures reveal that wealthy men are outliving the average woman for the first time, what factors could have caused the gender gap to close? It makes sense to me. Social class affects the health of men more than women - men are, on the other hand, less likely to escape low social status than women, so the opposite should also hold true. Similarly, I suspect there is a stronger correlation among men between social status/education and attention paid to health. Women are better than men on average in this perspective, but the difference between low and high status males is probably large. Finally, the high status coming from a well pay…	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 05:51 PM
3	As a male, how do I protect myself from being falsely accused of rape? I hate to say it, but stay away from too many casual encounters. And use your common sense - stay away from partners that come across as unstable or unreasonable. Just like the overwhelming majority of men are not rapists, the overwhelming majority of women would never abuse the system brazenly, but anger over a casual encounter and raised expectations coupled with a simplistic campus narrative could tip the balance in some cases. Spend your entire life hearing everyday that you are a victim, an…	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 02:37 PM
1	The Marginalization and Vilification of Men in the U.S. Is it not amazing that not only do we see it as being a pussy if you complain about men's rights (suicide and longevity rather than, say, womanspreading). You are also a pussy if you do not complain. Not to mention that the mere existence of the term pussy is indicative of oppressive gender role traditionalism.	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 01:41 PM
1	I was bullied and told I hate women because I stand for men's rights. It would appear to me that a whiny pussy would opt for the easy way out and just go with the flow. I think few people would disagree that addressing systemic men's issues require courage. Or am I wrong?	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 01:13 PM
1	I was bullied and told I hate women because I stand for men's rights. Be firm but conciliatory. In my experience, most people, even feminists, will acknowledge most of the main MRA issues. What people react against is anything that hints at the systemic nature of the issues men face - we, society and feminism, are loathe to acknowledge men as a group as potential victims of anything. And focus on the common enemy: gender roles. Most people will accept some narrative along the lines of - we have liberated women, now we have to liberate men. And if your friends will…	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 11:06 AM
1	If regret is rape, then is a regrettable purchase, theft? Is a regrettable haircut/tattoo, assault or battery? Is a regrettable marriage, slavery? Sure they are. They just have to prove it first. By being useful.	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 11:01 AM
1	If regret is rape, then is a regrettable purchase, theft? Is a regrettable haircut/tattoo, assault or battery? Is a regrettable marriage, slavery? Ok. I am as far away from feminism as most of you. But there is one aspect, one kernel of truth to this outrageous rhetoric that I think we should at least acknowledge, if nothing else as a first step to a more nuanced, less polarised and simplified discussion. Women's self worth is much more tied to protecting their sexuality, while the opposite is the case for men. Biologically, culturally, or both, women are much more likely to regret an encounter. While I would never call that rape, it is a …	/r/MensRights	22/10/15 08:26 AM
5	I was expelled from college for sexual assault and I had proof I didn't do it Here in Europe we often forget how dependent the US system is upon the tort system and civil redress. We very rarely sue here in Europe, but we often rarely face cases of severe miscarriage of justice (though Sweden had its fair share of that in the 1980s - remember the pedophilia hysteria?).	/r/MensRights	21/10/15 02:29 PM
3	I was expelled from college for sexual assault and I had proof I didn't do it You have to sue. That is the only way these issues will get the attention they deserve. lack of due process is enough; if you on top of that have evidence, so much the better.	/r/MensRights	21/10/15 02:27 PM
5	"Air India offers 25% discount for women flyers" (October 18, 2015) Not only false rape, they have a range of laws open to abuse. Even the Delhi Commission for Women came up with a false rape figure of 50% or more of false accusations - an estimate sure to be modest and not to include false date rape accusations, for example, or women pressured by their families to classify an affair as rape. As a result, I have the impression that MEN's rights are more universally accepted in India than almost anywhere else. There is a large national discussion about discrimina…	/r/MensRights	19/10/15 05:58 PM
5	Disturbing rise of the women child sex predators: What's behind it? And would they be punished so leniently if they were men? It is the opposite of disturbing: it is comforting, is it not, that we are finally taking these crimes seriously. Not by far as seriously as we take those perpetrated by men, but the progress is all the same stunning. Why in the world would we interpret this as a rise in sexual predation? Is the explanation that we are simply increasingly recognising this as a crime not the more likely explanation? I would even expect female perpetration to predominate. Not because women are in any way more evil…	/r/MensRights	16/10/15 11:53 AM
6	I was labelled a feminazi – here is how feminists can fight the word I find it a truly astonishing feat to portray feminism as the victim and the men's rights movement as the powerful perpetrator. Then, without missing a beat, proceeding to calling it brave, progressive, and designed to deconstruct gender roles. Without the slightest hint of irony, at that. I know I couldn't pull that one off.	/r/MensRights	02/10/15 06:25 PM
4	Wage gap myth exposed — by feminists I have read many, many feminist articles that acknowledge that the wage gap is not due largely to discrimination (it is the discrimination link, mostly tacit, that is the myth, not the gap itself). It has some remaining opportunistic value, but the more serious parts of the movement has passed on to underlying factors a long time ago - primarily the cost to the woman, or the main caring parent, and her career. The reason this mythical link between the wage gap and discrimination continues to liv…	/r/MensRights	02/10/15 06:01 PM
1	No, not bias at all I think control is too simple. It is about lack of control in a society that expects you to be in control, in fact who tells you your value as a human being is directly linked to what you control, protect, and contribute. Hitting a woman, except in self-defense, requires losing these firmly rooted inhibitions. Such a person is either psychopathic or suffering from a serious breakdown. Either way, he is unlikely to take a constructive step such as calling a hotline and asking how he can be less v…	/r/MensRights	30/09/15 07:13 PM
1	A criticism of the MRM - We need to discuss this Another Swede here. I am not so sure about gynocentrism, but I have a broader, related concern. Much of our "angry" advocacy concerns the growing feminist obsession with victimhood, and the use of the patriarchy notion to justify glaring injustices against men. Quotidian events are interpreted with a single minded view to portraying women as victims - even in areas such as health and education where, if anything, men have been worse off for decades (and, in the case of health, for human history)…	/r/MensRights	30/09/15 06:31 PM
1	Men are more likely to be raped than to be accused of rape [Vice] The data are of course nonsensical. But in the end, he is right - the problem of male rape victims is probably larger than that of false accusations. Especially if you apply one of the wider definitions of rape enjoying such popularity of late. Its the conclusion from that that is completely off. First, I fail to see how the rape culture movement and campus rape hysteria are helping men more than peripherally, especially if the perpetrator is female. Second, it is not either or. We don't have to…	/r/MensRights	29/09/15 06:12 PM
2	Gender inequality is a problem men created – now they have to help fix it In business and politics, we have done our best to remove formal and informal obstacles to work, including free child care. In education, women outperform men for the good part of the past three decades. So men have done much of their job. Now for women to up the game and study petrol engineering, work long hours with lots of travel, and let their husbands take all the parental leave. If we want equality of outcome, that is the biggest hold-up at the moment. Or do we seriously still think that m…	/r/MensRights	29/09/15 05:46 PM
1	MRM opposes the male-only draft, but seems to acknowledge that women are rarely, if ever, fit for combat. What is the solution? How many positions in today's computerised, drone-driven defense are combat positions requiring top physical performance? A few percent maybe? Sure we need more women in the military, but why not focus on the areas where they are much more able to compete with men. I think using light quotas in cases like political representation could be acceptable, even for non-executive board membership they have proven not as costly and distorting as many had feared, but in positions where physical performan…	/r/MensRights	29/09/15 05:40 PM
3	Meet the "Brogressive." Feminists create yet another catchy term to separate real progressives (who must be feminist) from the fake ones (who care about due process). Ironically though, in some ways her description is spot on: these are the men that WANT to be liberal, want to be for women's right, would never even consider allying themselves with the men's rights movement, not because they do not see the validity of the grievances, but because, like most of society, the do not even see the theoretical possibility of conceiving of men as a group as enjoying even limited victimhood status. As a result, they dodge, find the issues that they can support, evading…	/r/MensRights	29/09/15 04:56 PM
1	Meet the "Brogressive." Feminists create yet another catchy term to separate real progressives (who must be feminist) from the fake ones (who care about due process). She seems to be describing a normal liberal (Libertarian in US parlance) - someone put off by the interventionism and prescriptivism flourishing on the left (but not in any way a leftist phenomenon - remember buy American, boycot French fries, and family values?). There is a hint of downright satiric confusion when she refers to (economic) liberalism as economic conservatism. If there is anything an economic liberal wants, it is to make sure that there is constant freedom to change...	/r/MensRights	29/09/15 04:51 PM
1	UN Wants To Censor Internet To Save Feminists' Feelings I have to say I find fears like totalitarianism or gynocracy not only hyperbolic, but counterproductive, committing the same mistakes we accuse feminism of, and feeding into the narrative of men's rights as spoiled losers. But of course, this is the sort of cultural phenomenon that we will probably observe with the same bemusement as we do the Victorian view of table legs as obscene. The UN, with access to some of the best and the brightest, not only brings its unwieldy attention to an issued ne…	/r/MensRights	27/09/15 11:23 AM
2	More women than men (25 % Vs 11%) were responsible for partner violence. In fact, 71 percent of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women. This is not at all surprising. Men learn from childhood not to hit women, and transgressions are severely punished. Women learn nothing of the sort, and transgressions are not only overlooked, but celebrated as empowerment or justified retribution. Against that backdrop, why in the world would we expect men to be violent more than women? But the feminist narrative is perhaps partly right - a man who hits is more likely to lack the inhibitions and empathy that prevent violence, as he first has to…	/r/MensRights	25/09/15 10:51 PM
1	Women are more likely than men to be hired for faculty positions in science, mathematics and technology...Women and black and Latino researchers instead have an advantage, the study found. It also found an apparent disadvantage for Asian researchers starting their careers. Xpost /r/science Mathematically, for whites and Asians, the effect of quotas is marginal and widely exaggerated. But of course if quotas start benefiting 50% of the population, the magnitude of unintended consequences will increase. By any reckoning, we are doubling instances of discrimination - the individuals benefiting from the quotas are unlikely to be exactly the individuals harmed by discrimination. But to me, the much bigger issue is informal discrimination, not quota-based. Even as an MRA-sympathiser, I …	/r/MensRights	22/09/15 03:42 PM
-43	Same city, same year. Man has sex with 15yo girl he believed to be 19, goes straight to jail. Woman has sex with her 14yo male student, avoids jail because judge "did not believe the woman deserved to go to jail". The cases are not even comparable. In one case there was a five-year age difference; in the other, a larger one plus a position of authority that, albeit perhaps not advertently, was abused. The mistake lies more in the severity shown towards the young man than the leniency shown towards the woman. A conviction is called for, but jail time we should reserve for predators and repeat offenders.	/r/MensRights	18/09/15 12:14 PM
5	My girlfriend continues to make me proud. Sometimes, although at first glance there is a lot of vitriol against women on this site, I think that had it not been for the fact that most women are decent enough not to abuse their privileges, the plight of men would have been much worse. Perhaps, every once in a while, we should work more on expressing gratitude to one another.	/r/MensRights	11/09/15 08:52 AM
5	When a neutral person realizes the bias existing against men and wants to restore balance, what are the things such person can do? (Keeping in mind that initially, such person won't be as active, aggressive, devote time like MRA) Most important is to speak to people around you. You will find that most people will react negatively to the notion of men's rights, and incredulous at statistics on gender equity in domestic violence, but most will see the issues if you scratch the surface. Stick, for the first part, to less sensitive subjects, such as boys lagging behind in school - things that no reasonable person would object to. Smile, be understanding, acknowledge women's problems, and avoid sounding obsessed - something p…	/r/MensRights	08/09/15 08:54 AM
1	Britain's top family judge rules that a single father has NO rights over his own son and names the surrogate mother he paid £20,000 to as the child's only legal guardian The positive side to this story is that we are moving in a direction where a SINGLE man can have a child through surrogacy without round condemnation. Laws have to be rewritten, of course, but only ten years ago, this was unthinkable even for gay couples, let alone a single (straight) male. Even most of the gay community was against it, on the notion that gay men are not cut out to be parents. After all, if someone goes through the financial and emotional turmoil of the surrogacy process, chance…	/r/MensRights	08/09/15 08:45 AM
1	"5-year-old boys are given the same restrictions girls face around the world. They're not pleased.” These are poor boys in developing countries... to suggest they live a liberated existence without onerous expectations is not only myopic, but insensitive and oppressively, gender-role celebratingly, conservative. To equate such conservative with ostensible progressivism would be beyond satire, if people would not actually take it seriously.	/r/MensRights	06/09/15 08:14 PM
1	I just found out about the gender sentencing gap. Holy shit, how is that not the only thing you guys talk about? This is actually a good question. A few reasons come to mind: - Railing against the gap can easily be misunderstood as promoting penalism - our goal should be more leniency overall rather than stiffer penalties for women (except in egregious cases). - It may very well be that men and women committing the same crime may differ in terms of the severity of threat to society. No doubt not by far as much as the gap indicates, but also not a negligible factor. - As with homelessness and work accidents…	/r/MensRights	04/09/15 09:10 AM
1	Girlfriend pinches me and I swat her hand to stop her from doing it and now I'm the one that is wrong. For better or for worse, women are both culturally and biologically programmed to be very sensitive to even the slightest sign that her mate may abuse his superior physical strength towards her. I have myself experienced a similar situation that led to a huge overreaction, even though I am about as non-violent against any gender as one can be. There may be a fine line here between justified but exaggerated concern, and abuse of "female" power as an instrument of control. You have to tell her cle…	/r/MensRights	02/09/15 02:07 PM
2	Girl pressures boyfriend into commiting suicide, researches methods, and after his death becomes "mental health advocate." Defense attorney argues that dead boyfriend 'brainwashed...an impressionable young girl.' These kinds of cases will do huge favours to the MRM. Reading through some comments, it is obvious that the public at large will find any leniency in this matter a miscarriage of justice. And even a short jail sentence is not easy to argue in this case based on the facts of the matter. One of the pictures I saw in the media, with the girl sporting a smirk reminiscent of Chucky in A child's play, perfectly sums up public reaction to this.	/r/MensRights	02/09/15 01:54 PM
3	I found this picture to be incredibly ironic Refreshingly honest.	/r/MensRights	28/08/15 11:27 AM
5	Feminism's Magical Disappearing Act I simply do not get it. Would a horrible incident like this not validate the rape culture narrative much more than mattress protests, manspreading hype, and elevating staring to the level of rape?	/r/MensRights	24/08/15 11:03 AM
3	Sweden opens it's first emergency rape center for men This center actually enjoys the full support of the Swedish feminist community (most men's right issues have actually been addressed by feminists - it is the notion that they add up to anything akin to the systemic oppression of women that rubs them the wrong way). But reading some of the discussions in Swedish, it is pretty clear that the assumption is that the majority of male rape victims to which this center would cater are victims of male-perpetrated abuse. Female-perpetrated abuse is only …	/r/MensRights	24/08/15 10:57 AM
1	Just... Oh God. This is obvious parody by a misguided MRA. Sad to see so many people falling for it.	/r/MensRights	31/07/15 10:58 AM
4	Hell Has Frozen Over - Jezebel on False Rape Accusations : -- "An odd place where men’s rights activists and feminists meet is at the idea that false rape allegations ruin lives. [...]" Dear all, I am a moderate MRA-sympathiser; my particular interest is in reducing gender roles, which I think hurt men at least as much as women. I am from Sweden and have been following the remarkable controversy over the past years in the US, in particular on Title XI and due process, with growing bafflement. I found the article balanced and thought-provoking. I presume we would agree on things like the prevalence of wrongful accusations, so I will leave that topic. But one perspective strikes …	/r/MensRights	31/07/15 10:53 AM
2	How women batter men and the role of the feminist state With the risk of vindicating feminist claims of powerlessness, this sad state of affairs is at most reinforced, but definitely not caused, by feminist theories. It is much rather the simple aversion society feels to any conception of men as a group enjoying victim status. Individual men, yes. Groups including men, definitely. But not as a group, both because we associate perpetration with men, but that so much of our society rests upon the bedrock that is our conception of men as strong. While c…	/r/MensRights	31/07/15 09:58 AM
1	For 29 out of 83 countries (~35%) where homosexuality is illegal, it's illegal only for men. There are no countries where only lesbianism is illegal. There is a lot of egregious nonsense in the Bible. What we choose to act on is much more a function of cultural preferences than religious dogmatism. Not even a zealot would seriously consider slaying someone who works on a Sunday...	/r/MensRights	17/07/15 10:22 AM
3	For 29 out of 83 countries (~35%) where homosexuality is illegal, it's illegal only for men. There are no countries where only lesbianism is illegal. So the way understand it: Feminist explanation: Male homosexuality is perceived as worse because femininity is devalued. MRM explanation below: Gay men are perceived as taking over a privileged position without justification. How about this one as an alternative: Tribal survival is contingent upon male competition for resources and reproduction. Declining to participate in that competition, whether through homosexuality or MGTOW, threatens to upset that balance. Lesbianism, however, was never a …	/r/MensRights	17/07/15 08:30 AM
0	How to Prevent Being Falsely Accused Are we not, by creating this hype, committing a bit of the same mistakes as those rape advocates claiming exorbitant figures like 1 in 4? How many accused have been expelled, how many are likely to have been so unjustifiedly, and how does that compare to, say, traffic deaths, suicides, violence, and why not simply an unhealthy life style? I read 17 lawsuits somewhere. Out of a student population of upwards of 30 million, encouraging male students to take these precautions does not only seem unwa…	/r/MensRights	06/07/15 08:31 AM
6	Female doctor in my town refused to treat me because I’m a male Two liberal principles - non-discrimination and freedom to practice - clashing. Certainly doctors are allowed to choose whom to take on as patients; that is standard practice among, say, psychiatrists. And we would not think twice about a psychiatrist specialising in women. How do we draw the line?	/r/MensRights	12/06/15 09:13 AM
1	We are locking up too many women - this is "discriminatory" because the law is only aimed at "violent men". You have to be fucking kidding me! At least you have to get the author credit for honesty, right? And the more honest feminists, or the small but vocal minority of feminists in favour of this kind of traditionalism, are on these issues, the more obvious their sexism will be to all and plenty. So I welcome this article - we need more of them. She is doing us a great favour.	/r/MensRights	01/06/15 04:54 PM
1	ISIS kills EVERY male over the age of 14. But the REAL problem is that they also rape some women sometimes! Article devotes half of a sentence for the male victims of ISIS. Quite stark. But if a focus on women's suffering is what it takes to rally people against one of the truly most brutal and oppressive groupings in the world today, so be it. At the end of the day (and please don't tell anyone), MEN are the ones that stand to gain the most from the defeat of ISIS. Same, of course, for Boko Haram...	/r/MensRights	28/05/15 03:22 PM
1	Girls thrive in single sex schools because they do not have to impress boys. COME ON! Not that I am whining. In fact, I am privileged. But privileged in terms of race, education, country of origin, intelligence and (albeit less so) physical appearance. Not in terms of gender.	/r/MensRights	14/05/15 09:17 AM
1	Girls thrive in single sex schools because they do not have to impress boys. COME ON! I have to work in the Middle East in a job that requires a suit. A dark, wool suit in the middle of the summer. My female colleagues have a broad range, including skirts and open toe shoes, but also of course formal suits. Dashing from one meeting to the next, I have to plan my day so as to minimise time spent outside of air conditioning. As a non-traditional, non "cis" male, I always find it baffling when people claim gender roles are MORE constraining for women. It flies in the face of pretty …	/r/MensRights	14/05/15 09:16 AM
1	Girls thrive in single sex schools because they do not have to impress boys. COME ON! By which reckoning are girls under more pressure to impress than boys?? I would have supposed the opposite to be the case: for boys to perform better in a unisex environment than females. I am happy for both to be the case (though I think unisex schooling is reactionary), but this article appears jaundiced.	/r/MensRights	14/05/15 09:12 AM
1	A 23-year-old woman repeatedly wolf whistled by builders reported them to the police. Because investigating murders, stopping drug dealers and doing ACTUAL work isn't good enough, Police need to protect fragile flowers too. Come on guys, this case appears to be legit - it had happened repeatedly, they were up in her face. It was harassment; they were behaving like assholes. Sure we are against sexual harassment hysteria and women abusing the protection society affords them, but with men prosecuted and losing jobs for casting a glance or asking someone out, this case is far, far down the list of things to rally against. It seems downright callous. If we are going to accuse feminism of exaggeration and ignoring nuanc…	/r/MensRights	28/04/15 05:58 PM
2	Jess Zimmerman: "Misandry is a tool for us (feminists) to help create a less oppressive future." This is progress, is it not? They are admitting it rather than ignoring it. And it is a trend: Swedish state radio recently ridiculed male writers that had committed suicide - had they been aware of their privilege they would, presumably, not taken their lives. The more open this sexism is, the more people will turn against it.	/r/MensRights	17/12/14 02:10 PM
2	Feminists keep talking about "male privilege", yet they don't want to talk about the high percentage of deaths and suicides of men To be fair, feminists do acknowledge these types of problems under the rubric "patriarchy hurts men too". The problem is more that they posit it as a relatively harmless downside to an enormous upside - the price of power, sort of. Obviously, the price is larger than the attention it gets, but more importantly, those who pay the price for "patriarchy" are often not the same individuals who gain from it. Just like feminism is not, at least formally, about privileged, white, good-looking women, me…	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 10:32 AM