LittlePurplePenguin Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

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6	Not a Mens Rights follower, not a troll, but I have a question: how do Mens Rights activists reconcile the idea that men are losing their rights with the fact of their overwhelming representation in g There have also been lawmakers that regularly voted against gay rights, who were then later discovered to be gay themselves. There seems to be little connection between who a politician really is and how he votes when money and power are at stake.	/r/MensRights	16/07/14 03:01 PM
4	Man spends 10 years in prison because his daughter was disappointed in him and accused him of rape. The daughter and the prosecutor responsible are left unpunished. This here is the truth. The discussion should be centered around preventing a false conviction in the future and requiring sufficient evidence to even bring charges against a person. If someone is 11 at the time, it's difficult to hold them criminally culpable (despite recent stories of a 6 year old boy being charged as a sex offender)	/r/MensRights	15/07/14 04:04 AM
2	Father Freed From Jail After Daughter Admits Lying About Rape Nine Years Ago Reading this comment on the article makes me sad (This is NOT my comment): grandpaskorn 18 Fans sad to say but most likely her recanting her story is the lie-- like many child abuse victims they are made to feel guilty for "tearing apart the family" --- its like the abuser becomes the victim and plays the victim-- many young girls are made to feel like they are the ones who destroyed the family and if they just "hide" their story or take back what they said then things will be better...	/r/MensRights	15/07/14 03:58 AM
1	Video: Teenage boy slams senior female UK politician’s demand that schools should compulsorily educate boys as feminists It's also pretty difficult to counter an argument of anecdote (e.g. she witnessed girls having their skirts forcibly lifted), that realistically speaking has no data backing it, with anything but further anecdote. You can certainly dismiss it as having no data supporting the notion, but unfortunately, many incorrectly view that as conceding the point or simply pedantic.	/r/MensRights	15/07/14 03:48 AM
9	According to feminists, if a man doesn't dress nicely, he's oppressing women. This is because men are looked at for their utility before anything else. We always have been. It's why all of our clothes look the same, more or less. It's why a 'man in uniform' is stereotypically attractive, as it's the purest form of utilitarian. That said, men are judged much more harshly on displays of wealth, or lack thereof. There's certainly a different experience when dealing with women when I'm driving a $15k car vs a $115k car.	/r/MensRights	13/07/14 04:16 PM
3	Question from a newcomer I'm sure there are others far more versed than I, but my understanding, aside from things like the "Violence against women act", is that most are written rather broadly and tend to refer to "on the basis of gender" rather than naming women specifically. That said, the practical application and interpretation of many of these laws aren't exactly in line with that. Additionally, while the 'tender years doctrine' was replaced by 'best interests of the child', the end result has remained largely the…	/r/MensRights	12/07/14 06:02 AM
1	Michigan child support agency relies on cash and checks, because it "it it isn't worth the cost of getting additional [credit card] readers", despite history of child support theft by workers. Just for the sake of argument, here is how it works: I charge you $X dollar amount + a $100 fee After you leave, I refund that $100 fee to my own card and cite it is an accidental overcharge. Because the operator of the application is typically blind to credit card information, again, due to PCI, it's difficult to detect. Can you detect it? Sure, but it would probably be more cost effective to eat some theft than hire someone to try to reconcile and track all the transactional records. If there'…	/r/MensRights	12/07/14 01:46 AM
1	Michigan child support agency relies on cash and checks, because it "it it isn't worth the cost of getting additional [credit card] readers", despite history of child support theft by workers. Accidental over payments / incorrect assessment of fees I would imagine. Mistakes happen and you would need some sort of method to put money back on a card.	/r/MensRights	11/07/14 07:29 PM
2	Michigan child support agency relies on cash and checks, because it "it it isn't worth the cost of getting additional [credit card] readers", despite history of child support theft by workers. Eh, I'm not sure theft is really relevant in this regard. I do a lot of data mining in my work and create algorithms to detect fraud and theft. Employee Theft via credit card is probably 10 fold higher than that of cash (typically bogus refunds). It's harder to spot for your average person than cash, and considering PCI restrictions, makes it a pretty easy thing for thieves. If I were a betting man, it probably comes down to not wanting to pay processing fees or worry about compliance.	/r/MensRights	11/07/14 02:59 PM
2	Mind the Gap: How One Employer Tackled Pay Equity (McGill University Spent 13 Years and $19 Million to End Disparities Between Genders) Not sure I agree with this. In the world I work in and area I live, landscapers are lucky to pull $10-$13 an hour while secretaries (aka Executive Assistants these days) cap out around 90k / year but probably average 55-60k. (Salary.com places them at 59k and some change) The closest I could find was 'groundskeeper', which puts the salary 32k on average with a cap of 43k. I'm not making any claims about what's harder or deserves a greater salary, but secretaries make far more than your average l…	/r/MensRights	11/07/14 05:22 AM
1	'Remote control' contraceptive chip I don't think replacement doses of testosterone would be considered an experimental drug in a small phase clinical trial. It has been in use for the better part of 80 years or so now? Some may argue that the side effects are too severe to be considered a viable contraceptive, however, I do not think the literature shows them to be more severe than that of female birth control. What you are referring to are much more exotic contraceptive methodologies.	/r/MensRights	08/07/14 04:36 PM
1	I read The National Street Harassment Report. This topic is not generally discussed here. If you read the report men are also victims of street harassment. I would like the thoughts and opinions of th I've been 'street harassed', but never in a negative manner, at least how I would understand it. Let's call it 'benevolent harassment', to borrow a term. When either a man or a woman hits on me, I take it as a compliment and move on. I see women upset about catcalls the same I do when some men are upset when a gay man does the same to them--rather ignorant and homophobic.	/r/MensRights	08/07/14 02:44 PM
-1	'Remote control' contraceptive chip There are hormonal contraceptive methods for men, but quite a bit more difficult to come by. Female birth control is handed out like chewing gum by comparison.	/r/MensRights	08/07/14 05:56 AM
2	Is it possible to have nothing to do with campus/other students socially in college/university to avoid rape issues/feminism? I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I think you may be using false rape accusations and feminism as a crutch/rationalization for something else. Sure, false rape accusations are a problem, but it shouldn't stop you from living life. Edit: nevermind...I missed the "I can't say..." and read that as you worry too much about feminism.	/r/MensRights	07/07/14 03:19 PM
1	This hilarious list just popped up on my newsfeed. Apparently I'm crazy to eat ice-cream in public and let electricians enter my home I'm similar sized and agree complete. There are certain areas I will not live in or walk in. There are ATMs I would never go to and I avoid all ATMs after dark. Hell, I even check the good ones and every gas pump for skimmers. I don't go to a bar alone, let alone leave my drink there, or get sloppy drunk. I've even been guilty of doing the key thing at one point or another. It's simply common sense, not a gendered issue. I could be a 8' giant and it wouldn't matter. A bullet doesn't care how big…	/r/MensRights	07/07/14 05:32 AM
1	I am a woman and I have a question about the reactions of men to stories regarding the abuse of boys by older women. I see this as two questions, so in terms of no longer marginalizing male victims, my personal opinion, and a bit of conjecture, is that we would need to undo a significant portion of the last 30 years of feminism. When women are sexually prolific or dominating, particularly when it is an older woman and a younger man, she is seen as empowered. In the reverse scenario, a man is viewed as a 'creeper' / 'pedo' / whatever. There is also the agency problem I mentioned above. To be fair, in situations…	/r/MensRights	07/07/14 12:25 AM
1	I am a woman and I have a question about the reactions of men to stories regarding the abuse of boys by older women. It comes down to agency. Even in situations of statutory rape, the 14 year old boy is seen as one that is, at least on a partial level, more responsible for his actions by nature of being male. This is further evidenced by the punishments dolled out to female perpetrators or in instances where that same boy is forced to pay child support. Because that boy is seen as responsible for his actions, he is consequently incapable of being seen as a victim. As such, without the status of "victim", it th…	/r/MensRights	07/07/14 12:07 AM