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Based on your username I suspect you're just trolling but... I was not referring to rape laws specifically, but rather that we do employ old and outdated definitions that can cause problems left and right, not just in cases of sexual violence. The FBI defines rape as "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim". So according to the FBI, at least, men can only be rap…
/r/MensRights25/07/19 05:46 PM
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I mean, we have the same problem in the U.S. pretty frequently, too.
/r/MensRights25/07/19 09:09 AM
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I have hundreds of recipes ranging from 15 minutes to several days. Cooking can be a minor and mostly insignificant chore to a wonderful hobby. I've never understood why people complain about it being so time-consuming; it only takes a long time if you either enjoy doing it or are objectively terrible when it comes to kitchen efficiency.
/r/MensRights23/07/19 07:21 PM
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You can't spell "swords" without "words". Come on, now, do I have to femsplain this to you again?
/r/MensRights12/07/19 09:11 PM
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Hey now, the NPCs in my DnD campaign are insulted.
/r/MensRights12/07/19 09:09 PM
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You take that back, you magnificent bastard. You might be amazing but I actively strive to be a piece of shit. ....Maybe I'm bad at it.
/r/MensRights12/07/19 05:47 PM
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Did you read my comment to the end?
/r/MensRights17/07/18 08:56 PM
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I mean, my thought process is as follows... Let's say you have a six year old kid with your wife, and that the kid isn't yours, but you don't know that last part. There clearly hasn't been much concern over whether or not the kid was yours. You've pretty much just accepted it thus far. At this point, it's pretty safe to say that you should be pretty attached to your son or daughter. I would also assume that the marriage is generally a good one. Infidelity (if important) is a nonissue or you woul…
/r/MensRights17/07/18 06:34 PM
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I understand the logic behind the ban. I just don't completely agree with it. The idea is that a negative result from the test will break up the family, and thus be a negative influence on everyone involved, including the kid. I would support a ban after several years of the kid's life. Basically, once it calls you "Dad", I do think you should be locked in to your commitment as a father. Until that point, though, it's stupid to force men into raising a kid if they find out it isn't theirs. Ultim…
/r/MensRights17/07/18 05:34 PM
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The biggest feminist I know has never earned a cent. She got an Ivy league degree, married my software engineer buddy, and spends all day ranting on social media about sexism while her husband works two jobs to pay for the house. I haven't spoken a word to her since the wedding and I'd like to keep it that way. RIP Tim.
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:21 PM
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Probably not, so long as all customers do have access to a bathroom.
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:18 PM
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Just ask Chef. He'll explain it to you in a song.
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:17 PM
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Conversely, most stalls elsewhere in the world go down to the floor. Anything to save a few bucks, I guess.
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:16 PM
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my daughter in a huge toilet I was just scanning comments and this was the first thing I extracted from your comment. Without context I was confused.
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:13 PM
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Ya gotta go ya gotta go. * cue T-Rex *
/r/MensRights17/07/18 04:12 PM
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FWIW, I see where you're coming from. I prefer articles or self posts, not those designed to karma whore from a circle jerk. But that's the unfortunate nature of reddit as a whole. I don't necessarily mind shitposts from time to time. I live in a pretty isolated bubble with no social media outside of reddit, so these things serve as a reminder of why I stay away from it.
/r/MensRights20/06/18 06:15 PM
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Found the ass man.
/r/MensRights20/06/18 06:07 PM
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Doesn't it just make you want to cave people's skulls in?
/r/MensRights20/06/18 06:04 PM
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Let her die alone, but at least let other people adopt those poor cats. They deserve better.
/r/MensRights20/06/18 06:03 PM
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Moving to Voat is the "moving to Canada" equivalent of social media. We all say it's nicer, yet we don't seem to actually care enough to do it.
/r/MensRights20/06/18 06:01 PM
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I'm not denying that men top women in just about any physical activity. I'm just curious about the oddly-specific skills they mentioned in the screenshot. "More accurate throwing" and "more accurate blocking of thrown objects" is very different than "women lost against boys in a soccer match". There's a lot more going on in a soccer match than just these skills. Soccer involves a lot of speed and strength, for example - and when it comes to those, I don't think it's up for debate who's more equi…
/r/MensRights19/06/18 01:23 AM
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Just to play devil's advocate here, it does seem like a couple of these could possibly be trained advantages. Things like reaction times and throwing objects are important to the way boys traditionally play. Of course, I'm far too lazy to actually look up the sources. Maybe they controlled for it. Maybe they only tested really young kids. And it doesn't change the numerous biological advantages men have for certain tasks (not just military).
/r/MensRights18/06/18 04:37 PM
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You're a dire wolf, where did you learn English? Or are you warging the fuck out right now?
/r/MensRights15/06/18 05:51 PM
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It's been over a decade since that dark time. I never sought help and kept everything relatively well-hidden. People knew I was depressed, but they didn't know how badly or what to do about it. I've just recently started opening up to people, including my dad, who until a month ago had no idea I wanted to die back then. I have to educate people on how to respond, and raising awareness about this stuff is important to me now. After visiting a Zen Buddhist temple for a school project, I learned to…
/r/MensRights08/06/18 08:37 PM
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I'm planning on seeing Solo tonight. Regardless of political narratives, it doesn't override the curiosity I have as a Star Wars fan. Without spoilers, what do I need to brace myself for?
/r/MensRights08/06/18 07:57 PM
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I stopped mentioning it in general on Reddit, but I can speak to this personally. I made some stupid drunken decisions with my money but got lucky, and now I'm sitting on more wealth than a vast majority of the country. I have seen my portfolio dip in six figures on bad market days. I haven't so much as looked at a price tag in years, but on those bad days, anxiety and anger come in full force. There are days when it goes up as much, too, but the positive feeling it generates is far less intense…
/r/MensRights08/06/18 07:16 PM
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As much as I like lighthearted jokes, when I was suicidal over a decade ago, this would have made me feel like shit.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 07:08 PM
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He never had a real large range of emotion, just kind of a flat emotional delivery even of things he supposedly liked. This resonates with me because I feel that's what I'm like every day. I'm not suicidal, though I was a long time ago, and even when I'm internally feeling really happy, I've lost the ability to really communicate that.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 07:03 PM
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I don't know, man. When I was suicidal, hanging was not a very good option to my unwell brain. It's pretty hard to get the appropriate drop distance indoors, for example. I do not advocate suicide; these were my two plans that I nearly executed when I was ill, though: Floor a car off of a cliff without a seatbelt. Even if I had survived the initial impact, there was a 0% chance of being conscious while I bled out. Shotgun blast right between the eyes. So long as you don't flinch, this is practic…
/r/MensRights08/06/18 07:01 PM
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At least with some other methods, too, if you decide you want to live mid-execution, it's easier to get out of the situation.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:55 PM
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Normally I don't mind bots, but this one seems a little weird and unnecessary in this sub.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:53 PM
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I was never religious, but when I was suicidal, I sought help from religious leaders too. I was greeted with very similar advice. I found it in bad taste, and borderline offensive. I found my "salvation" in atheistic Zen Buddhism and meditation. It didn't get rid of the suicidal depression, but definitely helped me manage it. I recommend trying it for anyone out there looking for anything to help.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:52 PM
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My father won custody without a murder charge against my mother. It just took him 15 years and nearly a cool million in attorney's fees to do it. ...Why it was so hard for a judge to award custody to a successful attorney over a high-school dropout woman who couldn't hold a job as a waitress is pretty sad.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:49 PM
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I was suicidal for two years as well, though I suppose I'm lucky it was when I was in high school, so I didn't share any familial obligations. However, I faced some similar issues. My private high school had sent me home, instructing me not to return to campus until a shrink passed me as someone who wasn't going to hurt himself. Sounds appropriate on paper, but I would have been expelled for missing classes, as any absences were not excused. This only encouraged me to lie my way out of the three…
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:47 PM
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It's a small price to pay to keep on living.
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:39 PM
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You have my sympathies as well. T-shirt cannons are no joke. (joking aside, what you endured really must have been hard, man)
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:37 PM
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Find a way to make yourself important and irreplaceable. Do something noteworthy. Build a legacy for people to remember you by. You say that, but I'm sitting here at work on Reddit all day. Does karma count as a legacy?
/r/MensRights08/06/18 06:33 PM
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He and I would probably get along. I mean, [Greed](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fma/images/9/95/Greed.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081201054623) is my favorite homunculus.
/r/MensRights23/05/18 11:47 PM
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I think Nazis had a better chance at achieving world peace than feminists.
/r/MensRights22/05/18 07:40 PM
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No. School is intended to teach you skills, not memorization. The concept of education was never to give girls better grades; it's to enable people to learn. He's saying that boys embody that original intent, and more or less that girls have figured out how to game the system.
/r/MensRights22/05/18 07:39 PM
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I'm sure you didn't mean it this way, but you make it sound like guys never flirt just... to flirt. Your classmate is a different story if only because your exchanges were over a long period of time, but I don't think people in a service industry are necessarily leading you on by flirting (particularly in restaurants and bars where it leads to better tips). Both sexes enjoy flirting. It plays to our imaginations and it's generally a good feeling to have that kind of attention.
/r/MensRights22/05/18 07:35 PM
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I'm not going to lie, I've done the same thing.
/r/MensRights22/05/18 07:29 PM
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I, for one, strongly approve of the response.
/r/MensRights22/05/18 07:26 PM
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The entire article is fucking disgusting. The woman was a murderer. Unless you're going to write about fucked up things that drove her to madness, why should we care at all about details of her life? Also... she wanted to take the kid to Europe, but MEAN OLD JUDGE AND HUSBAND wouldn't let her! ..... You know why? Because lots of people fucking run. And considering she thought murder-suicide was the only way forward, certainly seems like she might have considered it.
/r/MensRights18/05/18 11:26 PM
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That's.... got nothing to do with "net neutrality". Sorry, man.
/r/MensRights18/05/18 04:43 PM
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Well, I mean, maybe they were chanting "Arr-dot-ape!" We shouldn't assume.
/r/MensRights18/05/18 04:40 PM
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As much as I wish the law was cut and dry, there could be ways an attorney could defend the recording. Off the top of my head, the immediate defense would probably be that there's no expectation of privacy in the workplace. The only way we would know if the law you linked to is truly applicable would be if they went to court.
/r/MensRights16/05/18 11:28 PM
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Whenever I see a woman in yoga pants, I need to grab a dick pronto. Don't you?
/r/MensRights16/05/18 11:21 PM
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My wife hates seeing me cry, but it isn't because it makes me unattractive. It's because she doesn't know how to help or what to do. IMO, that's an important distinction. What makes it worse is that, since I openly cry in a more selective manner, what ails me is usually devastating when I do break down.
/r/MensRights16/05/18 11:11 PM
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Here's a truly radical idea: How about we assume for a change that men know what they're doing and quite correctly decide not to show their emotions because life is already hard enough without the consequences that would bring. I would get behind that. For as much as I've heard that I lack empathy or that I need to be me open about how I feel, I don't have to look very far for a counterpoint. The same people who are obsessed with criticizing me for these are people who suffer from moderate to se…
/r/MensRights16/05/18 11:04 PM
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That's a stupid way of analyzing it, but you're probably right. We all know about calculating slopes. If this trend was linear (as is shown by the stupid chart), think about what would happen in 100 years. If they wanted to make an argument based on percentage, they should have made a chart for "percent increase in suicide rate by gender". "If women want equality, they're going to have to start taking their lives in greater numbers!" ~ George Carlin (paraphrased)
/r/MensRights10/05/18 12:13 AM
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Gotta love how misleading this is. The men's rate rose more sharply than the women's rate across White and Native Americans. How is it rising "particularly for women"?
/r/MensRights09/05/18 07:39 PM
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Never heard of the sub before, but I'm unable to comment on anything over there. Do they crawl our sub and ban all of us?
/r/MensRights08/05/18 05:48 PM
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expensive $350-1000 is loads cheaper than the cost of childbirth / raising another kid. It's also worth noting that vasectomies aren't 100% effective. I know two people personally that have had children - complete with paternity tests - despite the procedure.
/r/MensRights08/05/18 05:43 PM
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I'll never get used to seeing "canard" used this way. Though French (my first language) has this meaning as well, I can't help but read this as "that's a duck" first.
/r/MensRights20/04/18 06:16 PM
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I agree, though I think it's fine to say you want women to have to sign up for the draft; there are plenty of roles in the military that need to be filled that don't require the biological strength advantage men have. A lot of people here might see that as just moving the goalposts, though, since women signing up for the draft but not being assigned to combat roles with the same frequency will still mean men are dying more often. There's a point at which we can't reconcile all gender differences…
/r/MensRights20/04/18 06:10 PM
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I'm the same way; I wouldn't be able to do it, either. I would like to imagine that I would at least financially provide for someone who saved my life, but I wouldn't be able to change enough to make the relationship work. Are there better people than me? Absolutely. But I mention this because I don't really think this is a men's rights issue.
/r/MensRights19/04/18 06:47 PM
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Easiest solution from my experiences? Make them watch one. They're easy to find online, and they're fucking horrifying. If they still need more convincing, there are good resources in other answers here.
/r/MensRights18/04/18 05:15 PM
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when i say "i hate women" im not talking about every individual woman in the world, im talking about women as a social class, but if youre the kind of woman that gets offended when i say i hate women then i do, specifically, hate you on an individual level I'm sure this would go over well.
/r/MensRights16/04/18 11:57 PM
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Which makes sense. You don't need to send a doctor. You need to send a salesman. High charisma and good lucks looks are more important in selling stuff than 15 years of higher education.
/r/MensRights14/04/18 08:35 AM
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Pop culture is hollow? You'll have to speak up, sonny.
/r/MensRights14/04/18 08:33 AM
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I had seen the video before, but the addition of the Curb Your Enthusiasm really made it soar.
/r/MensRights12/04/18 01:04 AM
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I don't know what a "Kitty party" is, but I'm picturing a house overflowing with tiny cats, and now I'm sad I'm not allowed to be a part of it.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 09:34 PM
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A recent study shows that 5 in 4 college-aged women are raped.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 09:33 PM
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And apparently, I failed.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:52 PM
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People don't need your consent to take photos of you in public. As long as there isn't a degree of expected privacy. Reaching under a girl's skirt to take a photo is (and should be) illegal.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:45 PM
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I think most of us would have at some point, but I think that's an issue with the age of consent. We understand what we're doing before 18. Teachers sleeping with 13 year olds? 10? 8? There's a point where it's obvious that it's rape, but we can't agree on where it is.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:43 PM
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There were laundry days in college where I went to class wearing nothing but a robe because I had been too cheap to pay $3 to wash clothes (preferring to wait until visiting home)
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:39 PM
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I wore a uniform until high school, where there was a "strict" dress code (non-denim pants, collared shirts, clean shaven). I thought that was freedom. Then I learned the girls had three times as many rules for their dress code, but 10 times as many options.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:29 PM
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Chappelle isn't my style, but I at least find this humorous.
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:27 PM
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It's about teaching children to dress appropriately. So... you're saying... if she didn't dress inappropriately, it wouldn't have happened?
/r/MensRights03/04/18 05:26 PM
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I try
/r/MensRights02/04/18 09:20 PM
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MeToo
/r/MensRights02/04/18 08:36 PM
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He married a feminist Gotta get your material from somewhere, I guess.
/r/MensRights02/04/18 08:33 PM
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The worse thing that can happen is when you've got auto-restart enabled and you can't get the error up to fix what's wrong. I don't know how you fix your BSODs, but I think you're doing it wrong.
/r/MensRights23/03/18 06:03 PM
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For example, other men and women will call men less of a man for being depressed I think a lot of it can be attributed to fear of something they don't understand. Trying to push away the idea of depression rather than understand it is easier to do. I was severely depressed during my teenage years, and suicidal for two of that. On more than one occasion, I was minutes away from death, but never could bring myself to do it. It consumed me. When I tell someone who I used to be, it's easy to see the…
/r/MensRights23/03/18 05:59 PM
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People rape because they were raped. I'm not gonna sugarcoat this.... "what the fuck?"
/r/MensRights23/03/18 05:34 PM
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In an equal world, women and other minorities would be killing just as many black people!
/r/MensRights23/03/18 05:30 PM
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No source on the first link. 2nd link is broken. HuffPo doesn't link to a source, so we can't see the analysis. Not sure what I expected from HuffPo, though. Time's source, for the lazy. Though interesting, it presents everything in a softer light than the Time article does. WaPo didn't link their source, but at least published some data. Interesting reading, but articles that link to other articles on the same site aren't great for understanding the scope of the problem. Just to be clear, I'm n…
/r/MensRights23/03/18 05:27 PM
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"Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"
/r/MensRights23/03/18 05:00 PM
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prenups I mean, what possible incentives do most women have to sign one? Put yourself in their shoes for a minute. You know you will have an opportunity to retire and essentially get paid for sitting on your ass for the rest of your life. On top of that, if your marriage doesn't work out, you walk away with half of everything. It's obviously the fair thing to do to sign a prenup, but why would you do it? If and when you get divorced, you won't care at all about your ex anyway. Perfect example: a…
/r/MensRights16/03/18 07:10 PM
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Eh, it depends on how you go about it. If you can get your SO / ex to reveal the name of the father and can get in contact with him, it's not that hard to shed the weight. Any half-decent attorney armed with that information would be able to get you out of it.
/r/MensRights16/03/18 07:03 PM
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is still illegal Not in the U.S., or any modernized country anyway, it isn't.
/r/MensRights16/03/18 06:59 PM
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Cosmos forbid someone make a damn joke.
/r/MensRights16/03/18 06:51 PM
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I didn't miss it. The post was all over the place. gdengine didn't get sent to gitmo, but implied his/her legal rights were infringed on by the search, further implying that the lack of due process in rape accusations is acceptable since he/she didn't get "due process" in the airport. It's hard to reply to a post when it jumps in several directions at once. I was trying to reign it back in, that's all.
/r/MensRights08/03/18 01:29 AM
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Some advice: the way you write is a little off-putting, and that's not going to go over well with everyone. For example, I'm a married man. I'm happy in my marriage. I have my own reasons for getting married, too. But, from reading your posts, I feel unwelcome, or that you think less of me for it - regardless of however true that may be. The part that bites hardest is when you refer to yourself as "a sane male"; it implies that something's wrong with me when I read it. I agree with the cause you…
/r/MensRights08/03/18 01:23 AM
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It's an interesting topic but garbage writing. This is the kind of thing that guides ridicule to us and will significantly hamper any "progress" we might make. Give us facts, some nice talking points, and possible explanations or steps forward. We need to treat these problems more academically. Antagonistic writing likes this is why people think we're all a group of basement-dwelling trolls. Even though there are definitely some interesting points, I have to ultimately call it a shit post.
/r/MensRights08/03/18 01:06 AM
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From the actual document.... the Defendants conclude that Doe should be awarded “[a] maximum of $336,000 to $364,000” This case is at a stage where it's not so much a "did he win or not" as a "how much did he actually spend in his defense, and is his counsel inflating their numbers?" "Attorneys fees and litigation costs" does not cover damages, that's a separate figure.
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:54 AM
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how can any sane male that knows the truth not be mgtow (unless they're already married / fucked) ? It's funny, you talk about how you don't understand why some mgtows talk down to MRAs, but you go ahead and do it yourself right here! But here's the thing: I certainly don't share your views on relationships, and I strongly dislike the mgtow community. They're free to dislike me. However, our interests may overlap occasionally, and when they do, it's important that we can cooperate. And I think t…
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:34 AM
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I feel unsafe when I walk through the bad part of town. Every single person there belongs in jail, by this logic.
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:24 AM
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"What do the medical benefits entail?" "Death, for one." "Sounds good, do it!"
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:18 AM
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Good bot. I'm sad.
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:15 AM
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yet I got a strip search at the airport I mean, if we're going to cherry pick arguments here, a TSA search isn't the same thing as being convicted and sentenced to prison. Airport jail would lead to a trial, which is where you're supposed to get your "justice". To this extent, I believe a university is within their rights to remove a student accused of rape if they so choose1 . Sentencing a man to prison or slapping him with an irreversible label as "sex offender" for an unproven allegation, how…
/r/MensRights08/03/18 12:05 AM
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Sorry about that, posted an update here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/7gog6a/one_of_three_teammates_on_a_group_project_is/dva87sh/
/r/MensRights06/03/18 08:18 PM
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I apologize for the lack of update, life got busy and, aside from on public transit, I stopped Reddit for the most part, and forgot. There have been no severe consequences, at least. The tl;dr: B had accused us of just about everything the form allows. Sexual assault, gender discrimination, you name it. She accused the professor as well. The university granted B a passing grade in the class, against the professor's wishes. B will graduate on time. J and I are more or less not allowed to be withi…
/r/MensRights06/03/18 08:17 PM
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I agree that we can't ignore the statistics on it, and I think it's a damn shame this sub is so quick to hate the idea that we should investigate further. Clearly, we're dealing with a minority. Statistical outliers of a population. However, we should welcome studies on the patterns available to us. Any respectable scientific study would make the distinction that something sets these shooters apart from "normal" people. Other patterns I would expect to see would include social activities, parent…
/r/MensRights23/02/18 01:46 AM
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Can we please take a juvenile minute to appreciate that one of these managing directors is named Michael W. Butt? I want to buy that man a beer. Edit: Holy shit, I actually know one of these guys, and haven't heard a single thing from him in 15 years.
/r/MensRights22/02/18 06:29 PM
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There's another facet here, which is that it doesn't seem to be forbidden to give the other party your contact information without being prompted. I feel like this is the general goal; rather than put someone on the spot to give you their number, it's encouraged to voluntarily disclose yours. I think the only fair thing to do is ban both parties from asking for information, but I don't think this is a huge issue, either.
/r/MensRights22/02/18 06:23 PM
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#KillAllWookies
/r/MensRights16/02/18 08:21 PM
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I'm erect just reading that.
/r/MensRights16/02/18 08:20 PM
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An enterprising native American woman would take all of their cupcakes and sell everything at half-price right next to their table.
/r/MensRights26/01/18 07:46 PM
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Lesson learned: don't be a murderer?
/r/MensRights15/12/17 02:27 AM
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You should not be able to publicly accuse someone of being a felon without having the proof that they are, in fact, a felon. I saw /u/lostapwbm opening my mail the other day. Fucking felon. #KillAllLostapwbms /s
/r/MensRights06/12/17 07:57 AM
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Legally speaking, yes, it can be. If I raise my fist to strike you, it's still assault, regardless of whether or not I hit you. Just because something is assault doesn't mean you need to prosecute for it. We all break laws on a daily basis, but it's important to have the legal definition and precedent there when it is a big deal.
/r/MensRights05/12/17 07:33 PM
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It would be good to have something where she admits that you were always supportive gentlemen. Unfortunately, that doesn't exist, and she won't respond to us anymore (which is a problem for the remaining class assignments). The closest I've got is the civility in my emails to her and comments left on our paper. At least I'm exceedingly careful in phrasing, but that's all I've got.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 04:26 PM
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Right now, the only thing we know is that a complaint exists. There's not really anything to discuss with him yet. I just called him to warn him that this might be a thing - and mostly to ask if he felt like he would be suited for the task if I do need him. The university wouldn't be doing their job if they didn't investigate.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 04:02 PM
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I've got a file of around 600 pages ready (most of it is the numerous revisions of our project), but I'm not showing my hand unless I must. Especially considering that I have no idea what she actually claimed we did yet. I can narrow it down a little bit, but there are a couple different directions she could have taken with a complaint.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:53 PM
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I'll trust the attorney I have on retainer for my business over any free service the university provides. He's got a pretty good track record so far.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:48 PM
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Depends heavily on the class. This professor doesn't grade on a curve. I had a 39% in one of my classes last semester and that was the top grade before the curve was applied.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:44 PM
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If I'm being honest, it's pretty hard not to get a 3.3 here. In my current classes, I have a 115% and a 102%. This program is far easier than I anticipated. The only people I've watched miss that target are the people who just simply don't do assignments / study for exams, but even they can usually skate by. My program is primarily project-based, so poor students leech off of those of us who actually put effort into our work - and not every class has team evaluations.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:42 PM
3

No, I just spawn child threads and kill them once the tasks are complete.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:36 PM
4

"Women have always been the primary victims of male suicide." ~Hullary Clontin
/r/MensRights01/12/17 04:54 AM
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Not really related to the social issues at play here, but FWIW, I would recommend a couple years' worth of work experience before you jump into a graduate path if you don't get into your most-desired program. In my experience, the people who work while going to school are orders of magnitude more driven to do well. All but one of the "fresh grads" I worked with in the last year needed their hand held or their back whipped to actually contribute. I'm guessing at least some of this is a function o…
/r/MensRights01/12/17 03:59 AM
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Seems like a great way to give title IX coordinators ammo against me, so no thank you.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 03:53 AM
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"Upset" doesn't seem like the right word. "Annoyed" or "tired" is probably an apt description. I'm already working 25-hour days and this is just an unnecessary nuisance.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 03:52 AM
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Proving that I've been damaged in some way is pretty difficult at this time. I'm not even sure what the complaint entails yet, but so far, I haven't lost anything. If by some travesty she manages to get J. and I expelled, it'll be larger than any small claims court - on the scale of hundreds of thousands of dollars, considering the long-term impact it would have on our careers.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 03:49 AM
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I'm sure she believes that, but she also knows she barely did anything. After I sent her an email detailing our grievances with her, she responded by saying J. did 45%, I did 40%, and she did 15%... despite never having edited a single character on the report. She also never discussed anything with us nor did she attend team meetings, so I don't know how else she came up with 15%.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 03:42 AM
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Good to hear (for my situation, at least), I hope you're right.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 01:28 AM
3

There's actually no code for this class. It's pure theory and research, but Google Docs tracks all of our activity and contributions.
/r/MensRights01/12/17 12:23 AM
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Easier to fill out 2 pages of standardized forms and work up some tears than dump countless hours into an 80-page report.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 11:26 PM
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Thanks. I didn't want to be one of those guys, for the record, but I don't think I'm going to be able to keep a neutral mindset after this. I grouped with the only woman in one of my classes last semester and we knocked the ball out of the park. She was a better teammate than anyone I've previously worked with, but now, even if another female student could match her ability, I'm going to be reluctant to risk that partnership, even if it's an infinitesimal risk. These fake accusations damage ever…
/r/MensRights30/11/17 11:24 PM
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The only way I would counter sue is if, for some reason, this costs me my academic future. I can tell you right now, though, that regardless of outcome, I'm going to avoid working with women for the duration of my program, which is almost entirely group project based.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 11:11 PM
2

All results are equal, but some results are more equal than others.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 11:03 PM
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I used to feel strongly that I cared about other people enough to not take advantage of them, but spend enough time with people who readily do so to you and you start to bend a little on your principals. Especially now in the graduate program (and for me, with future plans of a Ph.D.), I'm willing to mercilessly throw people under the bus for a better grade. I still have some ethics; I only do it to people who are just coasting by on my work... like B. The key is not to land yourself in a positi…
/r/MensRights30/11/17 11:01 PM
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I'll update as it develops. I'm reading online that investigations take several months to complete. So... something to look forward to, I guess. Unless it's obvious that she's crying wolf and it ends early, but I have no idea if that even happens with these things.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 10:51 PM
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According to her introduction when we were assigned together as a group, if she got an A- or better in the class she would be done. A B/B+ would mean she can still be a student and leaves probationary status, but can't start the thesis. Kind of funny that for the last class between her and the culmination of her MS degree, she did absolutely no work on the single, largest grade of the semester.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 10:43 PM
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To an extent, I can see why she would want to try it. If I was in her shoes, and the system allowed me to abuse innocents to avoid losing everything with no consequence, I would probably do it too. Not only will she fail out of the program, but doing so as a foreign student means she'll have to scramble to save her legal status and future here or go back home.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 10:29 PM
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After we submitted our project, I sent out a long, detailed email confronting her. She actually responded to that one with this huge sob story of why she couldn't do anything. Any sane person reading that response would get a tl;dr of "grad school is too hard for me, so you have to do all the work" from it. Our professor knows about our group dynamic woes as well, and he's very fond of J. and I as we're currently two of his top three students. I assume his comments will aid us a lot. If the coor…
/r/MensRights30/11/17 10:24 PM
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DeVos's changes allow universities to decide which standard of evidence to use. It's not a hard requirement. Not yet, at least. Living in California, this unfortunately means nothing changed for me.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 08:42 PM
1

Honestly, I don't think she knows much about feminism at all. She's a foreign student with an exceptionally poor grasp of the English language (to the point I think she paid a proxy to take the TOEFL for her). I think a friend must have given her the idea. I also think she's only enrolled in the program to get an MRS degree; she has indicated on more than one occasion that she can't work because she "needed" to focus on her relationship. If I'm right on that, at least future employers are spared…
/r/MensRights30/11/17 08:11 PM
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School email is just Gmail, so I've got no idea if that's within their power, but we're all using personal accounts anyway. I've printed off everything I can, including the revision history of our project and call logs. Since we collaborated over Google Docs, we have proof of her non-contributions.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 07:54 PM
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Thankfully, my university does allow attorneys throughout the process, and thanks to my good relationship with my attorney, he has even agreed to advise J. and I pro bono. Hopefully the coordinators have some common sense in them.
/r/MensRights30/11/17 06:55 PM
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More often than not, the people I see lambasting premarital agreements don't have one nor do they fully understand what they can do. Here's a post detailing just some of my agreement. They're not guaranteed, of course, but they're not useless, either. It is worth noting that they're heavily dependent on state laws, though.
/r/MensRights15/11/17 11:35 PM
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In many states, you can waive community property rights. Doing so protects assets post-marriage. In cases where your net worth is unexpectedly large, the court may ignore the waiver, but your post isn't entirely accurate.
/r/MensRights15/11/17 11:31 PM
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As someone fluent with the language, writing in French is complicated enough without PC garbage like "citoyen.ne.s" in it. Much ado about nothing.
/r/MensRights15/11/17 11:26 PM
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Not going to agree or disagree, but you could almost use the same post to argue that women are the most natural picks for managerial positions, commonly outclassing men.
/r/MensRights15/11/17 08:24 PM
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I agree with you for the most part, but I want to point out that not every field attracts the same categories of applicants. Sometimes, your applicant pool is a swamp of "unprofessional drama queens with shit for brains", and other times it's a beach resort in the Bahamas. Healthcare or engineering will attract a different kind of candidate than, say, a receptionist for a manufacturing company. A sales manager is different than a day care teacher. I've interviewed a ton of people, and the "drama…
/r/MensRights15/11/17 08:20 PM
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Sorry, where I grew up that notation means $10,000 - $15,000.
/r/MensRights09/11/17 05:54 AM
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Married filing separately != filing as single before getting married http://dinesentax.com/6151/6151
/r/MensRights09/11/17 01:27 AM
1

Who?
/r/MensRights08/11/17 11:53 PM
2

That's worse.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 10:32 PM
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I'm pretty sure current income is taken into account It is, but the problem is that if either party's income or expenses change, it can take months to go back to court and update it. For anyone who doesn't have a solid nest egg, that can be devastating. An example: I'm in Silicon Valley. My buddy finalized his divorce earlier this year. He has had to pay for an apartment here for his non-working ex. Since then, he was laid off, later hired by a startup (less money), and she moved to central CA w…
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:40 PM
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That's why my wife and I capped alimony to 3x what welfare would otherwise provide. Take financial burden off of the state, give the other spouse enough money to live, and the judge would hopefully be happy.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:34 PM
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Thank you. The bigger issue, to me, is the way alimony is calculated. If alimony was intended only to keep your ex afloat financially (also so as not to exceed what you can afford), it would be much more widely accepted. Unfortunately, this isn't the case.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:31 PM
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in most places once you live together for around 6 months you're common law I suggest you do some reading. Cohabitation alone typically doesn't establish common-law marriage; you need to have evidence that you plan on marriage (e.g. engaged, or call each other "husband" / "wife"), and your 6-month time frame is pretty much wrong. Additionally, a majority of states do not recognize common-law marriage.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:26 PM
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Because defining a new term is a waste of taxpayer money, especially when half of the country would get their panties in a twist about it. Anyone remember the LGBT outrage when their allies were pushing to grant "civil unions" identical benefits as marriage?
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:21 PM
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For us, it wasn't a matter of what we wanted. We were plenty happy without being married. Unfortunately, there's enough societal pressure - especially from families - that everyone was making my wife miserable without it. Her mother, in particular, was actively trying to split us up, since we had been living together for years with no "real commitment". And watching my wife get off the phone in tears each week was heartbreaking. I ultimately decided that it was objectively better to get a prenup…
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:19 PM
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Generally, taxes are a good reason It's not as good as most people think it is, especially if you both have work and have similar incomes. Our taxes actually increased after marriage. Only by a negligible amount, but it was an annoying shock.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:12 PM
1

Assuming they don't get thrown out, prenups can protect post-marriage assets as well.
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:10 PM
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The reason I've heard was they only protected assets pre-marriage. So if you married while on your way up the ladder and saw a lot of success after being married (as many would in their 20s-30s) the assets generated post-marriage would still be up for grabs. That's only partially correct. Prenups can protect assets post-marriage pretty easily, but what you're thinking of is when one person becomes super successful. This isn't the case for middle / upper-middle class marriages. This is only the c…
/r/MensRights08/11/17 07:10 PM
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Jesus christ, that post is awful. It's not just the man's life that would be ruined, either. If we're going to report people to CPS for the slightest misconception, none of us would have functional families.
/r/MensRights06/11/17 09:16 PM
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The post is obnoxious, but it made me realize that my dad has said "I love you"... maybe 5 times in my adult life. Not that speech is the only way to convey love but it still made me mildly sad.
/r/MensRights06/11/17 09:10 PM
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Don't insult slugs like that.
/r/MensRights06/11/17 04:50 PM
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For me it was when she said the primary victims of war have always been women.
/r/MensRights06/11/17 04:50 PM
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I'll give feminism a pass in Bumblefuck, Afghanistan. The developed world, on the other hand, has no excuses.
/r/MensRights01/11/17 06:30 PM
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to make a fool of. I mean, that involves doing nothing. Just let them talk.
/r/MensRights01/11/17 06:28 PM
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Potato-lovers need not apply.
/r/MensRights01/11/17 06:27 PM
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In my opinion? Self-confidence, for both sexes.
/r/MensRights27/10/17 12:50 AM
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Some of what springs to mind when the term is used: Someone with a high income and white collar job; a pillar of stability for a family unit Lacks sex appeal, or sex drive is of little consequence More likely to openly display affection; or at least moreso than a woman's exes Non-confrontational, very rarely negative Lacks confidence The "nice guys" that I know are constantly taken advantage of. They've been raised to believe these are desirable traits. And they can be, but anything can be taken…
/r/MensRights26/10/17 06:19 PM
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So, they attempt to give it to them, and are predictably frustrated and lonely when that doesn't work. Lived through that. Nothing like trying out the "nice guy" for a couple of years to completely translate entire identity into something else, though.
/r/MensRights26/10/17 05:55 PM
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That's why I love my Fleshlight.
/r/MensRights24/10/17 11:14 PM
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tl;dr - If any part of this document is illegal or unenforceable, the rest of the document will be considered independent of that part. Doesn't always work because law is dumb.
/r/MensRights24/10/17 08:08 PM
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I have a pretty extensive prenup, and my wife and I live in California - the state you live in is very important here; more liberal states are more likely to throw entire agreements out because you put in something they didn't like. I highly recommend not just going to a family attorney, but hiring a certified family law specialist. It will be 2-3x as costly for fees, but it's more likely that your agreement will be binding that way. Your state also determines what measures you can take that are…
/r/MensRights24/10/17 07:51 PM
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You now have me imagining a female Bond in Casino Royale, tied to a bottomless chair, and getting her taco smashed by a whip. Just think about the wonderful reviews that might get!
/r/MensRights05/10/17 06:36 PM
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We don't see private businesses having their own courts Well, we kinda do. That's essentially a function of HR at mid-large companies.
/r/MensRights22/09/17 09:49 PM
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Yep. Unless they come out and force colleges to do something, not a lot is going to change. Still, it's a step in the right direction. At least they acknowledge the problem.
/r/MensRights22/09/17 09:48 PM
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I'm working on my graduate degree now and I absolutely refuse to work with any women on the sole basis of trying to minimize my risk. Sometimes I have to crack the whip at team members, and I don't need a title IX investigation because someone isn't doing their share of the work, and doesn't like the way I talk to them. ....And yet I'm still not really protected against anything.
/r/MensRights22/09/17 09:45 PM
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No, they're not completely revoking Title IX. Title IX is a big piece of legislation and covers far more than what people usually talk about here. Universities are now allowed to choose which evidence standard to use for sexual assault cases. Unfortunately, this means that if you're at a particularly liberal university, nothing will change for you.
/r/MensRights22/09/17 09:41 PM
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It's real. Unfortunately, since universities are allowed to choose, that means nothing will change for those of us in more left-leaning areas. Still, it's a big step in the right direction.
/r/MensRights22/09/17 09:36 PM
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A majority of stay-at-home mothers with nothing better to watch?
/r/MensRights21/09/17 05:38 PM
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he’s alleged to have blocked the door with his body, preventing them from leaving, until he ejaculated Ignoring how ridiculous this story is, can anyone tell me how the fuck this constitutes sexual assault? False imprisonment, maybe. I'm half-tempted to give them an anonymous insane story to see if they run with it, but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for inconveniencing one of my favorite comics if they did.
/r/MensRights21/09/17 05:35 PM
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good bot
/r/MensRights06/09/17 08:00 PM
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The rating should be a factor, too, especially for Netflix specials / originals.
/r/MensRights23/08/17 06:43 PM
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proof that there's causation Studies of 40 and 101 children, respectively, is hardly proof of causation. Where did you take statistics? The studies you link show an interesting correlation but nothing more. If you really can prove causality with this, you should submit it to the scientific community. I'm sure you'd be paid a pretty penny for your troubles. You're not suggesting we force kids to play with toys they don't want to play with Where did I say anything like that? I'm suggesting putting…
/r/MensRights23/08/17 01:01 AM
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I can't believe that there's no source linked in that entire article; what garbage journalism. Regardless, I never said my idea would completely close the gap between men and women. I never even said a gap was a bad thing; I'm just saying that if someone wanted to reduce the gap, there are more effective methods to do so than introduce sexist hiring practices or college admissions / grading. But if you really think that toys (and by extension, marketing) don't play a part in child development, I…
/r/MensRights22/08/17 11:16 PM
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You know, one of the few feminist arguments I can actually get behind is that the reason women aren't going into computer science is because they aren't raised to be interested in it. We don't need affirmative action. It's as you say, women just don't have the same widespread interest, and fixing that requires a cultural shift. One of my favorite toys when I was a kid was a DIY electronics kit, and by the time I was 7, I had built a working radio with it. I loved it and it stuck with me my entir…
/r/MensRights22/08/17 08:21 PM
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Not that hard to fight for it in these cases. With particular regard to software, you're in a rare position to create your own opportunities, most of the time doing it completely under the radar. Very rarely do you need to be "given" opportunities. There's always some way for you to improve things for the company, and identifying and implementing these solutions is central to a career in software. This would be a much harder sell in other fields, like investing or law, which require you to work …
/r/MensRights14/08/17 11:11 PM
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Honestly, I think the better approach is to use that bias to your advantage. I'm a software engineer myself. When someone underestimates you, use that as inspiration to really tackle a huge project and impress someone higher up. The best revenge is success, and the shame is real for people who are dicks like that. A coworker at my last job thought my code was absolutely worthless. I now have my own office and make twice what he does. He hasn't spoken to me since, but he's still doing the same th…
/r/MensRights14/08/17 09:26 PM
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This guy complains
/r/MensRights14/08/17 09:15 PM
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You missed a huge opportunity to explain it in a haiku.
/r/MensRights14/08/17 09:14 PM
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You're a mouth-breathing shitlord if you think men can experience sexism. /s
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:53 PM
1

Gotta watch out for those emus, though.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:51 PM
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Women can keep "life with cheat codes". I'm going to wait for the New Game+ DLC.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:50 PM
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op plz
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:49 PM
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I haven't been able to run that since sixth grade, but I would think it's a reasonable expectation for soldiers' requirements.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:47 PM
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Jesus, I knew our standards were lowering but really?
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:45 PM
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I mean, your comment was a thoughtful one and it's appreciated, but I did make my comment purely for the sake of a joke.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 04:06 PM
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I successfully convinced three of my friends to not go forward with the procedure by sharing a video of one with them. I don't know any sane person who can watch it and not wonder why the fuck it's still so widespread.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 12:16 AM
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I have really mixed feelings about this whole thing. Ultimately, I think Google was right to fire him. The guy had a few good points, but he was spectacularly poor at presenting his arguments. I also don't really understand what he was trying to achieve. His post was more of a rant than a rallying call.
/r/MensRights11/08/17 12:04 AM
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He's got a very strong title VII claim. In Silicon Valley? Against a company with the best attorneys money can buy? No smart person would challenge that.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:57 PM
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The problem isn't judges in "shining armor". They aren't being white knights. The problem is in the way our law (and by extension, English Common Law) is structured. Decades of legal precedent dictate who is entitled to support and how much. Usually, the "how much" part comes from "what was your quality of life when married to person X?", and the courts award the amount to try to achieve that quality of life, assuming it doesn't bankrupt the person paying it out. We need more attorneys to succes…
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:53 PM
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Careful, she could easily walk away with half of your nothing.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:47 PM
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I don't know, man. You have to be a mouth-breathing retard to post a "manifesto" like this one and expect to keep your job.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:45 PM
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I was sad when it left, too, but the Google app on Android is really nice if you have a Nexus / Pixel where it's just one of your home screens. It does a pretty good job of displaying interesting stories.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:29 PM
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Came here to say this. I've been trying to get one of those badges for quite a while now...
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:26 PM
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My mother did something similar with me - letter and all. My dad had 100% custody and there was never a dime paid in the name of child support in my case, something my mother was always quick to point out. She felt she deserved child support for the few weekends she had me. She would go on tirades about how unfair it was that she was expected to care for me when my dad wouldn't pay her to do it. She was especially angry when I was a teenager. I would exercise 8+ hours per day and my daily calori…
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:20 PM
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My wife and I get by on roughly $200 per month for grocery budget. We do go out once weekly, so maybe I have to add $30 to that, but still...
/r/MensRights10/08/17 11:13 PM
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How many times have you been called a "faggot" or a "pussy" or a "dick" in your life? And when that happens - especially if it is in an anonymous online format - do you categorize that as "sexual harassment"? I sure as hell don't. Look at this faggot and his reasonable explanations.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 09:27 PM
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M'billionaire. tips fedora
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:49 PM
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People change. Very few people ever plan on marrying someone with the intent of divorcing them and taking half of their stuff. The problem with divorce is that, when you decide to do it, you're usually not on good terms. And why not try to get as much as you can out of someone you hate? Aside from a father's rights argument, there's really very little reason to actually marry someone. Mostly just societal pressure.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:48 PM
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Just... get a prenup. Unless you're going to be living paycheck-to-paycheck your entire life, it's worth it to try.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:45 PM
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good bot
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:44 PM
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That's not true at all. If you hire respectable attorneys and make one that's not outrageously restrictive, they can be quite valuable. Even if you limit it entirely to something really simple, say: "The duration of spousal support cannot exceed half the duration of the marriage." ....That's well-worth the few grand it costs. Of course it's not guaranteed. There's still a chance even that would get thrown out. There's also a chance that your insurance company will find evidence of arson when you…
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:43 PM
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A prenup can be thrown out in quite a number of ways, but the top reasons I hear about (being the son of a family attorney): You try to limit child support. You absolutely cannot do this. You try to limit spousal support too much. You try to add more protections for one party than the other. You deny protections if the other party did something you don't like (e.g. infidelity - "if she cheats, she gets nothing!"). You pressure the other party to sign in any way. One or both parties don't fully u…
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:37 PM
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There are dozens of reasons a prenup can be thrown out. That's just one of them, and any good attorney will tell you you need separate attorneys upfront.
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:27 PM
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I couldn't give two shits about celebrities personal lives, either, but it would also seem out of character for Depp to be the abusive type, considering that he keeps a spare Jack Sparrow costume on hand to visit sick children. Unless it's all a front for something more nefarious.... then it all makes sense... someone get the tabloids on the phone! THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW!
/r/MensRights10/08/17 08:25 PM
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Is that an actual question from the study? "Acquiesce" is an odd word choice (along with an odd sentence structure) if the study was targeting average people.
/r/MensRights02/08/17 09:14 PM
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If you're applying to Kink.com, maybe?
/r/MensRights02/08/17 09:12 PM
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San Jose, but I'm fairly confident this is required for all students across the board; this is a sexual assault course run by a third party with CSU materials.
/r/MensRights01/08/17 08:22 PM
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California State University
/r/MensRights01/08/17 07:45 PM
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INSERT INTO slave.dbo.Vaginer SELECT * FROM master.dbo.Peen
/r/MensRights01/08/17 07:12 PM
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Just to play Devil's Advocate here, I think it's silly to attribute this to Google. Google is a search engine; not a dictionary. Google is just displaying a featured snippet for the search results. That definition is actually coming from Oxford, not Google. You should direct your frustrations there. Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster also mention women, specifically, in their definitions. When the top three dictionaries of our time define the term that way, it's a problem with our culture, not a…
/r/MensRights31/07/17 10:47 PM
1

I agree.
/r/MensRights26/07/17 12:54 AM
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Though I'm no pro-lifer, their arguments do make more sense to me than "cut my son's dick up!"
/r/MensRights25/07/17 06:32 PM
2

it would reduce overall wait times by a whopping 63 percent. The scientists believe this solution can cut the average wait time from about 6 minutes to less than 90 seconds! Something doesn't add up... 6 minutes is 360 seconds. 90 seconds would be a 75% reduction, not 63%. I mean, the solution can cut a 6-minute wait time down to nothing. Either the second statement is completely unnecessary or the author is genuinely poor at math. Or the entire article and study was unnecessary. Take your pick.
/r/MensRights25/07/17 06:24 PM
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There's another benefit, too, that people overlook with unisex bathrooms being the norm: we could take out the dividing wall that's commonly found between men's / women's restrooms and make a bigger bathroom out of it. Even though the wall is likely only 6" thick, anyone who has done any floor planning will know what kind of effect taking out a wall can have on a room.
/r/MensRights25/07/17 06:18 PM
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I don't.... I can't follow your thought process at all. $44 because people want to get laid?
/r/MensRights21/07/17 10:42 PM
1

still thinking with the wrong head ...What?
/r/MensRights21/07/17 05:48 PM
3

No, it's "Source: Eurostat", dumbass. /s
/r/MensRights20/07/17 12:24 AM
4

If we're defining a prostitute as someone who engages in sexual activity for financial gain and the person in question is primarily interested in his/her partner's money or other assets, I would say that's a form of prostitution, wouldn't you? Especially if we broaden our definition. Red light districts around the world offer more than just sex; some of it is cuddling or even just talking with a stranger who takes on the role of an SO. When you're in a relationship, your number one interest in s…
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:37 PM
6

Roots offended me because there are no white men working the plantations or on the ships in chains.
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:25 PM
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Only four companies. That's around 320-1000 men. Over 338,000 people were evacuated. Optimistically, you're looking at 1 in 338 people there. I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's important to put the numbers in perspective.
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:23 PM
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FAKE NEWS!!!
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:17 PM
3

For "Office Space", it should be 8. I swear I'm only a pedant sometimes.
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:07 PM
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Not really. If your primary interest in someone is a financial one (as opposed to, say, their personality), it's not that far off from the truth. There definitely are people out there who just see dollar signs in the dating world.
/r/MensRights19/07/17 06:05 PM
2

There ought to be laws against using that font as a default, too.
/r/MensRights18/07/17 06:38 PM
1

I feel like creating a homeopathic medicine from it. Or start an artisanal burger chain with this as a special ingredient. And now I'm hungry.
/r/MensRights18/07/17 05:46 PM
3

The guy is trying to get a restraining order but so far is having no luck Temporary Restraining Orders are pretty much guaranteed. If he doesn't have one while he's going for the standard one, he should.
/r/MensRights18/07/17 04:41 PM
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Oh, okay then. Facebook is definitely a problem and has nothing to do with bad users. Viruses never come from anywhere else; everyone knows that. And of course the burden of proof is on people who aren't making this claim.
/r/MensRights18/07/17 03:21 PM
5

Then you must have some pretty good data to prove your point.
/r/MensRights17/07/17 11:24 PM
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When you break down marriage with risk analysis or even game theory, it doesn't take much to realize you shouldn't even consider it as a man. There are so few benefits that it just isn't worth it. And, FWIW, I say this as a man in a happy marriage. Many people in my position are quick to defend marriage, or point out that I'm happy in mine (so how can I attack marriage?); but the thing is, I'd be just as happy if I was in the same exact position less the title of "married." Unfortunately, societ…
/r/MensRights17/07/17 11:09 PM
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I probably know more than you do. Software engineer with 10y experience and currently working on my MS.... in security. But if you have information that I don't, I'd be happy to take a look and see why you think Facebook is to blame for viruses or other security issues.
/r/MensRights17/07/17 10:10 PM
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Facebook is a security hole on the computer of anyone that uses it. You are inviting viruses by using Facebook. Replace "Facebook" with just about any website and this statement is still just as true as you originally wrote it.
/r/MensRights17/07/17 05:04 PM
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I fought with myself whether to share the link here because, ideally, I agree with you. But with women's enrollment being much higher than men in co-ed institutions and with fewer male-only colleges*, I'm much more on the fence about it.
/r/MensRights13/07/17 05:45 PM
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I wouldn't be so sure. Mills is a really small institution at 1300 students; five tenured professors can have a profound cost for such a small college. They've been around for 155 years. I'm sure they're not going anywhere.
/r/MensRights13/07/17 05:07 PM
2

I used to say that adults shouldn't cry over animation. Then I watched "Jurassic Bark" and got fucked up.
/r/MensRights13/07/17 04:39 PM
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Don't worry, when Disney turns it into a "live-action" remake, they'll transform it into a bad movie.
/r/MensRights13/07/17 04:38 PM
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Obviously you need to man up or you can't possibly care for your kid. /s
/r/MensRights13/07/17 04:36 PM
1

It's important to note that the double standard exists in the minds of both men AND women. Too many comments here are blaming women for it but it's not really that simple. Plenty of men are guilty of assuming that a dude with a fleshlight can't get laid. Honestly, I think male sexuality faces more problems from other men than women. Sex is seen as the ultimate measure of success and respectability for a man and those of us who get it less / not at all are seen as less valuable among many male pe…
/r/MensRights10/07/17 08:47 PM
1

You don't have to be such a dick about it /s
/r/MensRights10/07/17 04:17 PM
11

Almost worse than moonspreading.
/r/MensRights07/07/17 06:32 PM
1

Especially considering that the actual "data" is pretty underwhelming.
/r/MensRights03/07/17 06:51 PM
1

I only get car oil and metal shavings coming out of mine. Am I dying?
/r/MensRights03/07/17 07:18 AM
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Nah fuck that bitch. Irresponsible whore. .....I don't think I need it but.... /s
/r/MensRights23/06/17 10:59 PM
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"YEAHHHH! GO BRIAN!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!" (from the other side) "HEY THAT BRIAN GUY RAPED AN UNBORN FETUS!" "IS THAT TRUE?" "I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HEARD IT SOMEWHERE." (crowd) "FUCK YOU, BRIAN! DIE IN A FIRE BRIAN!"
/r/MensRights23/06/17 10:57 PM
2

Didn't know Maisie was like that. Probably could have guessed. Shame...
/r/MensRights23/06/17 07:18 PM
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We know how cancerous it is, but this is still somehow surprising to me. I'm still waiting for a concerted lobbying effort to remove our sub as a hate group.
/r/MensRights23/06/17 07:16 PM
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My wife is a bit of a lightweight, but I can drink everyone I know under the table - many of them twice over. We simply just don't drink often. It's common for us to go 1-2 months without so much as a drop. I know there's nothing to really worry about - we're in a good place. It's just stupid that the law would consider me to be the villain when I'm plastered but not her.
/r/MensRights22/06/17 05:43 PM
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Though that may have been the intent of the law, in practice that's not quite true. I'm a contractor for a law firm and one of their clients was screwed pretty hard by this. He came to the firm 10 years after the court decided he was the father and he couldn't afford to keep up the payments. This guy started dating a single mom who already had a kid. The kid was 3 months old at the time, and 4 years when he broke up with the mother. She nailed him for child support and he never had any custody. …
/r/MensRights22/06/17 08:44 AM
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Ask and ye shall receive. I didn't know it's legal name, but it's “parentage by estoppel".
/r/MensRights22/06/17 04:05 AM
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In California, you can be considered to be the father even without marriage trapping you into it. Let's say you're dating a single mom. If you're around for a kid's early years and that kid calls you "Dad", you can be on the hook for child support if you part ways.
/r/MensRights21/06/17 11:17 PM
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Came here to post that, too. I would recognize those labels anywhere. Of course, I'd be willing to bet that Costco is buying the two different products at different prices, too.
/r/MensRights21/06/17 11:11 PM
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Who hasn't had sex with an intimate partner be it girlfriend or fuckbuddy while you were both intoxicated or while she was intoxicated. Oddly enough, my wife and I are each other's only partner and we've never fooled around even slightly buzzed. The only times we drink are when we're out and both of us are always too tired when we get home. She actually said she wanted to try a night of drunken debauchery last week and it immediately set off alarms because of shit like this (even though it reall…
/r/MensRights21/06/17 08:08 PM
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While true, i's kind of a dumb argument to make. It adds nothing to the discussion; what really should be factored in is the cost of living where Gadot is (I would assume L.A.). I make six figures in Silicon Valley but that's barely making your mortgage in many neighborhoods. I could retire tomorrow and live out my life in Thailand, but that's irrelevant to any kind of discussion about wages.
/r/MensRights20/06/17 11:38 PM
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From my understanding of laws across the pond, it's better to actually go in and apply with a recording device (if legal to do so) than fight it based on the ad alone. Not just because of the wording but also because you then have some damages you can claim (you were rejected for a job you needed). That carries more weight than simply filing a civil complaint.
/r/MensRights20/06/17 07:00 PM
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I work 60 hours per week, do all the cooking, and most of the housework. Does that make me an "OUT AND PROUD" feminist? Fuck.
/r/MensRights20/06/17 06:53 PM
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It was simply me talking about the film, and that it's woman hating garbage. Spoken like someone who didn't even watch it. Certainly not the whole thing. An MRA that funded her film and is IN her film has stalked me all over social media to the point I phoned the police on him. /r/thathappened. I don't even know what tools are available to trace who is "stalking you" on social media. Radfems certainly get the worst of the online experience. What, and /r/theredpill doesn't catch shit? They're one…
/r/MensRights20/06/17 06:31 PM
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it's basically "Hangover....with women" My wife and I said almost exactly this at the same time when we saw a trailer for it. I didn't see much male-bashing in the trailer, it just looked dumb. Neither of us liked the Hangover, so that was the last we looked into it. In fact, that one trailer was the only marketing I even saw for it.
/r/MensRights20/06/17 05:29 PM
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You throw any actress with a Hollywood body and soft voice in tight pants and tell audiences that she's supposed to have sex appeal and she will. The same holds true for men. She's pretty average on acting ability - I don't mind watching her do her job - but she's not currently a name I see attached to a movie and instantly know I'm going to see it in theatres.
/r/MensRights20/06/17 05:20 PM
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There is a man and a woman in a room. We have no idea if the man has raped the woman or not. If we don't observe, the man has raped her. But the second we do observe, he has never raped her. ...oddly fitting...
/r/MensRights19/06/17 05:24 PM
7

Good heavens, look at the time!
/r/MensRights19/06/17 05:22 PM
3

I couldn't make it past the second bullet point when I saw wimmin
/r/MensRights19/06/17 05:20 PM
7

Rape your boss. It's a sure-fire way to get that promotion!
/r/MensRights19/06/17 05:19 PM
3

Somebody should really teach Mayweather not to rape then.
/r/MensRights19/06/17 05:17 PM
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Most people can barely live paycheck-to-paycheck. And filing a lawsuit for ideological reasons generally does not work out well. Think about a couple going through a divorce and fighting over a $5 grocery bill charge - some people will spend thousands of dollars arguing over that and others will just move on with their life. Regardless of how strongly you feel about something, there is always a point at which the cost is too great, especially given the risk / potential reward. And it's not just …
/r/MensRights16/06/17 06:26 PM
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The film has also been the #1 purchased documentary recently. I don't know a single person who can make it through the film and legitimately still believe that men don't face at least some issues. Even the most staunch feminists I'm "friends" with question the data, do some research, and ultimately agree with some (e.g. D.V. shelters for men), and I'm "friends" with some real gems. We just need more feminists to see that we have one or two legitimate problems and for them to speak up in their ci…
/r/MensRights16/06/17 04:57 PM
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A quick summary of Debate 101: "You don't need to convince your opponent that you're right. You need to convince your audience that your opponent isn't."
/r/MensRights16/06/17 04:51 PM
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The other school of thought is to punish them severely to act as a deterrent. U.S. laws tend to gravitate to this.
/r/MensRights16/06/17 04:49 PM
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A proven false rape claim needs to carry at least the minimum sentence for actual rape. Probably more. The law supports making an example out of people when they've committed hard-to-prove crimes (e.g. hiding assets in a divorce). A confession should give her the minimum sentence. Someone who doesn't confess should get the maximum.
/r/MensRights16/06/17 04:47 PM
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...not to mention be broke from attorneys' fees. There's nothing to be gained from suing her.
/r/MensRights16/06/17 04:41 PM
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Respondants could be lying They might be. Then again, they might not be. Conventional wisdom is that there's a mix in the responses. As with all surveys, we should take the information with a grain of salt. However, there really aren't many tools available to us currently to collect better data. If you can create a method with which they can accurately measure what's going on, I'm sure you could get the Japanese government to pay you a pretty penny. This is why I don't really agree with a women-…
/r/MensRights12/06/17 05:02 PM
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Here's the best English article I could find on it: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/30/national/social-issues/commuters-fight-back-groping/#.WTrZGvnyuUk Meanwhile, Metropolitan Police Department data shows that an estimated 1,900 groping cases violated the Tokyo ordinance in 2015, of which 72.2 percent occurred either inside a train or at a railway station. ... The number of groping cases that have been reported, however, are likely to be only the tip of the iceberg, says Riichi Oto, de…
/r/MensRights09/06/17 05:25 PM
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I think your parents know you're in a really bad place. Im not saying they want you to do it, but I honestly feel like they can accept it. They know there's nothing they can do, they've tried helping, everyone's tried. But there's a point that comes where there isn't anything anyone can do to save you, not even yourself, and you've hit that point and I think your parents know you've hit that point. You said you're mom saw a suicide thing on your computer and she didn't say anything. I think she …
/r/MensRights08/06/17 10:54 PM
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NASA is probably under more scrutiny than most organizations due to its fame and reputation of producing role models and exciting news to keep an almost-neutral gender split. Though I may be concerned about selection bias, if they have an easier time getting funding for not landing in SJW sights, I'll pick a different battle to fight.
/r/MensRights08/06/17 10:42 PM
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To be fair to Japan, they do have a pretty substantial problem with perverts targeting women on trains. I don't know if designating a car women-only was really the proper way to go about it, but at least it was done to address a widespread problem, not a very rare one like gyms in the U.S.
/r/MensRights08/06/17 10:26 PM
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Exactly. Just like how we wouldn't want a thread on MGM being peppered with FGM comments here.
/r/MensRights08/06/17 08:34 PM
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I'm glad my wife is supportive of male toys. Problem is I know in advance that I'm way too fucking lazy to actually clean the things, so I still haven't made a purchase. shrug
/r/MensRights08/06/17 08:29 PM
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Filthy casual.
/r/MensRights08/06/17 08:28 PM
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Not that I was particularly interested in visiting TheBluePill, but it's nice to know where I'm not welcome.
/r/MensRights08/06/17 08:25 PM
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Not arguing with you but just to point out useless degrees: there was a dude who went to my private university who blew $160k worth of tuition / room and board for a bachelor's degree in - wait for it - "spreading happiness". I fucking wish I was kidding.
/r/MensRights02/06/17 11:25 PM
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"too dramatic"? It's not some sensationalist work. It's really not much more than a series of interviews with some statistics thrown in.
/r/MensRights02/06/17 06:11 PM
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Same here.
/r/MensRights02/06/17 06:08 PM
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I was referring to the social fallout that followed. Just about everyone I know was frothing at the mouth - on the right and on the left - regardless of their voting status.
/r/MensRights01/06/17 11:59 PM
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I didn't read everything carefully, but there were several times she said she'd pay you. The texts continue on into bickering after each one. She sounds like a real peach, but I have to wonder: why did you keep provoking her instead of trying to let her pay you? Is there something I'm missing?
/r/MensRights01/06/17 11:38 PM
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It certainly doesn't help that mainstream media and important well-known figures (e.g. Obama) keep touting the same bullshit $0.77 figures all over the place.
/r/MensRights01/06/17 11:21 PM
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I dunno, man. After our most recent election here in the U.S., I feel that only a minority of people would get behind that.
/r/MensRights01/06/17 11:18 PM
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Now we just need Netflix to add the damn film so it can get household recognition.
/r/MensRights26/05/17 04:18 PM
1

It wasn't just one song or one CD she downloaded.
/r/MensRights19/05/17 06:39 PM
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It's easy to get upset about this post, but there's another side to the story here that we need to look at: why does the girlfriend feel the need to tell her family she was being raped rather than just being honest? It certainly seems like in her household, sex is taboo. Who knows if it'd even be better if she was 18? I'm not defending her at all. Being willing to falsely accuse your SO of raping you is, of course, horrifying. But at least in cases like this, teaching our kids that sex is O.K. c…
/r/MensRights19/05/17 06:34 PM
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What Would Atticus Do?
/r/MensRights19/05/17 06:32 PM
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Oh, and don't physically hinder someone from giving the sign, that's important too. I mean, it really depends on what you're in to. Some of us may be into stuff that prevents us from giving any sign in the middle of our shenanigans, in which cases it's all about setting up very detailed ground rules before and a lot of trust.
/r/MensRights19/05/17 06:31 PM
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Don't take the headlines for lawsuits all that seriously. They very rarely translate to such large quantities of money by the time the settlement hits. The update on the girl (I think, it's from a quick search and around the same time) from back in my day: Lafky faced over $500,000 in penalties. The RIAA offered to settle for $4,000... Our legal system is bizarre, for sure, but it's not as ass-backwards as it looks at first glance.
/r/MensRights19/05/17 05:40 PM
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I have ZERO accounts on any social media Hate to break it to ya, buddy, but Reddit is social media. I knew what you meant, though.
/r/MensRights18/05/17 10:02 PM
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The punishment would be designed to stop other kids from doing the same "dumb shit". Hitting one teenager with a harsh sentence would resonate with other teenagers. When I was in high school, the RIAA went after a 14-year-old girl for 6 figures because she was using P2P software to grab music. For several months nobody at my school dared download anything until the buzz died down, and most of the terror came from the fact that the girl was the defendant, not some neckbeard in his mother's baseme…
/r/MensRights18/05/17 09:58 PM
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I think they should get worse. The law supports making an example out of people in certain situations.
/r/MensRights18/05/17 09:53 PM
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13 is my lucky number, so we're good to go.
/r/MensRights15/02/17 07:58 PM
2

I wouldn't mind the mods coming down on shit posts like /r/atheism did a while back.
/r/MensRights15/02/17 07:57 PM
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My dad had something similar happen. He's an attorney, and my mother never finished high school. She fought for custody for the first 15 years of my life and never got it, but my dad's attorney advised him not to go after child support; doing so may change his image enough to lose custody. We were well off enough that he absolutely didn't need it, but that doesn't make it OK.
/r/MensRights15/02/17 07:56 PM
1

Would you like to play Global Thermonuclear War?
/r/MensRights15/02/17 07:53 PM
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If you impregnate a woman, you should marry her and support her and your child. That is your duty as a man. If a woman has a child and gets no support whatsoever from the dude that did it, it's her duty as a woman to find a way to provide for herself and the child. Unfortunately, the most common way they provide is to sue the crap out of their ex and make him double down on his work hours for 20 years. This is possible because people think like you.
/r/MensRights15/02/17 07:47 PM
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90% of people on reddit don't click over to the article to actually read it Posting in TIL now.
/r/MensRights14/02/17 07:46 PM
1

I think you're exaggerating. They probably just identified as men - how regressive of you for making assumptions! /s
/r/MensRights14/02/17 07:45 PM
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Never heard of the sub, took a quick gander. From what I saw, it didn't look as bad as I was expecting. Hell, I probably would have fit in quite nicely there 15 years ago when puberty and angst were fucking with me. It certainly doesn't match that Facebook group. Maybe there's other infamy to /r/incels I don't know about, though.
/r/MensRights04/02/17 02:25 AM
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I don't know, my stay in Vegas with them was kinda meh, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to complain about it. /s, just in case I needed it.
/r/MensRights04/02/17 02:16 AM
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I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but with 6 months between her hire date and my offer letter, combined with our resumes... I'm not willing to share them online, but by every measure you can think of in terms of our fields, I would be the stronger candidate. Same degree / university Same classes I had projects (including the exact technologies the job required), she had none I performed far better in technical screening / whiteboard coding We also had 4/5 of the same employees inter…
/r/MensRights04/02/17 01:14 AM
1

I think those are the worst figures I've ever seen on a YT video. At least for one with substantial views.
/r/MensRights03/02/17 11:47 PM
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Fun little personal story. I applied to the same Silicon Valley company my wife worked at a few years ago when we were starting out. We're both software engineers. She was hired on at $74k. She didn't negotiate at all. When I got an offer from them, the letter stated my salary would be $66k. The job title was the same as my wife's, on the same team, and I had more experience (independent projects). After doing my best to negotiate, they moved up to $71k. My attorney advised me it wasn't worth pu…
/r/MensRights03/02/17 11:45 PM
1

The Explorer of orifices.
/r/MensRights03/02/17 11:31 PM
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If he cares about his son, the cost of the attorney won't matter. If he skimps on the attorney, or doesn't hire one at all, he can kiss custody goodbye. Most attorneys will come to an agreement with you that you just pay what you can comfortably afford. My father runs a law firm and he has several family law cases where the clients have been paying a few hundred a month for 15-20 years. I recommend looking for certified family law specialists. It will be worth the extra money.
/r/MensRights03/02/17 12:46 AM
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I'm going to guess you work at Facebook. A friend of mine is an FTE there and tells me of some pretty stupid stuff that goes on like that. Anyway, pick your battles. Personally, unless something directly affects me, I wouldn't do anything. It's just not worth it.
/r/MensRights31/01/17 09:08 PM
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A free roof over your head and free stuff? Do you really not see how privileged men are in this world?!?! /s
/r/MensRights27/01/17 01:28 AM
1

Humorous*
/r/MensRights23/01/17 05:31 PM
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Pff, can't compete against my 1950's Schwinn Corvette.
/r/MensRights18/01/17 11:20 PM
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Why wouldn't a male non-custodial parent be the default if something happened with the female custodial parent being able to take care of the child? The court has already dealt with the custody situation. We don't know exactly why they granted it to the mother. We don't have the details to say what should happen. End of story. What happens if the reason she won custody is because the father was abusive? What if he's homeless? Though that may be unlikely, it's information the court has - not us. …
/r/MensRights18/01/17 07:03 PM
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I don't think it's a good idea to automatically grant the other parent custody. We don't know jack about the father from this video and assuming that he's automatically a great guy is not something anyone should ever do when it comes to protecting children. The keyword is automatically, though. The court knows the situation much better than we do. As long as the father isn't as bad or worse than this woman, he should get the kid. CPS does need to step in somehow.
/r/MensRights17/01/17 09:31 PM
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You should demand quote attribution.
/r/MensRights13/01/17 08:25 PM
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You can't be serious. With your seed analogy, it's not like you plant the seed and just leave it alone for years. You develop a relationship and spend money + time + effort making sure it grows into a tree. What if your neighbor waters it half as often as it needs? What if your neighbor decides to move across the country? Should they be allowed to take the tree with them, or would it make more sense to move the tree to your yard? Custody isn't a black and white issue. There are a lot of importan…
/r/MensRights12/01/17 07:25 PM
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If you live long enough, cancer is 1 in 1. It's just a matter of whether or not something else kills you first.
/r/MensRights12/01/17 07:11 PM
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the laws required penetration to be a victim of rape. This is still the case for the FBI.
/r/MensRights12/01/17 07:10 PM
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I can't believe no one has said this yet, but driving while intoxicated endangers other peoples' lives as well as your own. I do think we should hold people accountable for their drunken bedroom escapades to some degree, though.
/r/MensRights12/01/17 07:09 PM
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You don't need to be born in the 90s for this shit to have happened. I'm an 80's baby and my university had the same kind of B.S. going on. One student did end up being charged with rape and was expelled for a drunken night of debauchery. It's just getting more press these days.
/r/MensRights12/01/17 07:02 PM
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if they start going after you again you could potentially sue them for marking you down This almost certainly isn't worth a lawsuit. In order to win, OP would need to prove that he's been adequately damaged by the bad grade. Unless this paper caused him to fail out of a class and miss out on college, that's going to be pretty difficult to prove.
/r/MensRights06/01/17 07:38 PM
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I learned to stop taking Kate for granted. This is actually really great advice... but it needs to be directed at both partners, not just one of them. If two people start becoming distant, it's not just one person's fault.
/r/MensRights05/01/17 08:35 PM
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The first question for any legal question is: where do you live? Laws change drastically based on geographic location. If you're in the U.S., I'm not aware of any law that would make any of this illegal. I'm not well-versed with state laws outside of CA, though.
/r/MensRights05/01/17 08:25 PM
1

I mean, these statistics are pretty well-known. What do you think OP is being sarcastic about?
/r/MensRights05/01/17 08:21 PM
3

Everyone knows that side effects of dick may include death.
/r/MensRights05/01/17 08:17 PM
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the boyfriend of any woman reading that list is gonna have a bad time Maybe I'm just an outlier, but not a single point has described anything I've done in 10 years of being with my wife. I mean, the list is still ridiculous paranoia, but I couldn't identify with any of it.
/r/MensRights03/01/17 10:33 PM
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rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic This is my favorite phrase for the week now.
/r/MensRights03/01/17 09:26 PM
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I would argue that most of us have done these jobs to a much lighter extent on our own properties. Or, at least, we will have done these jobs at some point. When my wife and I worked on a home remodel, guess who got to do every physically intensive / even mildly dangerous task? Hint: it wasn't her. And it's not that I minded, but to say that most men have no experience with hard labor is a falsehood.
/r/MensRights30/12/16 06:55 PM
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That's the only reason It's certainly a major reason but far from the only one. It was only 100 years ago that women weren't allowed to vote in the U.S.. There are still people alive today from this period. Historically, women were seen as inferior human beings.
/r/MensRights30/12/16 06:48 PM
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I don't really feel outraged. I might have given it an eye roll. It's a stupid gendered prank that does have a small chance of severely impacting someone's life; not the abysmal odds fathers face in custody battles, after all. And though it isn't a huge social issue, it's still relevant to the sub.
/r/MensRights28/12/16 11:30 AM
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Great for extortion I don't know what I was expecting for the marketing of this thing.
/r/MensRights28/12/16 02:26 AM
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Yeah, I've had that same thing happen when researching attorneys too. I'd strongly advise holding off on a retainer until you've had an initial consultation and feel comfortable with the attorney handling the case. The firm I work for is one of the firms that charges for an initial consultation. It's discounted for new clients, but still not free. A lot of that policy is in place because, as a business, they have no idea how serious clients are about looking for representation. Too many people w…
/r/MensRights27/12/16 11:09 PM
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Find a CFLS (certified family law specialist) in your area. They are more expensive than a traditional family law attorney, but it's going to be worth it. Yelp is a terrible way to find attorneys. Yelp works well for restaurants, but law firms' entire business is conflict. The only person happy with representation is the one that wins their case - I'm an IT contractor for a small firm in Silicon Valley and many of their scathing Yelp reviews come from opposing counsel / their clients. You can ha…
/r/MensRights27/12/16 08:58 PM
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We have to live with the fact that the sexes aren't entirely equal. Blasting a 7.5 pound bag of flesh through your genitals is reason enough to give someone a few weeks extra for recovery time. Now if we could only get paternity leave widely accepted in the U.S.....
/r/MensRights27/12/16 08:42 PM
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I can't stand people who demand that there be equal representation of male and female characters in individual shows / movies / games. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense. Can you imagine requiring Kratos be gender-customizeable in God Of War? Or how about the upcoming Horizon: Zero Dawn? I'm super pumped for that game and there's no way in hell I'd demand a male-playable character. It does surprise me a little that Nintendo didn't include Peach as a playable character in an endless runner (may…
/r/MensRights22/12/16 05:21 PM
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It's a video game. ...And it's not even a substantial video game. It's a casual phone game. BEJEWELED DOESN'T HAVE ANY FEMALE ROLE MODELS! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!
/r/MensRights22/12/16 05:15 PM
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Especially true for the tech sector. In the last year I've sent out ~180 job applications and only heard back from 4 companies with no offers. My wife sent out 6 applications and heard back from 5 of those - 4 of which she scored on-sites - with 2 offers. We have the same degree from the same institution. I have much more experience on my resume than she does. While we are in different disciplines of software, it's pretty painful watching companies in Silicon Valley push these "women in engineer…
/r/MensRights29/11/16 10:42 PM
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You also need to factor in the company, as well. Of course, most of us here know this. I'm a full-stack software engineer for my 9-5 with freelance contracts on the side. My wife is a QA engineer. Even though she's a manual tester, she makes 20% more than I do. We have the same degree from the same institution. My work is at least twice as difficult as hers is and I work 25+h more per week than she does. On a per-hour basis, I only make about half of what she does. But... I work at small, fairly…
/r/MensRights29/11/16 10:37 PM
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yet once they see how men treat other men Hey, don't speak for all men, asshole. Fuck you! Need another beer, buddy?
/r/MensRights28/11/16 09:03 PM
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A really poor sample. That one measurement renders the entire infographic useless, IMO.
/r/MensRights10/11/16 09:13 PM
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I told my wife on election night once it was clear that Trump was going to win that Valenti, specifically, was going to whine and say all men were rapists, and that's how Trump won. Looks like I wasn't far off.
/r/MensRights10/11/16 09:01 PM
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Living in California and under 30, nearly every single person on my feed says something like this or worse. Half of my wife's family was in tears and has been whining non-stop about how racist and sexist every cis white man is. A few of them have even tagged me since they know I typically lean right and have outright blamed me.
/r/MensRights09/11/16 11:43 PM
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That's what I did. But, living in California, the cow shit I use for my garden is worth more than my vote for president anyway.
/r/MensRights04/11/16 09:55 PM
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When she was still making the film, I was pretty damn skeptical that it was going to be a good thing for MRM. While I haven't seen it yet, my opinion has been flipped on its head after reading press about it, especially when it comes to her defending it.
/r/MensRights04/11/16 07:07 PM
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....Out of 320 participants? What data are you looking at?
/r/MensRights04/11/16 01:02 AM
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As everyone else here is suggesting, go get yourself a lawyer. I would highly recommend getting a certified family law specialist given your situation. That said, the best thing you can do for yourself emotionally and financially is to fight your damndest to get full custody of your kids. Without it, you'll be throwing even more money at your ex until your kids are adults. You need to look like the good guy in every way, shape, and form, too. Hopefully it's not too rough of a divorce. Document e…
/r/MensRights01/11/16 01:22 AM
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https://youtu.be/2AB9zPfXqQQ?t=8
/r/MensRights31/10/16 05:30 PM
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I could easily see this sub just as outraged if the child support landed on some schmuck who didn't know he was a father. This sub is really, really emotional on some topics. The point of my original comment was that child support sucks and I intended to start a discussion about what should happen for this guy. Instead, I got slammed with downvotes and a bunch of replies focused on punishing the mother or granting the man automatic custody / visitation (seriously, what the hell?). This sub likes…
/r/MensRights26/10/16 05:53 PM
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Much of that is a result of a lack of understanding of what prenups actually do. My wife was initially against one, too. After sitting her down and explaining what they actually did - and that they protect her just as much as they protect me - she hopped on board. The rest of the opposition is probably directly related to earning potential / equity differences between the two people. My buddy, who earns $135k with Google and is working on a PhD, has been dating a woman who only has a GED and can…
/r/MensRights21/10/16 11:11 PM
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perhaps a slight tax break depending on your state and income level. Keyword being "perhaps". My wife and I are both "high-earners" because we're in software in Silicon Valley. Our taxes increased when we got married. Not by much - certainly nothing noteworthy compared to our finances - but they did increase... so we didn't even get the one benefit that everyone immediately jumps to for marriage.
/r/MensRights21/10/16 11:02 PM
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Dude dodged a bullet. Makes you wonder how well he knew her. 18 months isn't really all that long, either, but I feel like you should know about these kinds of deal breakers before you even think about buying a ring.
/r/MensRights11/10/16 05:44 PM
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My father's an attorney and has handled quite a few wrongful termination suits like this for male clients. We're in the bay area, too; but many of those got little to no attention because they were smaller companies, or the company settled right away with no admission of guilt. I'm particularly interested in this one, though, because my best friend's dad was a lead engineer at Yahoo when Mayer took over. He was promptly laid off without warning ~8 months after she joined.
/r/MensRights08/10/16 01:32 AM
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She tried to break the door down properly I suppose given no equipment, she did, but there's another flaw; firefighters have tools which are way more effective than just slamming your body into a door. Especially when it's an interior door, it's really easy to break in using one of those. I'm pretty sure my 4'8, super scrawny sister could do it.
/r/MensRights29/09/16 11:27 PM
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it devolves into baseless speculation and insults People are afraid of what they don't understand. It's just a defense mechanism; not that I support it in any way. The key to preventing that is to educate them.
/r/MensRights23/09/16 08:35 PM
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He's always been a mouth foaming ideologue. It's just that he occasionally says something someone agrees with, they like that soundbyte, and then he says something they don't agree with.
/r/MensRights23/09/16 07:00 PM
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The time frame is arbitrary, at least in California; it doesn't need to be 4 years. A client at a law firm I worked at got slapped with child support after only 1 year of dating a single mother; the child only referred to him as "Daddy". This also varies state-to-state.
/r/MensRights19/09/16 07:31 PM
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Step 1: Be attractive Step 2: Don't be unattractive Step 3: Stay single forever
/r/MensRights18/08/16 07:19 PM
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The phrase "feminist friends" seems like an oxymoron to me.
/r/MensRights02/08/16 11:55 PM
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Exactly. My wife and I didn't smash the squishy bits together until after 5 years of dating (that's a long story for another time). How many people outside of our relationship would ever believe we never had sex? If she had accused me of raping her, no one would have believed me.
/r/MensRights29/07/16 07:17 PM
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Sadly, I could see the accuser making light of it, depending on the people involved and their relationships. Revisionist memory might also help the accuser avoid the stress of acknowledging that two people are dead because of her.
/r/MensRights29/07/16 07:15 PM
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I haven't seen it yet, but given that I hear the villain is taken down by being shot in the dick, I have a hard time avoiding skepticism.
/r/MensRights29/07/16 03:11 AM
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In California family law, this is a standard ruling. The reasoning is pretty simple, and it's a really tough situation to fix as a result: child support is purely intended to be for the benefit of the kid. If the kid considers you its father, you're liable for child support if your relationship ends. This usually means that if you've been hanging around while the kid grows up, you've got a kid. You don't have to be married, either. You could just be dating a single mom. Once that kid starts call…
/r/MensRights29/07/16 02:07 AM
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slimed Ghostbusters I think it was a clever way to tie in the movie.
/r/MensRights19/07/16 12:30 AM
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IMDB 11/10 material right there
/r/MensRights19/07/16 12:24 AM
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I can't think of any good movie that is "just for men" either. Movies like Rambo and Dirty Harry are very clearly made "for men" in the same sense that movies like the new Ghostbusters or numerous romantic comedies are made "for women". The best comparable movie to the new Ghostbusters I can think of is Commando. The writing was cheesy as all hell and very clearly panders to a male audience. I enjoy watching it (in part because of that), but it's not a great movie. I like to think that the femal…
/r/MensRights19/07/16 12:11 AM
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Dude's a billionaire - he's lucky this is in the U.K. or she'd be asking for (and likely being awarded) half. It sucks that divorce proceedings in the U.K. and U.S. base alimony on current lifestyle. It's such a bullshit argument. Alimony should only be available if (and only if) you can't keep your head above water on your own.
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:56 PM
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men loving women I don't really think the action of wolf-whistling really classifies as "loving". Just sayin'.
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:47 PM
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Honestly, it's a good thing for the obnoxious women to get more obnoxious. It provides a public filter for everyone to see. It makes it really easy to see who's worth dating.
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:43 PM
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If you place an infinite number of monkeys in front of an infinite number of typewriters, 99% of them will write Gawker articles.
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:36 PM
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My wife and I are both software engineers. She refuses to call herself one when meeting new acquaintances because people make incorrect assumptions about her personality if she does. Also, not that I disagree with you, but I feel that using an animated character over a live-action isn't as useful for your argument; animated characters should always be grossly exaggerated caricatures, regardless of what they're supposed to be.
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:26 PM
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our real life interactions are mostly not romantic Speak for yourself, sweetheart ;)
/r/MensRights13/07/16 06:18 PM
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Please tell me you two went to high school in Cupertino or Saratoga. Please.... I need it for the laughs.
/r/MensRights02/07/16 02:30 AM
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I would get a huge kick out of it if her permanent address was in Cupertino. It's more Chinese there than it is white.
/r/MensRights02/07/16 02:25 AM
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Why aren't there discussions about the similarities between feminism and men's rights? Men's Rights and Feminism, on a theoretical level, are two sides of the same coin. Both movements make claims they are after equal rights for both sexes. It makes sense to have two (or more) parties after the same end goal, after all - a men's rights group should focus on inequalities men face and a women's rights group should focus on inequalities women face. The problem with the current movements is actually…
/r/MensRights28/06/16 02:07 AM
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I would -never- go through with a pregnancy if my bf was not ready. And I don't mean like, you know, lil' jitters, but seriously, seriously not ready. That's a super fuzzy line right there. Let's assume you get pregnant and your bf says he's not ready for a kid. From your comment, I can only imagine that you get to be the judge of whether he's actually ready or not. Especially if your SO is timid, you may not get a fully honest response out of him on whether or not he's ready.
/r/MensRights28/06/16 01:06 AM
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Nah, it's not physically possible to rape a man because they always want sex. /s
/r/MensRights28/06/16 12:39 AM
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occasionally That seems like wishful thinking.
/r/MensRights27/06/16 10:40 PM
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The fuck is going on with those eyes?
/r/MensRights22/06/16 10:12 PM
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It always depends on the definition you're using. Similar to how a "weapon of mass destruction" can be something as simple as the IED in the Boston Marathon bomber's case, the words themselves can lose their meaning quite quickly.
/r/MensRights13/06/16 10:07 PM
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dafuq did I just read
/r/MensRights13/06/16 10:06 PM
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Immediate thought goes to the definition of "mass shooting". IIRC, the feds define it as 4 or more victims, while the most popular "source" for data is a study that defines it as 3 or more victims. On top of that, when the public hears "mass shooting", they usually think about large-scale shootings, i.e. Sandy Hook, which makes these statistics stand out more. Someone going nuts and killing their wife and two kids can be classified as a "mass shooting".
/r/MensRights13/06/16 10:04 PM
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I mean, with a privilege to murder, we could fix that
/r/MensRights11/05/16 09:49 PM
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I like it when the media smears him. Trump is brilliant, contrary to what most of Reddit and nearly everyone in my home state wants to believe, though certainly not the most nuanced speaker. Negative press only serves to fuel his momentum. All of those media explosions earlier in his campaign are the primary reason he's performing so well.
/r/MensRights11/05/16 05:47 PM
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Opened that Male Privelege list, stopped at: Privilege to murder .....what?
/r/MensRights11/05/16 05:41 PM
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That's not to say that there aren't situations where someone might be passed up for a promotion simply because they're a woman, but those same situations exist for people who are overweight, talk funny, are gay, etc., but that's why corporate HR and attorneys exist, and it's up to the victim to prove the discrimination.
/r/MensRights11/05/16 05:39 PM
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Your SO should not mention anything about your ex in front of your daughter, or harm her in any way (including scolding her strongly - if the kid is upset enough, she'll tell Mom, and a kid's version of events is often exaggerated, so what was a simple "don't do that" may be interpreted as emotional abuse) Your SO should live in the same geographic location (if you have to move an hour away, that could be ammo used against you) IANAL; my advice comes from personal experience in my parents' 14-ye…
/r/MensRights05/05/16 05:55 PM
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Now that she's somewhat of a celebrity, it's going to take nothing short of a 10-year lawsuit to successfully defend a company against her once she trains her sights on one.
/r/MensRights05/05/16 05:42 PM
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I'm 6 years out of college, and it seems like only 40% of my classes would have agreed with you. The sororities in particular would chalk all the walkways up each week with different "social justice" issues, so you couldn't get away from any of this "PC" groupthink.
/r/MensRights14/04/16 07:37 PM
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Don't get me wrong; I don't particularly like Trump, but he's anything but unintelligent. He knows exactly what he's doing. You may not like his tactics, but the sensationalism and pandering are clearly deliberate, and appear to be pretty effective. Whether or not he's well-educated on international politics / government / economic principles is another issue entirely, but he isn't stupid.
/r/MensRights14/04/16 07:35 PM
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they are worthless anyway. Logic does dictate that, but relationships can't be based on nothing but logic - whether that's my relationship with my wife or hers with her parents. They did effectively make it so that I would lose my wife without marrying her - we need to strip that power away from people before we can truly just ignore the threats.
/r/MensRights02/03/16 06:21 PM
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Easy answer is to just not get married. It's easy to simply say that, but reality is a different beast. My wife and I ultimately got married because of pressure from the in-laws. The tl;dr of it is that her parents started demanding we marry or end our 7-year relationship. My wife was on the verge of medicating herself for anxiety because of this - she felt she had to choose either me or her family (if we didn't get hitched), and most people don't have it in them to casually do that. I don't lik…
/r/MensRights02/03/16 02:18 AM
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In California, the paternity test may not even matter at all. tl;dr - if the kid calls you "dad", you are for all intents and purposes the father. You don't even need to be married to be hit with child support, IIRC. If you're the father figure, you're financially responsible. I understand the reasoning behind it - support is for the kid - but this needs to be better known here. Test the kid at birth and get the divorce going before this takes form if the test is negative (unless you want to "wo…
/r/MensRights01/03/16 01:12 AM
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I can't speak for public universities as I didn't attend one, but many of them here will use those donations for non-necessary operational expenses. My alma mater spends donations on new sports facilities, subsidizing travel classes (which are outrageously priced even with that funding), and bringing in guest speakers. However, the bulk of their donation money (according to an old professor, 70% of it) goes towards financial aid / scholarships. That makes a lot of graduates feel warm and fuzzy i…
/r/MensRights29/02/16 06:33 PM
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Sex with a parent may be disgusting to you, but I honestly don't see a problem with incest, morally speaking, if everyone involved is an able-bodied / minded adult. Don't let my username fool you, I think incest is gross, but I don't think I could classify it as an automatic rape.
/r/MensRights26/02/16 02:25 AM
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Yeesh. I've never seen anything like this in my githubbing before. To think that it's only going to get worse...
/r/MensRights26/02/16 01:25 AM
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Do you have a link to the project?
/r/MensRights26/02/16 12:22 AM
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Just a heads up, silver will tarnish. My wedding band is a mix of 14k white gold and silver. The silver turned black within 3 days of the wedding. I think it adds character to the ring, but it most certainly does not look like it did when I picked it out, and I wish the jeweller had told me before I bought the thing.
/r/MensRights26/02/16 12:07 AM
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Science? Not really. Arbitrary societal rules? Sure.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 11:34 PM
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A lot of assumptions being made here.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 11:26 PM
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I have a golden hairpin he can use lying around somewhere....
/r/MensRights25/02/16 11:23 PM
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Martyrs make the cause stronger. Eliminating the reporters covering those events would have more efficacy.
/r/MensRights23/02/16 09:19 AM
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I'll be interested to see where this goes. My best friend's father was part of those mass layoffs. I wish they mentioned how many managers were female vs. male. If the pool size is only 5 people - not saying that it is - it's entirely possible that the hiring decisions were based on merit.
/r/MensRights02/02/16 07:44 PM
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I love you and I love the word "sciolism". I've not seen it in years and you reminded me how great of a word it is.
/r/MensRights25/01/16 08:51 PM
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I wonder what the admissions are like for grad schools. I applied in the last 6 months to three private grad schools in my area for MSCS: Stanford (aiming high), Carnegie Mellon, and Santa Clara University. Undergrad GPA: 3.7, 3.8 in Computer Science GRE: 167 Verbal, 167 Quantitative, 5.5 Writing Work experience: 5 years as a software engineer in Silicon Valley All three rejected me. It's hard to be more qualified than that for a master's program in C.S. I got into the local state uni, but I'm n…
/r/MensRights19/01/16 02:20 AM
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1200 sq ft is not a mansion, but your head may be too far up your own ass to see that.
/r/MensRights18/01/16 05:57 PM
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That's ridiculous. Here's a house a few blocks away from me. 1200 sq ft, $1.3m. My property is similar. So if my wife divorces me and takes my kid, I should sell my house and move to... what? A studio? A cardboard box? Yes, it's true the cost of living here is higher than Podunk, but you don't want to set precedent of forcing people out of their homes to pay support (even though that does happen). No one should be forced to relocate for child support, and not all assets have any kind of signific…
/r/MensRights16/01/16 12:19 AM
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Education and availability of resources are the top two driving forces in anything related to health care. What do you think cancer awareness programs are setting out to do? Maybe it wouldn't have changed anything for this guy, but it would for some people, and that's an important issue to address. Unless you can tell me with a straight face that we should cancel all sex ed programs because they don't help anyone, I don't really see what your complaint is.
/r/MensRights16/01/16 12:11 AM
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I was pointing out that there is more than just the debtor's prison situation that has failed his friend. Women get free birth control. We don't. And condoms won't fail you five times in a handful of years if you actually use them. Once? Maybe. Twice? Very unlikely. Five times? User error.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 11:18 PM
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Once you receive the order (typically by a Sheriff), you are allowed to pack your necessities and are ordered to vacate until the court date, but only if the court granted a move out order. But yes, you would have to find alternate housing more or less immediately, lasting until court. I went through my attorney for my TRO's. I didn't want to deal with the headache myself due to their nature. In chronological order: A substantial slew of death threats from someone in my residence hall at my univ…
/r/MensRights15/01/16 11:10 PM
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I disagree. The age of consent exists to protect minors from agreeing to shit they don't understand the full consequences of. That consists of more than just adult/child relationships. And clearly, this girl did not understand what she was getting herself into. When I was 13, I didn't really understand sex. I knew what it was. I knew I was horny. But I didn't think about STDs / pregnancy / anything like that. "Boobs are cool" was about as far as my thinking went. When I was 16, it was different.…
/r/MensRights15/01/16 10:39 PM
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As someone who was taken out three TROs, I feel that it's worth noting that they are, overall, a benefit. Yes, they can be abused, but there's a reason why they're so easy to get: going through a court for a full restraining order is often a drawn-out process and a TRO acts as a small safety net in the meantime. They can be filed without your knowledge. This is misleading. It's not like you come home one day and get arrested. You have to be served with the TRO. Someone representing the court has…
/r/MensRights15/01/16 10:32 PM
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I would agree with a verdict against him if (and only if) it can be proved that the two of them were having sex. The arrest and bringing him to court makes sense given that there's a known romantic history. Even if he's not the father but still having sex with her, it's still rape, and has nothing to do with gender, since he's above the age of consent and she isn't.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 10:13 PM
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Just wanted to point out that merely having expensive things should have zero consideration here. If you go out and purchase them when you have debts, sure, but what about the guy in a $1.2m home and luxury cars who later gets divorced and loses legal custody? Should he be forced to liquidate to pay child support and avoid jail?
/r/MensRights15/01/16 10:06 PM
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Your friend is precisely why condoms should be 100% covered under health care, and sex ed further promoted. And on that topic, sex ed needs to contain stories like this one.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 10:02 PM
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Work with major credit card issuer - e.g. Chase or AMEX - to implement a secured Child Support Credit Card. Parent paying child support pays into an account only in use by CSCC above. Both parents always have access to view account purchases. Only primary guardian can use actual card. It still can't protect things like spending $400 on makeup at Macy's and saying that you bought clothes with it, but obviously if it was spent at The Watering Hole Nightclub, it wasn't used on the kid. It would be …
/r/MensRights15/01/16 09:58 PM
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let a vote go to waste Being a conservative in California, my vote hasn't mattered in presidential elections in 28 years. The electoral system is fucked.
/r/MensRights13/01/16 01:08 AM
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I think this is a mixed blessing. Of course, it's annoying that people will assume we stand for the same things ROK does. Our biggest uphill battle is earning respect in any kind of debate. However, it's also publicity that there are Men's Rights groups - regardless of whether or not we agree with them - that are garnering national attention. We need awareness just as much as we need to be heard right now. Lets look at another example. I love firearms, but despise the NRA's arguments in many sit…
/r/MensRights06/01/16 06:43 PM
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If the stories I've been able to dig up are even remotely accurate, I question how this story fits into /r/MensRights. Admittedly, I don't know a lot about the guy, but... The most information I've been able to uncover: Update [January 1, 2016]: A police spokesperson confirmed to Bay City News that Murdock had been arrested in the early morning hours of December 27, after a series of incidents. At 11:30 PM on the 26th, police were called about someone attempting to break into a home. They found …
/r/MensRights06/01/16 12:17 AM
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Obviously the draft is a privilege and we just don't know it.
/r/MensRights28/12/15 06:40 PM
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I'm highly interested in where the film is going, but I'm cautious about the title. Far too often are we mistaken for TRP. Feminists and media outlets will almost universally use the terms interchangeably. If Ms. Jaye only sought out red pillers, this could be more trouble for us. I would expect her to cover the many different facets of MRA, including those of us who aren't filled with puberty-like angst, but I can't bring myself to throw money at a KS campaign without a guarantee that we won't …
/r/MensRights08/11/15 03:47 AM
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It really depends on the law firm and their practices, as well as whether or not you have a relationship with them. My second job is on-call IT support for a law firm specializing in family law, and has been for 15 years, so I'm familiar with a lot of practices. A lot of firms will understand the situation and let you pay what you can, but others will simply cut you off and refuse to do any more work on your case. Several of their clients who get stuck in situations like this will work something…
/r/MensRights20/03/15 05:56 PM
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Guess where I end up if I don't pay. Ooh, I know this one! A courthouse! With a very expensive lawyer!
/r/MensRights20/03/15 04:50 PM
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That sounds familiar.
/r/MensRights19/03/15 05:28 PM
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Honestly, I wouldn't mind so much if the population of sex offenders didn't include so many "wtf cases" like this one.
/r/MensRights17/03/15 09:01 PM
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I think that's how most of us feel. I would be downright terrified if a guy hopped out of his car and grabbed me and started shouting. And I'm a 6', 250-pound dude.
/r/MensRights17/03/15 08:59 PM
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Assault and / or battery charges I can understand. But sex offender? Illinois done got some screwed up laws.
/r/MensRights17/03/15 05:46 PM
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FWIW, I generally agree with you. I identify strongly as an MRA, but while many users here say they're egalitarian, more often you'll have someone attack you for saying "women don't have perfect lives either". I enjoy most of the front-page content here. I enjoy the comment sections. But there's definitely a circlejerk here, as with most ideological subs. I try not to think about it too much and just accept it for what it is, but that also means I lurk more than I would otherwise.
/r/MensRights13/03/15 12:56 AM
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The proper response is to fight back, not throw your hands up and get upset about it. My wife isn't a gamer, but we have a fantastic system set up. If someone is being a dick unnecessarily, I beat their ass in whatever way I can (killing them, higher score, whatever). I pass my wife the headset and have her talk shit on my behalf. It's priceless, but more importantly, she wins so much respect from (most) of the audience in the game that people don't target her for being a "girl gamer". The autho…
/r/MensRights12/03/15 09:07 PM
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I tried to get into LoL / DotA2 for a while and gave up almost immediately. Nothing is worth dealing with those communities.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 08:57 PM
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I'm not "whining", but I also see no opportunity here to have an objective discussion. I see someone who wants me to raise my virtual fists and that's something you won't get here.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 08:45 PM
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I don't understand where you got that idea. I don't agree with everything people write here, but I am still an MRA.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 08:22 PM
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It sounds like you're trying to start an argument where there isn't one. Did I write something to piss you off? The way you quote my comment makes it seem like you're out to "debunk" me, and I don't understand why you seem so bothered.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 08:07 PM
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I am a feminist in the sense that the word means "equal rights (and treatment) for women." The problem is that the popular movements find "injustices" all the time that are anecdotal at best and more often than not are imagined or exaggerated. I mention treatment because I feel that a lot of MRAs love to say "what rights do men have that women don't?!", which is a common circle jerk here. There are a lot of people who see women as only as useful as they are sexy. Women are given the same rights …
/r/MensRights12/03/15 06:33 PM
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A man is paid more because he wouldn't have had to use so much damn tape to accomplish the same task. /s
/r/MensRights12/03/15 06:19 PM
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Not to mention that a screenshot of text can be so easily faked that we shouldn't ever really entertain them. Just like this.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 04:37 PM
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"when a man kills a woman" Percy Sledge's first draft for a hit song needed some revision.
/r/MensRights12/03/15 04:27 PM
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This is because this is the peak for sexual attractiveness and because people in this age group are still trying to figure out sexual relationships. It's also in part due to the fact that most people do stupid shit around that age.
/r/MensRights25/02/15 09:11 PM
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12.3% still seems absurdly high for forced penetration. I don't have any sources to counter it, though.
/r/MensRights25/02/15 09:07 PM
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I have been raped repeadedly by my wife. You lucky bastard. Any other guy would love to be in your shoes. /s
/r/MensRights25/02/15 09:04 PM
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I'm well aware of that. That's why we tried to make our clauses more than reasonable, along with a severability clause. I'm the son of an attorney and worked at his firm for quite a while (still do on-call support), so I know how sour things can go. A lot of people try to make prenups too strict, which is a great way to have a judge say "this is unreasonable, so I won't touch it with a 10-foot pole". (edit: for anyone who decides to draft their own, if you so much as mention "child support", you…
/r/MensRights24/02/15 01:39 AM
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On ideological grounds, I agree with you, but a few things need to change first. We need it to be primarily unacceptable for a parent (regardless of sex) to stay at home for extended periods of time. There's little reason to not hold a job in some capacity once your kids are going to school. The biggest argument against your comment will be "but stay-at-homes sacrifice their careers and can't even hold minimum wage after being removed from the workforce!" We need to fix that, first. I'm no econo…
/r/MensRights24/02/15 01:35 AM
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I'm married and my wife is my best friend and all that, too. However, if it was socially acceptable, I would not have gotten hitched. The strongest reason we had to tie the knot was actually pressure from her parents - they were doing everything they could to convince my wife that she had a loser on her hands. Someone who couldn't commit. My wife knew that wasn't the case, and it's easy for people who can't empathize to say "that's no reason to get married", but it was a powerful force. The in-l…
/r/MensRights24/02/15 01:26 AM
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13 years of support for an 11 year marriage. My wife and I specified in our premarital agreement that support would be limited to a maximum of three times what welfare would otherwise provide for a term not exceeding half the length of the marriage (the marriage having been considered terminated at the date of separation). I'm obviously hoping we never have to use the agreement, but I feel a little more secure having it in place. I wish people weren't so averse to getting a premarital agreement.
/r/MensRights24/02/15 01:18 AM
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singing Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes...
/r/MensRights18/02/15 10:31 PM
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Actually, it does. Parents never go for the prosecution, though. Cops will even warn them that both kids are in trouble if they do.
/r/MensRights17/02/15 04:57 PM
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I find it amusing that the age of consent is 18 in most states. Given that the average age for women to lose their virginity is 16.9 and men is 17.3 (according to some... CDC study, IIRC?), that means that the majority of the country has, indeed, been raped. There's a good chance that most of us are rapists, too, by that logic.
/r/MensRights14/02/15 01:27 AM
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Religious folks have a tendency to add statements which do not add much to the post I will pray for you. /s
/r/MensRights14/02/15 12:52 AM
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You could whip out lil' /u/wolfofthewest_ and let him spit back, too.
/r/MensRights14/02/15 12:49 AM
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The way I see this ad: The organization is preying on the public's sympathy towards women to raise money to fight heart disease. By doing this, they are turning the campaign into a gendered one. Even if the ad was only successful because it focuses on women, the research will inevitably help fight the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. I'm not going to take issue with the fact that they leave out the statistics for men. The place to fight over informing the public of men's…
/r/MensRights12/02/15 08:01 PM
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Then of course there's the oft forgotten method of paying the hell attention to what your kids are doing. Unfortunately, it's unrealistic to assume all parents are capable of caring for a living being. It's the edge cases that ruin things for the rest of us.
/r/MensRights09/02/15 08:12 PM
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I don't think you understand how parental controls work. It's not DRM, and it wouldn't even be code that's running alongside the game. It would be a simple check to see if a user is authorized to start an application. We already have plenty of examples within Windows / Mac / Linux computing environments. If you've ever been prompted for a password to open a file, it's no different from that.
/r/MensRights09/02/15 08:10 PM
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Only real men get prostate cancer. /s
/r/MensRights09/02/15 08:05 PM
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1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with it in his lifetime. But fuck 14% of men, right? That's a negligible number of disposable people. /s
/r/MensRights09/02/15 08:04 PM
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While I agree with feminist principles in their most basic form, there is very little relevance for feminism in the U.S. these days. Obama has also certainly shown that he supports radical feminism on multiple occasions, so I think /u/Funcuz was justified in his criticism. You might want to share your comment with the leading feminist movements, though, because before you've even finished typing "MRA" in their communities, they've already got their pitchforks out.
/r/MensRights09/02/15 07:58 PM
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men go into war as a sort of holiday This is why we usually only hear about PTSD when veterans come home. They've been vacationing for too long and can't keep up with all of us here at home. /s
/r/MensRights09/02/15 07:50 PM
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Not everyone's shot up. My insurance provider did, however. Our company's policy increased 17% as a result of the ACA. And that's not even a drastic increase compared to some stories. I attached myself to my wife's plan as soon as we tied the knot as a result. I was already unhappy with a $50 co-pay for an office visit but that was the final nail in the coffin.
/r/MensRights09/02/15 07:44 PM
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The equivalent of your post for us would be to accuse liberals of being communists, and that's just not true. I identify as conservative primarily for financial reasons and the government has a nasty habit of insane amounts of overhead and terrible spending policies. This includes constant wars, the California High Speed Rail, and pork barreling. Almost no one can identify with the epitome of the far right or far left. I mean, I support the idea of a maximum wage, too, after all.
/r/MensRights09/02/15 07:32 PM
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I think the ESRB is quickly losing what little relevance it had with regards to sales. Especially with e-commerce and digital distribution on systems now, there's very little we can do to prevent the purchase of age-inappropriate games. The focus should shift over to more robust parental controls on the systems themselves and prevent software from running. The ESRB will still be relevant for parents and we can shut the media up temporarily. This could also apply to other rating systems (e.g. PEG…
/r/MensRights09/02/15 07:14 PM
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Yes, absolutely. I don't necessarily agree with everything posted here as supporting my interpretation of what MRA stands for, but that's going to be the same as any politically-oriented group. Definitely. Portraying our group as one filled with reasonable human beings isn't what people want to hear about. They want to hear about RedPiller douche canoes, and that's what many sites like Mother Jones love to spread around. Elliot Rodgers is one of the biggest travesties for us in recent history; i…
/r/MensRights06/02/15 07:38 PM
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It hurt dropping Tabletop =/
/r/MensRights06/02/15 01:59 AM
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I'm not a lawyer but I work at a law firm for my second job. Obviously, I don't have all the details, and the below is based on the limited facts available. I've seen plenty of cases regarding libel and slander. As long as you can prove that the false (or, at least, unproven) statements have negatively impacted you significantly, you've got an easy case. That is, however, speaking in relation to the average court case. It would still be a years-long battle and very expensive with no guarantee of…
/r/MensRights06/02/15 01:33 AM
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I've always thought that this particular story was ridiculous, but your comment chilled me to the bone.
/r/MensRights06/02/15 01:18 AM
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Will Wheaton, who posted it to tumblr and started off the whole thing, later admitted it's fake. I used to have a total nerd / man crush on Wil before I found out where he stood on issues like MRA and feminism. After that whole debacle, I have a hard time even watching TNG scenes with him.
/r/MensRights06/02/15 12:16 AM
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Because, unfortunately, federal and state governments are dicks regarding unmarried couples. That, and even if you find someone who's okay without that piece of paper, odds are that their family won't be. My wife and I lasted 7 years before marriage: 3.5 of which we were living together. My in-laws were driving us nuts with pressure. The latter's not a good reason on its own to make such a risky commitment (related: everyone should always get a prenup), but it's still an issue worth mentioning.
/r/MensRights06/02/15 12:11 AM
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I barely understand Twitter, but if that screenshot is the OP (@feastsoflove), the name appears to be "Alejandro".
/r/MensRights05/02/15 01:52 AM
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MY CLASSMATE WORE A FEMINIST HOODIE TODAY AND I STARTED HITTING HER I'm sure that would go over well.
/r/MensRights05/02/15 01:17 AM
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I love sleeping on my couch, too. I do it for two reasons: I snore and my wife's a light sleeper (courtesy) I can stay up until 5am playing my video games and she won't know.
/r/MensRights03/02/15 09:18 PM
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I've got a premarital agreement with my wife. I sincerely hope we never have to employ it, but there are several provisions implemented to prevent being taken to the cleaners (for either of us; she currently makes double what I do). Among other notes, we have: Limit maximum amount of spousal support (300% of the maximum welfare would provide) Put a maximum term on spousal support (half the length of the marriage, defined by the date of separation) Any jointly-owned or community property will be …
/r/MensRights03/02/15 09:08 PM
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Not that it could have solved anything around domestic abuse accusations, but did you have a premarital agreement?
/r/MensRights03/02/15 08:40 PM
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But it's telling we didn't hear any of this until women started being effected. Regardless, it would be more productive to see this as an opportunity and seize it rather than circlejerk in outrage.
/r/MensRights02/02/15 07:32 PM
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I had one guy in here tell me that the solution to this is to have the richer spouse write monthly paychecks to the poorer spouse, who can then be "employed" as a stay at home parent. Let's take my personal income, which has already been taxed, and pay my wife with it, so it can be taxed again!
/r/MensRights02/02/15 07:27 PM
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For the lazy: in the U.S., the article claims the male-to-female ratio of autism to be 4.5:1. I would be interested to read the study used to find the data, especially since someone in the comments posted a link that tries to argue that autistic girls are passed over and thus denied treatment.
/r/MensRights02/02/15 07:18 PM
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I didn't miss it. Just because it's intended to be a joke doesn't mean it's a good one.
/r/MensRights31/01/15 12:29 AM
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The same reason why men deride and chide "betas" who can't get laid That one always hits close to home for me. It was physically impossible for my wife and I to have sex for the first 5.5 years of our relationship. At work, I managed a team of 6 guys. They found out, through the grapevine, that the two of us were still virgins. I almost had to quit my job because the ridicule I faced on a daily basis was too stressful. It's insane that, regardless of your qualities, something as stupid as having…
/r/MensRights31/01/15 12:23 AM
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Don't forget that many studies count incidents like car crashes into the figure if no other human was involved. Slam into a median at 70mph at night and a statistician who wants to work the numbers in his favor has ammo to use.
/r/MensRights31/01/15 12:01 AM
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I have to play devil's advocate. You acknowledge her comparison indirectly when you say that womens' discomfort doesn't last for two and a half months consecutively. As a result, I would almost say that her resulting lecture was expected. Since you silently agreed a comparison could be made, you could actually flip the argument and say "Who the fuck cares? Your balls won't hurt for a total of six years over the course of your life" and suddenly your complaints are instantly trivialized. The situ…
/r/MensRights30/01/15 11:58 PM
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Gun safety 101: a gun without a magazine is most definitely unloaded. /s
/r/MensRights28/01/15 07:37 PM
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No, welcome to the world of insurance. Health insurance is the exception here. Other forms of insurance, such as life, also consider gender to be separate groups.
/r/MensRights23/01/15 10:18 PM
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Welcome to the world of insurance. Risk assessment is weird. Fun fact: your rate is also influenced by the driving record of the area you live in. Move to a shittier neighborhood and you can expect higher insurance rates.
/r/MensRights23/01/15 07:34 PM
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I think the more convincing argument is that it has practically no health benefits, contrary to what popular belief is. For the same reason we don't remove the appendix at birth, there's no reason to remove the foreskin. (Actually, removing the appendix would statistically be more beneficial)
/r/MensRights22/01/15 07:27 PM
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Foreskin is also used in several skin grafts.
/r/MensRights22/01/15 07:25 PM
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I know nothing about it but I think the hashtag is ridiculous. An equivalent would be #masculinist. (There's a reason I'm not in marketing, I guess.)
/r/MensRights22/01/15 07:18 PM
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men keeping their legs too far apart when sitting. I mean, I come to women doing the same. Maybe they're just trying to figure out what's so great about it.
/r/MensRights22/01/15 05:34 PM
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Stop mansplaining and acknowledge the real issue already! /s
/r/MensRights22/01/15 05:32 PM
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If video games prove anything at all, they prove that. What? Why wouldn't you have picked military service for this?
/r/MensRights21/01/15 07:28 PM
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A guy doesn't think that someone will have to clean up after his suicide, or just doesn't care. There is no thought about whether it will be "messy" or not. That's B.S. if I've ever heard it. That's the primary reason I didn't kill myself. Admittedly, that's only an anecdote, but sweeping generalizations piss me off.
/r/MensRights21/01/15 07:27 PM
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Honest question: does testosterone level have anything to do with it? We always hear about increased aggression. I'd imagine that, if that's true, we would biologically be more at-risk for suicide.
/r/MensRights21/01/15 07:22 PM
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Don't encourage them. The stab will just go over their head.
/r/MensRights16/01/15 07:35 PM
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God those classes were boring. I remember those times. I rarely spoke up because, as a fiscally conservative atheist and men's rights advocate, there was pretty much nobody to help back me. You can only take a classroom of 40 students shouting at you for so long before you call it hopeless.
/r/MensRights16/01/15 07:34 PM
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The most frustrating thing (for me) about "Man Up" is that we also get accused of trying to be macho when we're not. Even my wife, who knows me pretty well, will tell me to stop pretending to be a tough guy all the time. I lost two immediate family members a couple weeks apart and, until their memorial services, I didn't shed a tear. I was certainly sad, but crying just wasn't a natural reaction for me at the time. I also don't cry from physical injury, either, regardless of the level of pain I'…
/r/MensRights16/01/15 01:11 AM
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You really like to exaggerate EXAGGERATE, don't you?
/r/MensRights16/01/15 12:57 AM
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A bunch of bananas costs $1.20. But for you? $1.25.
/r/MensRights09/01/15 08:08 PM
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Even without the photoshop, the point would still work.
/r/MensRights09/01/15 07:31 PM
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Are you able to score us some free office supplies?
/r/MensRights09/01/15 06:59 PM
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99% of men are rapists FTFY. /s
/r/MensRights09/01/15 06:58 PM
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They got hollered at, spanked, and made to clean up the mess. This is not abuse. It might not be your preferred parenting style, but it is nothing you want or need the fucking COURT SYSTEM weighing in on. Well, actually, if it was down to a custody battle, this could be relevant footage if you're trying to discredit the bitch, saying that she's not the most nurturing of people. I agree that trying to press child abuse charges against her for it is uncalled for unless you have more supporting evi…
/r/MensRights09/01/15 06:22 PM
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I AM A SINGLE PARENT!!!!!! Gee, I fucking wonder why.
/r/MensRights09/01/15 06:13 PM
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I used Intel chips until 2005-ish and decided to switch over to AMD. I don't remember the models, since it was so long ago, so sorry if I can't provide more information. First CPU fried itself after just over a year. This one I chalked up to user error because I'd never had problems with CPUs so early on. Second CPU was fine for 4 years before dying on me. No idea what happened to it, but I woke up to smoke before a final in my dorm room. Third CPU still works to this day just fine. The GPU, how…
/r/MensRights09/01/15 01:59 AM
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Victim blaming has no place here. /s
/r/MensRights08/01/15 11:53 PM
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I'm well aware of its usage history. I'm also not saying it's incorrect. I'm just stating that I'm not a big fan.
/r/MensRights08/01/15 11:42 PM
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About 15 seconds from your link?
/r/MensRights08/01/15 11:18 PM
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It kills me that my experience with AMD has been less-than-ideal. Time to start my own quantum computing company.
/r/MensRights08/01/15 10:30 PM
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They're just playing into the politicized diversity nonsense that's hip right now. Next on the agenda: Non-GMO gluten-free organic CPUs by Intel! Introducing the Green Bridge chip line!
/r/MensRights08/01/15 10:29 PM
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while being required to account for what it's covering. That requires more government resources than they're willing to throw at each and every case. For regular people, it also means micromanaging the custodial parents' purchases from the account, and paying an attorney when there's a problem. Don't get me wrong - I've liked this idea for years and years. Its implementation, if we can even get it widely accepted, will be really tricky.
/r/MensRights08/01/15 07:45 PM
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The use of "his" as a pronoun for an unknown gender shouldn't bother anyone who has studied any other (Western) language. Making it into a sexism talking point is a quibble over political correctness and doesn't actually further any causes. I don't particularly like the use of "their" to remain gender-neutral since it's a plural form, but I think it's far more natural to read than alternatives such as "he or she" or "s/he".
/r/MensRights08/01/15 07:39 PM
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I feel like one would be far more interesting to visit.
/r/MensRights08/01/15 05:44 PM
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"Just put the knife down. It's just PMS." I'm sure that will go over well.
/r/MensRights08/01/15 05:41 PM
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Assuming you're in the U.S., if you didn't waive community property rights formally in an agreement, it doesn't matter if you have "your own" stuff. Even if you ultimately prove to a court "I only took stuff that we had agreed was mine - she never uses my TurboBuff 9000 after all", the fact that she can make you fight over it can cost more than replacing it. It does depend on how antagonistic your parter is, but if they're hellbent on revenge and were going to destroy "your" property, odds are i…
/r/MensRights08/01/15 05:34 PM
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I'd gladly lose four monitors before losing components. My desktop ran me $1400 when I built it, but it's not even the cost I would care about. I'm pretty careful with my data. I have a RAID 1 for my important stuff and I have an external as a backup, too, that I keep at my office. However, my wife knows this, and she could do some pretty irreversible damage if she destroyed all of my drives.
/r/MensRights07/01/15 10:04 PM
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I would put money on it that she only damaged the monitors. I've worked in IT for quite a while and I saw damaged screens a lot (including a drunk roommate blasting mine to smithereens) - it seems pretty consistent here. Not saying it couldn't be a video card issue, but I just think it's unlikely.
/r/MensRights07/01/15 10:02 PM
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The time was in case I had to move my stuff to storage to protect it, if needed. That could be dangerous in and of itself. If you didn't get a prenup that waives community property rights, she could easily use the defense of "he stole our stuff and hid it in some public storage locker so I couldn't have it". Then, instead of doing a couple hundred / thousand dollars worth of physical damage, you might have a massively negative point to contest in court, which could be drastically more expensive.…
/r/MensRights07/01/15 09:58 PM
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no civil person would hit a stranger if asked to do that I would do it, provided it was consensual and I could prove it, e.g.: Camera guy: "We want you to slap this woman." Me: "Uh.... OK?" (Start filming on my phone) Me: "Do I have your permission to slap you?" Woman: "Yes."
/r/MensRights07/01/15 12:25 AM
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No matter what gender we all feel pain the same. Well... we all feel it the same, but there is a sense of pain tolerance. While I'm at work and can't provide research right now, I remember reading multiple studies and articles with claims that men had higher tolerances. Why they have higher tolerances seemed to be the next unanswered question. Of course, I'm not saying a few articles and studies are definitive proof. I'm just parroting other crap I've read on the internet.
/r/MensRights07/01/15 12:16 AM
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If you're "fighting the world", you're doing something wrong.
/r/MensRights29/12/14 08:00 PM
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The MRM can be traced back to the mid-19th century. According to you, MRM could not possibly have been working toward egalitarianism at that time. Maybe this is what you do believe, but I'm just pointing it out so you're aware that to be consistent, you do have to demonize the history of this movement. That being said, there are plenty of places women do face prejudice just because they have tits. An easy experiment: make a fake online dating profile with a semi-attractive photo of a woman and w…
/r/MensRights25/12/14 01:31 AM
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Tumblr feminism != ideals of feminism. If you're going to compare the terms in their bare forms, feminism and masculinism are two sides of the same coin. Their goal is egalitarianism but the focus is shifted on the respective sexes and issues they face. As for the interpretations common movements like to fight for, that's a different story. OP decided to go for dictionary-style definitions, though.
/r/MensRights25/12/14 12:58 AM
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Shitpost. If you say that, then the MRA movement is also mutually exclusive with egalitarianism.
/r/MensRights25/12/14 12:36 AM
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randomly check in on all teachers from time to time. I'd rather have a CCTV system with a camera in every room. If the government can't get funding for it, I'd donate for that (and I'm sure many other parents would too) and even set it up myself for the local schools free of charge. And I'm not even a parent.
/r/MensRights23/12/14 10:59 PM
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OP sounds like a 12-year old shitposter. Ignoring that, it's scary how true the comments there are. My roommate just got his foot in the door as a teacher two months ago and he's already had issues.
/r/MensRights23/12/14 10:51 PM
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"The scale doesn't have numbers on it. It just says R-E-K-T."
/r/MensRights15/11/14 01:21 AM
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I'll try to keep it short and sweet - I think you sound like an apologist and it's because of reasoning like this that people feel justified. I understand where you're coming from - I would have agreed with you prior to my marriage / when I had never really thought about it, but it's still wrong. Nobody asks how much consecutive PTO I'm going to take unless I mention I have a trip planned. Similarly, nobody should be pestering my wife about maternity leave or becoming a homemaker unless she ment…
/r/MensRights13/11/14 06:14 PM
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We haven't seen anything significant since moving to Silicon Valley, but the midwest was somewhat rough for work. Some areas are far better than others. However, a select few individuals at her office do ask her on a semi-regular basis if the two of us are having a kid and if or when she's going to stop working. At least it's not about the quality of her work anymore and far less prevalent.
/r/MensRights12/11/14 11:27 PM
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insult I never insulted you. If you can honestly tell me that you wrote that other post with no resentment towards women at all, I'll gladly apologize for any assumption I made. Feminism is an anti-male hate movement The organized movement is, as are many of self-identified leaders of feminism. The idea itself, and several subgroups, are not. I don't see how "equal rights for women" means "anti-male" any more than "equal rights for men" means "anti-female". In the same way that someone can ident…
/r/MensRights12/11/14 09:29 PM
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That's not an insult. It's an observation. You heavily implied that women are sitting around complaining about life. I tried not to read into your line "Oh --- women again?", but the tone of your previous post alone was abrasive. Sure you're not a feminist I never said I wasn't. I said I wasn't a rabid one. I can see how I was ambiguous, however. There's no reason why one can't be an MRA and a feminist simultaneously. Men and women face different challenges and the two movements focus on their o…
/r/MensRights12/11/14 08:51 PM
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I agree that a segregated course will ultimately make matters worse. That being said, your antagonism towards women is an example of why this movement faces so much resistance. Women are disadvantaged professionally and men are disadvantaged socially. It's a fact, unfortunately. Plugging your ears and telling yourself "women need to stop complaining about everything!" is no different than a feminist saying the same thing about men. you're officially saying women can't hack it How did you get tha…
/r/MensRights12/11/14 08:27 PM
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I didn't say they needed it; I said I understood why they want it. I also don't think it's fair to say "people with fragile egos", either. You might as well just tell them to "man up". At the risk of sounding like a rabid feminist (I'm not), it is really rough to be disrespected among your peers or coworkers and if you've experienced it in any form, you too would know why it's devastating. I was a virgin until 25 - the ridicule in my work environment when they found out was unbelievable. Even th…
/r/MensRights12/11/14 07:39 PM
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Having a B.S. in computer science, I can understand why they want a women-only class. I saw some pretty egregious sexism in my program. My wife also majored in C.S., and during her senior presentation, I overheard several of her classmates whisper to each other "pretty good... for a girl." She was also under fire a lot more when presenting anything in her classes, and in more than one instance, was interrogated because they thought I wrote all of her code. My issue isn't that there is no male-on…
/r/MensRights12/11/14 06:07 PM
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It's because of stories like yours that I'm even in this movement.
/r/MensRights07/11/14 07:46 PM
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I really hate my state. I'm glad I'm married to a woman who thinks this whole movement is full of shit.
/r/MensRights07/11/14 12:35 AM
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I have the coding ability and art skill to do it. It also wouldn't phase me to do it. However, I don't feel like landing myself on Google's watchlist (or anyone else's). I'd rather not have something like that linked to me in any way, shape, or form. I've been the target of a DDoS for less.
/r/MensRights06/11/14 05:43 PM
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I don't think OP really implied that it was.
/r/MensRights06/11/14 05:41 PM
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Put... put your dick in it.
/r/MensRights04/11/14 02:07 AM
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I had never heard of this woman prior to today, but I'm hoping that she gets brought up on criminal charges for this B.S. I can't believe she actually wrote about it and didn't think "hey, maybe this is something I shouldn't let out to the public?" Or, if she did think along those lines, think how much she isn't telling us. Given that she grew up in NY and assuming that's where all this took place, there is no statute of limitations for her crimes, either. (source)
/r/MensRights04/11/14 01:10 AM
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There are plenty of totally valid reasons to hit a woman another human being. Whether or not you should is a different question. Regardless, your brother is a jackass, judging solely from this screenshot.
/r/MensRights31/10/14 07:22 PM
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How much did you want to spend? I had a professor with a similar issue. The divorce was escalating and it looked like he was going to lose his kids. We were pretty close friends - hiking, traveling internationally, he even came to my wedding. I presented him with a card saying that he needs to spend as much time with his kids as possible, and that I wanted to help him do that. I gave him 3 tickets - 1 adult and 2 kids - to the zoo. I also gave him a gift card for 31 ice cream. He was in tears wh…
/r/MensRights31/10/14 06:37 PM
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Ol' Bessie winked at you and mooed in a suggestive manner? Call our friends! We're having steak tonight!
/r/MensRights31/10/14 06:24 PM
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I live in Los Gatos, an hour south of you. It's a very white and well-off neighborhood. Some white douchebag started cat-calling my wife - when my arm was around her, no less. That was the only time I'd ever seen anyone cat-call outside of my high school years long ago.
/r/MensRights31/10/14 06:14 PM
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MRA and feminism are two sides of the same coin. Any true member of either movement wants equality between the sexes. However, in much the same way that feminism doesn't focus on our issues, we don't focus on theirs. I wouldn't expect an active feminist to campaign for our movement here, but they overwhelmingly seem to think we should campaign for them. There's a lot of bad blood between the two movements because people love the philosophy "if you're not with us, you're against us". There's also…
/r/MensRights18/10/14 12:19 AM
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If I save up the money for the car, house, or boat with my own blood sweat and tears, then she can't logically tell me I'm not allowed to do it if it doesn't alter our standard of living. She can always disagree with my purchase, but it's ultimately my decision. For any large purchase, of course I'll discuss it with her, but if I make a decision, she can't stand in the way as long as it's entirely funded by yours truly. Of course, this does go both ways. She regularly spends $600 on round trip p…
/r/MensRights08/10/14 11:02 PM
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So let me get this straight... I make a post about my wife not being a control freak You call me out as "shitty" because I buy stuff and probably use her money to do it I say that you're full of yourself and defend myself against your claim And yet I'm the asshole here? I didn't mention financial status in my first post and I didn't tell you anything about our incomes other than the fact that we don't struggle to make rent. Maybe the stuff I want is dollar store junk and I only want to go shoppi…
/r/MensRights08/10/14 08:09 PM
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presumably use some of her income to get whatever the hell you want. That's kind of shitty to assume I do that. It's also kind of shitty to assume I'm inciting some financial hardship by, say, buying a PS Vita last Thursday. Both of us work hard for our money, and the thought that every dime we make is owned in a 50-50 partnership is both antiquated and counter to egalitarianism. I usually pick up some additional work on the side for my toys or dates, but even if I didn't do that, I don't feel t…
/r/MensRights08/10/14 07:43 PM
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My wife is on the receiving end of this all the time. I stay up until 3am minimum every night playing video games. I'm an atheist, so I don't go to church. I also buy whatever the hell I feel like owning, despite the fact I make half as much as my wife. The worst part is that even though my wife supports all of that, the conversation eventually leads to me being painted as the controlling party in our marriage when she defends me. Because, of course, if she isn't controlling me, I must be contro…
/r/MensRights08/10/14 05:25 PM
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My wife and I saw it yesterday. I enjoyed it - they did an excellent job. It certainly will bring up good talking points with people who don't know anything about MRAs. The ending, in particular, is good for that, even if I wasn't really satisfied with it. That being said, I actually hated the lead actress in the movie. She was fine when she had her southern accent working for her, but all of the interaction with Ben Affleck was uninspired with poor dialogue (admittedly the latter isn't her faul…
/r/MensRights06/10/14 06:21 PM
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That's too bad =/ My wife had a few outbursts but nothing that regular, and she rarely took it out on me directly - usually she would just tell me "I'm kinda jealous" or "Mom is pestering me about our wedding". I hope you find a Mrs. Jostler57 who's a better fit.
/r/MensRights03/10/14 12:08 AM
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All other issues aside (you know, like that was added for comic relief), I'm just waiting for an excuse to move on, so shrug?
/r/MensRights02/10/14 11:33 PM
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People pressuring her to leave if you don't. It's a problem, of course, but family and friends can be dicks about it. I've been with my wife for 7 years. Prior to our marriage (last Friday), she was always on the spot about when I was going to "commit to her". She loves me with every fiber of her being, but she couldn't help but be stressed about our long-term engagement. She also couldn't help but get jealous of her friends tying the knot. There's a lot of societal pressure to get hitched. Unti…
/r/MensRights02/10/14 10:40 PM
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Protip: getting married actually increases your taxes if you both work, contrary to what everyone says.
/r/MensRights02/10/14 10:35 PM
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At 16 years old, I don't know if I can get worked up about it. While egregious for a teacher to sleep with a student (in the same way that a boss shouldn't sleep with a subordinate), I feel that we should really lower the age of consent. The average age for losing virginity, IIRC, is 16.9 for girls and 17.4 for boys. If I wasn't at work, I'd look it up again. If you're going to get all upset about a 16 year old getting "raped" and lock up the teachers, then the majority of the U.S. should also b…
/r/MensRights02/10/14 10:32 PM
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I was engaged for 3.5 years. Got married on Friday, 7 years from the day we met. 11/10 would recommend very long engagement.
/r/MensRights02/10/14 05:04 PM
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Pros It shuts women up about the "when the hell are you marrying me / your girlfriend / my daughter?!" I got two extra PTO days from my work
/r/MensRights02/10/14 05:03 PM
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Plot twist: /u/WhiteThrone is a Scot.
/r/MensRights18/09/14 12:11 AM
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If you call her out on it she will only get defensive and nothing is taught. Maybe not, but a screencap of that will grant sweet, sweet karma.
/r/MensRights13/09/14 12:06 AM
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Anyone with any real sense of reason will say that feminism is garbage, as is masculinism. The one word we should embrace is egalitarianism. Unfortunately, with the way politics are structured, the only way to make any progress to focus one one group of people at a time. Those of us who wish to further both movements are usually forced into silence because we're not fully on board with either "movement", despite the fact that definition changes depending on who you're talking to.
/r/MensRights10/09/14 10:36 PM
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The number of times a woman has struck up conversation with me these past few years can be counted on one hand. Really, OP? I haven't heard this kind of thing since high school, to be brutally honest. In my post-college life, the number of people who've struck up a conversation with me can be counted on one hand. Regardless of your intentions, that comes off a little bit like you're playing the victim.
/r/MensRights09/09/14 08:44 PM
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Classic David.
/r/MensRights09/09/14 08:39 PM
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