NerdyGirl5775 Archive

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1	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier It's possible, but very, very unlikely and no researcher worth their salt would accept that as a definitive conclusion. Hence, why you aren't seeing anyone else of any academic importance accepting this as fact. It's interesting, it bears looking further into but you're trying to draw the conclusion that fits your worldview without having enough evidence. It's called confirmation bias.	/r/MensRights	01/08/13 09:11 AM
1	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier You aren't prohibited from drawing further conclusions but they're unsubstantiated conclusions because there isn't enough data to support them. That's how research works, you design a study to answer one question. Sometimes you get an unexpected piece of information that you weren't looking for, and then you form a hypothesis based on that data, then you design a study to answer that question. You are at the hypothesis stage.	/r/MensRights	31/07/13 05:13 PM
2	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier Protip: Relationships are a two way street. If you have a history of bad relationships, the problem might be you. Blah, blah, blah "women are horrible at relationships and until they figure that out, nothing is ever my fault" See how that's not actually an argument? There are some shitty, shitty women in this world. There are also some shitty, shitty men. It's almost as if someone's gender doesn't automatically determine everything about them. Crazy thought, right?	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 09:22 PM
4	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier Really, I should have looked at the user name and not bothered to reply. T But just for shits and giggles, I said it was the responibility of both genders to change the way we think and what we teach our children, how is that not accepting that women are part of the problem? It's you who stereotypes women in your posts and acts as though your world would perfect but for us. It's not us vs them and if you continue to see the problem as such, you are contributing to the problem.	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 08:54 PM
2	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier No, that was a joke made by Colbert. The actual study doesn't appear to take into account the relationship status of the participants, only their sexual orientation. It was strictly to determine if "in the closet" homosexuals (of both genders) had higher levels of stress than homosexuals who were open about their sexuality. The heterosexuals were used as a control. They were surprised by the fact that openly gay men were less stressed than straight men but made no claims as to why this was true …	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 08:28 PM
4	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier Wait, what? Who said anything about wearing skirts? I'm talking about societal gender norms like "men should be breadwinners", "women are better at the parenting role", "men shouldn't talk about their feelings"... some of which lead to the problems you described. The last one especially is suspected to contribute quite a bit to the "men commit suicide more often" statistic. I'd argue that it's much more acceptable for gay men to v express feelings of frustration, sadness, depression, etc, wherea…	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 08:01 PM
3	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier Maybe because neither spouse is exepected to fill traditional gender roles or act in accordance with gender norms? And that relationships without these issues are, in general, healthier? Both of which are societal issues, perpetuated and reinforced by both genders? Saying "women are the issue* suggests that it's a completely one sided problem.	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 07:49 PM
1	I made an infographic on male privilege Here you go. I'd say the ACLU is arguably a very influential civil rights organization. How is out of necessity? The military is downsizing, and technological advancements require fewer and fewer combat troops. There is no need to allow women in combat to meet manning needs, so why would they reverse a long standing policy, a reversal that is highly unpopular with plenty of people, unless it's due to outside pressure?	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 07:43 PM
1	Female writer tries hard to discredit study showing that gay men are happier Wait, are you saying the obvious answer is that they're happier because they don't have to deal with women? I'm not sure I'd agree with that. I think exploring whether or not gay men are happier because they aren't always expected to conform to the same gender norms as straight males would be interesting.	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 04:33 PM
2	I made an infographic on male privilege The retraction on the ban of female combatants was a decision by the military due to more diversity in said military and higher reliance on technology in the field. No one out side of maybe a select few token individuals lobbied for it. The reverse on the ban came after multiple lawsuits were filed by groups like the Service Women's Action Network. Have you served in the military? If you have I'd think you'd know that female service members have been working hard, for many decades, to prove that…	/r/MensRights	21/07/13 04:16 PM
1	Facts about the MRM, save a copy to show to friends who are sceptical of men's rights I can't search for a source for this at the moment, but I remember my father having the option of taking a reduced benefit so that my mother could do what you described after he died, or taking the higher benefit amount. My mom had the same option when she retired. I think as long as it's optional, the system is still fair. Edit to add: The fact that married couples can do this is because they assume if there is a high discrepancy between the two benefits it's because one spouse maintained the h…	/r/MensRights	19/07/13 03:31 PM
1	Facts about the MRM, save a copy to show to friends who are sceptical of men's rights Except they do, at least as far as the contribution part goes. Your social security benefit is derived from your average earnings. A person, male or female, that works fewer years and/or earns (and thereby contributes) less gets a lower benefit.	/r/MensRights	19/07/13 02:00 AM
2	Something I've noticed about the "misogyny" on reddit I think there's a difference between sexism and misogny, and the latter term is often wrongly used in place of the former. That's not to say that I think Reddit is brimming with sexism (I don't), but there's a difference between prejudice and actual hatred.	/r/MensRights	19/07/13 01:22 AM
7	Female here -- how would you feel about having females on this subreddit who enjoy discussion? But there's a few things to keep in mind. You're going to have to be intelligent. You're going to have to be able to handle criticism. You're going to have to be able to have discussions with people who do not agree with you, and who may even not like you without damselling and saying "boo hoo, my feewings! My wittew wittew feewings!". That's hard for women, because they are used to squeezing out a few crocodiles and having the conversation turn in their favor to protect their feelings, even if …	/r/MensRights	17/07/13 02:47 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Again, I never said it was a bad question, I took offense to your original claim that made the definitive statement "being sexually predator (sic) is actually more of a problem with women". You didn't say might be. Your whole initial post reads as a definitive statement that some people will mistake for fact. Maybe there is a problem, maybe there isn't. You raised some good points and heck I even went and found data for you. It's definitely worth considering and digging deeper. But coming to con…	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 02:50 AM
1	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Dude (or dudette), no offense but I didn't need a conversation with you to understand the challenges servicemembers of either gender face or how to be an advocate. If you can't see that making random, speculative statements based off of crap numbers, said in a confident manner, makes you part of the problem I'm not sure how to help you. You do get that some idiot is going to read your "speculative claim" and take it as proven fact because, gosh darn it, it had numbers, right? If you really want …	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 02:02 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? And 59% are commited by men, since you're including the mixed gender data. I take exception to your initial claim that women in the military are disproportionately more predatory than men. You haven't given evidence to support this. While active duty military members are less likely to be female, the actual population of military towns is much closer to 50/50. While I can only speak to this anecdotally, there are a lot of non military, predatory women in every military town I've lived in. You ar…	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 01:44 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? I do. I work closely with the SAPR folks at my command, and those people are amazing. They all realize that male assaults are under reported and we (as a command and a base) try very hard to change the culture from a gender specific thing ("men are rapists") to a gender neutral ("asshole people who force unwanted sexual contact on you are rapists"). Though I admit, our catch phrase could use a little work. Sorry to go a little nuts on you, I'm just a bit passionate about the subject.	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 01:14 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Here is a better source for you. This is the same survey they used to get the 26,000 number for the SAPR report (albeit from 2010). Figure 8, page 18. Female on male assaults at 40%, male on male at 35% with some pretty hefty margins of error. Meaning even with self reported anonymous survey, the military doesn't even know which is the bigger problem. I'm not trying to be a bitch, and I totally agree that female on male assault is a problem but if you're going to make a point using numbers, use …	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 12:57 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Without DOD wide numbers it's just as likely that female on male assaults occur less frequently as it is that they are the majority of assaults on males. You have one study, from one branch, from one year that reports that female on male assault happens more frequently than male on male assault and without taking into consideration that not all perpetrators were necessarily military members you extrapolated from numbers from another survey that military women are more likely to sexual predators …	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 12:44 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? If you look at the numbers regarding the unrestricted reporting in the appendix in 2012 from the DOD SAPR report it's pretty clear that the number of male on male cases outnumber the female cases by a fairly significant margin. Just scrolling through it looks to be about ~180 to ~25.	/r/MensRights	25/06/13 12:29 AM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Table 9 page 32 49.6%. However, you're still confusing two separate reports. The 26,000 number comes from the latest DOD SAPR report (2012) and you're getting 60% female on male number from the 2010 Air Force report. I can't get it to pull up now, but I'm fairly certain the DOD wide report has male on male assaults as a higher percentage of reports than female on male.** I'm not saying you're conclusion is wrong (it could still be correct even if female on male assaults are reported less than ma…	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 11:59 PM
2	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Thanks. Check out the part starting on page 30 where it talks about if the perpetrator was military or not. I just skimmed it, but you might be able to use those numbers to see if your theory still holds.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 11:34 PM
3	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Haha, I'm prior service Army. We aren't all bad, there's just so many of us that the chances you'll run into a completely FUBAR unit are high. I gotta say though, I love working on a Marine Corps base. By far, some of the best guys I've ever known, and for the most part, some of the most honorable men (and women) I've ever come across.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 09:47 PM
3	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Ah, that is a bitch. Good luck to you. Not sure how the AF is with those kinds of things. You'd expect the Marines to be the last ones to be really open about the topic but they always manage to impress me.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 09:34 PM
3	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Lejeune. I'm a civilian with the Navy, but our class was combined blue side/green side. Honestly, I was surprised too but it went better than I would have expected.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 09:14 PM
3	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? We talked about this statistic at our mandated SAPR training last week and it led to some interesting discussion. Bring it up if they don't, you might be surprised at the result.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 09:00 PM
4	The Majority of Military Sexual Assault Victims Are Men. Now Maybe We Can Fix This? Interesting point but just because the victim is in the military doesn't mean the perpetrator is too, and regardless of the gender, one perpetrator can abuse more than victim. There may be fewer women on active duty, but there are plenty of them around bases. Edit: Just realized you accounted for the one perp:more than one victim thing, sorry.	/r/MensRights	24/06/13 08:57 PM
1	Why do people think you guys hate women? I'm really sorry you've dated some lousy, immature western women but do you think your anecdotal evidence can accurately describe an entire gender? Anecdotally, I know women like the ones you've described, but I know an equal amount, if not more, of women who aren't anything like that. Perhaps the women you meet are the same because you frequent the same types of establishments, or are drawn to a certain personality? Your claim is the equivalent to me saying that all men from New York are total …	/r/MensRights	23/06/13 03:23 PM
1	Why do people think you guys hate women? Why just the women though? I would agree that as a culture, the western world is comparatively more self absorbed, but that includes the men too.	/r/MensRights	23/06/13 03:13 PM
2	Why do people think you guys hate women? I promise, I'm not trolling here but this past week is the first time I've come across anything other than vague reference to "Men's rights" (at least as an organized movement. I'm genuinely curious about your opinion stated here: I'm not a fan of Western women but I don't hate them , I just think they're entirely self-absorbed and are the ultimate hypocrites when it comes to how they think women fare in society. Again however , I don't hate them. How generalized are you feelings on this? By tha…	/r/MensRights	22/06/13 05:17 AM
1	8 Reasons Men Don't Want To Get Married Other than number #2, what difference would cohabitation make over marriage? 1,5,6 & 7 all appear to assume that there are children involved, in which case your actual legal relationship status isn't going to matter much. 3 & 4 appear to have more to do with being in a long term, cohabitating relationship than actually being legally married and #8 doesn't seem to refer "single, in a long term relationship" but rather "single, not in a serious relationship".	/r/MensRights	21/06/13 02:23 PM
2	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world It's not that the female minimum is all that is required to do the job, it's that the things they measure don't accurately translate into ability to do the job. All a PFT score tells you is someone's relative fitness level compared to someone of the same gender and age. A better way to measure would be a combat skills test, which could be more flexible but minimum standards could be universal across gender and age.	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 08:58 PM
3	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world Gotcha, and I agree, universal requirements to be able to execute basic combat skills. Perhaps MOS specific isn't the right way of putting it, I'm thinking more along the lines of how the Marine Corps has different entry training standards for infantry vs POGs... I think it's understandable that some areas have stricter physical requirements than the basic combat skills, based on mission requirements.	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 08:35 PM
3	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world I couldn't (and still can't) do a pull up but I never fell behind in a hump or had to drop gear due to weight, while some of the guys I served with did both. Who was in better physical condition? A universal standard on the basic PFT would suggest that those guys were, but is that really the case?	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 07:56 PM
13	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world I served in the military, so I fully understand what the role of physical fitness standards are. That being said, modern day physical fitness standards are pretty arbitrary measures. A better idea is to test if people can actually do the things you mentioned, like carry the equipment, run in full battle gear etc and should be MOS specific (with the exception of basic infantry skills). Women may approach physical challenges differently due to different physiological make-up, yet still achieve the…	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 07:41 PM
7	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world Then age based standards should not exist either, and yet they do.	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 07:32 PM
7	Norway introduces gender neutral conscription as first country in the world Men must do pull ups up to the chin with their feet off the floor. Women need only do pull ups to the chest, with their heels on a bench. Situp standards are the same for men and women. Men must do roughly 50% more pushups than women for the same grade, women must do more "pull ups", but they're far easier as described above. Men must basically run their 3000m runs 90 seconds faster. While I'm all for gender neutrality, it's a scientific fact that there are physiological differences between gend…	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 06:02 PM