StartTheRuckus Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
17	Buzzfeed making out all white boys to actually be "THE WORST" But they'll throw in fuzzbeed.us for $1, it basically pays for itself!	/r/MensRights	27/02/17 08:35 PM
7	Abortion isn’t just about women: Men should have a say as well I'm all for looking into reform of paternal rights and responsibilities, and I'm sure that abortion can be tough on some would-be fathers. But no. There is no need for a 'conversation' when it comes to whether the potential mother can have an abortion or not: it can only be the mothers choice. Forcing a woman to either carry a pregnancy to term or have an abortion is a pretty sick idea, and I think even entertaining the notion would be a stain on the MRM. Ideas like paternal surrender, or financ…	/r/MensRights	02/09/16 11:43 PM
6	Mod on /r/legaladvice makes post about the male side of pregnancy, thinks it's as simple as "If you're going to have sex, you need to prepare for unintended children". Women don't have to- the man can be on the hook for 18 years at their discretion. This is an issue. "Be an adult" is not a solution. Yeah, phrases like 'be an adult' deliver very impartial, strictly factual advice.	/r/MensRights	30/08/16 12:59 PM
1	Mod on /r/legaladvice makes post about the male side of pregnancy, thinks it's as simple as "If you're going to have sex, you need to prepare for unintended children". Women don't have to- the man can be on the hook for 18 years at their discretion. This is an issue. "Be an adult" is not a solution. And that's fair enough.	/r/MensRights	30/08/16 12:58 PM
4	Should female employees of jockey short manufacturers be forced to wear strap-on male genitalia to know what it feels like when a man to accidentally sit on his nuts all day long? It might be useful, if it were optional. The word 'makes' is concerning. Also, I can't speak from experience, but I imagine that boobs are slightly more comfortably supported than weights hanging from the neck.	/r/MensRights	26/08/16 10:09 PM
3	Why is this subreddit frowned upon? Obviously, to some, anything that doesn't completely fall in line with feminist thought is something to frown upon, and that's where some of the judgement comes from. Also, though, the users of this subreddit are quite diverse, and a noticeable proportion of them are, in my opinion, unsavoury. While I've seen and been a part of great discussions here, and see the importance of gender equality discussions that don't immediately defer to feminism, there is a vocal section of the user-base that see…	/r/MensRights	01/08/16 03:00 PM
3	Transgender HS Sprinter Competes In Alaska State Championships; Females Not Happy Was there really a need for that?	/r/MensRights	06/06/16 09:55 PM
36	In the chat room Feminist Frequency, a majority of participants are censored and muted, and their messages deleted, showing once again how feminists and free speech are total opposites I mean, this project is bullshit, obviously. But they have a right to moderate their chat as they see fit; not everything has to be a debate. If you operated (in an imaginary world) a men's rights stream, and the chat was filled with feminists either attempting to debate, or, more likely, spamming with emotes and insults, would you want to just let them get on with it because 'free speech'? Or would you just ban them and get on with what you came to do? Sarkeesian is a moron and a scammer, yes. …	/r/MensRights	08/04/16 10:01 AM
3	The comeback game is strong with this one Claiming that the mother and father had equal parts in 'making' a child is disingenuous. If the woman had 100% choice in whether the child exists at all, as she should, then the responsibility lies with her in the end if the father does not desire a child. The alternative is the mother supporting the child as best she can. If this is not enough, then the state should step in in the form of welfare. Welfare isn't a dirty word, and is there for the most needy in society, including children. The po…	/r/MensRights	29/03/16 10:17 AM
14	A list of feminist resources 'tackling mens issues' [sic] I wish, at this point, they'd just stop trying. You want to tackle women's issues? Fine, that's your prerogative. But don't tell me feminism is for men, when it clearly isn't. Let someone else deal with that, if you can't be bothered.	/r/MensRights	28/03/16 01:19 PM
1	National Union of Students (UK) tells LGBT societies to drop gay man representatives because “they don’t face oppression” and are often to blame for "misogyny, transphobia, racism and biphobia". Since that's what language is? It's not like you have to say you're a cisgender man every time you introduce yourself, just in conversation where it's relevant. Would you refuse to identify yourself as right-handed, too? Can't you just say that you're 'normal'?	/r/MensRights	26/03/16 08:18 PM
10	Gay men of MensRights. What specific issues matter mostly to you in the area of Men's Rights and how do they link (if at all) to you being a gay person. As a gay man, I think it's difficult for me to point to any particular men's rights issue as one that affects me more than it does a straight person. This is because, in my opinion, most issues that affect me more than they would a straight man fall under the umbrella of LGBT rights, and not men's rights. This is not a hard rule though, and the idea of certain groups of rights is purely an abstract one, developed mainly for practical reasons. As such, I would listen to anyone who does believe ce…	/r/MensRights	22/03/16 04:52 AM
0	Women Have The Right To Abort - Shouldn't Men Have The Right To Opt Out Of Fatherhood? It's kind of a roundabout way of approaching the issue, however. How many women get an abortion because they don't want a baby? And how many get an abortion because, despite wanting a baby, they don't want to keep a fetus in their body for nine months? I imagine the first number is a lot larger, and that is the same right that men want.	/r/MensRights	09/03/16 10:25 PM
5	Police 'should be neutral' in sex abuse inquiries, says London Met head What feminists don't seem to fathom is that the following two statements are completely different: "I was raped." "I was raped by this person." If you tell a doctor that you were raped, they should believe you. If you tell a friend that you were raped, they should believe you. Hell, if you tell a policeman that you were raped and you are asking for help, not to prosecute someone, they should believe you. This is not about making it harder for women to come forward; this is about the lives of (ty…	/r/MensRights	11/02/16 05:59 PM
1	[Shower thought] Why does "it takes two to tango" not apply when the father wants to keep the baby but the mother wants to have an abortion? Any argument I've made is based on a situation where abortion is safe, practical and legal. In a situation where that is not the case, it should probably take precedence over paternal rights. Not to say that they couldn't be discussed. You do realise that there is a world of difference between being ready for sex, and being ready for a child, don't you? The basic requirements of being ready for sex are being of legal age, having an understanding of what sex is, knowing what the consequences can …	/r/MensRights	09/02/16 04:42 PM
3	[Shower thought] Why does "it takes two to tango" not apply when the father wants to keep the baby but the mother wants to have an abortion? I in no way want women to abort babies just because the father does not want it, I don't believe I said anything that made it look like I did. Referring to men that don't want to be fathers as 'irresponsible cunt[s]' is flat-out insulting. Sex is not an implicit promise to care for a child, whatsoever; I think that is entirely unfair. There is an enormous gap between conception, accidental or not, and the birth of a child: in that gap, the woman has an enormous amount of choice. The woman, alone…	/r/MensRights	09/02/16 02:53 PM
3	[Shower thought] Why does "it takes two to tango" not apply when the father wants to keep the baby but the mother wants to have an abortion? The father has a duty to nothing. Abortion is a moral right of all women. When, and if, that becomes the case, the fact that a child exists is therefore the choice of a woman. Don't tell the man involved to 'think of the children', tell the damn woman. If a woman cannot take sufficient care of a child and the father wants no part of it, he should be held no more accountable than anyone else, providing he didn't make any promises to care for the child beforehand. People are allowed to make shallo…	/r/MensRights	09/02/16 01:33 PM
7	Why is a trans woman leading a men's rights group? She’s young, trans, and thinks feminism has a chokehold on LGBT thought Surgery? Probably not. But a lot of the drugs given to children who believe (along with medical professionals) that they are trans are given to them to delay the onset of puberty, so that they can make a decision when their mind is adult, but their body hasn't developed as much into the wrong gender as it would have by that time. If they determine that they are not trans after all, they can go through puberty later, as their birth gender, as normal.	/r/MensRights	22/01/16 03:08 PM
1	All proceeds from the 5% tampon tax are to be donated to undisclosed 'women's charities'. Am I the only one out there that had a face palm moment on hearing about the obvious state sanctioned funding boost feminism is about to receive?? I am far from conservative, even by Britain's mild standards. I despise Gideon 'George' Osborne in particular. But this was one thing I thought he did right. No, we literally cannot get rid of the tampon tax due to EU regulation, so it seems here that he did the next best thing. If we can't stop this (very small) tax on women, we might as well make sure it goes back to them. Honestly, the amount of tax raised through tampons is small anyway, but making sure it is ring-fenced to spend on women's …	/r/MensRights	26/11/15 10:36 PM
4	The emergence of militant feminism in the LGBT community is making me want to quit pride I hate to be pedantic, but you're incorrect. Gay is as binary as straight, it means 'only attracted to members of the same sex'. The word that encompasses all non-hetero sexualities is 'queer'.	/r/MensRights	07/07/15 11:40 PM
51	My 7th grade teacher said girls were smarter than boys, I called her out, and got a detention for it. A girl would've figured that out /s	/r/MensRights	27/06/15 07:08 PM
-1	It's hard to call for equality between genders when stuff like this is so openly accepted by places like Universities. (xpost /r/TumblrInAction) Or don't, because that's a stupid, transphobic meme? I don't agree with the whole 'no cis-men' thing, but can we please avoid ridiculing the genuine issues trans people face? I genuinely think men's rights are an important issue and I wish we could discuss them on this subreddit, and not let it devolve into another 'lol fuck the SJWs' sub.	/r/MensRights	20/05/15 09:10 PM
21	New Cross Diversity Officer Bahar Mustafa could lose role after tweeting #killallwhitemen and 'white trash' I'm gay. A lot of my friends are gay. We don't say shit like this.	/r/MensRights	19/05/15 12:30 PM
3	Why the new Final Fantasy's all-male cast matters to MRAs, "a focus on male friendship and healthy masculinity in games is virtually nonexistent". I can sometimes see issues in gaming from a feminist perspective. While there are uncountable strong female characters out there in gaming, there are also thousands of characters that are nothing but breasts to oggle, and a ton of ridiculous armour that seems to do nothing but emphasize that fact. Not that I think this can necessarily be blamed for encouraging misogyny, but I could understand why some female gamers would be made uncomfortable by it... But this has literally nothing to do with wo…	/r/MensRights	01/05/15 07:44 AM
6	Woman is mortified that her daughter was circumcised, Son was also circumcised but its ok because, "it's cleaner and healthier for boys" (crosspost from /r/twox) Male circumcision has medical benefits in the same sense that amputating a child's arms will prevent them from suffering a sprained wrist later in life. It's stupid logic. It's not a reason to mutilate your child. Arguing over which form of circumcision is worse is stupid. It doesn't make one more justifiable than the other. This isn't apples and oranges. If you want to believe that female circumcision is worse in every conceivable way (I'll admit that in every way I can imagine, it is), that's …	/r/MensRights	28/03/15 11:14 PM
11	Woman is mortified that her daughter was circumcised, Son was also circumcised but its ok because, "it's cleaner and healthier for boys" (crosspost from /r/twox) The differences in genitalia, and the difference in severity of the procedure, doesn't matter. Unless there is a medical reason (no, cleanliness is not a reason, and no, circumcision doesn't dramatically help with that in the first place), you let your damn child keep its genitals in tact until he or she decides what they want to do with them.	/r/MensRights	28/03/15 10:55 PM
38	Woman is mortified that her daughter was circumcised, Son was also circumcised but its ok because, "it's cleaner and healthier for boys" (crosspost from /r/twox) Yeah, I read this post and it disgusted me too, both the subject of the post and the casual, throw-away comment on male circumcision. But of course, even though the OP purposefully made a fucked up comment in the post, directly mentioning male circumcision, we can't discuss it there because "hurr this isn't about your penis" - TwoX	/r/MensRights	28/03/15 08:47 PM
7	Just Feminism. Feminism and gender equality are different things to me, but that isn't necessarily a problem. I believe the problem stems when feminists claim that they are the same thing. Gender equality itself is just a part of general 'equality', something I think we all aim for. But it's a big, big word and saying "I just want equality for everyone" or "I'm not a feminist, I'm an egalitarian" seems both unnecessary and impractical at getting anything done. Humans work best when they can focus on one certai…	/r/MensRights	26/03/15 03:40 PM
1	Marvel’s female Thor attacks critics who say ‘feminists are ruining everything’: Politically motivated violence, she breaks jaw and says "That's for saying 'feminist' like its a four letter word" I don't know enough about comics to really comment on whether there are 'enough' female super heroes, but I really think you're making a straw-man about her comment. She already said that she 'loved [their] comics', not that she can only enjoy them with a female lead. It's not unusual for a person to want to see similarities between themselves and public figures, imaginary or not, that can be seen as 'heroes'. The people you look up to don't have to be exactly like you, but when every one or mos…	/r/MensRights	24/02/15 05:53 PM
2	Why I became a Black Men's Rights Activist: A reader responds Can you name any specific problem that only or predominantly affects white men? It's stuff like this that makes people think the MRM is just a bunch of contrarian assholes.	/r/MensRights	09/02/15 05:43 PM
3	I'm having trouble not raping. Could someone please tell me where I can find a class to learn not to? Can we try not to confuse the pretend issues of overly-sensitve feminist idiots and the actual issues of trans* people? Thanks.	/r/MensRights	10/01/15 10:31 PM
7	Remember when Marge raped Homer? I saw this episode very recently and was incredibly shocked by it. Like, there's no 'joke'. The punchline is: Homer gets raped. It was one of those moments when it suddenly comes into focus that violence against men is supposed to be funny. The thing that hit the hardest about it was that it was on The Simpsons. I've seen plenty of men being abused etc. on shows like Family Guy, they take shots at everything and you come to expect it, and I really don't care; a lot of that stuff is funny! But th…	/r/MensRights	10/01/15 04:07 PM
2	"Men's Rights Group Demands Their Balls Be Allowed to Breathe on Buses" "It's my right to wear what I want, and if the sight of my cleavage makes you uncomfortable then you're a pervert. My body, my choice!" Now replace 'wear what' with 'sit like' and 'cleavage' with 'area where my balls are but you can't even see anything because I'm fully clothed'.	/r/MensRights	31/12/14 09:45 PM
2	My wife [28F] lied to me [30M] about taking birth control and is now pregnant.. I don't know what to do....... (x-post relationships ) The overwhelming opinion seems to be that the woman was in the wrong, which is obviously true. But there's a horrible, underlying sentiment that "Welp, you did everything you could and it's happened anyway. Guess you're screwed bro." Fuck these people; this man deserves options. He deserves the right to have nothing to do with the potential child should it appear in 9 months time, and that includes financially. And the most annoying thing is, they sound so much like those "Well you shouldn't hav…	/r/MensRights	24/12/14 09:45 PM
1	Made a feminist 'friend' mad. I'm glad we agree. I hope I didn't come across as too critical of you or your behaviour; I wasn't there, and I know that we can all make rash decisions in the heat of the moment. Perhaps I should've worded myself more carefully, I was more disappointed with the response from users here than I was with your actions. There seems to be a lot of people celebrating what you did, and agreeing with your actions objectively, and that is more than a little worrying if I'm honest.	/r/MensRights	16/11/14 10:25 PM
1	Made a feminist 'friend' mad. Thanks for the reply. My point on endorsement wasn't aimed at you as much as the comments that seem to boil down to "She got what she deserved." The situation would, of course, never happen if the genders were reversed, I completely agree. As I said in my original comment, Julie was completely out of order in slapping Mike, and were she male and he female, she'd probably be in jail right now. And you could've probably hit a male back in such a situation with very little consequence: that doesn't…	/r/MensRights	16/11/14 09:45 PM
-1	Made a feminist 'friend' mad. Yeah, can we please not celebrate this? Neither of the females in this story acted appropriately, at all, and the amount of celebration going on in this thread for a feminist taking a punch when it was clearly not necessary (nobody 'deserves' to be assaulted) is an example of why the MRM struggles to be taken seriously. 'Julie' was completely out of order in her actions, no doubt, and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have enjoyed seeing her get her comeuppance, but when she was clearly not a da…	/r/MensRights	16/11/14 09:27 PM
4	Non-hetero MRAs: how has feminism failed you? Feminism has declared me a potential rapist of every person with a vagina even though I cannot look at one of the damn things without wincing.	/r/MensRights	29/10/14 10:21 PM
1	Do this at a female soccer game and expect to be put on the sex offenders register (x-post: r/funny) 'Being groped is not a big deal' - This is why MRAs have such a bad reputation.	/r/MensRights	26/10/14 05:02 PM
4	Was It Rape? A handy flowchart, courtesy of lawcomic.net. The thing here is that there's a difference between committing a murder and being raped. The law is the way it is so that a person cannot be exploited while heavily drunk, for example, a contract signed while under the influence isn't valid, but so that there's no 'get out of jail free' card when you actively commit a crime while intoxicated.	/r/MensRights	23/10/14 06:19 PM