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32

That's a lot of words for "I can't afford you."
/r/FemaleDatingStrategy23/02/20 02:20 AM
1

That's just silly. Can't even count how many times I've been the only female on the dais/at the table. Declining to participate is the surest way I know to have your perspective discounted by the very people who need to consider it.
/r/MensRights04/02/18 06:16 PM
67

It's not "fetal" tissue. It's cloned-- via tissue culture-- as is much of the media used for developing drugs, grafts, and other medical advances. Also (allegedly), cosmetics.
/r/MensRights12/01/18 01:45 AM
0

But that's not what they're doing here; they've made their restroom unisex (and accessible to the disabled, too, apparently). Their error was in leaving the blue "women's" sign up in addition to the unisex one.
/r/MensRights07/10/17 04:12 PM
4

Yep. Me too. It's only fair-- for everyone.
/r/MensRights07/10/17 04:40 AM
-6

For anyone wondering why this might actually be a practical solution to the age-old problem of significantly longer lines at women's public restrooms, here's an explanation. (Though I agree, they should remove the blue sign in the interest of parity.)
/r/MensRights06/10/17 07:45 PM
-41

Why do you assume a gender bias? It's in a freaking mens room.
/r/MensRights10/06/17 03:31 AM
134

In any other context these pervs would be in prison for child abuse and pedophilia, but. . . religion.
/r/MensRights13/03/17 06:35 AM
1

At least my asshole performs a useful function in life. . . .
/r/MensRights05/01/17 06:17 AM
2

Sounds like you're lucky to be rid of this awful person. Dang.
/r/MensRights04/01/17 06:16 AM
2

Yep.
/r/MensRights04/01/17 06:15 AM
14

Synopsis: Big city MD falls in love with small town sales clerk. They marry. Clerk moves into Big City MD's McMansion leaving small town life behind. All is groovy. Clerk decides to become a lawyer. Big City doc concurs and spends the next eight years paying for law school, bar exams (multiple), cars, travel, clothes, jewelry, expensive hobbies etc. In return, law student plays parent to doc's 5-year-old, making breakfast, getting her to school in the mornings, supervising homework in the aftern…
/r/MensRights04/01/17 05:42 AM
8

Bitter experience as the broadwinner.
/r/MensRights04/01/17 01:54 AM
8

If you had been the primary care-giver I.E.; house husband, during the marriage, she'd be paying you child support and alimony. It works both ways -- at least in California. (Ask me how I know this. . . .) :-(
/r/MensRights03/01/17 10:31 PM
27

So true. A nest of vicious toddlers lying in wait under a bed when you've forgotten your axe is the firefighter's nightmare.
/r/MensRights30/12/16 10:56 PM
-2

A two-hundred-twenty pound man couldn't fit through a 14" culvert, wriggle under a platform bed to pull out a terrified toddler, shimmy through a ventilation duct, get behind the crack in the bookcase. But a 110# woman can.
/r/MensRights30/12/16 10:23 PM
43

"The Knockout Game" in the US.
/r/MensRights28/09/16 11:59 AM
17

Don't forget old white women. Not a single one of my female friends (we're all in Clinton's own age cohort) will vote for the woman. And no, we're not voting for The Donald, either.
/r/MensRights18/03/16 04:17 PM
-7

Moral of the story: Never ever have sex with a female. Ever. (Please.)
/r/MensRights03/02/16 01:42 AM
1

Somebody should give this lady a medal.
/r/MensRights17/12/15 04:58 AM
0

What the hell difference does the gender make? Some people are sexually active in their teens. Live with it.
/r/MensRights08/12/15 08:11 PM
-2

So an 18-year-old man has sex with an older woman, breaks up her marriage and moves in with her-- where she presumably supports him. He grows dissatisfied (maybe she fools around on him like she did on her husband? Maybe she kicks him out and brings in a new, younger man?) He goes to LE and files a complaint to get even with her. Definitely rape. Hundreds of times.
/r/MensRights08/12/15 06:38 PM
3

No more than the mother, apparently.
/r/MensRights26/11/15 06:42 AM
-6

It?
/r/MensRights26/11/15 06:20 AM
2

Actually the women's suffrage/suffragette movement evolved out of the feminist movement's call for "legal rights" -- which was already being debated in Parliament by John Stewart Mills in the late 1860s. Though perhaps you feel that gender parity in the legal system and the workplace is and was "a crock of shit," apparently a fair number of folks would disagree with that assessment.
/r/MensRights12/06/15 05:32 AM
1

Lucky you. Seriously.
/r/MensRights29/03/15 05:10 AM
1

No, dear, I'm talking about parity in incompetence-- which won't happen until nepotism applies equally to the boss's wife's nieces and daughters-in-law. It sounds as though you've not spent many years working in a corporate environment. Consider that a blessing. . . .
/r/MensRights29/03/15 03:52 AM
1

I've worked with too many brothers-in-law and wife's cousins to agree with this assessment. ;-)
/r/MensRights29/03/15 03:06 AM
-10

How many guys have have you worked with who got to management simply by virtue of the fact that they have a penis and play golf? Incompetence and entitlement know no gender.
/r/MensRights28/03/15 04:30 PM
-4

Maybe her husband did. Maybe they agreed that that would be the family dynamic. Maybe one of their children had special needs and they didn't have the money for a nanny. In any case, it's none of your business.
/r/MensRights24/02/15 02:57 AM
-2

What annoys me is that as his widow, I only qualify for 1/2 his pension from what we paid into Social Security on his salary all those years-- meaning that all my work is valued as nothing by the SSA, even though we filed joint returns. Edit:sp
/r/MensRights23/02/15 10:53 PM
5

This was in the 1970s. Loans were available, but they were largely inadequate and didn't cover living expenses at all. Our son joined the Navy for his med school and training costs-- a far better alternative as it turned out, but then, he wasn't staring VietNam in the face either.
/r/MensRights23/02/15 09:51 PM
13

Keep in mind also, that all those years she was raising his children and running his household instead of pursuing her own career, she was making it possible for him to develop and expand his successful medical practice. That would have been near-impossible had he attempted to put in all those hours and devote all that energy without her support and assistance. Source: Woman who dropped out of university to put her husband through medical school, internship, and residency then establish his prac…
/r/MensRights23/02/15 09:00 PM
1

Because bearing and raising those soldiers provides society with no benefits whatsoever, does it. . . . /s And no, men weren't necessarily "subject to military service" any more than women were. Conscription then, as now, was largely a financial transaction. The military draft didn't begin until 1940-- well after women't suffrage.
/r/MensRights27/01/15 06:29 PM
0

There's a significant difference between "being given" and taking what's yours to begin with. Suggest you consider it-- along with your "given" origins.
/r/MensRights27/01/15 12:20 AM
2

Got it. Sounds like she needs a course of rabies shots. Can you enlist the help of some of your co-workers in getting her removed or reassigned? In any pissing contest, 'tis always better to co-opt than stand alone. Can't wait to read your update post in r/petty revenge. ;-)
/r/MensRights12/01/15 07:52 PM
-1

This isn't "sexual" harassment, it's just urinary politics. The woman wants a dedicated women's commode-- which is reasonable-- the company is too cheap to provide it, and she's trying to maintain her small authority at the expense of your bladder. Her behavior was wildly inappropriate and over-the-top, but it really had nothing to do with sex, and everything to do with territorial imperative. Try reframing your complaint and you'll get a lot further with the (largely female, I'm assuming,) HR d…
/r/MensRights12/01/15 07:38 PM
2

Lesson learned: Don't get passing-out drunk with people you don't know very well. Hope nothing more comes of this, OP. Good luck, man.
/r/MensRights30/12/14 02:09 AM
2

I was. Which is why I sat down, read through his entire post, thought about it, and wrote him a lovely response-- to which he kindly responded. You might want to consider doing the same before you start lecturing a grandmother. ;-) Edit: format
/r/MensRights02/08/14 09:53 PM
1

And I'm quite certain I'd give the same advice to anyone-- the gender issue was at the fore when I wrote my response (as it always is on this sub). Don't know how many partners you've had, DLFNJWJ, but I can assure you a good many folks nip (and yes, bite) when they're aroused. And yes, it can be disconcerting for the initiated, but some people enjoy it as an acquired um, taste. Before you accuse people of double standards, you might want to think of the practicalities for OP. Expecting a naive …
/r/MensRights02/08/14 08:47 PM
3

Bravo, Jmexin! You are now, officially, a grown-up. Welcome to the world of shitty options, (and, if you're lucky, excellent sex.)
/r/MensRights02/08/14 05:56 PM
2

I'm sorry you have to deal with this betrayal, OP, and huge shame on this predatory woman (who most likely was also pretty drunk to be this insensitive.) I actually came here to tell you to sack up, but your account is so sweet and heartfelt (and heartbreaking, if truth be told) I feel compelled to be a bit more considered: You can either exacerbate the import of the incident and take it to the authorities-- thus assuring you'll be dealing with the psychological ramifications for months, if not …
/r/MensRights02/08/14 04:54 PM
1

Context matters. Link please?
/r/MensRights26/07/14 04:37 PM
2

Would love to know the context here-- I.E.; what prompted him to break out the moves, and what was he dancing to? In any case, my sympathies to that hamprune's "traumatized" children. She's treading perilously close to Sharia territory with that level of repression. What's next? "No kites for you kids...."
/r/MensRights25/06/14 08:06 PM
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He beat the shit out of me and stole my car at gunpoint. "That man didn't rape me, but he spent 10 years in prison." Edit: Context is all when it comes to drawing conclusions. Knee jerk reaction solves nothing-- and often makes fools of us all. Thanks, everyone, for making my case. More to the point, how do you know this was written by a woman?
/r/MensRights01/06/14 04:35 PM
0

As is your defensiveness. :-)
/r/MensRights28/05/14 09:10 PM
1

Thank you for this. It is as concise a mission statement as I've read on this subreddit, and I'll certainly keep it in mind when perusing this site in the future. Well stated, watermelon!
/r/MensRights28/05/14 09:09 PM
0

As I mentioned elsewhere, I read the entire memoir and found it fascinating-- if overwrought. These are just representative samples to refute the referenced essay's headline. Please read the memoir yourself and see what you think. Thank you for being informed before jumping to conclusions.
/r/MensRights28/05/14 03:52 PM
1

I agree that his crimes have nothing to do with MRA-- which I fully support. But some more extreme elements of the MRA more-than echo his rhetoric. I've seen many of the same sentiments (not necessarily the one's referenced above) expressed on Chateau Heartiste, PUAhate, and sadly here on some subreddits. And certainly in the film industry. Please read the memoir in its entirety and see what you think. Then PM me if you'd like to discuss further. Thanks.
/r/MensRights28/05/14 03:51 PM
-1

Does not strike one as being particularly "gender blind", as Ms. Kaye's headline would suggest-- nor is Rodger's (tedious) memoir. Having just read it, I'm left with the impression that the young men he killed had simply gotten in his way (including the roommates who were in a position to "out" him). He actually went hunting for blonde coeds-- but was stymied by a locked door to the sorority house, so went on a blind rampage.
/r/MensRights28/05/14 03:47 AM
0

"...women are flawed. There is something mentally wrong with the way their brains are wired, as if they haven’t evolved from animal-like thinking. They are incapable of reason or thinking rationally. They are like animals, completely controlled by their primal, depraved emotions and impulses. ...Women should not have the right to choose who to mate with. That choice should be made for them by civilized men of intelligence. If women had the freedom to choose which men to mate with, like they do t…
/r/MensRights28/05/14 01:27 AM
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False equivalency? I'm betting that the Misters, Chen, Hong, and Wang would have vastly preferred the emotional predations of some "mean girl" over the hunting knife of Elliott Rodger....
/r/MensRights27/05/14 07:38 PM
-1

With all due respect, the referenced reaction seems directed more to the taped rant Roger left than his actual rampage-- which was, of course, gender neutral in its mayhem. But the trauma it inflicted on many young women served his purpose-- to terrorize them-- and it did so for a reason. The scripted rant he read in his car was straight out of Tarantino, or Rodriguez, the self-consciously demented ranting of any number of misogynist grindhouse villains, chilling in its familiarity. This filmic …
/r/MensRights27/05/14 05:21 PM
0

The same way conniving females have seduced male authority for millennia: Careful attention to appearance with emphasis on the secondary sexual details; hair, makeup, push-up bras, tight clothing, etc. -Flirtatious glances, movements, comments, proximity. -Asking for special help or dispensation, showing personal interest or feigned helplessness. -The sly touch or brush against the skin at opportune moments. -Meeting "accidentally" in another context. Discrete stalking. -Enlisting of confederate…
/r/MensRights18/05/14 10:45 PM
1

Could someone please post a link to some of the the crucifixion pieces this evoked? I'd be interested in reading their justifications for disparaging such a reasonable comment by Ms. Woodley. Thanks.
/r/MensRights08/05/14 09:13 PM
5

Today We Learned.
/r/MensRights07/05/14 07:23 AM
9

TWL: Not all females are raving asshats. Sorry this one was a jerk, but very cool of you to show her the simple human courtesy she denied you. Niceguy indeed!
/r/MensRights07/05/14 06:45 AM
2

Understand. Are you good enough friends with Mom that you two could have a serious convo about your reservations and requirements if you agree to let her stay there? Maybe you could have some sort of agreement that you'd be the one to monitor her school work, meet with her teachers, take her to her extracurricular/evening activities? You can always change the arrangement if her grades or behavior start to slip.... Respect for being such a concerned Dad.
/r/MensRights05/05/14 05:05 AM
9

Not knowing anything about the mother's character, parenting skills or values, I couldn't venture a guess. But just from my own personal experience as a sister, aunt, and mother, subjecting two significantly younger children stuck in close quarters to a hostile, hormonal and hugely uncooperative much-older sister (who at this age desperately needs her privacy) is simply not going to result in any of them becoming responsible, well-adjusted adults. Wouldn't you rather she grow up adoring you and …
/r/MensRights04/05/14 09:03 PM
9

The last thing you and your mate want sharing a room with your 7 and 3 year olds is a hormonal pre-teenaged girl who doesn't want to be there. I'd send her off to Moms and co-opt her as a babysitter/big sister every other weekend when you guys do fun family things together. That way everyone will be happy.
/r/MensRights04/05/14 06:32 PM
1

Lady. You're most welcome. Credit where credit is due. :-)
/r/MensRights02/05/14 05:54 AM
2

And that was precisely my point. Thanks for your willingness to keep shouting the truth even as the tomatoes fly. Here's gold for your gonads.
/r/MensRights01/05/14 04:17 PM
-1

No confirmation bias in here at all, is there, Dat.... ;-) Have you actually read the CDC report? Have a clue as to its supposed prior distributions, p-value misconceptions, missing clinical data? Of course you haven't, because it is a meta-analysis, not a "case of the CDCs questions". And I'd love to get your biostat prof's reaction to this one: -the Crime Reports numbers are probably very close to the actual numbers, -maybe +/- 10%, since even though it misses people who don't report, it also …
/r/MensRights01/05/14 05:46 AM
1

"Surviving" a blow job. Damn, what a trooper!
/r/MensRights01/05/14 04:39 AM
1

And this is why the double standard that presupposes "date rape" of a female is non-consensual has to be more honestly addressed in our schools and our courts. This is a perfect case study for demonstrating the pitfalls of assumption.
/r/MensRights01/05/14 04:30 AM
1

Plot twist: He discovers he's pregnant.
/r/MensRights01/05/14 04:24 AM
-1

"Rape victims are very uncommon" means what precisely? There is a 10:1 differential in the rate of influenza vis a vis sexual assault fer heavnzake, and certainly seasonal flu is considered "common". If you're a statistician, let's see your work.... (Not that I necessarily doubt you. :))
/r/MensRights01/05/14 03:20 AM
1

I've been raped twice. I reported neither instance. I have a friend who was assaulted and didn't report it either because he didn't want to get his husband in trouble. Guess we've cancelled each other's stats. ;-) In answer to your question, that's why epidemiologists employ Baysian analysis.
/r/MensRights01/05/14 02:27 AM
0

Or boys making rape accusations;these overall figures are not gender specific. But if prosecutors take a case to court, there's probably pretty good DNA evidence to back it up.
/r/MensRights01/05/14 02:15 AM
0

Sources: (as cited in the post) Wikipedia, "Rape in the United States" cdc.gov "Incidence of Seasonal Influenza in the United States/2011-2012."
/r/MensRights30/04/14 11:30 PM
0

Are you? Edit: I don't want to get into a semantic pissing match here but I think we can all agree that seasonal influenza is endemic to the US. According to the CDC the reported rate of SI for 2010-2011 was 21.3/100,000 people. According to USDOJ compilations the number of reported rapes (of men and women) for 2012 was 2.1/1,000. I'll let you do the math.
/r/MensRights30/04/14 10:34 PM
1

Serious question to establish a starting point: Which specific equal rights do you feel are being eroded? (Not perpetuated, but actually attenuated in the wake of this?) Anyone?
/r/MensRights30/04/14 09:08 PM
1

Why can we not challenge it? Start agitating for parity under the law and $upport those enterprises and institutions that do. Look at what a vocal minority was able to do to the affirmative action industry. It won't happen overnight, but it is happening. Point out the obvious inequities and keep hammering. Technology and social necessity are on the side of the pendulum swinging the other way.
/r/MensRights30/04/14 09:00 PM
9

The fact that men are implicitly being blamed for a marked increase in the number of sexual assaults, possibly because of skewed semantics and misleading statistics? Seems pretty damned relevant to me....
/r/MensRights30/04/14 07:02 PM
1

To be fair, we didn't hear them in context or in their entirety. CDC surveys tend to go into pretty great detail and follow some seemingly far-ranging/esoteric lines of questioning. I did a mega-survey with them (ongoing) ten years ago that involved an initial 56 pages of written questions, an in depth two-hour+ personal interview, complete medical history, environmental dust and blood, hair, DNA samples, etc. That said, I think it should be noted that with the addiction and sexual identity indu…
/r/MensRights30/04/14 06:55 PM
14

In the interest of sparking a thoughtful discussion about the current hysteria, I'd like to address a couple of issues suggested by this clip. Semantics. One does not "survive" coercive sex, one endures it. This is not to say it isn't ubiquitous or damaging, but the terminology is sensationalized, thus trivializing the real trauma of violent sexual assault. (And for the record, I've suffered both.) Most people who are non-violently raped do not further humiliate themselves by making a public iss…
/r/MensRights30/04/14 04:40 PM
1

I think the point this person was trying to make was that women tend not to be as successful in negotiating higher starting pay/raises as men are, because the people granting the higher starting pay/raises (in higher paying fields) are more likely to be men (implied: with predisposition toward their own gender.) Perhaps that implication is the crux of what you're discussing, not the resulting lower salaries? (I may have misread-- lots of text there.) Congrats on your lively convo, btw.
/r/MensRights10/04/14 06:08 AM
2

Perhaps not coincidentally, Ms. Steinem also addressed the absurd inequalities men are subjected to by so-called "paternalistic" laws and public policies that "favor" women by assuming we are helpless over our reproductive choices-- thereby perpetuating that archaic perception. Until the anti-abortion religionist lobby in this country is marginalized and birth control/abortion are available free and on demand, women (and men) will never fully achieve parity in domestic courts of law.
/r/MensRights31/03/14 09:57 PM
3

Thank you for posting this. My recollections of the era track Ms. Steinem's pretty much word for word. The women's movement was met with years of ridicule if not outright backlash. "Womens' Lib" became as reviled a term as "liberal" was during the run-up to the Iraq war. Legal abortion was a seminal issue for 1960s young women-- it had only been a year or so earlier that doctors were allowed to prescribe unmarried women the Pill, and back alley abortion was just as deadly as it sounds. Women wer…
/r/MensRights31/03/14 04:13 PM
2

Agreed. Deliberate=intentional. That's also psychotic.
/r/MensRights12/03/14 12:48 AM
2

I think the word we're searching for here is "psychotic". Don't let the sins of the (grand)parent(s) settle on you, OP. Not all moms are crazy, and not all feminists hate men. Next time you're attracted to a woman who wants to kiss you, talk to her just like you did to us here. You might be surprised at the reaction. :-)
/r/MensRights11/03/14 08:22 PM
2

Absolutely agree. The question I posed questioned whether a hypothetical young man's human rights were being abused by his lover or his mother and the court system.
/r/MensRights12/02/14 06:37 AM
2

I agree. Too much potential for favoritism and cronyism in tenure track appointments.
/r/MensRights12/02/14 06:33 AM
2

I probably wouldn't be too happy with my son's choice either, but as noted above, there are a lot of variables in the equation. It's legal to marry at 14 in some states, and some American cultures see mating with one's Grandpa as a religious rite. Hollywood is full of old guys dating underage females -- who are thrilled to do so. So who are we to judge this particular young man's choices? In any case, they're not our genitals, so it's really none of our business.
/r/MensRights12/02/14 04:01 AM
1

You have no idea what I would "be saying", because I don't either. Too many variables in this hypothetical. But if my nearly 17-year old son were dating 39-year-old Angelina Jolie, I probably wouldn't be anywhere near as freaked out as if he were dating a nearly seventeen-year-old meth freak he'd picked up off the street.
/r/MensRights12/02/14 03:55 AM
2

Seventeen year-old-girls don't have consensual sex with older men?
/r/MensRights12/02/14 01:42 AM
2

Thank you for this thoughtful reply. In many societies-- including not a few urban and rural subsets in America-- it's perfectly proper for an older female to initiate and teach a younger male-- and has been throughout history. (Vice versa with older men and younger women. My great love was 19 years my senior and we were friends until he died thirty years later.) And while I agree that for some, sixteen is an uncomfortably young age to begin, it's not our choice. It's theirs. (Or was in this cas…
/r/MensRights11/02/14 09:49 PM
1

Granted, Denise Keesee is something of a bow wow, but when Iiii was a high school student, most of the sixteen-year-old boys I knew would have given her a medal or something. It was the guy's mother who got her panties in a twist about it, not the "boy" -- "who expected to marry Keesee after he graduated". Now before everyone gets all huffy, here's my question-- and to be fair, let's take this into the hypothetical: Isn't prosecuting a young man's lover simply because of their age difference an …
/r/MensRights11/02/14 05:41 PM
1

Agreed. I think I was early-replying to the general tone of the thread thus far-- and the poster above you specifically-- but I'm too lazy to go back and track it down. In any case I upvoted you. Having lived with father, sister, husband, and son MD's, I can absolutely verify your comment.
/r/MensRights09/02/14 09:53 PM
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Link? ;-)
/r/MensRights09/02/14 05:47 PM
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Your surety is as flawed as your grammar. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cite And the burden of proof lies with the one making the argument, not the unconvinced.
/r/MensRights09/02/14 10:33 AM
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None of which obviates the fact that a total of ZERO citations were presented.
/r/MensRights09/02/14 04:20 AM
0

Please explain to me why we're putting all these billions into programs to "help" generational losers like this when actual GIFTED kids -- male and female-- have to hold bake sales to afford a calculus teacher?
/r/MensRights29/01/14 09:14 PM
1

Maybe that's because not as many men are raped by law enforcement officers?
/r/MensRights23/01/14 05:33 PM
1

Women get groped and raped by law enforcement officers pretty regularly. I just googled "officer convicted of raping woman" and got 43 million+ hits.
/r/MensRights23/01/14 05:11 AM
-4

I'm curious as to what "no criminal record to speak of" means, and why a "straight A" student had to be forcibly restrained.
/r/MensRights23/01/14 05:06 AM
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And most "straight A" students I've known aren't dumb enough to sass law enforcement to the extent they want to tear off their testicles.
/r/MensRights23/01/14 05:00 AM
0

What does "no criminal history to speak of" mean? And a simple stop and frisk certainly isn't violent enough to rupture someone's testicle. Even a TSA officer isn't that clumsy.... I'd like to hear the rest of this story before I draw any conclusions.
/r/MensRights23/01/14 04:56 AM
4

She could be just a lonely kid talking to a nice guy at the pool, but the swimsuit hug is definitely concerning. Absolutely tell your supervisor that this young girl is making you uncomfortable and that you're concerned about her motivations and how you should handle it. Make sure you document that you've done this and that your supervisor has agreed to "handle" the situation. Get it in writing if you can. THIS IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM and it could backfire royally if you try to do it yourself. Anecd…
/r/MensRights21/12/13 10:27 AM
1

Fer chrissake, son. Read the linked essay before you blather? Then maybe recognize when someone is on your side?
/r/MensRights18/12/13 04:25 AM
1

Strawman much? Grow up, son.
/r/MensRights18/12/13 04:23 AM
1

Did I say anything to the contrary? Please read the OP's article. She makes our point.
/r/MensRights18/12/13 03:53 AM
0

I agree. Since when has convention been just?
/r/MensRights18/12/13 03:51 AM
1

But oh, so... enthusiastic. I love it!
/r/MensRights18/12/13 01:43 AM
5

Subtlety and nuance are not the strong suits of this board. Nor, apparently is reading comprehension. As a concerned mother and friend, it's very discouraging to try to engage in thoughtful debate about a subject so seminal (sorry) and central to this country's civil rights when knee-jerk resentments force all but the echo chamber from the conversation. Thank you for posting this plea for civility, mod. Indeed, some on this board sound as shrill and self-righteous as the worst feminists elsewher…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 10:51 PM
5

Curious. I posted this exact same quote (with attribution, yet) and was downvoted into oblivion.
/r/MensRights17/12/13 10:36 PM
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The best way I've found to get over the painful obsessive part (which goes on for months as your body chemistry resets) is to get a cheap Gameboy "Tetris" off eBay and play a game whenever you catch yourself "regressing". The fifteen minutes of intense concentration it takes to hit 200 points is just enough to reprogram your brain circuitry to stop the negative reinforcement when her name comes up in your thoughts. Pretty soon you'll find that just humming that infernal tune is enough to trigger…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 10:25 PM
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Sure thing, Lib. First, though, why not cut with the strawman bit and read the article OP posted? Obviously sexual insensitivity -- as the CDC defines it-- isn't necessarily criminal, anymore than cheating or violating the honor code is. If it is ascertained by administrative panel that criminal prosecution is warranted, of course, law enforcement and the justice system are called in -- just as they would be with criminal malfeasance in, say, the church. But defrocking a priest -- or expelling a…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 09:21 PM
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Not disagreeing with you, Fruit. Merely reiterating OP's author's contention that its a thorny issue in need of serious political reconsideration --to avoid situations exactly like this one. That said, neither you nor I were on the panel that heard all the evidence in this case, so we're just relying on our suppositions and preconceptions here. What if the genders had been reversed and it was the girl who'd been suspended for sexually abusing and intimidating Yu? Would you still have the same de…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 08:20 PM
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As more and more of these witch hunts get called out for what they are, the later life consequences for the men and women so vilified should start to diminish. (After all, being branded "homosexual" used to be a career death sentence, too.) Granted it's small comfort for those caught up in this rampant bs, but when has life ever been fair? Perhaps the only response to your entirely reasonable criticism is to ask that we consider the damage done to the later lives and careers of assault victims b…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 08:01 PM
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Generally people (and I'm entirely gender-neutral here) are abusive because they've been hurt somewhere along the line. But I absolutely agree with you that there are too many psychos out there who make false accusations to deflect their own culpability. Fortunately, more and more of them are being weeded out and vilified in forums such as this one. "...should we have had seperate laws for these men...," To an extent we did, if you consider the inexcusable ill-treatment of homosexuals during tho…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 07:50 PM
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Sounds like she was devastated by your breakup and had to do something to get parity in her mind. Maybe she joined some weird church group that made her "confess"? Maybe she's just an asshole. So sorry this happened to you, bird.
/r/MensRights17/12/13 07:34 PM
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I found it encouraging that in all these hypothetical cases, the names of the participants were gender-neutral.
/r/MensRights17/12/13 07:24 PM
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Bingo! Colleges are still a transitional step between adolescence and adulthood, and school honor codes are there to instill the values which presumably these young adults will carry with them as they move forward. Being suspended from school for sexual insensitivity is not the same as being incarcerated for sexual assault, but it serves as warning that female or male, such activity will have far greater consequence once you've graduated into the "real" world. Edit: I stand corrected. Being kick…
/r/MensRights17/12/13 07:13 PM
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Thanks very much for posting this thoughtful essay, osbe. Obviously, the pendulum has swung too far into the realm of the politically absurd, but it helps to keep in mind that in well-publicized outrages such as this one, WE were not there to witness, nor did we hear all the evidence in this case. Presumably there were men on these panels, too. And presumably some of the women on them have brothers and/or boyfriends and/or sons they love and identify with. Nothing is as clear-cut as the popular …
/r/MensRights17/12/13 07:03 PM
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Says who? Mayor Bloomberg is 5'4". Jack Nicholson is maybe 5'6". Javier Bardem say's he's 5'7" but he's not. Voltaire was supposedly 5'3". I would have taken any one of them as a little fuck monkey in their younger day. Never discount brains, wit, and a$$ets as mitigating factors.
/r/MensRights10/12/13 08:39 AM
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Divide and conquer; it's the oldest game in the book.
/r/MensRights07/12/13 07:37 PM
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Serious question from an older lady: Do young women still self-identify as "feminist", or is that just sort of a catch-all word used to describe a certain "type" around here? I ask because feminists of the 1970's were anything but victims; the mind-set was more one of female chauvinism--which I found equally sucky, but there you go. Thanks, anyone.
/r/MensRights07/12/13 06:30 PM
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"Objective reality" evidence like "STEM... is the only place feminists can find inequality in their favor?' THAT kind of objective reality? (You might want to talk to the military, Wall Street, the US Senate, Hollywood...about that one.) The time constraints I mentioned are against posting too soon after a previous comment has been downvoted, not the opposite. "Would a man who was discriminated against by a female boss in his life be proof that in fact we are run by a matriarchy?" No more than b…
/r/MensRights04/12/13 11:43 PM
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You know, 5th, I've got three convos going here and am hindered by the mods time constraints on responding. Perhaps you'd find it useful read my commentary here in its entirety? I'm not arguing with you per se, merely trying to present some background material that informs the larger question OP posed. And yes, as someone who lived it, I find personal anecdote far more relevant when dealing with people who think that recent history began with wikipedia. If you want to co-opt the mindset, it help…
/r/MensRights04/12/13 09:40 PM
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I was one of those "wealthy daughters" and I can assure you, it made no difference whatsoever when I tried to apply to Caltech et al. "...Do you ever stop to consider that this obsession over STEM is due to the fact that that is the only place feminists can find inequality in their favor?...." No. :-)
/r/MensRights04/12/13 09:23 PM
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Yes, although increasingly they are being phased out. For example, California voters made racial quotas illegal in our University system five years ago. But then, in a couple of generations, racial distinctions in California will be moot anyway. How does one self-identify when Dad is African/Polynesian and Mom is Chinese/Norwegian?
/r/MensRights04/12/13 09:11 PM
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Nonsense. Up until 1969 I couldn't even APPLY to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Caltech or MIT. (I know because I tried.) And women graduates were outnumbered 10-1 by men in the sciences and medicine. Female post grads were few and far between, and forget about getting a tenured position or a research grant. Sure, if you wanted to get a crap degree from a secretarial school, art school, nursing school, or teachers' college, there were plenty of places that would accept you. But the caliber of the ins…
/r/MensRights04/12/13 08:48 PM
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Please notice you said "Dad and Granddad went here and donate money..." not Mom and Grandma went here and donate money". What does this suggest to you about historic discrimination in the workplace and academia? Do you perhaps see why some women might feel as though some affirmative action is still warranted?
/r/MensRights04/12/13 08:34 PM
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Typically, affirmative action is associated with policies ensuring equal opportunities for "minority" populations in America. In the 1960's, quota systems were set up to address the huge disparity between black and white college student admissions and job opportunities in the public service sector. Later, they were expanded to include Latino populations, and to a much lesser extent, women. Affirmative action for women was codified into federal law under Title 9, which addressed a similar dispari…
/r/MensRights04/12/13 08:24 PM
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I've been a vocal (and persecuted) advocate for mens' rights all my (female) life; sad so many of you guys can't take some good humored chiding once in awhile. It's almost as though you're...you're feminists! Thank you 5th law for injecting a bit of much-needed irony into the proceedings. :-) Affirmative action addresses HISTORIC imbalances in representation, not nascent ones. It's hard to argue with a straight face that white males are not well-represented in today's academic arenas. But hang i…
/r/MensRights04/12/13 08:03 PM
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Well duh. Until males begin to approach the competence and mental acuity of females, affirmative action to bring them to parity is only fair. The poor darlings.
/r/MensRights04/12/13 05:01 AM
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Your most reasonable approach would be to simply delineate the situations in which if the genders were reversed, women would be (rightly) screaming bloody murder-- and argue for parity. To wit: Being forced to serve in the military during any call up. Being legally excluded from the decision of whether or not a pregnancy gets terminated, while being forced to bear the financial responsibility regardless. Unequal rights to custody in the event of a dissolution of marriage with children involved. …
/r/MensRights24/11/13 11:42 PM
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I'm terribly late to this convo, but just heard of it and wanted to state for the record that I've seen Michael Shermer in numerous social situations over the decades and although men typically don't shy away from me, (and yes, I've suffered from unwanted attentions all my sentient life), he has NEVER, even once, been anything but a complete gentleman in my presence -- even bordering on the aloof. In fact, he's been so standoffish, I'd pretty much come to the conclusion that he was either gay or…
/r/MensRights23/10/13 10:30 PM
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