antifragility Archive

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1	Patricia Arquette just mentioned the falsified pay gap based on gender statistics in her acceptance speech at the Oscars. She's free to ask for more money. I hope this inspires women to ask for the money they seem to feel they are unjustly not being paid. Because the problem is with them agreeing to whatever deals are being struck. Nothing wrong with asking.	/r/MensRights	23/02/15 08:57 AM
3	54% US women prefer cut penises, only 3% uncut - If ever there was evidence of the necessity of the MRM. It's one of the weird social pressures which is keeping the prevalence of it alive in the US. Commonly the butt of jokes (Sex and the city etcetera), but only the US seem to think of uncircumcised as ugly or dirty. All other circumcisions seem more related to religious reasons, whereas in the US it is mostly for "hygienic"/"medical" reasons (wash it daily and fix any problems as they emerge...70% of the world is surviving fine uncircumcised) and aesthetic/social reasons ("he shouldn't feel diffe…	/r/MensRights	16/02/15 11:03 AM
3	54% US women prefer cut penises, only 3% uncut - If ever there was evidence of the necessity of the MRM. Probably closer to 70% worldwide who don't have any issue with uncut (source). Only 30% is circumcised, of which 70% is Muslim.	/r/MensRights	16/02/15 10:56 AM
-2	Terry Crews: Modern Day Masculinity Can be as Damaging as the Taliban The flaws in feminism are irrelevant, he is merely using it as a vehicle to present his ideas. Nowhere did he say "you can't do this or that" nor did he parrot anything from mainstream feminism. Judge the content, not the label. We should not stop listening to people who identify with labels we might not agree with, because there are some extremists or assholes present. Such generalization and demonizing is exactly why I have issues with feminism. Stop the fear mongering.	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 03:13 PM
-1	Terry Crews: Modern Day Masculinity Can be as Damaging as the Taliban He is not a professional writer, so it's easy to bend his words to fit their agenda (the Youtube channel is called "The Agenda with Steve Paikin", lol). I'm glad to see that he is trying to do something and he does try to bring attention to issues men might be having, from a man's perspective (pressure to perform, expectations, validation), which is what this sub is trying to do as well.	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 02:50 PM
0	Terry Crews: Modern Day Masculinity Can be as Damaging as the Taliban Terry Crews was in the NFL, after which he became a successful actor. I think such things can go to your head, but this is not tied exclusively to any gender in particular (see Paris Hilton, Justin Bieber etcetera). Same thing happens to plain girls who get a ton of attention on Tinder :p	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 01:30 PM
2	Terry Crews: Modern Day Masculinity Can be as Damaging as the Taliban I don't see how he's implying this in any way. He is asking how someone big on 'man code' would respond if female members of their family get abused. I don't think anyone would look the other way. There might be a slight implication of lack of empathy, but in the situations he uses as examples (direct family), I don't think anyone would lack empathy. It gets more diluted if we are talking about helping strangers (this goes for everyone, as becomes apparent in the linked article). He is free to f…	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 12:09 PM
2	Terry Crews: Modern Day Masculinity Can be as Damaging as the Taliban Watched the interview. He does make a good point about 'chasing the winds': People know how to manipulate that. When you make it, now they will accept you. They will never accept you. You have to know who you are. You have to know that you're already valuable. And when you know that, you can say: "No, I'm not doing that" Most of this stuff seems to relate heavily to his own experiences. He sometimes slips up and says something about 'men', but then quickly brings it back to the frame to his own …	/r/MensRights	02/12/14 10:02 AM
1	Is it fair to have a 'womens' section in a gym, and not a mens? The isolation of working only the glutes might be good if you are doing bodybuilding. Don't really see a reason why you would want to isolate the glutes over doing a compound lift, such as squats or the barbell hip thrusts which you mention.	/r/MensRights	23/08/14 07:36 AM
1	Is it fair to have a 'womens' section in a gym, and not a mens? Hence the quotes. Spot toning is bullshit. I'm sure the machine can be beneficial in some way other than why you might see women using it.	/r/MensRights	23/08/14 07:33 AM
5	Is it fair to have a 'womens' section in a gym, and not a mens? It's for muslim women, mostly. Also, gyms have to compete with women's only gyms, so I think this is the way they try to stave off the competition coming from that angle. In general, these sections should have machines which can be found elsewhere in the gym. Or it will be those machines which men hardly (if ever) use, like the thigh adductor machine or the glute (donkey kick) machine, aka the 'bullshit spot toning machines'. I get why you might get upset about it, because ethically it's not ver…	/r/MensRights	22/08/14 05:21 PM
8	Tim McGraw slaps a woman after she hits his groin area. Why is everyone asking if it's justified? She sexually and physically assaulted him. He has a right to defend himself doesn't he? Also of interest: Danny Brown got unwanted attention on stage	/r/MensRights	18/07/14 09:11 AM
41	Tim McGraw slaps a woman after she hits his groin area. Why is everyone asking if it's justified? She sexually and physically assaulted him. He has a right to defend himself doesn't he? Went to the Backstreet Boys reunion tour with my girlfriend (hours of shrieking banshees, but the show was nicely done). Nick (the guy who elicits most of the shrieking) actually stopped the show and reprimanded women for groping him.	/r/MensRights	18/07/14 08:08 AM
2	Google will pay for coding lessons for thousands of female tech workers but not for male workers For the people who are interested: Google is offering coupons for CodeSchool.com. I have used their site before. You can register for free. Some of the courses (like AngularJS and level 1 for pretty much all of the basic stuff) are free. Then you can get 2 days for free, to check out all the courses (which can be prolonged if you get other people to register). When you enroll, the first month only costs $10. After that it's $29 monthly. So, practically speaking, these vouchers are worth $68. If …	/r/MensRights	11/07/14 11:43 AM
7	An anti-circumcision post made it to front page of reddit and r/bestof. Then it got censored. As a European, I don't understand why a lot of people in countries where circumcision is prevalent always seem to think it is somehow healthier or more hygienic. In half the world it is not prevalent. Aside from the (possible) beneficial effects on HIV infection or religious reasons, I have yet to see any argument that really holds water. I can understand that the HIV thing might be very beneficial to people in Africa, where HIV is very prevalent. But in Western countries it doesn't seem like a …	/r/MensRights	17/04/14 10:20 AM
3	Whitehouse's latest push to get more women into STEM fields. No word yet on getting more men into female dominated fields. I believe it is this one, has passed through here a couple of times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5LRdW8xw70	/r/MensRights	21/03/14 08:54 AM