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If you look up rejection and violence on google the top results are all the other way round but if you search on specific phrases like "hit him" you might find specific examples (e.g.). Maybe there's a gender swapped version of the "whenwomenrefuse" blog somewhere. Mostly statistics seem to be on things like "intimate partner violence" where there's already an established relationship. (I also found something that claims that around a third of female homicide victims were killed by an 'intimate …
/r/MensRights21/09/16 04:04 PM
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I think it's more that attractive women will be much more comfortable with posting their face/body along with the sign.
/r/MensRights20/07/16 12:03 PM
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Could you elaborate on what the baby will be missing out on immune system-wise? I'm sure the people working on this are considering it though. For exposure during the pregnancy, I don't know much about that process but I assume they would somehow be able to do that through the umbilical cord. I know they sometimes swab cesarian babies with a sample from the mother so they still get the bacteria they would have had with a normal birth. It's also potentially possible they would be able to induce b…
/r/MensRights07/07/16 10:43 AM
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This is partly because it seems a very broad statement to mention a whole race as opposed to specific characteristics or individuals, partly because they believe it is more than simple attraction: If a guy says he likes asian girls there is often the assumption that he believes asian women are more docile and traditional and that that is the real reason to want them. For black women, they may assume you are going after them for some racial stereotype like them being 'wild' or because you are one…
/r/MensRights07/07/16 10:37 AM
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I can sort of see that happening if women choose this method instead of pregnancy so they don't "ruin" their body and it leading to a load more stuff about body shaming and being proud of your stretch marks. Pregnancy can cause some pretty horrible complications and damage though so it would be hard for them to argue that women would only do it aesthetic reasons.
/r/MensRights06/07/16 10:10 AM
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Defending the bad behavior of a woman does not. By "the other side" I meant the people prosecuting her, not defending her. Sorry, I thought that was obvious.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 03:54 PM
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Kinda like you're psychically gleaning completely different meaning from things I've posted? I've repeatedly said it's a numbers game and I'm not saying what I think happened IS 100% what happened but you seem blind to it. This will be my last reply to you, you'll have to find someone else to get pissed at.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 03:50 PM
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That shit happened last year. I know the legal system works slowly but there'll maybe be something more on it soon. For bufedads example though, I doubt they would have sat on something like "meth found in car" until this came up. The rough sex angle maybe - it depends on if they find the person/people involved or they checked her phone as part of investigations or something. Guess you'll have to wait and see.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 03:38 PM
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Doesn't the other side also promote more debate and possible outrage? Look what happened when Brock Turner's father's statement was published. People were going crazy about it.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 03:29 PM
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You're the one making the claim that there is only one possible explanation here, not me. My general point, though is not that it was 100% DEFINITELY what happened but that judging by what I can find, it's more likely that she was assaulted than not. I like how you obviously read what I said, because you linked to it right underneath, yet somehow still managed to ignore it in your statement. See also "basing on a single article" right after "articles I found were about this or the original incid…
/r/MensRights23/06/16 03:24 PM
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You're very frustrating. Aw, that's the nicest thing anyone's said about me all day The point I am trying to convey to you, is that you're hearing only part of the story from the side that is employed to zealously represent their client. For all you know she is into, and had rough sex with her fuck buddy Jim at 6pm that day. And as I said if there was any really good evidence she made it all up, it would in all likelihood be up on the web too but all the articles I found were about this or the o…
/r/MensRights23/06/16 02:43 PM
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Again, in my comment: especially that wouldn't have also been published somewhere else - stories like that sell papers. Unless there is a government-level cover-up in motion or someone very rich has a vested interest in hiding it then that information would be mentioned in news stories about this woman. If you guys are so convinced there's evidence she made this all up, then by all means find it. E:spelling
/r/MensRights23/06/16 02:22 PM
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It's mentioned in the article I linked and quite a few others too. (If you want, google "Kelli Smith Stacks Cervix")
/r/MensRights23/06/16 02:19 PM
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In this particular case I can't really think of a possible "other side to the story" that would make the defense's evidence of potential rape ignorable, especially that wouldn't have also been published somewhere else - stories like that sell papers.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 12:39 PM
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Well I can't find any court documents but they do seem to have a couple of photos of them in the article. Unless the prosecution are ridiculously incompetent, claims like that would require testimony from the first responders and hospital staff involved to confirm. The brain injury, other examinations and what was found at the scene should be easily verifiable. As for the 'experts' - if the sexual assault investigator truly didn't know what a cervix is I'm not sure they can be called that. (Also…
/r/MensRights23/06/16 11:38 AM
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Firstly that article says she killed one person. Secondly it seems unlikely that having managed to stay conscious after a severe crash, that she somehow decided to, and managed to: remove clothing and effectively hide her purse, phone and one shoe damage her cervix bruise her thighs in just the right way to prompt a medical exam thoroughly knock herself out - medical personnel can tell if you're actually unconcsious or not Yes, it's possible she wasn't actually raped (I said seemed - i.e. not 10…
/r/MensRights23/06/16 10:40 AM
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The jaguar was female and probably killed by a male. Obviously if it was a male jaguar mauling someone it wouldn't be dead /s
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:50 AM
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Drinking and driving? Nope, you're fleeing a rapist. Killed your child? Nope, you're protecting the world from a potential rapist. Links? I've seen one article where drinking and driving (+ wrong way driving) was excused as fleeing rape, but it seemed she was actually raped.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:38 AM
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This is her. Something about that pose and the way she puts makeup on with a spade definitely seems to scream "PAY ATTENTION TO ME".
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:14 AM
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If you cannot understand on this basic level you're probably someone I can't reason with. She's already said she thinks we're misogynist and that she won't listen to misogynists so basically yeah, she can't be reasoned with because she will disregard pretty much everything we say. She's obviously here to talk at people, not to them.
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:07 AM
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It's a girl
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:03 AM
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This is the last time I'll reply to you as you think everyone here is misogynist and also you don't care to listen to the opinions of misogynists. You also seem to be a "has to have the last word" sort of person and I'm not interested in prolonging this 'conversation'. This woman has gone without a bra multiple times, which nullifies your "just doing it for one day isn't going to do anything" argument. if you refer to my earlier comment "If only one or two people out of the general population do…
/r/MensRights23/06/16 07:01 AM
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Never heard that one before. I guess it's the iamverysmart version of "Not my job to educate you"
/r/MensRights23/06/16 06:48 AM
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Yeah. How dense would you have to be not to infer from the linked article why they think it's a stupid idea? Also the massive amounts of projection with saying people are upset and can't read, lol.
/r/MensRights22/06/16 05:06 PM
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The point is... If that's the point you wanted to make you should have made it earlier instead of going off on this whole "haven't read the article" tangent, (which you still haven't explained). I'm going to have to go with EricAllonde here and duck out of this discussion due to poe.
/r/MensRights22/06/16 05:03 PM
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If you only do it one day, it's not special! My point was pretty much the opposite. Novelty here means "Something new and unusual; an innovation.". If the majority does it everyday then it's not special. If they don't that makes the day/activity special. If only one or two people out of the general population do it, they also stand out. Are you sure it's me with the reading comprehension issue?
/r/MensRights22/06/16 04:13 PM
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Ok, I'm not sure what you're getting at here because I don't see anything in direct conflict to what I've said - let me recap for you: If it's not done often or by many people it's a novelty. This means (straight) men will likely sexualise their breasts more because they stand out more and boobs are awesome. Women with big boobs may not have a choice. Not everyone will want to participate because of points 2 and 3.
/r/MensRights22/06/16 04:06 PM
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Which part of the article do you think I missed? She and a couple of others might do it more often than once a year but it sounds like most don't. I also doubt everyone would participate - my girlfriend won't go out in public without a bra because the few times she did and it was cold or she accidentally made them 'bounce', people stared very obviously and it made her feel very uncomfortable.
/r/MensRights22/06/16 03:57 PM
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Doesn't it just end up being more of a novelty to some people if you dedicate one day of the year to it though? It's basically saying wearing a bra is normal 99.7% of the time. Also some men seeing these bra-less women would probably sexualise their breasts even more than they would normally which is counter-productive. People generally only stop caring about stuff like that if they see it a lot. One day out of the year isn't a lot. Finally, isn't a bra kinda required for women with big tits? I'…
/r/MensRights22/06/16 03:49 PM
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In the time it took to type all that out you probably could have just googled one link and posted it :P, but you should probably get some sleep
/r/MensRights17/06/16 09:50 AM
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Do you happen to have some statistics to back this up?
/r/MensRights17/06/16 09:19 AM
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Well this sub already has a symbol - top left. It's fairly obvious what it's meant to be about too.
/r/MensRights16/06/16 07:31 AM
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I got snipped at 24 so all of these are just hypotheticals for my situation. Even the snip isn't 100% - there are (extremely rare) cases where the man becomes fertile again.
/r/MensRights15/06/16 08:17 AM
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I saw that thread. Their defence was more that if he doesn't want her to abort he can't do shit about it because her body her choice and he can't force her to go through with it - then the abortion still happens but he's pissed off about it. So basically the whole thing's easier on both parties if he never finds out. He was using condoms anyway so I think it's safe to assume he doesn't want a kid that badly.
/r/MensRights15/06/16 08:14 AM
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I've seen lots of upvoted comments there saying women shouldn't hit men either. You have to word it carefully though.
/r/MensRights15/06/16 08:08 AM
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I guess that depends on the board of directors - their duties will vary depending on what company they're in. There may be some aspects of their job that will not be directly profit-related like determining company policies and employee benefits.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 11:25 AM
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It's only like, on a per mile driven basis, females have accident rates 2 to 3 times that of male drivers. Severity of the accidents matter. If the female accidents are mostly minor parking lot scrapes and the male ones have cars being completely totalled or people injured then there's obviously a bigger impact from the men overall. It's only like, approximately 90-95% of all professional drivers are male because females wreck too often. If you mean professional as in truckers/taxi drivers/bus d…
/r/MensRights14/06/16 10:18 AM
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If she'd just left it at "2 out of 998" then I think people would be fine with it. Bringing men into it afterward is probably the sore point.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 09:39 AM
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What about studies like this that link high testosterone to aggression? There are loads of them. Although there have also been cases where giving people testosterone has not caused that effect, it seems it was mostly people with naturally low levels. Perhaps there is a threshold after which additional amounts cause an increase in aggressive behaviors.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 09:33 AM
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It's not like men are great drivers either dude - though it shows in different ways. Men tend to be more likely to take big risks like speeding which means when we do crash it can be pretty bad. There's a reason we have to pay more for insurance.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 09:30 AM
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Maybe they're counting failed attempts.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 08:55 AM
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Men and women have different biology and different social expectations. It's not that odd to suggest that women can have experiences that most men don't. The problem is that this has to go both ways. Men will also have experiences that most women don't but the people complaining about all-male boards are fine with all-female ones. (To be fair though, there are also people who complain about all women boards but are fine with all male ones.)
/r/MensRights14/06/16 08:50 AM
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They're talking about adding a woman or two, not replacing the whole board.
/r/MensRights14/06/16 08:46 AM
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Until you get around to debriding them.
/r/MensRights13/06/16 10:45 AM
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It also has a longer recovery time and other potential complications. Most people also believe that once you have one you have to have a C-section every time after that, which also adds to potential problems. Smoking when pregnant just to make a smaller baby is still stupid as hell but I don't blame them for not wanting to go through that kind of surgery to get it out.
/r/MensRights13/06/16 10:38 AM
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I think I saw a good breakdown of that somewhere - things like "So we would have to unnecessarily operate on 500 babies to prevent one UTI" and continuing in a similar vein for things like phimosis, HIV etc. Also people don't really need the appendix as far as we know but we don't go around pre-emptively removing it from people just to prevent a few people getting appendicitis
/r/MensRights10/06/16 08:37 AM
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I agree that six months isn't much but it's not like he's going to go back to life as normal afterward. He's probably on the sex offenders registry and what employer would hire him? Even if they personally had no issue with what he did they risk the people who do finding out and making thinks very difficult for him.
/r/MensRights10/06/16 08:23 AM
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She does remember waking up in hospital, being told things were done to her but they don't know what yet, having to go through all sorts of medical procedures and tests and being told she should take another HIV test in a few months because it doesn't show up straight away. I wouldn't want to go through something like that either
/r/MensRights10/06/16 08:19 AM
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Well I've never been to prison, especially in the US so I guess it could work a little differently there. I would assume that some of the prisoners have children of their own though so there might be at least a little of "what if it had been my kid" For prison in general I think there should be more of a focus on rehabilitation than punishment as many prisoners aren't going to be there their whole life and it should help reduce reoffending. For the lifers, the main reason for them being there is…
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:56 AM
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Yeah, I get that people don't want people put away for things they didn't do but in this case it seems like some people are grasping at straws in a very suspicious case. The only testimony given that he didn't do it is his and it's not like if he's an actual rapist he'd admit it. Even ignoring the fact he was seemingly caught in the act, she was so plastered she couldn't be roused at the scene and only regained consciousness later at the hospital, she couldn't remember most of the night, they ha…
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:38 AM
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I mean when the swedish guys turned up she was half undressed (in a manner that indicated he did it for her), passed out and hidden near a dumpster where normally no-one would see with some dude on top of her. I'd probably assume he was raping her too. I know there are girls who will fuck in really skanky locations like public toilets but lying in dirt next to trash doesn't seem like somewhere any woman would want to fuck. E: typo
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:23 AM
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Basic eye for an eye mentality. Though some may also be thinking "if he was raped he would actually understand"
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:10 AM
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'Stanford rapist is a product of online gamer and reddit bro culture'. Funny how the majority of online gamers and reddit bros don't rape people. Maybe rapists do it because they are selfish pieces of shit?
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:08 AM
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It's a general cultural thing of bad people deserve it and if you are put in prison you must be really bad so it doesn't matter if you get beaten/raped/killed. Even if it's not the prisoners doing it, murderers can get the death penalty, which is basically "killing people is wrong so we're going to kill you". Prisoners think like this too - if someone molested a kid and they find out they do some pretty nasty things to them. (Though in a way I guess it's sorta heartening that even to a hardened …
/r/MensRights10/06/16 07:06 AM
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Yep it definitely varies on country but I was mentioning UK law specifically because the post OP was talking about was from the UK.
/r/MensRights10/06/16 06:55 AM
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Wow, wtf is up with those images? Are they supposed to be ads? (First link didn't work for me btw) ETA: For the glasses I wouldn't necessarily think punching unless it was heavily implied. Accidents happen where glasses get stepped on etc - they might just be too poor for new ones or something. I wear glasses and if they get hit with enough force I will get mild bruising and/or cuts on my face from the frames. For a full on punch I would expect significant looking facial trauma
/r/MensRights09/06/16 03:51 PM
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If it were about "size difference" or "strength", the imagery of a nerdy guy with broken taped-together glasses (because he gets punched in the face) would have the same emotional impact as imagery of a woman with a black eye. Wouldn't the kid have a black eye too if they were punched with the same force?
/r/MensRights09/06/16 03:16 PM
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Like I said before For the record I don't personally differentiate, violence is violence - but a lot of people do and I was trying to explain their mindset to you. I don't have a problem with this billboard anymore than I would if it had a man on it but if you want to prevent people moeaning about it, it helps to understand the thinking behind it. For the record the majority of the population thinks this whole thing is ridiculous (yes, the women too) - the media was trying to make this seem like…
/r/MensRights09/06/16 02:37 PM
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That might be a little tricky if you have to talk about resources available to DV victims, given that most shelters and hotlines cater only to male on female. For the rest though you can try and give examples with abusers from both genders and be sure to use gender-neutral language where possible - e.g. not "when he hits her" but "when they hit the victim". You can also mention slapping when talking about it as to many people a woman slapping someone is relatively acceptable. Are you also going …
/r/MensRights09/06/16 02:15 PM
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female nature What do you mean by that?
/r/MensRights09/06/16 11:49 AM
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She's not asking "how can I force him to marry me", she's asking how they can work it out so that they're not both wasting their time. She also asked for thoughts "from all angles" - that includes the not marrying side. His reasoning does seem weird though. The infidelity wasn't caused by the marriage, it was caused by the person/people in it. If they weren't married they would have either broken up sooner before the cheating started or the infidelity would have broken them up just as before, on…
/r/MensRights09/06/16 11:35 AM
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Do you have examples of the "forget your birth control" and "dump him later" stuff? I've never seen that suggested anywhere and I lurk the relationships sub a fair amount
/r/MensRights09/06/16 11:25 AM
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I haven't lived in the UK for 2 years but certainly when I left, marriage offered a lot more benefits for couples than simply cohabiting, both legally and financially. Edit: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/relationships/living-together-marriage-and-civil-partnership/living-together-and-marriage-legal-differences/
/r/MensRights09/06/16 11:18 AM
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Do you mind if I ask a little more about what your goal is here? It might help with pinpointing the sort of information you need. Is it working out how to discuss DV from a gender neutral perspective? Is it to show that the book is incorrect about gender ratios? Are you looking for information specifically about female on male DV in order to add a little balance to case studies? Getting as much information as you can and working it out from there?
/r/MensRights09/06/16 11:13 AM
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Oh come on, you had to know that this wouldn't be received well by most people who read it. Free speech means you can say almost whatever you want but it doesn't mean people aren't allowed to react badly to it. By the way, the fact that statistically black people commit more crimes than people of other races does not mean it's ok to assume someone is doing something wrong just because they are black. Would you like it if you were routinely accosted by LEOs for no good reason? Is that that much d…
/r/MensRights09/06/16 10:45 AM
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I don't think it's so much that as the fact that in general men have a significant physical size and strength advantage over women which means we are much more capable of damage. This is why many men (myself included) have had it drilled into them that "you never hit a woman" So to most people in order of terribleness: man hitting woman > man hitting man >= woman hitting woman (when women fight it can be vicious but many downplay it as a 'catfight') > woman hitting man. This doesn't just come in…
/r/MensRights09/06/16 10:26 AM
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And that's why I can't take you seriously. For the record I don't personally differentiate, violence is violence - but a lot of people do and I was trying to explain their mindset to you. Both Gaston and Mystique are FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. They are not 'men' or 'women' Just because they are not real people doesn't mean viewers somehow ignore that aspect (or any other aspect) of them. Fiction is often based on real life but with extra dynamics like magic/superpowers/monsters added in - unless some…
/r/MensRights09/06/16 07:58 AM
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Is that really what his attorney said? I haven't found any public record of the proceedings so it's hard to say for sure how it was worded. I also couldn't find the statements from the witnesses who found them, those may make things clearer if they're ever made public. Erections happen for a zillion different reasons, or often for no reason, particularly in young guys. Yup. That's one of the reasons it's so weird to me that they supposedly made that statement.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 11:56 AM
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A random comment when it was being discussed elsewhere - I can't remember but I think it was also mentioned in the victim statement I linked - "Did your attorney say some incredulously infuriating, degrading things? Absolutely. He said you had an erection, because it was cold" I think two swedish people found them, got a glimpse of a guy sorta-humping a half-clothed unconscious woman and chased him off/attacked him so they probably saw it or saw a boner through his boxers or something.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 11:30 AM
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I mentioned I saw complaints, I've given links to some complaints. If you want to sift through the myriad threads reddit has about people brigading then be my guest but personally I'd rather invest most of my time in something interesting.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 08:25 AM
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I'm sorry that my sarcasm made you feel attacked. I do find it interesting however that no one has asked for evidence of the 'progressive' subs brigading but they have for the others. I'll see if I can dig some stuff up but it might take a while as what I saw wasn't on my usual subs. E: I did find this and this though (bit small scale but still) A search for brigading on againsthatesubreddits where I found one of the links has multiple complaints about brigading by european and the_donald
/r/MensRights08/06/16 08:00 AM
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The difference is that Gaston is a man, this is about a woman. Men tend to have a physical power advantage over women so to most people, a man beating a women seems worse in comparison. There are also abusive men who choke their partners and maybe it is somehow a reminder of that. Of course the woman in this particular instance is hardly weak and doesn't have a past of domestic abuse that I'm aware of but that doesn't stop it upsetting people.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:54 AM
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I just delete all of my comments a day or two after making them so people can't comb through my comment history. That sounds like a lot of work, wouldn't it be easier to just have a PC account and a non-PC one or something? (Or do you use some kind of tool to make it easier?)
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:38 AM
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Maybe you have a perfect memory of and make copies of links for shit that you don't care about but I don't.
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:30 AM
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From what I've seen of the trial it mostly comes up to him saying "She can't remember, I do, she wanted it". There was supposedly also stuff like them saying he only had an erection because he was cold (whut?) and he didn't realise she passed out He was apparently sober enough to remember everything and his defence wasn't really based on saying "hey I was also wasted" but that might be simply because they thought that the other line of reasoning was his best chance. According to the victim state…
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:22 AM
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See my answer to eixan
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:04 AM
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I didn't take much note because idgaf to be honest, but I think the_donald, blackcrimesmatter (or something like that) and one of the gamergate based subs?
/r/MensRights08/06/16 07:03 AM
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If she was on top and he passed out there would be no outrage. Pretty sure people would still be pissed. She was drunk to the point she passed out and people consider that too impaired to make sound judgment. It's somehow "different" if the man is drunk though - probably because people think men are up for sex way more than women are.
/r/MensRights07/06/16 12:10 PM
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The difference is that the woman being raped is generally presumed innocent whereas the man in prison 'deserves' it. It's not uncommon to wish bad things on bad people, especially crimes of a similar nature to those they committed- you see that on this sub too for stories when a woman does something bad and there are often a few people wishing harm on her. I'd say this is more a symptom of a different problem where it is assumed that everyone in jail is there for a terrible irredeemable reason a…
/r/MensRights07/06/16 12:03 PM
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I think what they were trying to say is that people in (normal) relationships have often discussed things like this beforehand and have said they are fine with it. They will also be much more aware of eachothers preferences, body language etc so intiating without asking first is much less likely to lead to something unwanted. The rape part comes in as soon as one person says "no" and is ignored or if the partner does something like drug them in order to stop them saying no.
/r/MensRights07/06/16 11:54 AM
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Probably because your post was simply "HAH, gotcha", it doesn't fit the theme for their sub, it doesn't really even promote any dicussion. I don't blame them for taking it as seriously as most people here take their sub (not very). As to "not reading the sidebar" they probably think that if you went through their rules, FAQs and all the links they have about how bad MRAs are then you would be enlightened or something and wouldn't be asking that question.
/r/MensRights07/06/16 11:37 AM
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I've seen a lot of people complain that less progressive subs are also geting away with behaviour against reddit rules. Perhaps for similar reasons (keeping userbase) or maybe the admins generally don't care enough about that sort of thing to do anything about it.
/r/MensRights07/06/16 10:25 AM
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Agreed with the suggestions of a lawyer. Keep a record of all the emails and texts from her saying horrible shit, especially if it can be construed as threatening. Also get as much evidence as you can about the lies she's been telling other people about you. Speaking of evidence - even though it sounds it's obvious she consented, does she have any evidence that it's you in that video? Edit: Also you need to preempt her as much as you can - mention what she's doing to everyone you know and consid…
/r/MensRights07/06/16 10:15 AM
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they're told women can't really hurt men by hitting or yelling t them It can be true to some extent - this one time my mum hit my dad because she thought he had hurt me/endangered my life. All she accomplished was hurting her wrist. The problem is that the strength difference between men and women has led to the belief that the guy can't defend himself at all because it would hurt her way more than she's capable of hurting him. Hold her wrists? You'll bruise her you monster. Push her away - what…
/r/MensRights31/05/16 10:34 AM
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Learn MMA Lol. It would take someone years to reach competency in martial arts and even then most women would still be easily overpowered if their attacker is a man.
/r/MensRights31/05/16 10:23 AM
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I can sorta understand that one. I used to live in a rough area and some places were pretty sketchy even in the middle of the day. Walking through there as a lanky kid with barely anyone around you can become hyper aware of the people - that guy over there on the bench looks like a drunk or a druggie, maybe he'll try something for some cash. Why is that teen over there wearing a hoody with their hands in the pocket? - are they just cold or are they hiding their face/a knife? There's a group of k…
/r/MensRights31/05/16 10:16 AM
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Was the movement supporting him before? I haven't seen him make light of race or rape, though I have seen some things about "the right to marry being the worst thing for gay men" and things of a similar vein. I guess that might not mesh very well with some of the gay members of the movement.
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:53 AM
1

I can think of two reasons: Decorating decisions are traditionally considered a woman's job because they're "just better" at making things look good and because they're traditionally responsible for taking care of the home (excluding DIY stuff). Women who aren't consulted on decorating decisions may not like the result and will then try and get it changed for something else. If they aren't there as a couple this is to stop the man having to come back and get something else later. I guess if it's…
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:45 AM
1

Whut, how is that legal?
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:40 AM
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IIRC the HAES movement began as trying to get larger people (of any gender) to still exercise because exercise is important for health. The "being fat isn't that bad" part was because many fat people feel self conscious about exercising in public situations and worry they will be mocked etc. (Not always an unfounded worry tbh) So the foundations aren't very feminist, though politics around "unrealistic beauty standards" may have caused an overlap later on as more people latched on to the "fat is…
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:35 AM
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Even if he was polite it makes it look like the tip is just because she's pretty and tips should be for good service, not being aesthetically pleasing. To some women this will seem like "maybe if I pay you you'll consider fucking me" (Bet she had no qualms about pocketing the tip though)
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:24 AM
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there are rarely repercussions for the police. Anyone know if there is a precedent for this? I think the law can sometimes go easy on police misconduct because "mistakes happen" and they don't want to discourage police from "doing their job". Also, many people will probably be glad they're free to go and will not want to go through the arduous process of seeking restitution in court, especially when they aren't even sure they can win.
/r/MensRights26/05/16 11:20 AM
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Jurors are supposed to evaluate just on evidence but that doesn't mean it's what actually happens. Humans are subject to all sorts of (cognitive) biases and counterracting them is a bit more complex than just saying "try not to do it".
/r/MensRights24/05/16 03:28 PM
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~3 months is probably enough disruption in her life to put her off doing something like that again and even if she did this case will probably be an immediate hit to her credibility. She'll also potentially have a lot of issues getting employment with that on her record and potentially lose friends over this so the effects may be further reaching than just the sentence. Sorta similar to the problems a man falsely accused of rape but not jailed might experience.
/r/MensRights24/05/16 03:22 PM
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It has been discussed in the media (as have other similar cases), which many people will see. Jurors bring their pre-existing attitudes into court with them; if their previous experiences tell them that women lie about rape a lot then they will subconsciously or even consciously be biased against the alleged victim. Feminists want to stop the spread of the idea that "women lie about rape and sexual harassment all the time" to prevent this. Similar to how some people want to discourage the joke/b…
/r/MensRights24/05/16 01:20 PM
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That can also be a minefield but I was referring to one gender being as a whole better than the other. More individual differences seem to be polarised depending on the nature of the difference and if the person is using it to promote sexist views. You can say women are better at distinguishing colors because on the whole it's not that important. If you start talking about men being more spatially aware and how that makes us better drivers things can get a bit more interesting because driving is…
/r/MensRights24/05/16 01:02 PM
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I assume it's something along the lines of "if people see lots of false accusations and think it's becoming the norm, real victims will find it harder to prove what happened". Feminists already share loads of stories amongst themselves of rape victims being dismissed and about the system making it really hard to get your rapist convicted so they probably feel like this will make it harder for the victim to testify because they will be grilled when in an emotionally vulnerable state and also hard…
/r/MensRights24/05/16 12:51 PM
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what's wrong with being sexist? Generally sexism is considered as being either unfair treatment based solely on gender or thinking a gender is inferior (which would probably lead to unfair treatment). Acknowledging differences is fine, saying those differences mean men are better than women (or vice versa) is when you'll run into trouble.
/r/MensRights24/05/16 12:32 PM
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"You" in this case meaning the hypothetical person doing it, not you you. Thanks for clarifying haha.
/r/MensRights24/05/16 12:17 PM
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WhatAFarCry says he didn't say it was biology, so I asked if he thinks it's conditioning instead. What part of this makes you think I am confusing the two?
/r/MensRights24/05/16 10:29 AM
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Why is it OK to say that women are (on average) shorter than men but not that women are (on average) more likely to express emotions in order to change other people's behavior? I think it's the presumed intent behind those statements. Saying "women are more emotional" can be perceived as having the added hidden statement of "and therefore less logical and rational" or "in order to manipulate people" or similar. You tend to have to add a lot of qualifiers to that sort of statement to avoid been s…
/r/MensRights24/05/16 09:55 AM
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It's a little more complex than that, especially as many women are not young and attractive enough to be able to use that sort of trick and many cops will be in a relationship/gay/otherwise immune to those 'charms'. Also, you normally hear of this sort of thing being used for minor things like speeding and improper parking, which cost the owner but don't always affect insurance. Women are more likely to have collisions but they will be minor collisions like scrapes because they struggle more wit…
/r/MensRights24/05/16 09:15 AM
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You can see this attitude on reddit too to an extent. More female dominated subs like askwomen and relationships seem much more likely to heavily downvote or ban people than askmen,askreddit etc. Perhaps it can be explained away by saying they have more trolls and have a lower tolerance, maybe they vote and report more in general, whatever the cause it's discernable if you spend time there. I think this comes from the whole perspective that men should be tough and hide their hurt feelings. This …
/r/MensRights24/05/16 08:51 AM
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So they're socially conditioned to be more emotionally fragile? (Or perhaps the other way round - men are conditioned to be more stoic)
/r/MensRights24/05/16 08:45 AM
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I think it's a little more than that. Like if the guy is saying "women normally bleed for 3 days" and not even providing any evidence for this claim, then ignoring or trying to discredit several women who pipe up and say "uh, I bleed for six. where are you getting this idea?" I occasionally lurk badwomensanatomy for lols though and women there can be just as guilty of things like that. There's a "Well this happens to me so it must happen to all women" mentality.
/r/MensRights24/05/16 08:33 AM
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Why not both?
/r/MensRights24/05/16 08:19 AM
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The top comment right now is saying it's used unfairly to silence people and that it can go both ways. Seems pretty aware for someone with "their head up their arse".
/r/MensRights23/05/16 09:19 AM
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The way I've heard it explained is when a man tells a woman what her experiences should be even though she should know what she's talking about more than he does. E.g. telling a woman "you weren't groped - he accidentally grabbed you because the train was crowded" when she shares a story of harassment on public transport, despite him not even having been there. Or maybe telling women how their periods work then refusing to acknowledge their real-life experience of them when they say "actually...…
/r/MensRights23/05/16 09:14 AM
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Note the use of the word "seem" - this is what my personal experiences and observations have led me to thinking. I'm not really invested enough in this particular topic to spend significant time searching for the levels of proof you require; you'll have to get your debating jollies elsewhere.
/r/MensRights18/05/16 02:56 PM
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Or something It was pretty brutal, I didn't particularly have a desire to remember the specifics when I first read about it and don't care to refresh my memory now. Whatever the exact injuries were she died from them and suffered enormously before death. In summarizing that detail, you refer to the attacker as "some people" Nope, the article was a quick googled example - I remember people other than the attackers defending it - though as another user has posted some may be scripted. It's been a …
/r/MensRights18/05/16 11:09 AM
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I guess because her being much older makes it more predatory/entitled seeming?
/r/MensRights18/05/16 07:00 AM
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Do you have sources on the man being held responsible or the reasons why? Is it because women in some places aren't allowed anywhere without a male escort so the escort is culpable for her actions?
/r/MensRights18/05/16 06:59 AM
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It seems like people in that region are more a fan of burning women instead
/r/MensRights18/05/16 06:56 AM
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The actual rapes/attitude seem to be worse though, it would be interesting to do a comparison on how many were gang rapes/ended up in hospitalisation. Most people have probably heard about that student who was gang raped and they jammed metal in her so hard her intestines were hanging into her vagina or something. Apparently some people were saying she deserved it because women shouldn't be out at night or because she shouldn't have fought - can you imagine that happening in the west? or this? T…
/r/MensRights18/05/16 06:53 AM
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Your original question was if there were any at all. If you meant specifically on tv/in magazines you should have clarified that in your post.
/r/MensRights17/05/16 07:46 AM
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Depends what you mean by plus-size. For women, sometimes it's used to describe a fairly normal-proportioned woman who happens to be a size 14, sometimes it's used to talk about a chubby/obese person. So do you mean fat men or just larger men who need L/XL clothing?
/r/MensRights17/05/16 07:45 AM
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Feminists don't care about anything that does not benefit themselves directly. Having good male birth control is actually a benefit to women too because currently the best methods that don't involve condoms are hormonal and IUD, both of which can cause unwanted problems like loss of libido, headaches, weight-gain, random bleeding, discomfort etc. etc. If the man was taking care of the birth control and it's pretty much 100% effective then they wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that (though…
/r/MensRights17/05/16 07:19 AM
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When I said you misunderstood I was referring to the way you worded the title. You make it sounds like she had sex with him when she was 46, not 17.
/r/MensRights17/05/16 07:02 AM
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What? I'm saying in the UK law she wasn't a child whilst he still was. Why would you have a problem with that?
/r/MensRights17/05/16 07:01 AM
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I thought they changed that recently. (I also thought it was 17, eh) Edit: according to stonewall it was lowered to 16 in 2001. I was still a kid back then so I didn't really watch the news much and must have missed that one. The 17 I was thinking of was apparently a law in ireland for a time which might be why I was thinking of it.
/r/MensRights13/05/16 10:21 AM
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I'm sure someone's got angry at that somewhere. Pretty much anything you can think of, someone somewhere has got offended at. That said the two phrases aren't really opposites. The second one implies she has a reason other than gender.
/r/MensRights13/05/16 10:16 AM
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The Op title isn't the headline of the article. In fact OP seems to have misunderstood as the incident happened in the 80s when she was 17 and the payment was allegedly mars bars. The article title reversed would be "Woman 'is just after £120k compensation' after claiming man paid her for sex" Honestly I'm surprised this is even happening - I thought there was a time limit on this sort of thing? Edit: according to this the UK has no statute of limitations applying to serious sexual crimes.
/r/MensRights13/05/16 10:08 AM
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It's definitely not the same as a 46yr old and a 12 yr old but it's still kinda weird given the maturity gap. How many 17 year olds would be interested in a 12 yr old like that?
/r/MensRights13/05/16 10:02 AM
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In the UK the age of consent is 16.
/r/MensRights13/05/16 09:57 AM
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Is this some weird legal thing? Like if she gets let off or a lesser charge or whatver can she then sue the newspapers for calling her a pedophile rapist?
/r/MensRights13/05/16 09:50 AM
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men with that trait might produce alphas or betas Humans have never worked with 'alphas' and 'betas' - that concept was taken from studies on wolves, which were later found to be dubious because they studied groups froced together in captivity as opposed to natural family structures in the wild. Studies of wolves in their natural habitat ended up throwing a lot of those theories out the window e.g. it was only within the last few hundred years that monogamy was a thing Try thousands. Ancient Egy…
/r/MensRights13/05/16 07:14 AM
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Wait. How did you go from "here's an old fable" to "women are greedy bitches" It's like me quoting the tale of king midas and saying "men only want money" or something
/r/MensRights12/05/16 09:25 AM
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Judging by some of the other things he's said (e.g. apparently saying "in other countries this would have been considered rape" of a sexual encounter in his book) it's possible he was serious and then claimed it as satire when people got pissed off.
/r/MensRights11/05/16 07:13 AM
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You can probably add 'aesthetics' to that list :/
/r/MensRights10/05/16 07:30 PM
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The swelling of the abdomen that results from the collection of fluid, together with the lack of menstruation, can lead to suspicion of pregnancy. Asma El Dareer, a Sudanese physician, reported in 1979 that a girl in Sudan with this condition was killed by her family. Lovely
/r/MensRights10/05/16 07:27 PM
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Link to the petition It would be really interesting to see what some of these comments were. Especially seeing as the creator of the petition apparently felt them bad enough to edit then remove the petition. Edit: google still has an older version in the cache but I can only seem to get it to show 3 comments - those seem reasonable though
/r/MensRights10/05/16 03:37 PM
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Agreed, circumcision between the genders is done for different reasons and affects people in different ways. Not to mention that there are multiple possible types of female circumcision. Shouldn't the argument that no-one should have their body altered against their will be enough? Edit: fixed word
/r/MensRights10/05/16 03:29 PM
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I've seen a lot of movies/tv series/books where a woman will slap a man when she's upset and it's allowable. I think this is part of the reason why some women might think hitting a man is acceptable.
/r/MensRights10/05/16 10:16 AM
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This reminds me of when I was a kid. My dad was a bit drunk, hugged me from behind and ended up pretty much choking me instead. My mum started beating on his chest and crying because she thought he nearly killed me or something but all she accomplished was hurting her wrist from doing it. (He's 6'1" and well built and she's 5'4" and weak as fuck) It's still not right to hit anyone but I would definitely view it a lot more seriously if my dad punched my mum than vice versa because of the damage i…
/r/MensRights10/05/16 10:12 AM
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Ok, maybe I shouldn't have used the term "sexual organ" there as it seems to have distracted you from the point I'm trying to make. I don't think my knees are particularly sexy but I still wouldn't be happy if some random person came up to me, told me my knees were arousing to them and then stared at them drooling or tried to take pictures for their own personal pleasure or something.
/r/MensRights09/05/16 11:18 AM
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According to Daniel Everett (Don't Sleep! There Are Snakes), the Pirahã found it amusing that Americans consider breasts to be sexually attractive.
/r/MensRights09/05/16 11:12 AM
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But men have equal right to stare and comme T, whether the looks or comments be good or bad. Staring and certain comments on people's bodies would still generally be considered rude though. It's not just a sexual thing, loudly commenting on a guy's arm stump would be pretty frowned upon too. (Or a tattoo, a funny haircut, whatever)
/r/MensRights09/05/16 11:08 AM
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From what I've seen from female commenters online and learned discussing with my girlfriend, many women would love to go topless in hot weather or not wear bras during daily life but don't because they hate the attention it would provoke. The only way to desensitize men to breasts is for them to see them all the time, but most women are going to continue hiding them because they don't want to deal with the lustful gaze of men who aren't desensitized. Older women aren't going to have this problem…
/r/MensRights09/05/16 11:01 AM
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Would this hypothetical man be touching himself in public? I mean you can't stop some dude jacking off in his own home but on public transport or something is pretty dodgy.
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:43 AM
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People have actually talked to some of these tribal cultures and they don't view breasts as a sexual thing. They were quite surprised to learn that other people do. Alsio, if they thought they were sexual to a similar degree to the genitals would they not cover them up?
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:39 AM
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"fine, show us your tits then." The problem with this response is that they know many men are aroused by breasts so would be uncomfortable showing them. To them breasts shouldn't be a sexual organ but to many other people they are. I wouldn't be comfortable showing my feet to a foot fetishist (does anyone even fetishize male feet?) even though I personally don't find feet sexual at all.
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:32 AM
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Just curious OP. Does this mean you are for or against awareness campaigns aimed at men that mention signs of abuse to look out for?
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:23 AM
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absentee mothers Are you talking about steven's mother? Does being dead count as absentee?
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:19 AM
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Have you got some examples of them calling out genuinely nice people?
/r/MensRights09/05/16 10:14 AM
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I'm sure that approach would work out so well /s. Men are in general bigger and stronger than women so we basically aren't allowed to fight back unless we actually fear for our life because we can use so much force and it's "not fair". There's always something you are expected to have done instead like block the slaps/punches, walk away etc. If some woman walks up to you on the street and punches you and you punch back we all know which one is going to end up in cuffs.
/r/MensRights06/05/16 08:42 AM
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Get a gender neutral "signs of abuse" poster approved that mentions being physcially attacked and see if you can put it up right next to the other one. If some mysterious kid should later happen to stick an arrow from that one pointing to the other then too bad
/r/MensRights06/05/16 08:36 AM
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To put it in other terms, only a man can be a rapist. "with any body part or object" - this means if a woman uses a dildo or hand or tongue or whatever she can be charged too.
/r/MensRights06/05/16 08:29 AM
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I don't see how talking about breast cancer in men means we can't also talk about prostate cancer, though I agree that it's a bigger problem for men than breast cancer (stats page 6 here) That said, I think part of the problem with prostate cancer awareness is that it's generally a less aggressive type and sometimes thought of as an old man's disease, in some cases being considered less of an issue than other medical issues the person has. Because of this it may not get a priority in awareness. …
/r/MensRights04/05/16 07:09 AM
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Thanks, not sure how I missed that - I even skimmed it after reading to be sure. (Maybe the layout?)
/r/MensRights03/05/16 03:38 PM
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It's great that they're bringing light to the fact that men can have breast cancer too but I don't see them bringing up any reasons why men are more likely to die? There's a brief mention of cancer statistics but that's not a reason, it's a result. Sure, some of the general public he spoke to were incredulous (do we expect the average person to know much about medicine?) but the doctors he saw got him diagnosed pretty quickly.
/r/MensRights03/05/16 08:05 AM
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Do you mind if I ask how you feel when people talk about circumcision in terms of 'mutilated' vs 'intact'? If I'd been circumcised I think I'd be a bit weirded out by people telling me I was mutilated when from my perspective I'd be living life no differently from anyone else.
/r/MensRights03/05/16 07:57 AM
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In my experience when most people hear of FGM they're thinking foremost of the clit being removed, not the labia being altered. It's probably why it's considered more shocking - the foreskin is removed for "hygeine reasons" whilst the only reason for removal of the clitoris is to prevent pleasure. Of course the labia part can be pretty nasty too - one type of FGM has women having to be "opened up" with a knife by their husband in some cultures - but most people don't realise that there are actua…
/r/MensRights03/05/16 07:51 AM
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"but I let women objectify me" Weren't the comments somewhere he can't even see? How is he supposed to stop that? Also is the person praying to heaven that he's gay not a man? It seems like a weird thing for a woman to hope for.
/r/MensRights03/05/16 07:40 AM
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In part I'd say it's because there are a lot of rape victims out there and watching a rape scene could cause a lot of distress for them (flashbacks etc.). Although disturbing, not many people will have witnessed a child eaten by dogs so it's less likely that there will be as strong emotional reactions to it. Edit: fixed weird words
/r/MensRights02/05/16 02:48 PM
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Because the shit goes on TP, which can be flushed without fucking up the plumbing system. You can't flush pads/tampons. Unless you wear diapers it's not really comparable.
/r/MensRights02/05/16 09:31 AM
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Who says that?
/r/MensRights28/04/16 11:51 AM
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That's certainly an interesting spin on affirmative action...
/r/MensRights28/04/16 11:19 AM
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To be fair there was also mention of broken arms and guards abusing their power. That's not really addressed by imprisoning less women though, that would require a fix to the prison instead. Maybe you could argue that the higher demand for prison staff causes them to get lax on hiring standards for correctional officers but that's a cop out.
/r/MensRights28/04/16 11:18 AM
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In a way I guess. Most women don't want to pursue a gay man because they know nothing can come of it. Most feminists won't want to pursue an anti-feminist because they'll have vastly different views on gender issues which could be an issue in the long term.
/r/MensRights28/04/16 07:44 AM
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It depends a bit on where you are and what the police there are like but OP doesn't necessarily have to do anything beyond reporting it. They can't force him to press charges and go to court and it's unlikely that they would given the injuries are 'minor' Anyway, like I said in another comment it's a risk that breaking up with her will cause her to do more crazy shit. Having already gone to the police will help cover OP if she tries to say he was the abuser or will show a pattern of behaviour if…
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:40 PM
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I think r/feminism is pretty much just for sharing articles and videos. There are subs specificially for questions about feminism (askfeminism) and for debate (debatefeminism I think) that are used for that purpose.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:14 PM
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Anti-feminism isn't that prevalent among men and they'll probably turn it around and thank you for showing your true colours so they didn't have to waste their time.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:10 PM
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Don't bother with police Having something on record could be useful for if she goes batshit or if someone else later receives the same treatment. It will also teach her that she can't just get away with that kind of behaviour Edit: Idgaf about points but if you're going to downvote it would be nice to know why you disagree/whatever.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:08 PM
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Also show the texts. Even if you don't want to go as far as pressing charges it's nice to have something on record in case she turns it around and claims self defense or similar.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:07 PM
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Unfortunately there were actually a load of men saying they'd welcome stuff like that on a relatively recent askmen thread. I think they had this idea that it would be some hot 20-something and that it would only happen a few times but not enough to become an inconvenience Heck, I've seen a commenter in this very sub (heavily downvoted) about a kid raped by his teacher saying they'd have been glad to have that happen to them.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 02:03 PM
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Telling her you're dumping her for being a feminist will just push her further into it. "Can you believe this guy dumped me for thinking women should be equal????" OP has an opportunity to make her think about it from another perspective if he plays this right.
/r/MensRights27/04/16 07:39 AM
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It's more the other way around. Abusive people get very good at finding people who will put up with their shit. They also spend a lot of time working up to it, removing escape routes and wearing you down so you think "they're ok most of the time", "where would I go" and "I can't do any better anyway". It can actually screw the person up to the point where they can't handle a healthy relationship straight after because it feels wrong to be treated right - they have to go through a few slightly sh…
/r/MensRights27/04/16 07:28 AM
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Brit, but I've lived in Belgium the past couple of years. Edit: here's an article from 2012 about it (I think)
/r/MensRights26/04/16 06:50 AM
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Don't feed the trolls
/r/MensRights25/04/16 03:21 PM
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Maybe the video doesn't show the life-threatening injury, only the pushing? Maybe there's a weird law about arresting under-18s? Idk it doesn't really make sense to me either.
/r/MensRights25/04/16 03:15 PM
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"Why couldn't they ask what the boy wanted?" I don't think someone who kills a friend over a boy really cares what other people want...
/r/MensRights25/04/16 03:13 PM
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I'm a native english speaker and it didn't seem weird to me, in fact using 'their' instead of 'it' sounds weirder, somehow. Although, for the past 2 years I've been living somewhere where a baby/child is referred to as 'it' in the native language so maybe I've been influenced.
/r/MensRights25/04/16 03:08 PM
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This is a fun one; I can't remember where it was but they equalised the insurance for the genders. Everyone was naïvely thinking it would mean young men had to pay a bit less - they jacked up the prices for women instead so now everyone has to pay stupidly high amounts.
/r/MensRights25/04/16 07:04 AM
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I hear that's sort of popular in North Korea
/r/MensRights25/04/16 06:54 AM
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clear cut I hope this is unintentional and they're not attempting to be funny
/r/MensRights22/04/16 09:26 AM
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Probably one of those 1-5 questionnaires
/r/MensRights22/04/16 09:24 AM
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So how exactly does cultural appropriation apply to men and women?
/r/MensRights22/04/16 09:17 AM
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Narcissism
/r/MensRights21/04/16 09:49 AM
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A lot of women I know have problems asserting themselves, I wonder if this contributes to the whole "people keep talking over me" thing. Also I thought mansplaining was supposed to be more like telling a woman how her own periods work then ignoring her when she says "actually I only bleed for 4 days"?
/r/MensRights21/04/16 09:43 AM
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Although it's pretty weird that he listened when she told him to ignore the crying, people like this are very good at pretending to be nice at the start. They only start revealing their true selves once they've worn you down, made you think you don't deserve any better and they're confident you won't be able to get away too easily.
/r/MensRights20/04/16 08:41 AM
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Jesus, even with your warning I didn't expect it to be that bad.
/r/MensRights20/04/16 08:27 AM
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TIL that shaving your legs is part of the human mating ritual
/r/MensRights20/04/16 08:25 AM
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OK, thanks for clarifying - so I'm to understand that it counts if there're reasonable circumstances to suggest that she knew a seemingly innocuous comment would lead to violence? It looks like they did go through the mens' texts as part of the process so if they found something there it hasn't been reported. If she did do anything it's probably verbal and I assume the men involved won't mention it. i have a habit of editing instead of finishing it before posting Sorry, I missed that - you're no…
/r/MensRights19/04/16 03:53 PM
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Where is the line drawn there? I'm sure "that asshole won't babysit her tomorrow" doesn't count. What if she 'plants' the idea with "sometimes I want to punch his stupid face in" or "I hope he gets what he deserves". To me 'hinting' like "I sure hope someone stomps him" would not be enough, she'd actually have to say "want to go teach him a lesson?"
/r/MensRights19/04/16 03:29 PM
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He wasn't misguided in this belief. The potential for death or brain damage is imminent. That and the fact that they only stopped when his mother showed up.
/r/MensRights19/04/16 03:03 PM
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Like I said in another comment she can probably just say she didn't do anything because she feared for her own safety or that she tried to hold them back but wasn't strong enough. They need some sort of proof that she instigated this and knew what was going to happen. A skilled liar can probably come up with plausible explanations for her being innocent in every part of this story so even though it's suspicious as hell and unlikely that she is innocent she'll likely get away with community servi…
/r/MensRights19/04/16 02:56 PM
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The mind probe in itself seems a little OP too to be honest - that and being able to control blaster shots. I'm not familiar with all the starwars canon but it's the first time I'd seen any mention of that sort of force power. I'm assuming it will turn out she's related to another strong force user and that's why she has so much latent talent.
/r/MensRights19/04/16 01:46 PM
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This happened in the UK where gun ownership is mostly limited to people doing it for sport, criminals or farmers. Given how much of a shitehole parts of Hull are I am surprised he didn't have his own baseball bat or something though. It's possible his ex called out through the door though so he opened it expecting only her?
/r/MensRights19/04/16 12:12 PM
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The issue with that is that I assume they have to have definitive proof she ordered them to do it. She can probably say she was too scared to stop them or something for actual event. It sounds like there were pretty violent pieces of shit anyway with all the gloating, they may even have prior crimes. So they probably need to show without a doubt that did it because of her prompting.
/r/MensRights19/04/16 09:22 AM
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And you can bet part of the reason Rey is flawless I don't think they made Rey flawless - she showed herself to be violent and hotheaded at the start and ran away after the lightsaber vision. She was all for joining the rebellion until it turned out she'd have to do some of the work (like she was pushing Finn and Han to do). Later she hands off the lightsaber to Luke so maybe she'll try and foist everything on him. She also got kinda owned by Kylo until Finn stepped in and saved her ass. She onl…
/r/MensRights19/04/16 09:10 AM
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because I'd bet it's virtually non-existent. It would be nice to have the actual stats but I wouldn't be surprised if it was relatively high. Some parts of britain it's fairly common for groups of rowdy drunkards to get on later trains (or other public transport) and make asses of themselves by harassing women or trying to get in fights with men. I haven't personally seen anyone groped on a train (though there was an attempt - he missed and fell in the aisle) but I've seen a lot of cases where s…
/r/MensRights19/04/16 08:53 AM
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I'd say you could ask r/legaladvice but it seems you already have a representative lined up I can prove that she is lying because my PA was in the room during the entire clinic visit. Seems pretty cut and dry Reddit, How can I prevent her from ruining my reputation in the news media? You can potentially threaten the media to take down any story that twists the situation into something that it's not, or just any story. Speak to your lawyer about your options here, just in case. Normally I'd assum…
/r/MensRights19/04/16 08:31 AM
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It's possible they haven't got around to that yet. The court process can take a while sometimes - I wouldn't hold out hope though, especially as she was smart enough not to join in the beating (that they know of) and just grabbed the kid instead.
/r/MensRights19/04/16 08:25 AM
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Domestic abuse requires one to have actual institutional power. Without that you cannot abuse someone. I keep seeing this argument for racism, sexism etc. only going one way. What is wrong with these people that they feel the need to justify treating someone like shit simply for being straight/cis/white/male. How can they not see the irony/hypocrisy in dishing out hate on someone solely for a part of them they cannot change. Because it's "their turn"?
/r/MensRights19/04/16 08:21 AM
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broke into this guy's house "He answered the door at about 1am and was confronted by the foursome." not quite she gets to walk off with the kid? Well if the father's in hospital someone has to look after the kid /s
/r/MensRights19/04/16 08:11 AM
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Presumably for the same reason people are made to pay child support - the needs of the child trump the needs of the parent. Exposing the paternity of the child in those situations could indirectly cause a lot of problems for the kid. It's also interesting note that although very rare, there have also been cases where the baby has been accidentally switched at birth or chimerism has meant the parent falsely tests as not the parent. Although rare this means that relying solely on a paternity test …
/r/MensRights18/04/16 01:36 PM
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it's not that they've put in female characters Considering a comment they used as an example was "I don't like this female main role they are taking. Star wars, weather [sic] you like it or not, was a man's world and a man's movie." you can understand why they might get confused. It's they've now rather blatantly used half-assed tokenism What's the best way to spot if something is tokenism or not? Are there certain hallmarks of it where you can distinguish it from a movie that has for example a …
/r/MensRights18/04/16 01:14 PM
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Apparently OP does if he's seen this stuff and it's only shown there?
/r/MensRights18/04/16 12:57 PM
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They are extremely similar in their rates and death rates According to page 6 of this study breast cancer has killed significantly more people, even though it's easier to detect. It's probably also because prostate cancer is considered generally less dangerous compared to other types of cancer. Of course that doesn't mean that it doesn't still need awareness or treatment but it does show a reason why people are focussing on breast cancer other than just "men are less important". Other potential …
/r/MensRights18/04/16 12:44 PM
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I'm assuming you're from the US? If it needs to be health focussed you could mention male circumcision, do some sort of awareness for testicular/prostate cancer (and how to look out for it) or maybe cover mental health/suicide. If you go for mental health I would recommend making it mostly gender neutral but slipping in the statistics for women making more attempts but men tending to succeed and making a point about the value of support structures as prevention.
/r/MensRights18/04/16 12:23 PM
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Ah yes, the good old "you disagree with me so you must be a woman/feminist and that means I can disregard you". You can check out my comment history if you want.
/r/MensRights15/04/16 05:46 PM
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She's not a school counsellor or anything so how does suggesting the girl go to one (and only if she won't talk to her parents) benefit her in any way?
/r/MensRights15/04/16 10:22 AM
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It's true that people are against this sub too but TRP seems to have stirred up a lot more reactions. If you compare TBP to AMR, TBP has way more activity. General reactions on other parts of reddit also tend to label MRAs as whiners, wheras TRP is considered actually dangerous and pretty much a manual for abuse or something.
/r/MensRights15/04/16 09:57 AM
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People on there have been saying things like "women are the oldest teenager in the room" and implying women are incapable of being loyal or loving. Can you not see how that could be construed as either hating women or thinking that men are superior?
/r/MensRights15/04/16 09:49 AM
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They mentioned that it's hosted on reddit but I don't see them really attacking reddit itself, just the sub.
/r/MensRights15/04/16 09:46 AM
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I assume the advice to talk to someone is because this girl is clearly upset about what happened and may need some help dealing with it.
/r/MensRights15/04/16 09:35 AM
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It would be interesting to get that perspective for other crimes; there're a lot of mentally ill/overly paranoid people out there raving about how their neighbour is watching them, someone is looking at their mail, they're being stalked etc. I've also heard of dumbasses doing shit like reporting their car stolen because they forgot where they parked it.
/r/MensRights15/04/16 07:27 AM
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You could bring it up to HR... but good luck getting that changed If he doesn't ask, chances are 0. If he does, chances are slightly higher than 0. If he gets other male colleagues involved in lodging complaints, it gets even better.
/r/MensRights13/04/16 11:57 AM
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You might want to see if this is suitable for mensrightslinks too. Although it's not really a study it definitely shows a lot of examples to back up the claims.
/r/MensRights13/04/16 11:52 AM
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She has now been spared jail after admitting one charge of arson so she can continue to receive treatment for mental health problems So she could still receive treatment for her mental health which has apparently been an issue since 2014. I'm not sure how jail stops that -maybe she's supposed to see the same therapist and he/she can't see her in jail? Also there's mention of pretty much everyone they asked saying she's a lovely person and a great mother (despite nearly killing her kid?) so they …
/r/MensRights13/04/16 11:43 AM
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So I had an answer all typed out then it said your comment was deleted, then I got this message again. Weird. taking my every word literally literally makes you miss the point You're manner of writing came across as very declarative and serious so it seemed like that was the intention they twisted the story I did notice but like I said before, they could have easily found an issue like that that doesn't involved a load of dead men if they were so set on enforcing a "nothing bad happens to men" n…
/r/MensRights12/04/16 11:56 AM
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The mainstream media only ever talks about the gender situation in the middle east when it can be used to bash men / show women as victims. So the guardian isn't mainstream media? You just linked an article that quite clearly states they killed all the men. If they wanted to perpetuate that narrative they could have found myriad other situations that didn't involve a shit tonne of men being executed. Yes, women are blamed for their rapes IF they do something forbidden by their religion Oh well t…
/r/MensRights12/04/16 09:12 AM
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People who believe men have ever oppressed women should be ashamed of themselves How do you categorize things like men being legally allowed to beat their wife (as long as they didn't kill her) in the past? What about current situations in the middle east where a woman is blamed for her own rape or not allowed anywhere without a male family member or husband as an escort? Where people think it's acceptable to maim or kill a woman for dishonouring the family by not marrying who they want? What ab…
/r/MensRights12/04/16 06:54 AM
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I've not seen much of anything either but it seems a little fallacious to imply that because there aren't any famous ones there aren't any.
/r/MensRights11/04/16 03:45 PM
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Women (and children) were quite frequently involved in a lot of labour intensive jobs, including mining throughout history. They weren't exactly excluded from jobs where harm or toil was present and in some situations like factories they may have been more likely to lose a limb because they were smaller and more able to crawl beneath machines to retrieve or repair something. Men tended to get harder work because we're built for it better. We build muscle more easily and the average man has far m…
/r/MensRights11/04/16 03:36 PM
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Yeah sorry, that was meant to be in reply to someone else - though the act you mention is in the UK, not Belgium. I happen to be mostly fluent in dutch and have ok french so I'll have a look. I remember reading about the act being breached a few times though. Also "Lord Ashley deliberately appealed to Victorian prudery, focussing on girls and women wearing trousers and working bare breasted in the presence of boys and men which "made girls unsuitable for marriage and unfit to be mothers". Such a…
/r/MensRights11/04/16 03:23 PM
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we can do activities that wouldn't be possible with girls present Like what? Half naked wrestling?
/r/MensRights11/04/16 02:55 PM
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Can someone explain how this links in to men's rights?
/r/MensRights11/04/16 02:45 PM
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I don't fully understand the logistics of it either. Something about showing there's a demand for it? Even if they don't have some sort of culpability the child in the video will have been harmed in the making of it so it's fairly unethical to watch it, let alone get off to it
/r/MensRights10/04/16 02:03 PM
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The quote begs the questions: What is pedophilia? Many assume it simply means sex with someone underage. Pedophilia is attraction to children, you don't have to have actually abused a kid to be a pedophile. (Though many will have probably watched some porn or something which is considered facilitating it.) This is why it's being offered - for people who are attracted solely to children but don't want to hurt them. This way they can remove that attraction and live as an asexual instead or somethi…
/r/MensRights08/04/16 06:57 AM
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I always thought feminism was supposed to be the mode beliefs and people who don't quite fit into it call themselves an X-feminist. So if someone doesn't fit into TERF or intersectional or whatever the fuck then you just call them feminist and leave it at that. (Or make a new label I guess, like it's not complex enough already) Whilst we're on this topic - are there different sorts of MRAs?
/r/MensRights08/04/16 06:48 AM
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Well based on this there's a lot of cheating going on but at least some of the cheaters are probably smart enough to be careful with birth control whilst doing it. This is also interesting as apparently the likelihood varies depending on age and how long you've been together.
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:48 PM
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They're not actually castrating the guys, just giving them something that takes away the sex drive. It's not sterilisation. Presumably something similar would work with women though women can have very different reactions to hormonal changes so idk how universal it would be if that's the way they would approach it.
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:37 PM
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I think it's best to avoid labelling yourself at all. It gives people a stereotype to attack. Instead just talk about your personal beliefs and let them react to that - it allows for much less heated discussion. Of course people might still accuse you of being something in order to attack you for your viewpoint but that's just them using weak arguments. That said I'm not aware of there being much of a stereotype of egalitarians at this point so I guess that one's pretty safe.
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:16 PM
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Probably the traditional fallback "feminism is thinking men and women are equal and should be treated as such"
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:11 PM
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This is part of what it means to be a celebrity. Everything you do is under scrutiny and there will always be someone pissed at something you did (or didn't do)
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:09 PM
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Damnit OP, I want cupcakes now
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:05 PM
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How painful was it and how long to recover? A friend had to get the snip when he was 5/6 because his skin was way too tight or something and he showed us his dick after - I remember it looked almost black because of the amount of dried blood and bruising.
/r/MensRights07/04/16 03:03 PM
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men more or less live their lives according to what women find attractive Speak for yourself mate.
/r/MensRights06/04/16 09:50 AM
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Personally I agree that that stuff has gone too far but a lot of people think that's mensrights related because they see feminists and feminist views as being direct opposition to the movement. Some would see actions against that content as censorship which goes against the following in the sidebar: "/r/MensRights strongly supports principles of free speech. People posting here are sharing their opinions. Opinions will not be removed, but actions may (see above rules)." If you think something yo…
/r/MensRights05/04/16 02:52 PM
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Fair enough. Also I didn't notice your username before - sorry if it came off as patronising or something.
/r/MensRights05/04/16 02:45 PM
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People can be supportive without becoming mods. That's what the report button is for - it helps bring the troll posts to attention more quickly.
/r/MensRights05/04/16 01:52 PM
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Well seeing as in some places schools' sex education consists of "Don't do it" I'm not super surprised on that one - though it is worrying he got into that specific position with so little knowledge. Yeah I really don't get the blood thing either. I assume it came from the hospital and you'd think they could test the BAC there. If it needed to be tested at the station or some other police dept. then I'd assume he'd normally take it straight there. Seems like a massive oversight.
/r/MensRights05/04/16 07:59 AM
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I've known people not go to the police for being jumped because they don't have enough evidence and believe that "the police wouldn't be able to do anything anyway". Also a friend of mine was being followed by some weirdo with a grudge and was told they probably couldn't do anything because the guy hadn't harmed him or threatened to harm him yet. I assume that that attitude could apply to rape victims too - if you don't remember their face or any other identifying details then what can you do? O…
/r/MensRights05/04/16 07:43 AM
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An article I believe to be from the same case that I remember seeing a while back. So I assume this woman purposely pulled off her underwear, bruised her own thighs and cervix before she even crashed - just in case she'd need it to get away with something?
/r/MensRights05/04/16 07:31 AM
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There have also been cases where a rape victim wasn't believed despite evidence or a child was accused of leading their rapist on It's not a black and white thing. It varies on a case by case basis and depending on the culture, the court, etc.
/r/MensRights05/04/16 07:24 AM
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Definitely needs more qualifiers like young, nice face, personal hygiene, not anorexic etc. The man's version is exaggerated too. My gf of 6 or so years got with me when I was jobless, slightly chubby and had pretty much permanently dirty looking fingers/nails from working with machinery etc. (in my spare time)
/r/MensRights05/04/16 07:06 AM
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Well to me the word 'force' implies physical strength/power. You don't need to hold the victim down or threaten them with pain if they're unconscious, though I guess depending on the situation you might need physical strength to move them to a more secluded place.
/r/MensRights04/04/16 08:59 AM
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There have certainly been accusations in Britain of widespread cover-ups from both the media and the government with regards to certain well-known people. (e.g. Jimmy Saville) It's unlikely that everyone involved in the coverup was also a pedo, a lot of people probably also do it because of money etc. and don't give a shit about the victims.
/r/MensRights04/04/16 08:19 AM
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Unless you can somehow prove that she did it because she hates men, rather than just being a horrible human being (of which there are unfortunately many) then it has no relevance to what you're talking about.
/r/MensRights04/04/16 08:07 AM
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It's possible some of these are somewhat sinister - children who have been abused or witnessed things they shouldn't at that age sometimes emulate it, but I'm wondering how many of these are just kids being curious about bodily differences between boys and girls and trying to satisfy that curiosity in the wrong way. If we're talking about toddlers 4 or under they haven't really got a developed sense of empathy yet and might do something like pull another kid's trousers down or try to touch thing…
/r/MensRights04/04/16 07:59 AM
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Wasn't part of the change brought about by things like date-rape drugs? If you can subdue the victim without force then a law that only focuses on a forceful attack needs revisiting.
/r/MensRights04/04/16 07:45 AM
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I know that in this case it directly disproved her idea about electrical engineers but I'd be careful with posting that article as an argument. There are hundreds of different types of jobs out there so an article that says "Look, we found 5 jobs where women aren't paid less" doesn't really make the situation look any better. It pretty much gives the impression that the wage gap is a valid thing (although not wholly ubiquitous).
/r/MensRights04/04/16 07:40 AM
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A couple things about your post in particular stood out to me: Do you think women exaggerate some of their problems? Which ones? is there something that's widely considered "sexism" that you disagree is prejudiced in nature? Not gonna answer this to make my post brief Do you mind elaborating on this in reply to this comment? a man ejaculates inside a woman without her permission? Without permission? Most people will have some sort of discussion about what they'll do with this sort of stuff if it…
/r/MensRights01/04/16 12:00 PM
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OK, I'll leave it be but there have been a lot of trolls around here lately and some of them have professed to be women using similar phrases to you. (Espec. I'm NOT feminist, they'd hate me etc.) Btw. If you don't want people to know who you are you should probably be a little more wary of what you share on the internet. When I checked your recent comments to see how old your account was there were several things which in combination could make it pretty easy to track your dad down (assuming th…
/r/MensRights31/03/16 01:42 PM
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OK, thanks for clarifying.
/r/MensRights31/03/16 12:07 PM
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Just look at their history. Plus I find it doubtful a woman would suddenly show up here so eager to denounce her whole gender and say they only have sex for power. Also "find someone who will use their body for diamonds and furs" is good advice?
/r/MensRights31/03/16 12:05 PM
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/r/thathappened
/r/MensRights31/03/16 10:18 AM
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Which idiots upvoted this obvious troll?
/r/MensRights31/03/16 10:15 AM
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What do you mean by "re-education of women"? I've not come accross that particular phrase before
/r/MensRights31/03/16 10:14 AM
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There have been a few variations of this over the past few days under different accounts. You'd think someone so dedicated to trolling would be a bit smarter about it.
/r/MensRights31/03/16 10:04 AM
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Be wary of the backfire effect OP. If you present this the wrong way you'll just push her further in the other direction. Maybe try and approach it less from a "men have problems too - look at this" direction and more something like "That comment you made about men being sex pests. Is that really how you see me?" *hurt look* E: You can still bring up some things like circumcision but don't do it in direct contrast to her talking about feminist stuff.
/r/MensRights31/03/16 09:31 AM
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the automatic OP votes.
/r/MensRights30/03/16 12:10 PM
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Fair enough. if it ever comes up to show downvotes v upvotes. Yeah I guess the sidebar says this was 11% upvoted. Strange.
/r/MensRights30/03/16 12:06 PM
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Just report as obvious troll and go on your way :)
/r/MensRights30/03/16 12:02 PM
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I've given you the benefit of the doubt here, because my initial suspicion was troll. You should have gone with your initial suspicion. If the initial writing style and situation wasn't telling enough, "Have had sex with thousands of men, which is quite an accomplishment (meaning I have a big cock)" should have been a fair clue. Also why would a gay man give a shit about the sort of women "decent men" want to sleep with or defending "appropriate sexual responses" to them?
/r/MensRights30/03/16 11:59 AM
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Did you read the article? (Or even my earlier comment) She didn't raise any money. She was given it by someone else and asked to send it.
/r/MensRights28/03/16 12:58 PM
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The problem with saying things like "womens' brains are different" when it comes to the stem argument is that it may bring certain people to question the competency of women who are already there. People already trot out studies that show identical scientific papers are more likely to be accepted if written by men etc. and all these people who tell stories about working in IT and customers asking to speak to a man or whatever (I've seen similar happen to a female colleague once or twice) Women w…
/r/MensRights25/03/16 02:29 PM
1

is that you saying it? I thought I made it pretty clear from the "In a messed up way" part but no, that is not me saying it.
/r/MensRights25/03/16 02:21 PM
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From the article: "The upshot: For male and female engineers one year after graduation, they make the same amount." So it sounds like they are relatively similar in the beginning. It may be more for re-negotiations like asking for a raise, more ambition or the fact that there are more male programmers at a higher level as you look at older people in the profession.
/r/MensRights25/03/16 09:52 AM
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There were two women on the masters software engineering course at my uni, both fairly intelligent. One just liked computers and got on with it without complaint, even helped out some of the other programmers when they were struggling with things like OO concepts and patterns. The other seemed to be there more to prove a point, spent a lot of time on tumblr complaining, claimed she felt like she couldn't ask questions in lectures because we'd judge her so obviously the whole department was sexis…
/r/MensRights25/03/16 09:42 AM
1

Does your company not have a coding test as part of the interview process or something?
/r/MensRights25/03/16 09:34 AM
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Is "She has sex with dogs so obviously I didn't rape her" a valid legal defence or is there some other stuff that the article didn't mention?
/r/MensRights25/03/16 09:10 AM
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Pretty sure the law views 5 acts the same as 50 if it's with the same person. In a messed up way they might actually view 50 as less horrible because "if they didn't like it why keep going back"
/r/MensRights25/03/16 08:58 AM
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Which can then be used to argue expecting equality of outcome simply doesn't work. Are you referring to things like trying to get more women in STEM?
/r/MensRights25/03/16 08:50 AM
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Your assumptions are irrelevant, this girl was aware... Do you have proof of this? Otherwise this is just as much of an assumption on your part. I'm glad that you know lots of 16 yr olds who follow worldwide events but IME kids that age aren't exactly avid watchers/readers of the news and a lot of schools don't discuss current events like this.
/r/MensRights25/03/16 08:12 AM
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This is interesting but can you explain how this links in to mens rights? My Mum goes to church but my Dad doesn't. She goes for the community and doesn't really care for the god part. I'm wondering if the differences in the way both genders socialise could be related?
/r/MensRights24/03/16 02:16 PM
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That's a good question but it depends on how much knowledge you have of what the button does. What if another person told you that it is harmless or even beneficial to press and you believe them?
/r/MensRights24/03/16 01:45 PM
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There wasn't even that much to read. I guess this is why the title says she sent thousands when she was actually just planning to. (She allegedly did this before but no amounts are mentioned)
/r/MensRights24/03/16 01:42 PM
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I also wonder if the girl is to blame, or whether this is a manipulation through her family( mother, father ect?) Well I would blame the guy giving her the money to send. He's the provider of funds, she's more a middle man. The plan also involved an older person at the bank who you'd think would be suspicious of a young girl having that much cash etc. You do have to wonder how the parents didn't notice her going off and doing stuff like this though.
/r/MensRights24/03/16 01:40 PM
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A lot of 16 yr olds probably aren't really that aware of what's going on in the wider world, plus they aren't well known for making the best decisions - this is why people have to be 18 to be able to do a lot of things. Then it's probably comopunded by the fact she has mental disorders. The guy who was getting her to send it was probably telling her it's all exaggerated too and when you're that age you trust and listen to older people a lot more. I would feel the same if this was a 16 yr old boy…
/r/MensRights24/03/16 01:35 PM
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I've found that people can say a lot if they dress it up right but being in the public eye makes it harder to do and "riding the coattails of men" isn't exactly subtle.
/r/MensRights24/03/16 01:17 PM
1

She could be hot if You realise you're talking about a 12 year old right?
/r/MensRights23/03/16 02:25 PM
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Obviously in this case it's a load of bull. What I'm saying is that discounting her purely on looks wouldn't work well for the police she reported to.
/r/MensRights23/03/16 07:56 AM
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Well people have raped 80+ yr old grannies so it's not like rape victims need to be conventionally attractive.
/r/MensRights22/03/16 03:27 PM
1

At least be very wary if she takes off a shoe! I think it would be pretty obvious if someone was pissed at you, took of their shoe and came at you what the intention was. Kicks are also harder to surprise someone with than a punch/scratch etc. A lot of these attacks probably come out of nowhere after a perceived slight or maybe an argument the victim thought was over.
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:41 PM
1

Are there actually any dead parent jokes that aren't specifically about batman?
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:27 PM
1

It doesn't really make sense unless you specify it's skin cancer and even then it's pretty bland. Sorry
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:25 PM
1

There's regular screenings of breast cancer This is the first I've heard of this. I know women here (Europe) are heavily advised to get "smear tests" for cervical cancer from early-twenties onward but I thought breast cancer detection was mostly left to the women through self-examination until they find a lump - similar to how men are supposed to feel around every now and then.
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:20 PM
1

There are various symptoms that you would probably become aware of.
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:13 PM
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I would have thought men would detect lumps more easily given that there's normally nothing there (unless you have gynecomastia).
/r/MensRights21/03/16 04:10 PM
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All good - I can see how it could be taken the wrong way.
/r/MensRights18/03/16 01:11 PM
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Well it definitely sucks that he hates his life but it's a bit of a leap to go from "I hate my life" to "My life sucks, I'm married with kids, no one should ever get involved with a woman or have children."
/r/MensRights18/03/16 12:54 PM
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Also as long as we are sitting on our ass arguing with each other we aren't contributing much to global warming. A lot of people's main source of electricity is from burning fossil fuels.
/r/MensRights18/03/16 12:42 PM
1

Although as of lately I frequently see pointless posts and comments insulting all feminists or just making it a hostile place to be. This sub has a big overlap with subs like MGTOW and TRP which tend to focus on feminism and its effects a lot. Many people also see feminism as directly opposing mens rights. This is one of the reasons this sub has a bad reputation. (The other is that subs like againstmensrights find and archive questionable comments posted here - if you are told the worst the sub …
/r/MensRights18/03/16 12:38 PM
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Last time I saw an article about the backlog they said since they'd been testing and had got a load of convictions and even identified a few serial rapists because of it. Do you have any evidence that "case closed" rape kits are being counted in the backlog statistics?
/r/MensRights18/03/16 12:14 PM
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I got on a bike once. Fell off and broke my arm. Stay away from bikes guys.
/r/MensRights18/03/16 11:57 AM
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With people you do know it's normally different because you will have established some sort of agreement or boundaries for your relationship. You said it. In response to you bringing it up: "Again, if you say yes, then what about sexually touching your romantic interest?" As to this: I really don't understand you, since there is no consent before the pinch occurs in either instance The people in a relationship will normally have already established beforehand that they are comfortable touching e…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 02:00 PM
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Where have I mentioned that? I'm not sure how I can be more clear here. Grabbing someone out of nowhere with no indication that they would want you to is wrong. People should establish some sort of boundaries (verbal or non-verbal) on that, preferably starting with something a little less personal than fondling and working their way up to it. Obviously there are big differences between long-term partners and two strangers, this is irrelevant to your original question, which implied two people wh…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 01:19 PM
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SO? Were we not talking about strangers again?
/r/MensRights17/03/16 01:05 PM
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you're party of that tea party, I see. What? Again. the scale I provided is proving accurate. It's less to do with time and more previous interactions/indications of consent. Do you object to the notion of establishing consent or is the issue that in my example the consent involves understanding of body language and social context as opposed to a verbal "can I grab your arse"? Linking back to the chocolate example you don't necessarily need to say it out loud - you can guesture towards someone w…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 11:11 AM
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Depends on your tolerance. I knew a guy who regularly lost recollection after 2 pints.
/r/MensRights17/03/16 10:57 AM
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Like I said in the beginning: you don't know for sure they would have wanted that beforehand. The reason it's an issue is because you're not bothering to assess if they want it or not. Yeah sure a woman can like a man she's just met but you still have to look for signs first. You can't just walk up behind her and grab her ass. There has to at least be some form of visual introduction, maybe touching her somewhere else to see how she responds, dancing with her, whatever. You can't can't go from 0…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 08:23 AM
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Tbh, to me it seems like alcohol removes your higher mental functions to an extent. The more inebriated you are the less you think about your actions - like your're working more on instincts, the less you can talk or even walk. Depending on the person it can make you incredibly happy/social, sexual, violent, sad or in my case I get more confrontational then start falling asleep. Some people don't even remember what they've done when in that state. And isn't our higher-level thinking that makes u…
/r/MensRights17/03/16 08:13 AM
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Then maybe the definition in law needs work, as it states "any undesired sexual advance". Like I said it's normally on the victim to report it and if they don't feel like a victim it won't get reported. So it pretty much functions like that already. Again, if you say yes, then what about sexually touching your romantic interest? You were talking specifically about going up to a strange man/woman. Unless you speak a different brand of english to me this implies they don't know eachother. With peo…
/r/MensRights16/03/16 01:19 PM
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Parties and bars are an interesting one because the people there tend to be drinking; it can affect your reactions to things and you might do things you wouldn't normally do. Both men and women I've known have said they've done things with people drunk when they would never have said yes to it normally.
/r/MensRights16/03/16 01:05 PM
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Also depends on if the parent has been grooming the child.
/r/MensRights16/03/16 09:36 AM
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I would say yes. You don't know for sure they would have wanted that before hand and the general assumption is that people don't want to be groped by strangers. If my friend steals my bike and I forgive him and don't tell anyone for whatever reason it doesn't make him any less a thief. An unreported crime is still a crime. That said, the choice to charge a person is normally the responsibility of the victim so in those cases the perpetrator shouldn't necessarily get in trouble.
/r/MensRights16/03/16 09:17 AM
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Just curious - in my experience it has been mainly older women who do this (and a few younger women who are fat or otherwise physically unattractive). Did you notice a similar trend?
/r/MensRights16/03/16 09:09 AM
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What I found most interesting about this thread is how the people being groped generally just said "that sucked but I moved on and just avoided those situations as soon as I could." In a lot of places women don't feel that different, epecially about an individual incident. There was an article posted here a while ago about sexual harassment on the metro in paris and lots of people were saying it's just taken as a given. It's mostly actual rape that people take action on, though some do complain …
/r/MensRights16/03/16 09:05 AM
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Guys say "I wish I got sexually harassed", or "I want to get groped by a random woman". What sounds good in fantasy doesn't always turn out well in reality. I'd be more interested in comments that said "this happens to me and I don't mind" Women usually stay silent, but there are plenty out there who do not mind or even ENJOY it. If you never saw a woman say she enjoys it how do you know there are "plenty out there" who do?
/r/MensRights16/03/16 09:01 AM
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my concern would be what they would do with the information after I was cleared. I guess it depends on how your DNA is profiled. I assume they keep data on the sequencing rather than an actual sample so a corrupt cop presumably wouldn't be able to plant dna at the scene of a crime. Obviously if you do actually commit a crime then it's detrimental to you for them to have it but I don't think "I don't want to give a sample because I don't want to be caught" is going to fly. I guess someone with ac…
/r/MensRights15/03/16 11:13 AM
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Apparently ripping a mans testes is lower effort physically than you would like. Some military groups even teach it as a standard method of attack. I'd find you a source but just talking about this is enough discomfort for me for today.
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:50 PM
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To be fair there were a couple of comments saying there had been incidents in the area lately. It's not like it was completely out of nowhere.
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:32 PM
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Maybe it was a very poor attempt at saying "the person who was actually in this situation thought it was weird"
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:26 PM
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I grew up in a rough area and dodgy types definitely dressed a certain way - hoods and scarves cover your face and make it harder for people to identify. Things like tracksuit bottoms instead of tight jeans or whatever make it easier to chase someone. Baggy pockets can conceal a knife. It doesn't mean that everyone in a hoody is planning something - maybe they're just cold - but you automatically look for other signs like body language, stance, where they're standing in order to assess if they'r…
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:23 PM
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The post was aimed specifically at people from that area for obvious reasons and someone else says "there have been so many cases recently" so it seems that there were incidents of some kind and that the people she's addressing already know about them.
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:13 PM
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The original statement doesn't imply gender and she seems to be saying they might be thieves but I think OP picked up on this because she later makes comments specificially about drunk girls. So it seems she thinks that they might do something else to the girls or just that men would be more likely to fight them off. I mean girls probably would be easier targets for a robbery because they're not as strong and porbably can't run away so well but with 8 people split between two places a lot men wo…
/r/MensRights14/03/16 01:08 PM
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I assume it's just the dynamics of a potential pregnancy. It's the woman who carries the baby so the woman gets the most control over what happens to it and anyone having hetero sex will presumably know this. The issue is it doesn't take into account that people take other precautions (that rarely fail but once is enough) or are told precautions are in place and it turns out they aren't.
/r/MensRights14/03/16 11:26 AM
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Sometimes that kind of pressure involves things like blackmail or threats against loved ones and the person may get a reduced sentence (or perhaps none at all, depending on the manner of duress). It's also worth noting that pressuring someone into having sex with you through things like emotional manipulation is now considered a form or rape.
/r/MensRights14/03/16 11:18 AM
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I think I understand what you're trying to say now - if there's a situation where the father has no knowledge of the child and then 8 years later she wants money or she dies and he's now supposed to care for it - he then has to prove he had no knowledge etc. in order to be able to say "no". Right? or have I missed it again? However there are potential issues still when assuming non-consent. E.g. one parent says they want the kid the whole way but when it comes to signing the papers they change t…
/r/MensRights10/03/16 04:59 PM
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Well yes it's a matter of choice, but I think it's way more likely that someone will get pregnant and keep it within a relationship where they both want the child. Especially with the wide variety of contraceptives out there, the morning after pill and the fact that the majority of pregnancies fail within the first few months, often without the mother ever realising she was pregnant in the first place.
/r/MensRights10/03/16 04:03 PM
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That's a separate issue. Yes, if a man never wanted anything to do with the child it doesn't seem fair to make him care for it, especially if he didn't know the woman was even pregnant until too late or something BUT I'm not seeing how that means we then assume the default position of parents to be "not responsible for it" when proposing a fix to the system?
/r/MensRights10/03/16 03:41 PM
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It's not just the act of signing though there's also what you do with the paperwork afterwards. I mean the people who don't want the kid also just have to "pick up a pen and write their names" right? It could also fit better into the existing systems of putting your child up for adoption etc. Basically if 1 out of 20 people don't want a kid, it seems easier to have 5 pieces of documentation per hundred than 95.
/r/MensRights10/03/16 03:06 PM
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It's not "waiving" the responsibility, it's not having it assumed in the first place. Would this mean that parents who do want to keep their baby have to sign something to say they accept responsibility for it? Seems to me that the majority of people actually want to keep their child so shouldn't the default position be to raise it with there being an option to give it up?
/r/MensRights10/03/16 02:56 PM
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What is your proposed time frame on this? If a young couple still in school decide to keep the kid but then realise how much work is involved and don't want to go through with it anymore can they still waive their responsibility within the first few months? Similarly, if you give up your responsibility but later recant and want to see the child or even care for it, how is that dealt with - is it a "sorry no backsies" situation, do they ask the current carer or the child if it's old enough?
/r/MensRights10/03/16 11:22 AM
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There was an article posted the other day that turned "beat up" into "sexually assaulted". Twisting stories to increase the outrage is unnecessary and potentially detrimental to the perceived credibility of this sub.
/r/MensRights10/03/16 11:14 AM
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if a jury can be convinced she reasonably knew that her father would try to kill this guy. Proving that she would know is very difficult unless her father has a history of violence to this degree and has been witnessed saying he'll kill this boy in her presence (before she allegedly said he hit her). It is indeed possible that this girl knew some violence would happen or even that she asked her father to beat the guy up but there are a hundred other possible ways this played out and I take issue…
/r/MensRights09/03/16 04:36 PM
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Can I translate that as "I can't find a good reason to refute your arguments so I'll resort to implying that you're only disagreeing with me because you're a white-knight or a woman"? (For the record I have man-parts) Edit: I'll take that as a yes :)
/r/MensRights09/03/16 12:00 PM
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So if I'm out drinking, and I tell my mate "dude I think that guy is staring at you" and he decides to full on punch the guy in the face - that's an equal level of responsibility in your eyes? Should I also be arrested for assault because I didn't realise he's an aggressive arsehole?
/r/MensRights09/03/16 11:15 AM
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Oh we're yelling? Cool. SHE DID NOT PERSONALLY GIVE THIS POOR MAN LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND BUTT-SPLINTERS. THAT CHOICE OF ACTION IS ENTIRELY ON HER FATHER AND HIS FRIENDS. I'm not saying she's entirely innocent here but it is totally not on her that her father chose to react in such a disproportionate and inappropriate way. To borrow your earlier question, why didn't he call the police?
/r/MensRights09/03/16 11:08 AM
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Apparently facts and evidence are increasingly irrelevant here, yet it's supposed to be the feminists that are all "No reals, only feels"?
/r/MensRights09/03/16 11:05 AM
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well if she never lied would they have done this? Knowing that her father never liked their relationship, tried to stop it by making her move and apparently though his actions were an acceptable reponse - it's entirely possible he would still have done something like this at some point. These were not the actions of a peaceful, sane man.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 11:00 AM
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I never said she was an angel, just that we can't give her full blame for the deplorable actions of those men. What about this are you not understanding? Edit: Your words have inspired me
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:45 AM
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It was on the front page, sorry for being on european time. Also it said that in my comment too.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:41 AM
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so why lye to her dad? why did she not call the cops? I'm not her, why would I know? In most places the cops aren't likely to be able to do much unless she has bruises or something anyway. again https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/ Because I'm not trying to pretend 5 men apparently have no agency and were somehow bewitched into nearly killing a boy against their will?
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:38 AM
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Telling someone "Brian hit me" is not remotely the same as "Brian hit me so you should beat him until he loses and eye and brutally rape him with the local flora"
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:29 AM
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She said he hit her, not that he raped her. Did you even read the article?
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:24 AM
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The article says that she asked him to pick her up. It also says that when he arrived in town he was ambushed by her father and his buddies. There is nothing specifically there to say that she ordered this or even knew it would happen. Maybe she genuinely did want him to pick her up but her father found out and forced her to stay home - it's been established he disapproved of the relationship and forced her to come home because of that. No one knows exactly what happened except the people involv…
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:22 AM
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It's obviously from facebook, which seems to be more and more for teenagers pretending they know everything already or grandmas playing candy crush.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:14 AM
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Just so you know dude, there are other ways to meet women than randomly approaching strangers on the street.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:12 AM
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she knew about the plan and she lured him there. She possibly knew they were going to do something, but not necessarily that they were going to go that far. In fact the men who did it possibly didn't plan to go that far and got a bit "carried away". There's a lot of people acting like their speculation (which is based on very little information) is fact.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 10:07 AM
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Misleading title. Girl accused boy of beating her up, not sexual assault.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 09:58 AM
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Let's not act like it's all the girl's fault here. She didn't force them to beat a boy half to death and sodomize him. Yeah she told them he beat her up a bit but a normal person doesn't immediately jump to shoving a piece of tree in someone's rectum. It's also entirely possible she didn't know what was in store for him and assumed it would be a stern talking to and a few threats.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 09:57 AM
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The article says she accused him of hitting her, not rape.
/r/MensRights09/03/16 09:52 AM
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You should probably clarify you mean in developed western countries, because there are places where women aren't allowed to drive or leave the house without a chaperone or where things like this happen.
/r/MensRights07/03/16 01:09 PM
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but they still want their breasts to be sexual organs if a man grabs one Most people would also see it as unnaceptable for a stranger to suddenly grab your arm (unless pulling you out of danger, but who's going to pull a woman out of danger by her tits?) and though I'm sure there's an arm fetishist out there, it's safe to say that the majority don't see arms as sexual. Also the man grabbing them would still see it as sexual, presumably. I don't see feet as sexual but if I was a woman I sure as f…
/r/MensRights07/03/16 01:05 PM
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Looking at your post history, they likely determined you were being deliberately inflammatory
/r/MensRights03/03/16 01:43 PM
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and how silent the feminists are Why would a feminist be on a generally anti-feminist sub?
/r/MensRights03/03/16 01:38 PM
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Making this thread probably isn't helping you tbh
/r/MensRights03/03/16 09:53 AM
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If you want you can report it to the reddit admins. They can sometimes fix stuff like that.
/r/MensRights02/03/16 02:48 PM
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She is able-bodied According to the update where she gave a statement she siad that she is "sick too" but that's all we're given. She also claims that it was the court's idea, not hers to try and take the money but apparently has no qualms about getting it anyway.
/r/MensRights02/03/16 02:31 PM
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It's possible they were overly harsh on him because he has also used, maybe he even has previous offences. Still doesn't make sense though
/r/MensRights01/03/16 03:09 PM
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Feminist rape researchers only count rapes where the victim was penetrated. This means that male victims only count if they were sodomized Do you think this is partly due to the myth that men can only get boners if they're aroused?
/r/MensRights01/03/16 01:40 PM
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If it helps I think I found a record of the charges. (How/why is this publicly accessible?)
/r/MensRights01/03/16 01:24 PM
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Authorities say Sturdivant didn’t do anything to stop the mother other than trying to limit the money she had available to spend on drugs. Except it sounds like he did - does the following not sound like he called the cops on her?: Authorities say 41-year old Daniel Gerald Sturdivant allegedly told them he was concerned about the woman’s meth use and did not want her to use it while she was pregnant. EDIT: I found a file online whilst searching for more info - looks like he told them this at the…
/r/MensRights01/03/16 01:21 PM
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Unfortunately not all mothers can breastefeed due to things like mastectomies, infections, medications that would be passed through the milk, etc. If it is breastmilk then a lot of breastfeeding mothers can sometimes make excess and use pumps to save it for later so the father could still potentially feed the baby but he'd have to grab a bag out of the fridge/freezer and warm it up first.
/r/MensRights28/02/16 09:39 AM
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Who called for perfection? I could have worded that better so let's put it another way - if changing things to another method just shifts problems to another area instead of improving anything, what's the point? you also attribute female suffrage to feminism Could you point out where I did that? Also, could you please answer the questions in my original comment instead of making assumptions about my views and going on a tangent about my apparent 'fetish'? Thanks
/r/MensRights28/02/16 09:30 AM
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Nobody is willing to actually discuss the actual premise of the conversation But simply call into question if 30 years is the correct penalty and you get nothing but replies like yours. I didn't address it in that particular comment because it was not specifically mentioned there - I was responding to your hypothetical situation where the feelings of the vcitim could potentially reduce her sentence. I did however mention the 30 yr sentence in another comment so you can put your ideas there if yo…
/r/MensRights28/02/16 09:22 AM
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I'm not sure how it works elsewhere but certainly in the UK the idea seems that you choose from a set of local canditates who are members of the various parties but have their own individual views of how they will improve the area. You are absolutely allowed to contact these representatives and sometimes they will tour the area and speak to residents preceeding the election. For some matters on a country-wide basis you can force a discussion in parliament if you create a big enough petition. So …
/r/MensRights27/02/16 05:47 PM
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Oh no; I didn't realise I was talking to an internet tough guy! I guess I'll go cry in a corner now.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 05:17 PM
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Wouldn't it serve them better not to brigade? If distasteful comments are all downvoted to hell it shows that the majority of people in the thread disagree, but as far as I can tell the purpose of AMR is to show that the views are widely held within the movement.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 04:15 PM
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Have you heard of gaslighting and other manipulation tactics common in abusive relationships? If you can (over a number of years) convince a full grown adult that they deserved to be punched in the face because they were 5 minutes late home then I'm sure you can convince a previously reluctant child with trust in authority that they wanted it all along. Regardless of how the child feels what she did was illegal and she knew it. If I drive drunk and miraculously noone is hurt I can still be arres…
/r/MensRights27/02/16 04:02 PM
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30 years is too long Don't most people serve way less time than they are sentenced to? What would you suggest instead?
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:59 PM
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I know that people on reddit can be infuriating but please try to refrain from ad hominem attacks. It doesn't add anything to the discussion and it sure as hell won't make people take your posts any more seriously.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:52 PM
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Thanks for the info. I read what you were saying as it being a one-time thing rather than a law. The article says that it will take a while for the rule to actually be put into effect so I guess people will have to wait for the data.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:37 PM
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She apparently then went on to say she would circumcise so he would not be able to have any pleasure, amongst other things. This seems like someone trying to tick as many boxes as they can for ragebait. It would be interesting to see how many friends and pictures the account had at the time but at this point it's way too far in the past
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:30 PM
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Self-reported seems like an unreliable way to try and collect data. If there is a problem, what company would want to hand over proof that they're discriminating? If the data is given anonymously and that isn't an issue then you have no way of checking for accuracy.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:21 PM
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woman normally are less likely to negotiate salary Has there been much research into why this is? Most women I know definitely seem to have more issue with standing up for themselves than men do so that could be a factor. It's also possible that they are less interested in the money and more in the job environment itself. Women don't tend to seem as willing to work in high stress and high risk environments.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:17 PM
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I wonder how much the gap would shrink if men were offered paternity leave to the same extent women were offered maternity leave.
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:10 PM
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above all the idea that "The Vote" is some essential and shining qualifier of societal status and to be denied it is hideous oppression Could you elaborate here please? Being able to have a say in how my country is run and by extension how my life (and that of my friends and family) will be effected by the government seems pretty important to me. Are you generally against democracy or do you just not think that it requires more than a fraction of the population to be able to have a say?
/r/MensRights27/02/16 03:06 PM
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Mate, I don't think you're talking to the person you think you're talking to.
/r/MensRights26/02/16 02:07 PM
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I've already addressed these things in other comments, which you have so far ignored. Why is it so important to you to prove that this person is lying? Does it it make you feel better if you tell yourself rape never really happens?
/r/MensRights26/02/16 12:52 PM
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your story I haven't told any stories?
/r/MensRights26/02/16 12:47 PM
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Fair enough. As I pointed out to various people in other parts of the thread there was actually no inconsistency in her story, just extra detail. I'm fine with skepticism if done for legitimate reasons but the only reason I've seen so far is (possibly deliberate) poor reading comprehension or pretending that the legal system is always fair. I also take issue with the manner in which the skepticism was expressed. There are much more polite ways to feel out 'inconsistencies' in a story that don't …
/r/MensRights26/02/16 08:26 AM
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The world can be a fucked up place and messed up people regularly get into positions of authority. If OP is in certain parts of the US or Mexico, for example it's entirely possible a cop wouldn't give a shit, especially if the accused was a family member or important in the community in some way.
/r/MensRights26/02/16 08:18 AM
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Anything that particularly stood out? Was it the number of people involved or...?
/r/MensRights26/02/16 08:13 AM
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There are no contradictions - people are wilfully misreading her original post in order to 'prove' that it's a lie. How is automatically disbelieving someone claiming to be raped without any real details any better than the feminists supposedly automatically believing a rape occured despite potential motives or evidence to the contrary? I don't understand how being an MRA apparently means we pretend rape never happens. Just because a woman occasionally lies about it doesn't mean they all do.
/r/MensRights26/02/16 08:10 AM
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When I checked her account history for trolling she only mentioned it here. Any 'embellishments' were just her clarifying for the people with apparently terrible reading comprehension. As to your comment it's possible that she was too busy responding to other things and never got round to it before your GOTCHA moment. It's possible she looked at your account history and decided it wasn't genuine. It's possible she meant to respond but just forgot because it marks messages as read once you've loo…
/r/MensRights26/02/16 08:03 AM
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Just curious. Do you generally automatically disbelief women that say they've been sexually assaulted or just that one was would be on the mensrights sub?
/r/MensRights25/02/16 07:17 PM
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At 15 a lot of boys are already over the average height for women and are normally going to be filled with testosterone and be developing a lot of muscle. The difference in height and power between the average man and the average woman is pretty big so I think it's reasonable to say a young boy could potentially be a threat to an older woman (It's not ilke most 49 yr olds are at peak fitness).
/r/MensRights25/02/16 07:07 PM
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Why should I bother giving a proper response to someone who's best argument is "STFU SJW" ?
/r/MensRights25/02/16 07:04 PM
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Your amazing powers of logic and rational debate have swayed me. I now realise how wrong I was to think that a 15 yr old girl could overpower a grown man in the same way that a 15yr old boy could overpower a woman /s
/r/MensRights25/02/16 06:11 PM
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I have no idea if BMI is standardised to the us or not. As to your second statement, if unhealthy people from both ends are included the height range covers just about anyone - not sure what your point is there.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 06:09 PM
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As I've pointed out to someone else, if you use the 'and' to separate the statements it's not actually contradictory. I've been raped multiple times and was sexually harassed by a guy for almost four years. This becomes "I've been raped multiple times" and also "I was sexually harassed by a guy for almost four years. " I don't mind people being skeptical but please pick a legitimate reason to be.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:20 PM
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The account history seems mostly legit
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:17 PM
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I really hope HazelPop is a troll because the idea of saying this to an actual rape/harassment victim disturbs me.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:17 PM
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Well according to a quick google of BMI charts, 130lbs is considered healthy range from anywhere between 5'1 and 5'10. Also, anecdotal but I personally know at least 3 women who are 50s or over and probably that weight or less and not all of them are midgets.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:14 PM
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She's trying to prove that no one believes rape victims. Trying? Every single reply has been "lololol yeah right"
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:09 PM
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I've been raped multiple times and was sexually harassed by a guy for almost four years. Dude, I know it seems fishy that someone would just come in here and say that but note the 'and'. I certainly interpreted it as two separate statements when first reading. It's still possible it's a lie but your 'proof' is faulty
/r/MensRights25/02/16 05:08 PM
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People have mentioned that a the boy could potentially overpower the woman. That's a much less likely scenario if the genders are reversed. There will always be biological differences in the strength of men and women and that affects how much you can play the gender-swap game.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 04:59 PM
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Remember some women can be incredibly short. My 50 yr old french teacher probably weighed 95lbs or something
/r/MensRights25/02/16 04:55 PM
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I swear we get a couple of posts like this every week. What do you want us to do about it? Are you really that surprised you got banned?
/r/MensRights25/02/16 04:50 PM
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I know a few rape victims irl. The topic came up when two of them (male) were in the vicinity and they were appalled that people thought this. I think the general consensus was "these people have a very naïve idea of what rape actually does to a person and how often rapists get convicted". In terms of the lasting effects, unless your name made national news or someone is stalking you and spreading your name wherever you go you find a new place to live, a new job, new friends. You can't replace y…
/r/MensRights25/02/16 03:45 PM
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I believe everything I say on reddit unless followed by the /s tag. I've had plenty of downvotes for it but that doesn't bother me. Though if you feel more comfortable pretending anyone who disagrees with you is only doing it because they're scared then I guess I can't stop you.
/r/MensRights25/02/16 02:08 PM
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I will say being branded falsely as a rapist, can affect somebody more than being physically raped Really? I've never heard of someone getting ptsd from being falsely accused. Being falsely accused doesn't cause you to have to go to hospital and get people poking around your private area to look for damage and stds and shit. False accusations don't cause unwanted pregnancy. Also a lot of people do lose support when they are raped. Maybe people like the accused and refuse to believe they would do…
/r/MensRights25/02/16 08:29 AM
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You're making it sound like you think burning a pregnant woman to death is a natural consequence of being made to take responsibility for fathering a child. I find it disturbing. Do you think a few deranged women chopping men's dicks off is a natural consequence for cheating on them?
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:57 PM
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He had plenty of other choices that do not include premeditated murder. Besides, if he's that mentally unstable then how can you say he wouldn't have eventually done this to some other poor person, like his parents, his boss, a random person off the street.
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:54 PM
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Are you seriously saying that what he did was in any way justified?
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:50 PM
0

To add to this, in cases where family are involved the victim will often not be believed or ignored because people are too uncomfortable with the idea that uncle is touching their kids to accept and confront it. Some people also specificially seek out victims they think won't tell or be believed or even blackmail them into silence (e.g. I'll send the pictures to your family/friends/work)
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:43 PM
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It's not surprising when any statistics you look for say false rape is less than 2%. Most people don't question stuff like that. I can't tell you how many times someone has posted a study of some sort like "Americans think atheism is worse than pedophilia" or "cancer cured by orange peel" and babbled on about how amazing it is and then you find the original and it's ridiculously small sample sizes etc. It's also possible that false accusations are a relatively new issue or are less formally repo…
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:38 PM
1

I've seen this phrasing a few times now. Where did this 'vagina' thing come from? Why not just say woman?
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:25 PM
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There is a thing called the backfire effect where a person with strong beliefs will actually have them reinforced when confronted by evidence that those beliefs are false. It's possible that this is what we're seeing here.
/r/MensRights24/02/16 04:20 PM
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African-american isn't even that PC, especially the 'correct' part. Africa isn't the only place black people come from and I've heard of people from europe being called that too. You could even argue that by saying african-american you're contrasting it to just 'american' and somehow implying they're not as american as the rest.
/r/PussyPassDenied24/02/16 03:06 PM
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What's wrong with burning bras? You were the one who mentioned it in a list to prove that feminists back then found stupid reasons to be offended
/r/MensRights23/02/16 10:46 AM
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It happened and the photo's no hoax So it happened once within a select group? It's hard to argue that it somehow represents the whole movement. That would be like the people cherry picking comments like "Fucking cunts, AWALT" from here and using it to say all mras hate women
/r/MensRights22/02/16 09:25 PM
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Honestly, I don't think any of the electoral candidates are ideal but I'm not american so I don't get a say anyway. It also seems like the POTUS doesn't get to change shit majorly without it being put past various other people so it's questionable how much she would actually do in the (hopefully unlikely) event she won.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 09:20 PM
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So the /r/MensRights subreddit should not contain antifeminism, even if it is a widely held stance within the community? I don't think it should be banned but I do think it should be constructive. If you have a circlejerk about how feminism is evil and all feminists are vicious cunts then I can't get behind it. If there are discussions on how to dispel myths about the frequency/degree of male culpability in DV and sexual assaults or how to piggyback a feminist campaign in order to bring attentio…
/r/MensRights22/02/16 05:24 PM
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Well addicts sometimes resort to theft and other crime to fuel their habit. Friends, family and employers could also be affected by changes in behavior due to the influence etc. HOWEVER if you apply this theory then cigarettes should also be banned because other people have to breathe it in if nearby, and alcohol because of the amount it contributes to things like car accidents and DV. (For the record I'm pro legalisation for milder drugs, not so sure about things like krokodil and heroine)
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:46 PM
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It depends how active the mods are. I've seen evilpundit around a lot but the others not so much (though maybe I don't notice because they post as regular users?) If you see anything blatantly not mensrights you can report it to bring it to their attention though.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:40 PM
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The reason the mrm cant use the same tactics feminism did is because feminists have already stacked the deck Even without what you're talking about, men have never been allowed to be overly emotional or honest about having problems with something - that would make you weak - it's even been suggested that men are more reluctant to seek medical help. Trying the same tactics would probably get you labelled a whiny pansy. Heck, MRAs are already labelled as "whiny neckbeards who are only complaining …
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:35 PM
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You had women standing up in groups burning their bras (because bras were said to be a manifestation of patriarchy). http://www.snopes.com/history/american/burnbra.asp I was also unable to find sources for issues with mentioning male historical figures or issues with the word fireman.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:29 PM
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The sidebar already says that posts that appear off-topic should include a reason why it is related to men's rights. From the looks of it, Mods either don't see posts like "Hilary said another stupid thing" at all or don't consider them off-topic.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:18 PM
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What if those good quality posts get ignored or drowned out by clickbait?
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:13 PM
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Have you considered that speaking out against radical feminism throughout social media is helping mens rights? I think OP is talking about posts on this sub, which is preaching to the choir and not actually going to make a difference.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 04:06 PM
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Also fun
/r/MensRights22/02/16 03:57 PM
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I tried looking up the case you are talking about but all I found was a guy (Diaz) who set his (separated) wife's hair on fire then tried to kill his boss. On a side-note it's disturbing how many news articles you can find for people attacking others with blowtorches.
/r/MensRights22/02/16 03:54 PM
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Did you miss a word, or are you yoda?
/r/MensRights22/02/16 03:44 PM
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They're linked in the OP?
/r/MensRights19/02/16 08:01 AM
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Maybe if they come up to him and start asking her "Do you know this man" but just for looking seems a bit much.
/r/MensRights18/02/16 11:05 AM
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Could you give some examples of situations where ignorance is the root cause?
/r/MensRights18/02/16 10:08 AM
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Don't you suppose you could find shitty comments on any open sub that size? You can find shitty comments everywhere but they're mostly downvoted to oblivion or argued against. The issue they have with them is that they're not getting that treatment here - instead they're being upvoted.
/r/MensRights18/02/16 08:54 AM
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Women potentially have more tolerance for attractive people with these behaviours but it doesn't mean they won't notice it. Do you really think a woman being followed at night by a stranger would somehow be ok with it if it was an attractive stranger?
/r/MensRights18/02/16 08:41 AM
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Be careful who you use it with - a lot of people don't like the analogy because the fish is a "prize" and it makes it sound like you see women as trophies or something.
/r/MensRights18/02/16 08:38 AM
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I would say the majority of issues with guys not knowing how to talk to women are rooted in their perception of them as potential mates though.
/r/MensRights18/02/16 08:35 AM
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Well it all comes down to what you define as gendered behaviors. Things like "girls like pink" are probably bull. But differences have been observed in the way boys and girls prefer to learn, play and interact as children and there are differences in ability when it comes to things like spatial awareness, distinguishing colors, assesssing social situations etc. When it comes to relationships there're possible differences due to the fact that men can have children with multiple partners at the sa…
/r/MensRights18/02/16 08:33 AM
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Yeah, you'd be amazed at what some of these dudes did to girls they hadn't known very long: biting a girl's leg (??) motorboating a very drunk girl in the middle of the street - "It's ok, there's no way she'll remember" spanking a girl super hard as she bent over to take a shot at pool trying to invite himself to a dinner party despite repeated excuses why he can't come - tries to get other guests to give him her address telling a girl in lengthy detail an obviously embellished story about how h…
/r/MensRights17/02/16 05:46 PM
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It's kinda like if you compare a sub full of racists to a sub dedicated to laughing at things said by racists. The second one is much more accepted because the majority of people share those views - it would only be banned if they actively named the people they were featuring and encouraged users to shame them. As far as I know things like "if you have to tell everyone you're nice, you're probably not that nice" and "you're not owed a date for just existing" are pretty widely held beliefs
/r/MensRights17/02/16 05:04 PM
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Props for explaining it without using the stock "You don't ask a fish, you ask a fisherman" response.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 04:51 PM
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I think they would be much more likely to want to do that sort of thing online or something. Also if these questions were addressed to the girls in the class then it wouldn't go down well if someone wrote something rude or something like "Why do girls only like assholes"
/r/MensRights17/02/16 04:49 PM
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Some women definitely expect men to get subtle hints about things instead of outright telling them something, which leads to even more awkard situations but it's definitely not just on their end. Especially with guys I wouldn't call assholes so much as desperate who relentlessly pester a girl because they think it will somehow change her mind.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 04:39 PM
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Not OP but based on what I've seen from a bunch of socially awkward lonely guys I knew (male dominated uni course) - the main issue was being unable to recognise signs of disinterest or discomfort and reacting appropriately to them. Extreme example: there was a guy who decided to try and tickle this girl, she was literally grimacing and shrinking away from him (she'd known him for all of 10 minutes) and he seemed completely oblivious. When she yelled "GET OFF" he got all defensive because he was…
/r/MensRights17/02/16 04:36 PM
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Probably the same thing in their eyes - sorry dude.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 03:26 PM
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Just as it is a mental illness to believe you are actually a cat, or an alien, or Napoleon Bonaparte, etc. They've done brain scans on trans people and found that their brain structure matches structure typical of their chosen sex more than it does the structure of their birth sex. It's also been observed that many so-called otherkin often come out as trans later in life and may have been using it as a way of accepting their issues that doesn't make them take action. Just food for thought.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 02:59 PM
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"Like if a trans person is mentally ill doesn't that mean we can fix them?" But you can 'fix' them - by letting them have hormones, surgery etc.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 02:52 PM
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I think I combined the first two groups without realizing it before. Yeah, I thought that might have been what you meant, it's why I added the "If I've misunderstood" part. I don't think most people would consider the first group to be dangerous - it's generally a word used to describe something that can hurt you, not itself - so people who cut or have suicidal feelings tend to get left out of the "mentally-ill = stay away" umbrella
/r/MensRights17/02/16 01:47 PM
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OK but say we have two people: A is dangerous to others but not himself/herself, B is dangerous to others and himself/herself I'm not somehow going to be more comfortable around B because "Hey they hurt themselves sometimes too" - the risk to me is still the same. If I've misunderstood and you're talking about people who are only a danger to themselves then yeah, that's different.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 12:46 PM
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This is correct - I think the implication was that getting the surgery was the part that made them mentally ill but I couldn't find the source of the quotes. There's also the wider issue that when people talk about mental illnesses they tend to assume that it means the person is dangerous or is incapable of being rational/having valid opinions/feelings - so it could be the person interpreting that statement that is also part of the problem. (Sure, some people with mental illnesses are dangerous …
/r/MensRights17/02/16 11:14 AM
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The url is r/mensrights, the phrase men's rights is all over the place and subs tend to be judged more on content than anything else. How is changing a chunk of text that takes up less than 5% of the screen going to make any difference?
/r/MensRights17/02/16 10:21 AM
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Your username implies you're a guy, you contribute to men's rights (which isn't exactly known to be feminist-friendly) and you're saying rape isn't as big a worry as they think. OF COURSE they're going to write you off as a troll.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 10:17 AM
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Supposedly he's stated that trans people are mentally ill and also that 90 percent of them are making it up for attention.
/r/MensRights17/02/16 10:04 AM
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Prostitution is probably not the best comparison because it's generally seen as a last resort caused by poverty/drug addiction OR because of things like trafficking.
/r/MensRights16/02/16 08:51 AM
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This is why you have company-wide standards that you can easily reference and everyone is expected to follow. Bonus points if these standards include a system where you can track people's work, reviews of that work, etc. so that evidence of fair treatment can be easily obtained. Then for her to call it sexism she has to prove that when men fail to meet those standards they aren't talked to/disciplined/whatever like she is, which she probably won't be able to do. Any decent company should have so…
/r/MensRights16/02/16 08:47 AM
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If a defendant makes a false statement, that doesn't make them guilty It can sometimes be treated that way though. I believe in this talk there is an example when a guy tells police he was staying somewhere at the time of a crime but there was a conflicting statement where a witness said she saw him elsewhere at the time - she was mistaken (probably saw someone who looked like him) but it made him seem like a liar.
/r/MensRights16/02/16 08:30 AM
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Can someone remind me how this is related to mens rights?
/r/MensRights16/02/16 08:24 AM
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You're a woman and you have some tits and a vagina that's basically all you need to get guys attention. Ever heard the phrase quality over quantity? Women's requirements are a lot more than "gives me attention". Having a lot more choices doesn't mean much if you only consider 5% to be good choices. I've never been asked out once by a woman but that doesn't stop me from trying to be outgoing and say hello. Wait, are you actually telling them you're interested at some point?
/r/MensRights15/02/16 04:49 PM
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Yeah that stuff definitely helps get your foot in the door but it's the interests and persona that keep them there. If you look good, are rich and fit but your personal life is basically eat, sleep, work, gym then they're going to lose interest.
/r/MensRights15/02/16 04:30 PM
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Didn't coding used to be mainly women's work anyway? Maybe they should look at what changed that.
/r/MensRights15/02/16 11:14 AM
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She's probably the only one who can tell you that for sure. Don't beat yourself up man, it's not your fault. She didn't even talk to you about the problems when they started so you would have a chance to fix it.
/r/MensRights12/02/16 01:02 PM
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The world is full of messed up shit. People get murdered, tortured, raped/molested or threatened every day but a lot of good stuff happens every day too - people help eachother, fall in love, get together to have a good time etc. Focussing only on the negative will give you a distorted view of the world and make you miserable.
/r/MensRights12/02/16 10:43 AM
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One incident is hardly a trend and it was dropped anyway when he was proven innocent. Are we just supposed to ignore accusations of sexual assault now because she might by lying?
/r/MensRights12/02/16 10:33 AM
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Don't sink to their level dude
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:42 AM
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Isn't that already covered with "pussypass"?
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:42 AM
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The UK is pretty hostile towards men Eh? Seems fine to me mate.
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:37 AM
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Depends on her age. Apparently lot of hospitals basically refuse to do that on younger women, possibly in case they change their mind or something - maybe it's not reversible, or less reversible than if men do it. Also probably because there are things like and pills (even though some women get all kinds of fucked up issues from using contraceptives) and condoms (which aren't always cheap and remove a lot of feeling)
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:33 AM
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Apparently threatening no sex is basically the same as forcing.
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:27 AM
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I think what he (or she) meant is more that maybe she actually was having doubts before the accident but then felt she couldn't leave because now he's disabled - everyone would think she's a heartless bitch who was only with him for what he could give her. Of course now they think that anyway so I guess it's a lose lose situation. If she didn't give a shit about him at all then why stick around for a whole 4 years?
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:15 AM
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Doesn't that mostly apply to christian marriage? My cousin got married in small civil ceremony and I don't think any of that stuff was included. I guess other abrahamic religions might have similar vows.
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:11 AM
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And I was disputing that logic. I'm saying that leaving the sub because of it's apparent toxicity doesn't mean he cares less about men's rights. It just means he wants to discuss it somewhere else that bothers him less - maybe he'll be more comfortable in menslib or something. I've seen a few people have been leaving lately because of the growing undercurrent of people who are just here to hate on things and I can understand why tbh. The amount of posts made purely to complain about feminism or …
/r/MensRights12/02/16 09:04 AM
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OK, thanks for explaining
/r/MensRights11/02/16 06:15 PM
1

So choosing not to participate in this sub somehow means he's now fine with circumcision and male victims?
/r/MensRights11/02/16 01:12 PM
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Oops I missed a word there - it was meant to say solitary-bastion. Meaning the only possible place or whatever
/r/MensRights11/02/16 08:38 AM
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Why is a fertility clinic an embarassment? Are men useless if they can't breed or something?
/r/MensRights11/02/16 08:35 AM
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In my experience looking is fine but staring is not. SO much hyperbole in this thread. If you guys want to look at tits so badly you need to learn to be subtle about it - or just google it/get a girlfriend (then you get to touch them too).
/r/MensRights11/02/16 08:29 AM
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Lol, that's a pretty big leap dude. This sub isn't a bastion of mens rights activism - you can still fight that stuff without being subscribed here
/r/MensRights11/02/16 08:28 AM
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Get better friends
/r/MensRights11/02/16 08:26 AM
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Stop Complaining about your rapists Nice...
/r/MensRights10/02/16 03:28 PM
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I'm not terribly familiar with Paris I've been to and through Paris a couple of times and I wouldn't say great things about my experiences. Most major cities are pretty busy on transport and people can get a bit rude but it seemed heightened there and I've seen more scammers there than anywhere else. Even in winter when it was bitterly cold outside, you couldn't walk through any of the busier areas without being harassed by some peddler or something.
/r/MensRights10/02/16 03:18 PM
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I can't really speak for women's experiences but I've talked to a few girlfriends about the street harassment thing and apparently they recognise that the act itself isn't threatening but it creates a fear of what might follow. If they've had experiences in the past where a guy made an innapropriate comment and it escalated to being followed, threatened, groping or whatever if makes them super wary of that sort of behavior again. Plus, apparently it normally only happens when they're on their ow…
/r/MensRights10/02/16 03:10 PM
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When everyone around you acts like it's normal I guess you start to just shrug it off as normal too, especially when you're young.
/r/MensRights10/02/16 03:02 PM
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There will always be some fucked up people so it's not like they can stamp out this sort of thinking completely, but I think it worries them that RoK has so much traffic with that sort of thing being said on it. There're enough of these people for him to have meetups with at different locations round the world. I'd say that his reasoning was also pretty bad from a men's rights angle btw, because it implied that the only way rape happens is man on woman and that most men would rape if they could.
/r/MensRights10/02/16 02:49 PM
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Well first it was just being angry because people who were raped were being asked things like if they were drunk or what they were wearing; then teaching poeple personal safety somehow became a direct link to that line of questioning. Something like "If you make it sound like you can prevent rape by going out of your way to be cautious, you promote the idea that it's your fault if you're raped because you weren't as careful as the others"
/r/MensRights10/02/16 02:39 PM
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I dunno man, I'm pretty sure the whole "imagine if rape was legal, wouldn't it be cool" angle is important to feminists too.
/r/MensRights10/02/16 02:21 PM
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You all refused to stand up for his free speech rights and his right to free association because it might make you look bad. And why does the mens rights movement owe roosh anything? There isn't any benefit to standing up for him (and if you can think of one it's far outweighed by the detriment of negative publicity).
/r/MensRights10/02/16 02:18 PM
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I don't think an outright ban is going to work because: It's too big a change when this is so ingrained into the current (US) culture. This makes it difficult for the majority to take the ban seriously and means that it will likely never be discussed by the relevant people. It also means implementing a lot of structural changes in things like hospitals to prevent circumcisions, which costs money. I believe that the current approach of trying to spread awareness of the problems caused by circumci…
/r/MensRights10/02/16 02:10 PM
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I think you misunderstood. I don't agree with this stuff (the quotes) at all, I'm just trying to show the definition of rape culture they seem to be using - not quite as bad as other cultures but they take issue with "micro-aggressions". The reason the victims in the examples are women raped by men is because that's the narrative being used in those discussions. That and the combination of genders of the victim/attacker definitely changes how they are treated in each instance. E.g. Man raped by …
/r/MensRights04/02/16 08:25 AM
1

Probably mad they couldn't have the rest of the cake
/r/MensRights03/02/16 04:32 PM
1

"smack my bitch up" *
/r/MensRights03/02/16 12:31 PM
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Didn't you know that all women are secretly scheming and manipulating to ruin mens' lives and that your wife is either biding her time or a unicorn? WAKE UP SHEEPLE /S
/r/MensRights03/02/16 12:26 PM
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There are a lot of men who are having bad 'interactions' with women, you might want to investigate the very site you're on, it's 99% about bad interactions the public has with women Ignoring the hyperbole, that doesn't mean anything when this sub is specifically about the man's side of things
/r/MensRights03/02/16 12:20 PM
1

Didn't he do pretty well against her recently? Especially considering the obvious efforts to quieten his campaign
/r/MensRights03/02/16 12:16 PM
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Congrats for noticing the hypocrisy but I'll be honest OP, I think you chose a really immature way to handle it. At best you'll look passive agressive, at worst you'll look like a misogynist. Maybe next time consider telling them they're behaving unprofessionally or say you're uncomfortable with it and why, maybe saying "how would you feel if I..." and then a hypothetical scenario reversing the genders. I work in a female dominated office space. Now it's doubly a bad idea because you're in the m…
/r/MensRights03/02/16 12:11 PM
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I think people who speak about rape culture in a western context are talking about more subtle stuff than people being OK with being raped. The arguments I've seen floating around are: If a girl says she was raped the first questions she is asked are what she was wearing, if she was drunk etc. This is quite hard to prove or disprove as it's mostly anecdotal but there have been cases where judges have accused the rape victim of leading the guy on - especially in statuatory rape cases. Obviously t…
/r/MensRights03/02/16 11:30 AM
0

I just assumed it was a play on the term "man down"
/r/MensRights03/02/16 11:12 AM
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I think guys with depression or suicidal thoughts are also taken less seriously if they do ask for help, so if a guy does choose a method like pills and it fails, he might just be less likely to tell someone about it.
/r/MensRights03/02/16 11:09 AM
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It's possible men are 'better' at choosing sure methods of doing it (e.g. gun), whereas women find it harder to make that push and have to choose a gradual thing they can still get out of like pills or using a car/train when you can jump out of the way/decide not to do it at the last second or something. Women are supposedly more hardwired against risk than we are. Speaking of guns, I wonder if men in general are more likely to have a gun or access to one? Edit: Also maybe women are more lie-kel…
/r/MensRights03/02/16 11:07 AM
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They still get to live Considering the amount of failed suicide attempts that lead to brain damage, liver/kidney damage or loss of limbs I'm not sure I'd call it living.
/r/MensRights03/02/16 11:02 AM
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The majority of women I know actually acknowledge that the "wage gap" is a complicated issue and doesn't just boil down to men hate women. I think you're confusing rabid feminists with the rest of the female population What if, it turned out, that most women really were stupid? And could be proven? That would also be important to know. I'm not sure how much stock you put in IQ but there were multiple studies that found men and women have the same average IQ, but the bell curve for men is more st…
/r/MensRights02/02/16 11:51 AM
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This argument doesn't really work because when people talk about the wage gap the implication is that companies pay women less because they think less of them, not just because they can. E.g. they think they're less competent, will take more paid sick leave, will leave them to make babies, whatever.
/r/MensRights02/02/16 11:37 AM
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the reason it happens under unsafe circumstances is that it's illegal to perform the procedure in hospitals It's a bit of a catch 22 situation; if you make it legal then it seems like you condone it and the only way to stop it is to then change the cultural attitudes that cause it and that takes a lot of time, potentially exposing a lot of children to mutilation (iirc FGM is mostly done before 16 years of age or something). The weirdest thing about the whole situation for me is from this documen…
/r/MensRights02/02/16 11:32 AM
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stop fat shaming stop deadbeat shaming It's interesting how these things can apply to both genders but have been associated with one side because of the way it's perceived. If you call a man fat he's just fat, if you call a woman fat you're insulting her for failing at her womanly duty to be attractive. If you call a woman a deadbeat it's because she's serial unemployed living off benefits or something, if you call a man a deadbeat it's because he's failed at his manly duty to be a provider
/r/MensRights02/02/16 11:24 AM
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I think it's best just to avoid comparing the two at all inorder to make headway with the issue. People like to get caught up in a "which one is worse" debate instead of focussing on how unnecessary male circumcision is kinda terrible on its own. Maybe there's a less contraversial comparison like if we were routinely removing the appendices of all babies just in case it caused issues later.
/r/MensRights02/02/16 11:12 AM
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Sorry, I'm confused. How did recognized historical figures become "wild exaggerations and fraud"?
/r/MensRights29/01/16 10:22 AM
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I can't watch the video but as I recall ninja warrior was mostly about extreme obstacle courses. Has that changed? If not, that seems a rather tenuous link to combat.
/r/MensRights29/01/16 09:31 AM
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Everything that isn't of nature, all built and invented by men. Where is the evidence of women's intelligence? Nowhere. Hypatia, Grace Hopper, Beatrix Potter, Ada lovelace, Marie curie, that woman who helped Alan Turing - and that's just a few off the top of my head. Try harder.
/r/MensRights29/01/16 08:24 AM
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Plenty of laws already cover restraint/kidnapping or violence Would this also cover using threats of violence etc. in order to coerce someone into having sex with you? The trial process as concieved, and with adequate safeguards for due process is inherently dammanging and anti theraputic for victims. Constant reliving, feeling disbelieved. So would be knowing that their rapist is free. If they testify under the other existing laws you mentioned then they still have to relive the experience anyw…
/r/MensRights29/01/16 08:17 AM
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Oh I missed that, I guess I just assumed it was the image on it's own. Yeah, there are a load of things she could have probably done better, like saying "I'm not interested in anything like that" when he asks her out for coffee instead of "I can't". A lot of girls seem to prefer subtle hints and hoping the dude will get it over straight up saying no but I don't know why. I know some people will blow up if you straight up reject them and others still won't get it but it seems the best policy irre…
/r/MensRights28/01/16 04:50 PM
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I don't subscribe to the bullshit Tumblr "kin" thing where people presumably believe they're actually cats or wolves or dragons or some such millennia-old mythical figure, trapped in a human body. I saw someone on another sub talking about this. Apparently their friend was doing an intensive study into therians (or whatever the fuck you want to call them) and found that a lot of them (maybe 90 percent) were subconsciously using it as a sort of cover for gender identity issues. Basically, for wha…
/r/MensRights28/01/16 03:49 PM
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Interesting subject for the debate society. I'm having a hard time thinking of any pros for legal rape (except rapist is now happy?). Lots of cons though.
/r/MensRights28/01/16 03:42 PM
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This. People with bad intentions often have an uncanny ability to seek out the people who won't seek help or won't be taken seriously if they do.
/r/MensRights28/01/16 03:40 PM
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I understand the sentiment - I had an entirely preventable injury as a child that has permanently affected my ability to do a lot of physical tasks for more than a short time. However, I still think OP is having an overreaction to it - sudden depression and actual hatred of his parents is not a normal response imo. Blaming people and feeling angry about it won't change what's happened and by the sounds of it OP was doing fine in that regard until he found out what he's potentially missed out on.…
/r/MensRights28/01/16 11:23 AM
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I didn't mean to imply men aren't better fighters when it comes to physically demanding tasks but even if women can't perform the same they could have still been a help. Snipers also existed pre-1900s btw. There are also non-combat roles that could still help like carrying supplies to people but in this particular example it was probably considered a lost cause and the people left behind were a sacrifice or distraction of some sort?
/r/MensRights28/01/16 11:14 AM
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That and the men were traditionally the only ones trained to fight.
/r/MensRights28/01/16 08:55 AM
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It's not what you said, it's how you said it. Next time start by questioning the attitudes - "Sorry, I'm confused. What makes this guy a creep?" and then work up to it. Starting with a big emotional rant and calling everyone sexist is just going to set everyone against you right from the start.
/r/MensRights28/01/16 08:46 AM
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If you read the original article it's a big more lengthy than the screenshot you see on facebook. The main issue seems to be that A) he contacted her in the first place through a number she gave out for professional reasons, B) couldn't take a hint. HOWEVER, she definitely has responsibility too - by taking a firm stand and saying she's not interested in anything other than a professional relationship it clears up any ambiguity. If he keeps going after that, then yeah I could understand the cree…
/r/MensRights28/01/16 08:42 AM
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If you really feel that this affects your quality of life, I suggest you consult a medical professional to explore your options - if possible (I'm assuming you're in the US though and would have to pay a lot?) In my 23 years of existence I have never really thought twice about being circumcised. Though this tells me that you didn't find it that much of an issue until you were told it was. The most disturbing thought, is the idea that they did this to me knowing that it was decrease sensitivity. …
/r/MensRights28/01/16 08:29 AM
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It says in op that he has: I’ve looked into restoration, but other than recovering the glans it’s purposeless.
/r/MensRights28/01/16 08:21 AM
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My understanding is that one of the tenets of "rape culture" is that police and courts are basically part of the problem. There definitely have been cases (1, 2, 3) where a female rape victim has been blamed for it in court but it's pretty obvious from the public outcry over these cases that these views aren't shared by the majority (at least in first world countries). I guess their stance is that these shouldn't happen ever but there's no proposed practical solution except for disbarring someon…
/r/MensRights27/01/16 08:36 AM
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Thanks for making it so I don't have to watch the video to know what they asked :)
/r/MensRights27/01/16 08:12 AM
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Yup. Though with children you have the added issue of them not being able to defend themselves. At least cats and dogs have claws and teeth so they can fight back a little.
/r/MensRights26/01/16 12:43 PM
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I work in an industry where my genitalia call for suspicion distrust Jesus, where do you work? Hooters? I'd guess op works with children.
/r/MensRights26/01/16 08:43 AM
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I'd say it depends on how you discuss it. You're likely to meet more derision if you utter the words "Men's rights" but less if you talk about about the individual issues like male circumcision or acceptance of prison rape. Also best to avoid actively comparing men's issues with women's issues. It tends to tread on toes. (Definitely don't rant about feminists)
/r/MensRights26/01/16 08:40 AM
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It's an innocence thing. If an animal does something bad it's from ignorance, instinct or bad training. If a human does something bad it's because they're a terrible person.
/r/MensRights26/01/16 08:28 AM
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I love how you've been downvoted for knowing how vaginas work.
/r/MensRights26/01/16 08:20 AM
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Why the fuck does anyone care about this banal shit? The last thing Amy needs to get is more attention
/r/TheRedPill21/01/16 10:07 AM
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What did Idris say that made him a pc asshole? I saw something about him saying bond was a womaniser but that's kinda true.
/r/MensRights21/01/16 09:25 AM
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Record everything Talk to her about her doing this sometime when you're not arguing - she needs to realise she's making things worse. If you can't do this in person without a massive fight again then write a letter? Consider an anger management class or something - you won't always be able to leave a situation that pisses you off If it happens this often consider if you're right for eachother
/r/MensRights21/01/16 09:14 AM
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29 fields out of how many? If there are 40 fields studied it's more significant than 120 fields. The reason female pay gets so much attention is because attention was brought to it. If we want this fixed this data needs to be spread around in the same way the wage gap stuff was shared.
/r/MensRights21/01/16 09:05 AM
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Breast cancer probably has a relatively high survival rate because it's easier to detect (and possibly remove?) than a lot of other things like bowel cancer. If untreated it will almost definitely be deadly, especially if it spreads to other areas. (By the way did you know men can get it too?)
/r/MensRights21/01/16 08:49 AM
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Sanders basically face-fucking Hilary I didn't need that image in my head man :/
/r/MensRights20/01/16 08:07 AM
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Well that wasn't a specific thread but I remember seeing a fair few comments on situations where a drunk woman has pushed someone or similar acts of mild aggression about how the guy should respond with some form of escalated violence that just wasn't appropriate for the situation. Obviously a man should be able to defend himself but there's a difference between a drunk woman barely able to walk who pushes you backwards a bit and a crazy abuser coming at you with a knife. There was also someone …
/r/MensRights20/01/16 08:03 AM
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OK. Imagine women found hairy belly buttons sexual. Imagine if half the time you went to the beach some fat middle-aged hag started obviously staring at your navel, licking her lips, trying to sneak pictures of you. I mean it's just one woman right? Noone else on the beach is doing it. Later in the day you go out drinking with your friends. As you walk out of the pub for a smoke someone grabs your stomach throught your shirt and pokes you in the navel with their finger. You turn round, angered a…
/r/MensRights19/01/16 08:28 AM
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This whole sub is steadily becoming a lost cause. We could be focussing on ending male genital mutilation and unfairness in family courts, plus creating support for victims of DV but apparently it's more important and productive to complain about feminists, have sex robots, be able to punch women in the face or be able to take photos of random tits to have an angry crywank over.
/r/MensRights19/01/16 08:09 AM
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Isn't it illegal to take pictures or video people without their consent?
/r/MensRights19/01/16 08:05 AM
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I assume you're talking about the sidebar? "The Men's Rights subreddit is a place for those who wish to discuss men's rights and the ways said rights are infringed upon." "Spam/Off-Topic posts will be removed. Use self-posts for related topics, justifying their relation." If your topic was about how a feminist group was trying to stop some form of rights then fair enough, but it's not. If you somehow linked it in to a discussion about language when it comes to males/men then maybe I could see th…
/r/MensRights19/01/16 07:42 AM
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I suspect some deliberately misogynistic posts recently are from feminists who think that is what we believe I've seen this said a few times but if I check they never have any history of browsing feminist/'SJW' subs. How many proven examples have there been? They could be being smart about it I guess or they're just upvoting the more radical elements of the sub, but if they were smart why would they waste so much time trying to make us look bad?
/r/MensRights18/01/16 03:47 PM
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Apparently campaigning for women's rights overshadows or competes with mens rights - so anything feminism is the enemy and we should all talk about how silly it is where only people who agree will see it. This will somehow overthrow the evil feminist empire and fix all our real problems like being falsely accused of rape (which totally happens all the time) and having our lives ruined in a divorce (even though the majority here adamantly swear they will never marry)
/r/MensRights18/01/16 03:34 PM
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Can you please explain to me what bearing this has on mens rights?
/r/MensRights18/01/16 03:15 PM
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Dude, being an asshole and being assertive are not the same. This is a pretty decent explanation of the difference. I recommend you give some of the advice a try - it's not just women that will take advantage of you if you're a doormat. You'll get screwed over by work colleagues, family, whoever.
/r/MensRights18/01/16 09:55 AM
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This sub seems to have significant crossover with the MGTOW userbase which has a lot of lol-feminism type posts. Also TRP to a smaller degree. You can try menslib as an alternative though some people think that panders to women too much or something.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 09:33 AM
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That would still be on record, possibly even public record - just not in newspapers.
/r/MensRights15/01/16 09:17 AM
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But secret courts are never a good idea. May I ask why? Do you think this would allow people to make the system more unfair?
/r/MensRights14/01/16 04:26 PM
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They were condemned as rape apologists etc. Because apparently punishing false accusers makes real victims scared to come forward. I've never been sure how that works given victims (unless male raped by female) are generally believed unless significant evidence appears to say otherwise -though not necessarily enough to convict the person. Convictions either way should be based on beyond-reasonable-doubt anyway. Also I guess they're worried that if the false accuser actually does get raped then t…
/r/MensRights14/01/16 04:14 PM
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There should really be some kind of law where the media can't name any of the people involved until a verdict has been reached - or other information that can identify them like "the victim's landlord". There have been too many people (not just in rape cases) who have been suspects of something but found innocent, yet still had a lot of issues because of being named.
/r/MensRights14/01/16 09:43 AM
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I think "look at what this evil woman/feminist did" features more than false rape. There's also some people contrasting women's rights with men's, which I think is unproductive. Both genders have their own problems, whcih vary depending on where you are. You don't have to deny one set of problems to give a spotlight to the other. It's a shame that so much of the content is stuff you can't really take much action on other than arguing with some other random internet people (who probably won't cha…
/r/MensRights14/01/16 09:27 AM
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I'm actually friends with someone who goes to bars in slutty dresses to get free drinks from guys. Why are you friends with someone like that?
/r/MensRights13/01/16 08:41 AM
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Isn't there a sub like "againstfeminism" where stuff like this can go? (or discussfeminism or whatever)
/r/MensRights13/01/16 08:28 AM
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Such a sensationalist title, would have worked way better as just "we need to help boys more, says uni admission boss". In its current state it's just asking people to get riled up instead of discussing it productively
/r/MensRights13/01/16 08:23 AM
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when you consider that a woman can be as large as/or larger than a man That is a point but it's much rarer than the other way around, plus testosterone etc. etc. As with many things in the law it's a guideline and specifics may be argued on a case by case basis. (Whether that happens fairly or not is another matter) and a man can hold a significant size advantage over another man I thought this was taken into account when such cases were reviewed? Similary if a man on his own is attacked by a gr…
/r/MensRights12/01/16 05:07 PM
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However, I believe you already know that, and aren't discussing in good faith Perhaps my definition of private is different to yours. I have certainly considered many people I lived with more strangers than not so to me it would not feel private. I'm trying to understand your point of view whilst making mine clear. If you find that somehow disingenuous then I apologise.
/r/MensRights12/01/16 05:01 PM
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She did for a time So she's obligated to keep in touch with OP even though they don't get along anymore and have left school just to prove she doesn't think he's a rapist? Yes, he was at her residence for a private conversation. Is it a private conversation with roommates present? Unless she closes the door or something, not something I'd willingly do with a rapist. Plus, there are ways of having a private conversation without being face to face. If I thought some big guy was going to try and st…
/r/MensRights12/01/16 04:53 PM
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Except she didn't cut off all communications, she continued to see him (albeit different to before). Plus, these witnesses were her roommates. I.e. he was at her residence. Who the fuck invites a rapist round to their house?
/r/MensRights12/01/16 04:38 PM
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I assume it's because men tend to be physically bigger and stronger than women so it's seen as similarly unfair in terms of her ability to defend herself. Even when the man is acting in self defense some people will still be angry at him because of responding with 'unequal' force - saying he should have just blocked her, walked away etc. because his hits will have more power behind them. The first I can understand to a degree, the second is complete bullshit.
/r/MensRights12/01/16 02:08 PM
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Don't be so over-dramatic. Treating him like a rapist would be calling the cops on him and never speaking to him again, plus probably telling all her friends not to go near him.
/r/MensRights12/01/16 07:57 AM
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She said she no longer trusted me and stopped talking to me for a few days. Sounds like she wasn't comfortable seeing him anymore knowng it wasn't completely platonic and was probably doubting his friendship, thinking he was one of those 'niceguy' types The next time I saw her she was awkward and distant. She agreed to see me and was sure to have her roommates home when she did Sounds like he pushed for her to keep seeing him despite this so she decided to have some extras people around to avoid…
/r/MensRights11/01/16 04:09 PM
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Op got rejected once by a lesbian and lost contact with some old 'friends', how does this translate to a failed life? The only failure I see here is that he's apparently so cut up by this rejection he's still ranting about it years later.
/r/MensRights11/01/16 03:40 PM
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Sexuality may not be fully your choice, but it is you choice, at least for most people. Whut. I don't know about you but i know that no matter how much I try to force myself I could never be sexually attracted to a man. Looking in the other direction, it's nice that Milo feels he had a choice but many gay people I know certainly didn't. In fact they would have loved to be straight (and some actively tried to be but failed) because of all the shit they got for being gay.
/r/MensRights11/01/16 03:37 PM
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The way I see it these women are doing you a favour. By being straight up about how height is apparently the most important thing in a relationship they are stopping you from wasting your time on them.
/r/MensRights08/01/16 09:09 AM
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I mean we are talking about killing babies Part of the problem with baby killing is it's often attributed to post-partum psychosis (or depression), which doesn't make it any better but is considered to excuse the mother to a degree due to it being a serious and recognised mental illness. I'm also not convinced that rape is anywhere near as common as feminists pretend to believe. Well when you have stuff like the "1 in 3 college men would rape if you don't call it rape" 'study' it's definitely ov…
/r/MensRights08/01/16 08:28 AM
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In case anyone is wondering what started this, I couldn't find much but apparently it's somehow bringing attention to how men sometimes waste women's time (so they probably haven't actually done these things). I have no idea what they would count as a man wasting their time though, probably "he lied to get into my pants" or some other relationship issue.
/r/MensRights07/01/16 02:57 PM
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Would probably work better with something that happens more often. That sort of baby abandonment is pretty damn uncommon. Edit: fixed spelling
/r/MensRights07/01/16 02:38 PM
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Well there are probably better ways to handle it than cheating but yeah I couldn't imagine going more than a week or so without it (in a relationship).
/r/MensRights05/01/16 01:41 PM
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I guess their priorities are shifted to: the kids > themself > you, and with the amount of time and effort kids are this sometimes results in the guy getting neglected. That and if not having sex becomes the norm for too long, asking for it once a week will still be seen as pushy or something?
/r/MensRights05/01/16 10:15 AM
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your wife has a kid and her libido disappears Are we talking short term or long term? Because with the stitches, soreness and lack of sleep in the first few months I'd say that's normal in the beginning.
/r/MensRights05/01/16 08:16 AM
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Anecdotal but out of curiosity I just took a glance at the front page of r/feminism and compared it to here. Rape is barely mentioned there but discussions of false rape claims show up in quite a few threads here. Though tbh I think this sub could benefit from a little more focus on how to fix men's issues and a little less focus on what some random little-known tumblr bloggers are up to.
/r/MensRights04/01/16 08:16 AM
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Had to check I was on the right sub - how is this men's rights?
/r/MensRights04/01/16 08:09 AM
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There's been a tendency here lately to overly apply TRP to everything people encounter, like some kinda weird confirmation bias. I get that when you have a good hammer everything looks like a nail but do we really need posts that talk about redpill truths in niche erotica or in a fucking disney film?
/r/TheRedPill31/12/15 09:21 AM
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It's about women who do want to be "raped" If you look at rape fantasies they often don't gel with reality - they'll be raped by a handsome muscular man with a big cock, not some sweaty 56 yr old with back hair and a beer gut. They'll also mostly start to enjoy it near the end or after a couple of times when they get to know the rapist (plus, often the girl is special and brings out a tender side in him or some shit) and there's little mention of things like bruising, tearing or serious violence…
/r/TheRedPill31/12/15 09:11 AM
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You should also be aware that arousal during rape can happen to men too. This can actually lead to suicide in some male rape victims because they don't realise it can be involuntary and begin to think that at some level they enjoyed it.
/r/TheRedPill31/12/15 09:02 AM
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50 Shades of Grey outsold any given Harry Potter book. I'm not sure how much this means given that harry potter is aimed at children and 50 shades is clearly an adult book. Also I have bought books (or had them bought for me) that I didn't like so looking purely at sales isn't necessarily the best indicator.
/r/TheRedPill31/12/15 09:01 AM
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We have evolved to recognise the smell of things like rotting meat pretty well so it would probably only have an effect if you can't smell very well. Personally I find smell a much more reliable way to differentiate than just looking at things (obvious mould being an exception). I heard that colour-blindness enables you to pick out camouflaged things better so that could actually help you (unless maybe you always get picked as lookout)
/r/MensRights30/12/15 04:29 PM
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Very interesting but I'm not sure what things like dyslexia and colour-blindness have to do with reduced life?
/r/MensRights30/12/15 10:52 AM
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When a woman says a man is an "asshole" it's like saying "you don't spoil me and I respect that." Possibly, but it's not women who are trying to put "women love assholes" into practice and a lot of the men that do are not using what you said as the standard for being an asshole.
/r/TheRedPill30/12/15 10:45 AM
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You can go overboard on this "women love being treated badly" concept. A lot of people get confused by this - it's like they think there are only two options: bow down, worship a girl and do everything for her or belittle her and abuse her. Assertiveness doesn't mean you have to be a dick all the time and for the RPers who are looking for a more long term thing, it's definitely prudent to show the occasional sign of thoughtfulness or 'respect' to keep her around.
/r/TheRedPill29/12/15 10:43 AM
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In hindsight I was fairly mean, I could've worded it a bit nicer. This is the crux of the issue (and I see a lot of people make the same mistake), you have to dress up things that go against the grain of a sub in a nice way for the users to accept it. Instead of saying "women love assholes" you can be a bit less general - "some women", which means that the women in the thread won't feel personally attacked or whatever Instead of stating things as fact - "it seems like you're drawn to his asshole…
/r/TheRedPill29/12/15 10:33 AM
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Mine had this same problem until she switched to a lower dose pill. Apparently there are at least 6 different varieties of the pill and different women have different reactions to them so a lot have to switch around until they find right one. The very same pill she's on now and doing fine with potentially caused one of her friends to develop migraines and one of my cousins to have massive weight gain. (That cousin seems to have issues with most forms of birth control though)
/r/TheRedPill18/12/15 08:57 AM
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Society doesn't give a fuck whether you die I think it all boils down to this: society only cares about people if they have some use to it. Women, especially young women are perceived as inherently valuable because they can be mothers and carers. Men who work in the police force, as firemen, as soldiers are praised because in some way they are seen as helping and protecting society. Once a soldier is no longer in active duty they are no longer performing their useful duties, which is why vets ar…
/r/MensRights18/12/15 08:46 AM
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Gender dysphoria is a recognized mental disorder Which is cured by changing your gender, which she has done or is on the way to doing. Why do you care if someone wants to change their gender anyway? It's not harming anyone.
/r/MensRights14/12/15 04:32 PM
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It's unlikely there'll be any collected statistics on the situation as a whole so you'll probably have to look up individual cases. If it helps, I remember this being a big deal a few years ago (unless that's the one you're talking about).
/r/MensRights14/12/15 04:21 PM
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And I don't mind a social expectation to help. But that's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about government using the threat of force to coerce you into helping. I think most developed countries have similar laws when it comes to this and I doubt that's going to change. I'm sorry but most people will probably disagree with you on this one. Depending on the circumstances that might not be jail though, it might be more community service. And tbh I think I'd personally take a year o…
/r/MensRights11/12/15 06:15 PM
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So I am a slave to everyone else's needs? One of the reasons humans have come so far is because of the benefits a society offers - especially things like specialisation. If you help someone out then they might help you out, or if there's a general consensus on helping others with small things then those helped people can go on to be productive in some way. (Though some people are more productive than others) This doesn't mean you should go out of your way to help with every little thing or rando…
/r/MensRights11/12/15 05:34 PM
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Yeah it definitely could be worse, I guess it depends how utterly wasted she was - she might not have had shoes too from the sound of it.
/r/MensRights11/12/15 05:17 PM
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Also "In the morning he walks over her, goes to the store, comes home and she's dead". It seems weird that he wouldn't notice how cold it was and wonder about it or nudge her a bit or something when he comes out it the morning. Especially if they'd been living together as a couple - you'd think he'd care a little more about her. I don't think "men should be allowed to let people die of hypothermia without consequences" is a really the best stance to take if we want mens rights to be taken seriou…
/r/MensRights11/12/15 05:12 PM
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If he'd let her in she might be too. Seems a bit of a simplified way of looking at it.
/r/MensRights11/12/15 05:08 PM
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This is setting a legal precedent that failing to help is the same as causing harm. By helping someone you are preventing further harm from coming to them so by purposely not helping them you are potentially allowing further harm. I think most people would agree that if you see some random person trying to abduct a kid and just shrug and walk away you are partially responsible for what happens to that kid (not quite as much as the person who abducts them of course) Yes, she put herself in that s…
/r/MensRights11/12/15 05:06 PM
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I guess it depends on location. My street, the next door neighbour is literally a meter away; my friend's nearest neighbour is a couple of km away because he lives in a rural location on a farm.
/r/MensRights11/12/15 04:56 PM
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I met a girl that did something similar; she would retell events with things changed around to make her the hero or joke-teller or person who came up with a snappy comeback. It was really hard to tell if she even realised she was doing it. Bonus: She was studying psychology at the time
/r/MensRights11/12/15 03:51 PM
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I bet her parents are really proud of her
/r/MensRights11/12/15 03:41 PM
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You know how people have said we shouldn't talk about school shootings so much in the media because it makes it a way disturbed people can try to get attention? (E.g.) Maybe rape accusations should be viewed the same way. At the very least people shouldn't report on it until it's been through the legal system - too many people found innocent but it doesn't matter because their name is out there linked with a horrible crime.
/r/MensRights11/12/15 03:38 PM
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It depends on the woman but even in earlier pregnancy there are a lot of potential issues - e.g. joints become looser/stretchier, morning sickness. Also last I checked, the army requires a lot of relatively heavy lifting on a daily basis due to having to carry your equipment around. I don't think anyone would want someone in their unit who can't carry everything and needs to stop to pee super often when their bladder starts getting squished.
/r/MensRights09/12/15 09:22 AM
1

If you don't know the difference between "retarded" and autistic then you're probably not qualified to make judgements on if someone is on the spectrum or not.
/r/MensRights09/12/15 09:17 AM
1

When I joined secondary school every student was given a small copy of the bible, even though many students were non-religious, sikh or muslim. No one ever did anything with it except hide it in a cupboard and never look at it or give it to a charity store. Honestly, unless it is made required reading in the classroom or something (and debate is discouraged) I doubt it's much to worry about.
/r/MensRights09/12/15 09:11 AM
1

That's reaching so far you might as well be fisting yourself. Wow, haven't heard that one before. Firstly rape would be a blip in the radar Yeah, it's small but a possible contribution and still a men's rights issue. Secondly, HIV remains very nuch a gay disease. Actually that's one of the biggest myths about the disease. It might have been true in the past in certain countries but it isn't now - partly because people think it's a only an issue in the gay community an they don't protect themselv…
/r/MensRights05/12/15 07:35 AM
1

Based on things like this, it seems that the focus is because they don't want infections to spread during pregnancy. Anti-retroviral drugs can also be given as a preventative after rape - and as many men feel they will just be laughed at (or possibly experience homophobia if the rapist was male) if they report rape there are probably more women getting these things in that capacity.
/r/MensRights04/12/15 10:23 AM
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Au contraire. My stance is that there are plenty of horrible women out there and they get away with far too much but it's a lower percentage than some people here like to believe.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 07:35 PM
1

Like I said, I agree that the courts need to change. My stance on marriage and women has nothing to do with that quite frankly. As I said, you're acting like if I disagree with part of the movement I'm disagreeing with all of it. That's simply not true.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 07:28 PM
0

Yes I understand the change - they felt there was a loophole in the law that allowed for abuse and they changed it accordingly. Unfortunately it seems to take more than that these days (unless someone is depriving a government of their juicy taxes). I'm still not sure where you're going with this.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 07:11 PM
0

I'll be honest, you've lost me on this one mate. How is that relevant to the discussion?
/r/MensRights02/12/15 06:55 PM
1

Uh yeah, I read the article - we're currently in that thread now. I never said the her getting away with it is fine, just that marriage isn't automatically a disaster. It's a very 'feminist' tactic to say that if you don't agree with all of something, you don't agree with any of it :) There's no need to resort to insults. I'm sorry I made you mad - wanna hug?
/r/MensRights02/12/15 06:42 PM
3

I'm sorry but when it comes to evidence, I prefer population statistics and scientific studies over cherry picked articles for very specific incidents. Show me concrete proof that 90% of women are sociopathic schemers and I'll gladly shut up
/r/MensRights02/12/15 06:27 PM
2

I assume you're referring to my earlier question about blaming feminists, which isn't so much about standing up for feminism as it is asking if that's the source of all our problems. If you fight the wrong enemy then the real one wins. (If you are then take it up with me there instead of derailing) Unless you're referring to my belief that marriage isn't automatically a disaster, though I can't see how marriage and feminism could be linked
/r/MensRights02/12/15 06:20 PM
5

I'm sorry, I didn't realise I had to despise women to be involved in men's rights. I care about the circumcision rates in the US, injustices in the family law system and things like mandatory military service. Spewing vitriol to an echo chamber about anything with tits and trawling feminist newspapers for flawed logic isn't really my thing.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 06:14 PM
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Well the younger couples are fine too but people don't tend to get married until late twenties or after here, and 3-8 years seems a little short to be using as a predictor, especially when these people are going through the really interesting life-stuff like finding housing, navigating the workplace and talking about children.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 05:48 PM
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I've said this before to someone else - you might want to tone down on the ranting style comments. You're more likely to convince someone that you're a raving loon than that you've got a point. That said I'm sorry that this has happened to people you know.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 05:45 PM
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Is this coming from personal experience or are you just going from everything you've been seeing on the internet?
/r/MensRights02/12/15 05:18 PM
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Well I guess it's just not as bad here (EU) then. The highest percentage of divorce rate for marriage I could find using recent statistics was less than 50% and as I said to in another comment, my personal experience has been significantly lower than that. Maybe I'm just lucky that I come from a stable family environment? From people's posts on reddit it seems like getting along with partners parents or siblings isn't always very common.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 05:00 PM
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Well I guess I'm living in a fantasy then, or they're really good at hiding it. Out of all the older couples I know in my family and my girlfriend's, there's been a 1/25 (big families) failure rate so far. That one failure is partly because they were pressured by the husband's parents to get married when they were ridiculously young and she has since remarried to a guy who she's been with for nearly 40 years. I mean obviously some of them have the odd disagreement but it's solved pretty quickly …
/r/MensRights02/12/15 04:47 PM
1

Wow, thanks for info. Do you think this is a change that's come purely from within the country itself, or do you think pressure from outside groups has brought it about?
/r/MensRights02/12/15 04:21 PM
1

being a "lower" caste is a privilege, not an impediment Can you explain a bit more about that? Given that the lowest caste are called the "untouchables" it seems like they're not thought of very highly.
/r/MensRights02/12/15 03:56 PM
-1

If you look at the pictures, her smile never seems to reach the eyes; that's a classic warning sign. Title seems a bit misleading though - this is one marriage out of millions. What about all the marriages that last perfectly happily until death?
/r/MensRights02/12/15 03:50 PM
4

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the majority of problems in India were more class issues than gender issues? If you're lower caste you're not worth much (or the higher caste person who wronged you pays people off) and if you're in a rural area "law enforcement" is something that happens according to tribal elders, who often choose beatings and bizarre tests of 'virtue' for all involved.
/r/MensRights01/12/15 09:45 AM
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Until someone actually provides evidence, all of this is pure speculation. If these people actually are doing this for attention all we're doing is giving it to them.
/r/MensRights30/11/15 08:56 AM
1

I assume it goes along the usual road of "boys are seen as more hyperactive and get into trouble more" because it's unreasonable to expect them to sit still for long periods of time? Does it offer any suggestions as to how to effectively fix the problem?
/r/MensRights28/11/15 10:38 AM
1

Honestly I don't think women are taught to hate men as much as fear them. But I guess you could quote Yoda's "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate".
/r/MensRights28/11/15 10:24 AM
1

Given how much comment scores are fluctuating I guess this is a pretty controversial topic for mensrights.
/r/MensRights27/11/15 01:14 PM
1

Can't remember sorry, it was definitely a week or two ago though and I'm 95% sure it was a comment.
/r/MensRights27/11/15 01:11 PM
1

British politicians seem to love to break the law and ignore voters in general. The government needs a serious overhaul.
/r/MensRights27/11/15 09:57 AM
1

I lived in the UK until very recently and I have never experienced any of this stuff supposedly going on, nor has anyone I know. The only mandatory class people at my university ever had to attend was one on fire safety in dorms (partly because the fire alarms were super sensitive). Yeah, there was one tumblr-feminist type on my course and no one took her seriously regardless of gender. I can't find any statistics on how many UK universities or colleges are introducing consent training but the n…
/r/MensRights27/11/15 09:44 AM
1

I haven't read your history (ain't nobody got time for that), I just saw it mentioned somewhere.
/r/MensRights27/11/15 06:15 AM
0

BRB working two jobs for a woman... I thought you were 100% gay?
/r/MensRights27/11/15 03:39 AM
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Honestly I think you did ok, though you could have quit the argument in a better way: This guy starts right off the bat with insulting and patronising language but you remain respectful He runs out of things to try and pick apart with what you're saying and resorts to looking at your post history - you tell him to find one thing you've said that proves you believe the feminist narrative (an offer, which is declined so obviously he didn't find anything) You don't put up with the "my feelings are …
/r/MensRights27/11/15 03:34 AM
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People are not concerned about others in general, unless they already have some sort of established bond.
/r/MensRights26/11/15 03:28 PM
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"All the women I talked to had very treatable mental illness." - This touches on it. In most cases of babies one year or under, infanticide is often written off as post-partum psychosis and therefore the mother couldn't help herself. You may find http://www.jaapl.org/content/40/3/326.full to be very interesting reading. Also according to this 'factsheet', 1-2 out of 1000 suffer from post-partum psychosis and 0.1-0.2% is a helluva lot if you think about how many children are being born every day.
/r/MensRights26/11/15 03:08 PM
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Dude you have some serious anger issues when it comes to this stuff. Please grow up and learn to talk about things without getting into emotional rants 95% of the time.
/r/MensRights26/11/15 01:23 PM
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There's no point arguing against this guy. It's pretty clear from his post history that he gave up on women a long time ago. Actually just going from his replies to you there's some interesting language.
/r/MensRights26/11/15 01:17 PM
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Hope you don't mind a quick question: Do you browse this sub a lot? If so, how does it make you feel when you see comments saying things like "AWALT" or calling all women cunts/manipulative? Edit: It's interesting how many people will downvote you for asking a simple question. Is it bad to acknowledge that certain members of this sub have a problem with women?
/r/MensRights25/11/15 11:09 AM
0

Oh right, sorry wasn't really awake there. Though, it's probably not acceptable in most countries to just wander around with a knife/gun on you just in case. Also there's not much point having one if you're not trained in it. The person could easily disarm you if you're too close or inexperienced and then they have your weapon and they're pissed at you.
/r/MensRights09/11/15 10:20 AM
2

Have you read the book "The sociopath next door"? It has a lot of examples of sociopathic behaviour and the different forms it can take. After reading it I realised that I'd actually met a couple of people who displayed such behaviours. I also read somewhere that sociopaths in east asian countries are more likely to show some ability to emulate empathy because of the way they were raised (buddhist communites teaching the value of life) - so there is a chance that sociopathy can be 'trained' to b…
/r/MensRights09/11/15 08:34 AM
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This is partially true. Some rapists are sociopaths. That's not the only reason a rapist might rape, though. People like to believe that the majority of criminals are sociopaths or otherwise mentally ill because it's easier that way. If the person was born a monster then it partially absolves society of responsibility. It also means we don't have to think as much about what people are capable of. That men and women just like us are able to do horrible things given the right circumstances. Even w…
/r/MensRights09/11/15 08:28 AM
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The problem is that you have to know beyond doubt that the person actually did it. I remember seeing something recently where a man got acid thrown on him because someone wanted revenge for a rape but got the wrong address/guy.
/r/MensRights09/11/15 08:19 AM
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What I'm trying to say is that we shouldn't have to prioritise, there should be enough resources for both. Yeah, I don't personally agree with the way they're trying to fight rape at the moment (assume men are evil, consent classes) but there are other things like testing rape kits on time, defence classes etc. that can be effective. Do you have a source for most rapists being sociopaths etc.? I'd be interested to read it.
/r/MensRights08/11/15 08:18 AM
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That's an interesting spin on it but then the better option is to get more firemen/ladders rather than focussing on one group. There is actually an incredible amount being done to stop child abuse by the way. The problem is that so much of it is organised - trafficking, manufacture of child pornography, institutions covering things up, etc.
/r/MensRights07/11/15 06:26 AM
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I think most people would understand the words (unless English isn't their mother-tongue) but it definitely fucks with reading flow. I know a couple of people like this 'irl' and it puts people off talking to them because they think the person is pretentious and looking down on them.
/r/MensRights06/11/15 09:02 AM
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Both child sexual abuse and rape in general are pretty bad. We (as a society) should be focussing effort on both. Unless one is statistically insignificant then it's stupid to compare the two. If I lost a leg in an accident and you lost only a foot does it mean that we should only treat me? This is the same logic that makes teenages on tumblr try to compete in the so-called "opression olympics". Edit: If you think this issue is getting way less attention than it deserves I am sure there are exis…
/r/MensRights06/11/15 08:42 AM
2

I think that for most people sex seems super important until you've actually done it. But yeah, shooting a load of people because you're unhappy isn't really a sane reaction.
/r/MensRights05/11/15 03:16 PM
1

I lived in Birtain from birth til 2015 and this is utter bollocks. For the most part Brits are fine with saying things like "Sorry, is this seat taken", "Do you mind if I squeeze in here?", etc. Being polite doesn't mean you can't be assertive and passive aggressiveness isn't polite.
/r/MensRights05/11/15 09:27 AM
2

Had her boyfriend already cheated? If yes then a lot of people would find it more acceptable if she does too. Of course at that point the relationship is probably screwed.
/r/MensRights05/11/15 06:19 AM
1

One thing that struck me about a couple of them was that they seemed to base their self-worth completely on whether they had a girlfriend/had fucked a girl yet. Is being a ladies man considered part of manliness?
/r/MensRights04/11/15 07:49 PM
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She shoved him because she was drunk out of her mind from what I've heard. (Some big holiday/event in australia)
/r/MensRights04/11/15 09:18 AM
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Give an inch and they want a mile.
/r/MensRights04/11/15 09:16 AM
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I don't think "cheating is fine because you don't own me" is part of the mainstream feminist agenda. Did he say that a man cheating is terrible but a girl cheating isn't?
/r/MensRights04/11/15 09:14 AM
1

I support this clothing - it's like a giant warning flag for extremist nutjobs and they're wearing it willingly and proudly. You don't even have to talk to them to know you need to stay clear.
/r/MensRights04/11/15 09:11 AM
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I'm happy that you can shower without any soap or body-wash and get the smell off. No matter how much I scrub, my armpits still reek sometimes. Do you use deoderant in your shower? I hate to tell you this but that's not how it's supposed to work. Irregardless, many homeless people have part-time access to at least a sink and at least giving them food and a few helpful products is better than sitting behind a computer and complaining about how the manner other people are choosing to help. Btw, pe…
/r/MensRights04/11/15 09:07 AM
1

Lying about being raped by someone is not the same as raping them. It's more in the area of slander etc. If you want a more detailed explanation you could try asking on one of the lawyer/legal advice subs. In most places police are required to keep a log of reports/incidents/whatever so if someone is proven to have lied before, they're going to be a lot more skeptical if that person tries the same trick twice because it will all be on record.
/r/MensRights03/11/15 09:33 PM
2

Prevention programs on the other end have been shown to have an effect http://www.ibtimes.com/campus-sexual-assault-college-rape-prevention-classes-reduce-risk-study-finds-1962513 http://nononsenseselfdefense.com/rape.html also has some interesting reading
/r/MensRights03/11/15 09:27 PM
1

I agree that there are probably better ways to help the homeless but how would a homeless woman find soap/deoderant, food and sanitary items useless? Food is obviously a must, being clean/nicer smelling would be a nice comfort and unless they're severely malnourished or post-menopause they probably still have a period.
/r/MensRights03/11/15 12:10 PM
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Did you tell her you find it hurtful or did you only post it here for sympathy?
/r/MensRights03/11/15 11:07 AM
1

I may not agree with everything that she did but she didn't let criticism get in the way of her goals, she didn't abuse the money that the position got her (a seeming rarity in British politics) and generally seemed very hardworking.
/r/TheRedPill03/11/15 08:39 AM
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So the guy wouldn't be upset in the least about his mother dying without knowing the truth?
/r/MensRights03/11/15 08:24 AM
1

So if the two guys were there the whole time as the black guy was walking down the street, then makes it seem even more like a guy who just happened to be walking in the same direction. Assuming the woman being 'followed' made the report - if she knew them already, why are the police asking to speak to them? It sounds like they came accross her and she asked them to go with her or something. If so, that's not exactly the reaction of a woman who assumes all men are bad. As for the rest I guess it…
/r/MensRights02/11/15 10:23 AM
0

Grace Hopper and Maggie Thatcher
/r/TheRedPill02/11/15 08:34 AM
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Do you have other information to show that he just happened to be heading in the same direction? All I'm seeing is an allegation that a man followed her and a mention of two other guys (who must have also thought something was up) escorting her to her car. Men following lone women on the street with sketchy intentions may be rarer than people think but it still happens.
/r/MensRights02/11/15 08:24 AM
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It seems to me that the MRM is becoming what they're supposedly fighting against. Whiny, thin-skinned, language policing, showcasing all these 'problems' without ever suggesting a solution. Everything that goes wrong in their life, no matter how small, is probably because society hates men - fuck personal responsibility. Where feminism tries to blame every single problem on men and the patriarchy, MRAs blame it all on the women/feminists, regardless of the complexity of the issue or if men contr…
/r/TheRedPill26/10/15 04:32 PM
1

I seem to remember the British Top Gear crew saying cock (or "Oh cock") quite a lot.
/r/MensRights26/10/15 03:49 PM
2

If it's really that bad then maybe your friend can try and get proof - pictures of the squalor she lives in, screenshots or texts that show she would be an irresponsible parent, etc.
/r/MensRights22/10/15 07:32 AM
1

I meant that teachers are still allowed to be sexually attracted to people but wanted to say so in a way that doesn't assume what gender the person is attracted to. Is there a better way to word it?
/r/MensRights22/10/15 07:20 AM
2

I was just trying to suggest possible reasons (barring laziness) I guess it depends on the school but at my secondary school the teachers often shared classes so unless you were still in the first year it was very unlikely that you hadn't been taught by one of them. University for me would also have been unable to work with lecturers grading each other's work because they specialised in different subject matters and often students would be taking lectures from 7 different staff per semester. (No…
/r/MensRights21/10/15 05:44 PM
2

It's certainly inadvisable but only if the account can be linked to them in some way. Or are teachers not allowed a sexuality?
/r/MensRights21/10/15 05:34 PM
1

The full quote being "Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex". They may have disagreed with OP but there's no mention of them saying anything offensive about men. It may be incorrect to say men don't suffer as much as women but it's not disparaging the male sex.
/r/MensRights21/10/15 05:33 PM
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Probably a mixture of money and practicality. You have to pay the extra markers, the teacher possibly has to draw up a marking scheme for that person, it could sometimes take longer for the child to get a result, if the teacher knows whose test they just marked they can more easily get an idea of how the child is doing as a whole, etc. When I was at school the more important tests we took at the end of the year were all marked that way anyway.
/r/MensRights21/10/15 01:06 PM
1

Yeah, I do read comments before I respond to them and I'd appreciate it if you'd do the same. Sexual harassment is "bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors". I'm curious as to what part of OP's story makes you think that happened?
/r/MensRights21/10/15 07:42 AM
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OP is not being discriminated against because of his gender or because of his sexual orientation or anything like that. Nobody has made sexual remarks or anything like that. This is no more sexual harassment than if op was a Democrat in a majority Republican class and they disagreed with him about another political issue.
/r/MensRights20/10/15 07:05 AM
2

It's not really because he's male though is it, it's because of his views. Including the teacher there are 4 guys and 1 girl so claiming gender discrimination is not going to fly.
/r/MensRights20/10/15 07:01 AM
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It's interesting that "man up" is now considered sexist given etymologically it was more to do with manning a ship or manning your post than saying "be a man, toughen up".
/r/MensRights19/10/15 03:04 PM
1

I would say the average person urinates much more frequently than they shit though. So the percentage of time the lid needs to be down is maybe 55-60% as opposed to 75
/r/MensRights12/10/15 07:52 AM
1

If you want to raise awareness for this issue you do need actual statistics rather than just one instance though. People will just say "oh well it's just one time" or "exception to the rule".
/r/MensRights12/10/15 07:45 AM
3

That's not the only possible explanation though. I notice that men are in general expected to be more direct and as a result have less trouble telling people what they want. Maybe men are just more assertive in the bedroom on average so women don't really need to be told what they enjoy? That and to be honest, different people respond to different things so there isn't always catch-all advice. For example a friend of mine had a girl going down on him suck gently on his balls and it really freake…
/r/MensRights08/10/15 05:59 PM
1

Admittedly I didn't read every single post but most of the women's posts focussing on their pleasure seem to be things like standing up for yourself (i.e. not doing stuff you're uncomfortable with) and ensuring you have fun too. I'm not sure how wanting to have an orgasm during sex is somehow entitled.
/r/MensRights08/10/15 08:35 AM
3

A couple of points I haven't seen mentioned yet: People think (falsely) that being circumcised protects you from HIV infection. Also not just Jews but Muslims perform it as religious practice.
/r/MensRights06/10/15 07:40 AM
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Two wrongs don't make a right and sick days given should really be based on need rather than gender. Here you can have as many as you want if you have a doctors note for it and that seems to work pretty well. (Boss still isn't happy about it if you're off a lot though)
/r/MensRights03/10/15 05:36 PM
1

Yeah, doesn't sound like you'd be able to use it in court or anything unfortunately.
/r/MensRights29/09/15 12:09 PM
4

That's how it mostly works here in Belgium too. (Without the expressly-forbidden part)
/r/TheRedPill29/09/15 08:20 AM
1

When she's tried really hard to goad you into losing it was any of it over text or facebook - anything you can show as evidence that she's been trying to manipulate you into proving her claims?
/r/MensRights28/09/15 08:15 AM
3

This reminds me of my first year at univeristy; there was a big thing about halfway through the year where we all suddenly got emails reminding us that women should be careful walkng around at night - stick in groups, stay in lit areas and be vigilant etc. Rumours started going round that a girl had been raped the night before on a dark path near one of the student residences. It later emerged that what had actually happed was she was stumbling home drunk when a couple of (also very drunk) male …
/r/MensRights28/09/15 07:59 AM
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Has anyone managed to find a source for this supposed statistic? I'd be interested to see how many more men have died so far. Also 63 seems quite small for a country as large as australia. Obiously less death is preferable but if men can supposedly go around killing at their leisure then you'd expect it to be much higher.
/r/MensRights25/09/15 08:01 AM
1

This is the kind that is an "expression of power". The feminist argument would be that this act isn't about sex (he isn't looking for love and companionship), it's about power and control. I disagree with two aspects of this point - firstly it implies that sex is about love and companionship, when you can be sexually attracted to someone without wanting to be in a relationship with them and many people have "No strings attached" sex. Secondly the power can be part of the rapist's sexual fantasie…
/r/MensRights23/09/15 08:10 AM
2

I agree that it is hypocritical but do you really want to sink to their petty level? I can't see how this would ultimately do anything for mens rights or the image of the mens rights movement, especially as the case would probably be thrown out anyway.
/r/MensRights16/09/15 07:36 AM
3

I think it's a misguided attempt to explain how many women feel they have to be on guard a lot of the time. Most of them don't actually view all men as potential rapists from the get go, but certain behaviors and situations put them more on edge and remind them of past bad experiences, then it's constantly watching what guy is doing for further warning signs.
/r/MensRights14/09/15 07:59 AM
3

Is having a child always a choice though? Accidents happen and some people live in places where abortion is illegal.
/r/MensRights11/09/15 09:14 AM
1

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/how-to-stop-enabling-behavior
/r/askTRP27/06/15 06:44 PM
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I've also seen a few episodes of that show and I'm pretty sure they edit it a lot to play on conflict and make it seem more interesting, so I wouldn't trust their portrayal of the situation entirely. I don't see it as much more than anecdotal evidence. This girl does sound pretty bad though, and probably got angry and irrational more and more easily because of being sunburned, hungry etc.
/r/TheRedPill23/06/15 12:33 PM
1

I was thinking more along the lines of how long you guys have been together, if you agree that the way you guys act together is different or if you started off redpill or worked it in part-way through. However, what you said is pretty useful too. You can turn her whole "I feel neglected/unloved" spiel back on her because she's been keeping you out of the loop. If she's mature enough to admit she fucked up in that regard maybe you can say something like "I like spending time with you too, let me …
/r/askTRP20/06/15 05:48 AM
1

Definitely sounds like she's up for it
/r/askTRP20/06/15 05:33 AM
5

Firstly, did you know you can format your text into paragraphs by hitting enter twice? Secondly, every time some crazy bitch yells at you, just laugh at her. If someone straight up insults you, play it off as stupid or insult them back. Don't let anyone see you're angry or upset. Maybe this article on how to be assertive will be of use to you.
/r/askTRP19/06/15 06:25 PM
2

Then yes, you probably want to be looking for something better. If you're not currently in a position to look for a full-time job you can focus on building skills for the type of work you want (if it's something you can put on a CV even better) or scope out companies or jobs you're interested in. You could even go for a couple of trial interviews just to practice your interview technique.
/r/askTRP19/06/15 05:43 PM
3

Is it job you want to be in for the rest of your life?
/r/askTRP19/06/15 04:54 PM
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You'll need to tread very carefully. You have to be absolutely sure she wants to cheat with you. Otherwise as soon as you suggest anything shit will blow up in your face and a whole lot of people will be very pissed off at you. Is this girl really worth the shitstorm that will happen if you get caught? If yes: Does she act that way with other guys too? Does she do this way more when her boyfriend isn't around or your girlfriend isn't there? Has she added you on facebook (if you have it) or given…
/r/askTRP19/06/15 11:39 AM
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It's kinda hard without more context for some of the stuff but basically looks like she thinks your relationship has changed for the worse somehow - either you guys don't do stuff you used to do or she feels your attitude has changed. She wants it to go back the way it was before. It sounds like she's really big on spending time together, so she's upset that you didn't want her with you that one time, for the warped tour. Then this seems to have created a whole cascade of other feelings about ho…
/r/askTRP19/06/15 11:20 AM
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Might not be that then, though it could be worth her seeing a doctor for her low libido, especially if it's not usual for her. (Unless you're in the US, where medical care is ridiculously expensive)
/r/askTRP18/06/15 08:45 AM
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Is she on the BC pill or anything like that? Those things can really screw with some girls' sex drive
/r/askTRP18/06/15 07:53 AM
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How do you feel about hiking, rock-climbing or similar once a week?
/r/askTRP16/06/15 03:21 PM
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Do you have separate bank accounts, shared or a mixture of the two? Do you have records of payslips, utility bills and so forth? Most bank accounts give you pretty comprehensive online/paper statements that you can use to see exactly where things are going, especially if you pay for most of your shopping by card. Obviously things could get more difficult if she doesn't want you to know what's going on with her personal accounts and proving that you contribute more doesn't necessarily mean you ca…
/r/MarriedRedPill15/06/15 05:53 PM
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This could be a number of things including the personalities of the women, cultural reasons, you being the supervisor, etc. Two things you can do are comparing their reactions to you with reactions to other male coworkers, and looking at other body language when they're talking to you. If they look tense, fidgety or have their arms folded or fists balled it could be that they are intimidated. If you want to seem more approachable you can smile as part of a greeting, have a relaxed posture and sp…
/r/askTRP15/06/15 02:46 PM
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You could look into freezing some sperm first? Or you could try telling her you got snipped even though you haven't. You'd have to act sore for a while and deal with a lot of questions from her though. Plus she may try the same shit again anyway.
/r/MarriedRedPill15/06/15 10:09 AM
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Women will care way more about your insecurity about your height, than the height itself. Also at 5'8 you'll still be taller than a lot of girls.
/r/askTRP14/06/15 07:14 AM
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