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I am on the giving and receiving end of needling from my friends (of either sex) and this is true with coworkers and personal friends. I enjoy having a laugh and sometimes a joke rubs someone the wrong way. But there are better ways to handle it than getting all bent out of shape. Perhaps make a joke about how "wonderful it feels to be put in the same category as such lovely trash". The people who can dish out a jab, but can't take one are bullies. I try to avoid friendships with them, and avoid…
/r/MensRights02/11/23 04:01 PM
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I've worked in an office setting with plenty of women and I got along fine with almost all of them. I have noticed the office work environment becoming a lot more sensitive to being respectful of each other, and some people take that kind of far. I do think it is usually in one's best interest to get to know more people that you interact with in the workplace, because if something goes wrong like this, you can provide a list of names of people that can speak for your character.
/r/MensRights12/11/22 07:39 PM
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Great point. Obviously there are people out there who hate women, and a Men's Rights forum would be a place they might feel at home. So they are here and the community has a responsibility to not let these people steer the discourse to women bashing. The same thing probably destroyed the feminist movement decades ago.
/r/MensRights30/06/22 12:26 PM
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Just reply I'm taller than 6" They might get the joke, either way never answer questions like that seriously. If they ask how your last relationship ended, tell them that this is the first time you have ever talked to a girl. Injecting humor into dating does you and her a favor by making the process more about having fun and less about meeting each other's standards.
/r/MensRights01/04/22 06:09 PM
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I wonder if you could go to civil court seeking damages from the rape, and claim all the child support as damages. Collection might be difficult, but it isn't impossible. A family court doesn't really consider all the liability aspects of the situation, while a civil court is better suited to handle this type of issue. I wouldn't be surprised if courts could not consider court ordered payments as damages, but I'd also not be surprised if it was possible to use a different channel to get some jus…
/r/MensRights13/05/21 07:44 PM
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I admit that a teacher could easily be subjective in grading the types of problems you mentioned, but I think even for those types of problems the grade could be effectively challenged. I felt like I got a lot of bad grades because a teacher didn't like me, but I don't think that was the case for math classes even when doing proofs that I screwed up.
/r/MensRights29/12/17 04:32 PM
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but your work is rather being graded based on how you arrive there This be true in a case where two students are graded differently who don't fully understand the material. A student who knows the answer and how to arrive there would be difficult to dock because they could demonstrate that they made no errors, and possibly compare their marked down answer to an identical answer that got full credit. I studied math in higher education and while some teachers were jerks, I never felt like they mar…
/r/MensRights29/12/17 03:06 AM
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Yeah, this isn't really a gender double standard, but a human rights double standard as you are saying. It can still be a mens rights issue considering that DNA testing is important for men to have access to, that is, if passing their DNA to future generations is important to them. It is also a mens rights issue from the perspective that the investigation tactics that are being used so wrecklessly are being applied exclusively to men. (If DNA evidence for a criminal of another crime were discove…
/r/MensRights15/04/14 01:36 PM
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That still sounds like a double standard. On one hand they say that people should not be exposed to DNA tests, and on another, they pressure people with GAV if then don't provide a sample to be tested. I'm not saying that they are forcing people to do anything or that they are testing people without permission, but parental consent doesn't really change the fact that they can be in favor of testing random people in one setting, and entirely against it in another. I don't speak french so I wasn't…
/r/MensRights15/04/14 01:03 PM
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Thank you for clarifying. Seems like a flawed and terrible law either way. /u/insert_comment seems to suggest that it is a double standard since the french outlaw the testing of another's DNA without that persons consent, yet in the story they are trying to do exactly that. To your point, I agree that the claim that "the french don't let men do DNA tests of their children" is only a half truth in the much the same way that the 77 cents per dollar stat is presented inaccurately. However for men t…
/r/MensRights15/04/14 11:43 AM
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How does one differentiate from a progressive community that has not gained broad acceptance and a minority of nutjobs? Some of the mens rights concepts that I support are met poorly when aired to people outside the community. When I find anti-women discussion in this subreddit, I usually point it out because I don't want this community to be a circlejerk of hate. From a third party it may be difficult to differentiate since nutjobs and progressives both support views that are foreign to the mai…
/r/MensRights10/04/14 11:09 AM
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FTA: It’s because feminists know perfectly well that when a woman gets used and abused over and over by the kind of good-looking scum that she meets at parties, then she is less likely to get married, less capable of staying married, less likely to put family (husbands and kids!) over her career. And that’s exactly what they want young women to do. When you tell young women that men have no special roles as {protector, provider, moral leader, spiritual leader}, then you are setting them up for f…
/r/MensRights07/04/14 09:01 PM
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My point is only that there is a difference between mistakenly killing someone and not caring, and a serial killer who kills for fun. Also, it is possible that they feel remorse, but are putting on an act so people don't realize that they are fuckups.
/r/MensRights28/02/14 12:58 PM
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These people are murderers. Ok, I'm buying what you're selling. There is literally no difference between officers like this than sick serial killers who kill people for fun. Whoa, we really have no reason to think the cops intentionally killed this person. Wreckless, careless with his life, and excessively brutal can all accurately describe their actions, but suggesting that the cops were actively seeking to end this person's life is a big stretch. Cops like this are disgusting and take no respo…
/r/MensRights27/02/14 01:18 PM
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I agree with you that females are viewed through a different lens than males and this has a huge impact on the perceptions they develop during early education. My daughter is extremely confident and is a great leader, but she can also be rude and bossy and I'd have no problem with someone identifying her rude behavior as bossy. I'm sure there are teachers who sees a strong independent girl, and label the child as "bossy" on a report card, but I'd like to think it is the exception rather than the…
/r/MensRights11/02/14 04:16 PM
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You are wrong. The united states has had 3 comprable parties at different times in its history. While reforming the electoral system may be beneficial, a strong 3rd party is possible within this system.
/r/MensRights29/01/14 02:40 PM
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Posting that here just gives the hack writer more of an audience.
/r/MensRights22/01/14 07:22 PM
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Nudity on the "Game of Thrones" is salacious because the actors are hot. I'm sure there are examples of hot actors who are naked in film with no intention of the scene being about sex appeal. Example: movies with naked female dead bodies; I doubt in these cases sex appeal is an intention. It's more than having a hot actor, it is also about presenting the naked body in such a way that is appealing, that is clearly the case in game of thrones, and the intention is clear not so much because the act…
/r/MensRights12/01/14 08:38 PM
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What is really interesting about this is that both producers and the actor he was referring to all had a similar reaction. It may be the case that the manner in which he asked the question or tone of voice was disrespectful, but that seems less likely than the alternative. It seems like his question was misinterpreted by the actor who took offense to it, which was noticed by the producers who in turn got upset and defensive/aggressive. I think the actor and the producers felt that the question s…
/r/MensRights10/01/14 07:46 PM
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Anecdotal counterpoint: I never felt that the average girl was smarter than me, although I did feel like some teachers had that attitude.
/r/MensRights20/12/13 06:16 PM
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While I think that child support is a horribly applied system, I will play a bit of devil's advocate: The child is the responsibility of the parents that agreed to bring it into the world and an arrangement for supporting the child should not be shifted to another party. Your boyfriend's ex is a jerk for making him pay support given the situation that each of them is in and it would be nice if the legal system could develop a better method of measuring financial obligations. I can think of a new…
/r/MensRights18/12/13 05:25 PM
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I have no idea how I would handle the child support issue you described above given the existing law that governs me, and it would be very dependent on the circumstances. The issue that I'd stand my ground on would be an accusation of being a predator when I am looking after a child (as a coach, teacher, or in a public place). These scenarios are extremely rare, but if anyone singled me out as a child-predator for my respectful interactions with children I'd take that fight as far as it goes and…
/r/MensRights09/12/13 07:45 PM
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Regarding the police access to cell phone history. Could this be a situation where a warrant could be easily obtained to collect this information? As long as the police have probable cause for those kinds of searches or get warrants, I don't think there is a problem with it.
/r/MensRights03/12/13 12:55 PM
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Well I was a shitty student when I was in high school, especially when it came to writing papers, so it seems normal to me.
/r/MensRights29/11/13 04:29 PM
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First off, I think that divorce settlements are dumb and that men get the shaft. But I will try to interpret what I think /u/chavelah is saying. seems to me like you are implying that women have no interest in having children. is my interpretation correct in this? In most cultures men tend to be providers or capable of providing, while women benefit from value in their sexual appeal and ability to produce children. For the most part, men can be providers as long as they are alive, but women have…
/r/MensRights29/11/13 02:37 PM
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The lack of sources seems pretty typical for your typical "write me a 2 page paper on a negative consequence of western culture" highschool assignment. I made up all sorts of crap for papers when I was in highschool, it was usually a bunch of BS, but I think that was the idea, to get kids to think for themselves try to come up with new ideas.
/r/MensRights29/11/13 02:05 PM
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I think the idea isn't to force women to have abortions, it is to change the incentives so that they put more importance on birth control. Personally, I think the father should only get a free pass if he made an agreement before that he wasn't interested in children. Once male birth control is available it basically solves this problem.
/r/MensRights21/11/13 07:59 PM
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Richard Feynman is one of my favorite people to learn about. His joy of learning and his ability to see through cultural bullshit is inspiring to me.
/r/MensRights04/11/13 05:05 PM
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I know that cops don't hold each other accountable, and that they won't punish each other, but it is possible to restructure the incentives so that they do. If the city has to pay out huge fines to people because of a poorly run police force or a few bad cops, there will be financial pressure from the city to fix the problem. Corrupt police forces that don't hold cops accountable will become financially unsustainable and no longer exist. You see, some judges do hold cops accountable to the law a…
/r/MensRights31/10/13 12:16 PM
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You are right, but corrupt cops do get punished sometimes, and in order for them to get punished they have to make the police force look really bad in the public eye, or cost their community a lot of money. I don't care how much a chief of police wants to give his seargent a free pass, when the guy just cost the town a $300,000 lawsuit, the chief isn't going to go easy on him.
/r/MensRights31/10/13 12:15 PM
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I'm not sure I agree with all of the consequences you are suggesting for the cops and lawyers. It seems like blanket jailtime for any cop involved is just a bad idea. Imagine there is a cop there who just started and knows little about the details of the sweep and was asked to assist them in apprehending the violators. Throwing that cop in prison is totally counterproductive as you are taking a potentially great cop out of the workforce and even sending that person to jail. The penalty for these…
/r/MensRights30/10/13 05:57 PM
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I know very little of the law, but I'd be filing a wrongful arrest lawsuit the second I am released. Clerical error or not, it completely violates his rights.
/r/MensRights30/10/13 05:42 PM
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Man was originally gender neutral and so words that are formed from it are not meant to be gendered. Even the word "woman" has the work "man" in it, does that mean "woman" is a masculine word that leaves out women or females?
/r/MensRights25/10/13 05:10 PM
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I'm not sure it is that cut and dry. The university’s definition of consent states that consent cannot be obtained from someone who is “asleep or otherwise mentally or physically incapacitated, whether due to alcohol, drugs or some other condition.” She'd have to convince them that she was drunk to the point of being mentally or physically incapacitated. The photo and video evidence clearly shows that she is not physically incapacitated, and she seems mentally functional as well.
/r/MensRights16/10/13 06:48 PM
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I'm starting to think that "rape culture" just means that our culture views everything as rape.
/r/MensRights16/10/13 06:44 PM
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Some portions of the article were alright, but her logic in blaming women for crimes men commit was just stupid. She should have just stuck with the idea of, "you don't blame men for rape, you blame rapists". Most of the article reinforced this idea, I'm not sure why she would try to shift blame over to women...
/r/MensRights30/09/13 04:41 PM
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Everytime a read a comment or post that is not gender neutral, I mentally reverse the genders and if I find either version to be offensive to me, then calling it out as sexist seems fair to me. I try to hold myself and others in the MRM to the same standard as I hold those promoting "feminism".
/r/MensRights30/09/13 04:25 PM
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I am also married to a great wife, but I think the article is accurate and marriage culture is a serious problem. I'd much rather be married to a great wife, and for marriage to have little to no legal significance or at a minimum is treated as gender neutral by the courts. If men want to have kids (which I do) we are at the mercy of the mother of our child because the legal system favors the mother. For marriage to regain respect, this needs to change. Society looks down on signle men and singl…
/r/MensRights27/09/13 01:17 PM
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Actually, the first use I thought of for this was a prank. If my wife pulled something like this as a joke, back before we were engaged it would have been a pretty good prank. I would have freaked out, but if she started laughing and let me in on the joke it would have been in good fun. However, I can be naive and in this case, once I gave it some more thought I realized that most women who would pay for a positive pregnancy test are likely up to no good.
/r/MensRights30/08/13 11:14 AM
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I'd think it would work in the situations where two people are in a committed relationship, but the man is not interested in kids and wants to be clear about it. There are plenty of scenarios in which the woman wants to get married or hang onto the guy, so she pulls the goalie and gets pregnant in an effort to keep him around. Obviously one night stands, etc would be completely unrealistic, but guys can obviously take more precautions to avoid pregnancies at this stage. It just seems like a bett…
/r/MensRights11/07/13 11:31 AM
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I agree with your post except for the obligation for a woman to submit an acknowledgement of pregnancy. It makes more sense to resolve this issue prior to any pregnancy so that there isn't an opportunity for a bait and switch. There should be a standard form produced by the state that the couple brings to a notary and each sign and then have copies notarized. It wouldn't be too expensive and would be a fair solution. The only drawback being the frustrating aspect of getting it signed and notariz…
/r/MensRights11/07/13 12:42 AM
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Yeah, I think you and the person OP identified are more mainstream and closer to the norm when it comes to this sort of situation. But I think a significant portion of the mainstream people would not support changes to the legal system to protect men from supporting children that they were clear about never wanting anything to do with. I get responses like "I just don't think it would work if they tried that" or "but then he could just change his mind and get out of it" etc, so although a lot of…
/r/MensRights10/07/13 07:01 PM
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Perhaps the 40% increase is actually just an increase in honesty. It is pretty well known that both genders cheat quite a bit, and I wouldn't be surprised if the number was much higher for both genders and the only change has been with how honest people are about it.
/r/MensRights10/07/13 03:18 PM
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2.In gymnastics and figure skating you do not buy separate tickets to see either the men or women competitions. Well Wimbledon lasts for 14 days, aside from day 13 and day 14, a patron buys one ticket to see both men and women. The real difference in revenue is in TV ratings, I assume men have better TV ratings than women, but I'm not sure how big the gap is. The same is true in figure skating, the women get much better TV ratings than the men do, but I wouldn't be surprised if the prize payouts…
/r/MensRights09/07/13 11:47 AM
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Thanks for digging up all of this information. If we make the assumption that the 2270:1510 (or 3:2) revenue ratio for men:women is consistent with all sources of revenue for the tournament, then I think tournaments should consider making payments equal. If the ratio was 2:1 or greater I think it would be wrong/sexist to pay them equally. At 3:2 I don't think it is sexist, and if the roles were reversed (like gymnastics and figure skating, two sports where females are more popular) and if men we…
/r/MensRights08/07/13 12:35 PM
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Thanks for sharing the info on Gilles Simon, I wasn't aware that any of the men were concerned about this. Considering his concerns, I am in favor of analyzing the difference in revenue between the men and women and considering restructuring the pay to match that distribution. are you going to persist with your doublethink? Easy there, I haven't been contradictory or misleading, so there's no reason for the accusations. Odds are we probably feel very similarly about this issue, and the only diff…
/r/MensRights05/07/13 03:07 PM
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The revenue difference for the genders is so much smaller in tennis than in other sports. So it is not like arguing that WNBA players should be paid the same as NBA players. I'm not sure how much more the men bring in compared to the women, but it is probably closer to 60-40 than you think.
/r/MensRights04/07/13 02:28 AM
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You think they don't do that already?
/r/MensRights04/07/13 02:21 AM
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So let me understand this; paying male tennis players more money, because they generate more revenue and entertain the crowds longer (they play more sets) is fair, wrong and sexist. I never said or implied that, those are your words. I don't think it is wrong or sexist to pay the men based on the revenue they generate. Nothing in life is perfectly fair, fair is a subjective word, perhaps I should have said that I understand that it isn't the perfect way to distribute prize money. I challenge you…
/r/MensRights04/07/13 02:19 AM
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Eliminating these types of barriers would also provide better competition, better training opportunities, for women, and promote/facilitate a higher level of performance from women. I'd say that is a big assumption as well. If you replace the existing gender divisions with divisions based on other factors it would likely be discouraging for women to play sports when they end up in a low tier league with weaker men or men who slack off and don't try. At a professional level, there would be no rea…
/r/MensRights03/07/13 07:17 PM
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The differences between men and women exist but they are not nearly as substantial as people are making them out to be. If you think the fieldhockey playing boys who dominate the girls do it because they are bigger or train more, you are just wrong. If they removed the women's tennis tour, do you know how many women would make it into the 128 player field for the grand slam tournaments? Maybe one female a decade. The reason sports can't be compared to construction or combat is because sports are…
/r/MensRights03/07/13 06:07 PM
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I'm not saying it is fair, but I don't think it is wrong either, or a display of sexism.
/r/MensRights03/07/13 05:59 PM
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Men and women are physically different, it makes sense to me that they'd have different leagues. When the differences impact their performance, I'm not sure why they can't remain separate sports. Should dog racing and horse racing be merged? What makes sports compelling is seeing people compete on a level playing field. Either way, separate "women's leagues" are not really helping either. When boys are allowed to play on girls teams, they have often dominated the competition. I feel like sexism …
/r/MensRights03/07/13 02:37 PM
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I don't know. If I was organizing a track meet and the 100 meter dash got good TV ratings compared to the 400 meter, I might still make the same award for each event despite one of them earning a significant ammout more for me.
/r/MensRights03/07/13 02:21 PM
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as requested what was surely the most-anticipated tennis final in years There have been a number of finals on the womens side that were extremely popular and the popularity of the williams sisters likely generated the biggest buzz, even compared to the Leyton Hewitt-Pete Sampras final, it must have had much better ratings.
/r/MensRights03/07/13 02:18 PM
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I agree that this situation is shady considering that they did not know each other well and she was supposedly passed out. If they never had sex before this and she was asleep, then he was way out of line. I'm not sure it should be considered rape since she she had given consent, but it was definitely wrong. But not a crime deserving of jail time. If she was awake, even if she was blacked out, and he was stone sober, it would not be rape and he would not have done anything wrong. Being drunk doe…
/r/MensRights03/07/13 12:59 PM
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I think there are cases of singles men and women entering in the doubles draw, but I think it is an easier task for women for a number of reasons, but I'm not sure which is most significant. As OP stated, women play best of 3 while men play best of 5 and as a result, women tend to play fewer sets. The style of tennis in the mens game is more exhausting; all of the men hit hard with a lot of top spin and wear each other down. Playing one set of mens tennis is more exhausting than 1 set of womens …
/r/MensRights03/07/13 12:28 PM
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Women aren't equal to men, and they play in a separate tournament from the men because men would crush the women if they played each other, it wouldn't be competitive. If the women's version of the sport generates comprable revenue, why shouldn't they have a comprable prize pool? If I'm making a tournament and there is only a small difference in the prize pool for 2 different events, I'd probably round it off and make them both equal.
/r/MensRights03/07/13 11:41 AM
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Long time tennis fan here. I don't understand how this is a mens rights issue. The men and women tour together and both groups generate a lot of value to each tournament. In some cases a mens final may get better ratings than a womens, but sometimes the women's final will get the better ratings, they support each other and it makes sense that they divide the prize pool evenly. The length of the matches isn't really a big factor in the revenue, men might generate 60% of the revenue to 40% for wom…
/r/MensRights03/07/13 11:30 AM
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What is the best way to publicly shame them? Tell them they are acting homophobic? Tell them that you think it is disgusting that they are sexualizing a perfectly normal and healthy relationship? Ask them if they thought a parent or sibling couldn't treat them the same way without it being considered incestuous?
/r/MensRights20/06/13 05:01 PM
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When someone puts "\s" or "/s" after a comment it means "this is sarcasm". -Buzz Killington
/r/MensRights20/06/13 04:32 PM
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I'm no expert, but I don't think male preference for large round breasts has much at all to do specifically with breast feeding. A theory is that once humans started walking upright, the round plump fatty shape of the buttocks was less pronounced and no longer at eye level, women with the round symetrical breasts triggered that same part of the brain that found that feature appealing. Also, the most appealing natural breasts (soft, firm, round, and not saggy) are only common in women when they a…
/r/MensRights19/06/13 02:22 PM
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Wait, this isn't a joke? I think Poe's law applies here.
/r/MensRights24/05/13 03:18 PM
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I'll check it out after work, this post is so that I can find it.
/r/MensRights10/05/13 04:50 PM
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It would be helpful if you told us what your assignment was. I can't imagine why punishment would be appropriate based on your project, odds are the teacher was wrong to punish you. My advice would be to approach the teacher away from other students and tell them, respectfully, that you did not intend your project to be in any way offensive. Ask them if they could offer you advice on how to discuss this topic in a report in a more appropriate way. Most teachers are good people, they just get bog…
/r/MensRights07/05/13 05:06 PM
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"Millionaire's poorly constructed pre-nup tossed by judge" This thing would never hold up in any court in the US.
/r/MensRights11/03/13 06:51 PM
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Pre-nups aren't allowed to address child support. They are meant only to address assets prior to marriage as remaining in the ownership of the original owner in the event of a divorce. As in the case of a person that was never married being compelled to pay child support, the marriage conditions are not supposed to be a factor in determining custody or child support payments. They are supposed to be somewhat separate.
/r/MensRights11/03/13 06:49 PM
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Forced rapes from strangers tend to not be targeted at women who dress slutty. Dressing provocatively lends to the idea that the person/target is more confident and more likely to stand up for themself if they were to be assaulted. Conservative dress shows less confidence and a predator prefers a weaker target. Telling someone not to dress slutty is just bad advice.
/r/MensRights07/03/13 05:41 PM
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I've been a fan of MMA for a while, both of the women in that fight were well known to me and I had already seen them fight on TV previously. It didn't seem like they came out of nowhere and most fans were excited to see women fight in the UFC, so it made sense to give them top billing. Women's MMA is not as deep and skilled as mens, so one could make the argument that it isn't fair that more talented and established fighters are being treated as less significant than a less talented fighter sim…
/r/MensRights01/03/13 03:11 PM
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The author makes an assumption that construction and manufacturing jobs are not as available to women as they are to men. I reality men are less sensitive to arduous but high paying labor jobs than women are, and that explains the reason for the higher dropout rates.
/r/MensRights23/02/13 09:43 PM
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A man walks into a "girlie" movie so they conclude he must be a perv, how much more sexist can one get.
/r/MensRights22/02/13 06:51 PM
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Thanks for the thorough response. Your first point is solid and there is not reason for me to try to refute it because it boils down to a difference it how we choose to make sacrifices for the ones we love. when a person who has been viewing pornography for a long time wants to have sex, they are shocked and somewhat disconnected by the feeling of intimacy shared during that moment. This is especially true when it comes to one night stands, short flings, sex buddies etc. The feeling of intimacy …
/r/MensRights13/02/13 05:28 PM
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Well here is my take on your two main points. (There was a time when I agreed with both of your points.) Porn's negative impact on intimacy: I agree that there are many cases in which a person in a relationship builds unrealistic expectations of sex due to that person's experience with porn. But there are also many people who were afraid to go swimming after watching the movie Jaws. It all boils down to how impressionable the individual is who is watching the porn. I have watched plenty of porn …
/r/MensRights13/02/13 12:50 PM
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Is your view on porn personal, or do you think it has a negative effect in most cases? I don't see how you having a personal belief against it conflicts with most MRAs, especially if you think other people can have a healthy usage of porn.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 04:22 PM
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My dad is a nurse, and he doesn't find his career choice as a source of ridicule, and certainly not predominantly from women. You continue to provide the rationale for hate towards women or feminism rather than explaining how your attitude is beneficial or helpful. You seem more interested in putting the enemy in their place than you do in reaching out to people with a calm reasoned argument. You actually are using the same tactics as the feminists you can't stand.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 12:01 PM
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That simply is not true. Males working in what used to be a woman's job are more accepted. That is a benefit to men. Even if a movement doesn't do anything to benefit men doesn't mean it deserves hate.
/r/MensRights12/02/13 12:00 AM
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I think the best way to make a difference is to appeal to people who want men and women to be treated equally. I think there are some who identify them as feminists (perhaps incorrectly) who we fail to reach out to because there is too much anti-feminism focus in some cases. Show me one single thing feminists have done that has been of benefit to men Well they did have a hand in breaking down some gender stereotypes, so I think male airline stewards would be less common today without a movement …
/r/MensRights11/02/13 06:15 PM
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I was searching for a post that adressed the hate in the essay, it kind of read like a giant excuse to hate women.
/r/MensRights11/02/13 01:28 PM
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Rationalizing hate doesn't make it acceptable. It seems counterproductive to lump all feminists into one extreme group and to view these issues as "Us vs. Them". I read the article and the theme I took away from it was, "Yeah men are bitter, but it is all women's fault so deal with it." I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiments of the author, but I don't think that this is the champion of the MRM that serves as the foundation of our movement.
/r/MensRights11/02/13 01:27 PM
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You make excellent points, but 9 months vs 18 years just seems like an easy choice. I wasn't aware that I claimed one was preferable to the other. I would argue that the suicide rates of men who are separated from the kids is more than comparable to any potential health risk during pregnancy/delivery. Drawing a connection between suicides in men and pregnancy health issues is a stretch. I think this point is drifting away from the topic and even if it is relavant, I'd need to see some data to su…
/r/MensRights01/02/13 05:07 PM
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The title of this post is excellent, as it forces those who support abortion and forced child support to reconcile the inequality from a legal perspective. I'm not sure if your statement is for sake of argument, but I disagree that "due to that consent a man should be able to force the woman to continue in a pregnancy and disallow her from having an abortion if he wants to be a father". My opinion: Women should be able to have abortions regardless of what the father has to say and men should be …
/r/MensRights01/02/13 12:58 PM
3

That's a good point. I was making an assumption that she made significant time and financial commitments to th business. There are some situations in which one person will buy a house and pay the mortgage and the other person will pay the bills, even then it isn't necessarily unfair to the one who ends up without equity.
/r/MensRights24/01/13 07:21 PM
2

I think you are taking a fairly absolute perspective on equality that does not fit with the typical MRA perspective. Let's talk about being equal, genders, and being respectful of our fellow humans. Men and women have genetic differences that cause each to develop differently and the two genders are unique to each other. Most humans of the same gender are different genetically and even identical twins who share the same genes are distinct and different from each other. No two individuals on the …
/r/MensRights24/01/13 02:23 PM
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The title is misleading and confusing because there was no marriage or divorce. What happened to the woman was certainly unfair, it would be like a child living with thier parents and working for 30 years and helping support the family business and help pay the mortgage, then being kicked out of the house and given nothing. The woman was foolish for not having a stake in the property, it's not really a problem with the law at all.
/r/MensRights24/01/13 01:13 PM
2

This is an excellent movie. I'd be genuinely interested in how the general public views the case and whether they think the gender played a role and whether that is a problem. I admit I instantly viewed this case as being evidence of favortism women, especially mothers, get from the legal system, and I'm guessing a feminist might suggest that this case was the failings of a couple individuals and not a reflection of society or the legal system favoring women.
/r/MensRights22/01/13 04:06 PM
5

Thank you, I missed that.
/r/MensRights22/01/13 02:41 PM
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Are you making an assumption that the flight attendant was a female? I didn't notice the article identify the gender of the agent.
/r/MensRights22/01/13 01:32 PM
5

Thank you, this version is much clearer and gives better detail.
/r/MensRights22/01/13 01:31 PM
3

I follow what you are saying, but I think there are a couple reasons it is unlikely to work out that way. 1. there aren't enough of us who would complain to the advertisers about the website to have much impact. 2. the bottom line for these publications is traffic, if you are an author that generates traffic, it benefits the website, if the author says some controversial stuff and causes ten complaints but also triples the traffic to the website, the website is probably going to let it slide. Se…
/r/MensRights18/01/13 02:39 AM
1

While the author is taking a sexist look at marriage and cheating in this article, I think our culture is hypersensitive to infidelity. So many people of both gender cheat on their partners, understanding why is important but I think there should be some sort accepted of protocol before extramarital affairs take place. If both partners aren't actively working to constantly improve their monogamous relationship it should be expected that one of the partners will suggest opening the relationship t…
/r/MensRights17/01/13 12:55 PM
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Linking to these articles benefits the author. Here is the text: If only all extra-marital affairs had such happy endings as those I've recently read about -- case in point, the young couple in Elizabeth Bernstein's "Back to Happily Ever After" in the Wall Street Journal on May 1st. But the truth is, there are varied ways in which these trysts play out and affect a marriage and there are plenty of unfaithful husbands and wives floating around. According to my research, wives are as engaged in th…
/r/MensRights17/01/13 12:38 PM
0

I wish we weren't guilty of the same.
/r/MensRights13/01/13 09:33 PM
1

To be fair, it seemed to suggest that when evidence is reviewed there is a 25% exclusion rate; I'm sure there are plenty of cases without evidence that this stat wouldn't apply to, or at least enough that we can't apply that stat to all claims of rape.
/r/MensRights11/01/13 12:46 PM
5

This is only the tip of the iceberg, imagine how much more advanced society would be if women hadn't been held back by the patriarchy for all of human history... /s
/r/MensRights11/01/13 12:40 PM
2

I'm not sure we really want to give radical feminists an audience. This view is pretty extreme even for a typical feminist and I don't think we should be wasting time on this garbage. When an extreme "MRA" says something condoning violence against women or the idea that women belong in the kitchen it makes me cringe and hope that we are taken more seriously than the extremists who latch onto our cause.
/r/MensRights11/01/13 12:37 PM
1

Thanks for giving a better example, I didn't really know the law.
/r/MensRights10/01/13 06:26 PM
1

I couldn't agree more. I don't understand how these guys can be charged with murder when they didn't kill anyone and weren't trying to kill anyone. If you and your friend both decide to jaywalk across the street and he gets hit by a car and killed, can they charge you with murder for being an accompliss to the cause of his death?
/r/MensRights10/01/13 06:16 PM
1

"Well, I kept pointing the gun at myself, but the bullets only ended up in him." Also, women are much more likely to use something other than a gun when committing suicide.
/r/MensRights09/01/13 06:05 PM
5

Thanks for the information. What would be helpful would be some control groups to reduce the possibility of another factor being responsible for the reduction. This could be accomplished by running this sort of campaign in other cities and comparing the results to cities that have not run this sort of campaign. What if every city in canada that did not run this campaign experienced a 30% decline? Does that mean another factor is involved, or does it mean the campaign is counterproductive?
/r/MensRights09/01/13 04:15 PM
1

Yeah, I know. I try to ignore the psychos and reach out to the open minded people, if they see me as open minded and respectful, there is a better chance they will pay more mind to the ideas I have.
/r/MensRights08/01/13 06:46 PM
1

When I said "if you are a feminist, you don't belong here", I was not quoting you, the statement is the message that some people might get from visiting this subreddit from posts like yours. It is counterproductive to instantly alienate people. Do you think your posts would discourage someone who is a feminist from staying to discuss topics? You say that no group of women on the planet face discrimination of any kind, don't you think those extreme stance makes r/MensRights look delusional to out…
/r/MensRights08/01/13 02:22 PM
1

Women don't have a voice in the political process, I am used to referring to that concept as voting. In this case it wasn't the right word to use, but it doesn't change the face that women in saudi arabia do not have the same political rights that men do. Saying "well men can't vote either" is just an attempt to sidestep the discussion by pointing out a mistake in my statement.
/r/MensRights08/01/13 02:06 PM
1

So if someone not sympathetic to MRAs visits and sees "if you are a feminist, you don't belong here" why would they stick around in order to be learned or educated? In order to reach out to others and make a difference, it helps if you can learn to sympathize with them and relate to them. Projecting ideals on to people simply because they might identify as a feminist is going in the opposite direction. My goal from this discussion is not to support feminism, or to suggest that it has merits, but…
/r/MensRights07/01/13 10:27 PM
1

I agree with this post almost completely, but we weren't discussing the flaws of the feminist movement. Imagine a person that hasn't been exposed to feminism outside of their public education. They don't really know very much, they want both genders to be treated equally and have an open mind but due to lack of knowledge thinks of feminism as a positive movement in western culture. Do you think this person will take the MRM seriously when they stumble across r/MensRights and see "Feminist visito…
/r/MensRights07/01/13 04:52 PM
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Neither can men. Saudi Arabia is not a democracy. Well if you are going to nitpick, men have a legal course to petition the rulers to address a topic or change a law through tribal meetings, women are not able to call for tribal meetings. What makes them so special in your view? Nothing makes them special. My point is that when someone comes along claiming that they are interested in removing the discrimination that a certain group faces it isn't fair for me to automatically disregard any claim …
/r/MensRights07/01/13 12:46 PM
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In some countries women are not allowed to hold political office, in saudi arabia they can't even vote, that seems like textbook discrimination. Almost every identifiable group on the planet faces discrimination is some way or another, I'm not sure why you think women are an exception.
/r/MensRights07/01/13 01:21 AM
1

Men can't go nude at beaches either. I said topless not nude. There is a difference between the legal treatment of topless women and topless men, which makes no sense to me and I understand women who want this changed and feel discriminated against. You are so unwilling to have an open mind about difficulties faced by those you disagree with, why would you expect them to have an open mind and sympathize with your point of view? Men face real problems, and if we want our issues to see change we n…
/r/MensRights05/01/13 12:54 AM
2

"reasonable feminist" is a self-contradiction. You're assuming they exist. They don't. Certainly people who are feminists can be reasonable on other issues, but as a feminist, by definition they aren't reasonable at all. You are completely ignoring the fact that women do face discrimination. Whether it is a woman living in the middle east who faces beatings and unfair treatment from the education and legal system, or a woman living in the US who wants to be able to be topless at the beach withou…
/r/MensRights04/01/13 06:12 PM
2

I'm sure the group out there who consider themselves a "feminist" include people besides the patriarchy-dogma-crazy feminists that we may be more familiar with. There are perfectly reasonable people out there who either legitimately or mistakenly think that there are situations in which women face discrimination and subsequently put the label of feminist on themselves. I haven't noticed very many feminists in this subreddit either, but I'd embrace anyone who posts/comments here as long as they a…
/r/MensRights04/01/13 05:40 PM
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This title is completely misleading and sensationalist. For those who didn't read it: The article addresses starting salaries of Australian graduates of various degree compared by gender. The main point of the article is that men have higher average starting salaries than women and the gap has widened in the past year. It then breaks down the various degrees in which men earn more than women and the degrees in which women earn more than men. The article does not go into enough detail to determin…
/r/MensRights04/01/13 03:01 PM
1

In reality, it is not always difficult to determine that someone knowingly lied about something in order to get someone else in trouble. In some cases it will be difficult or impossible to prove the person maliciously lied about a rape, so you can't try to build a system that catches even 50% of false accusers. All that matters is that the ones that are caught knowingly making a false claim are given harse sentences.
/r/MensRights04/01/13 01:55 PM
1

In response to point 5, I'd think that this situation could call for upgrading the sentence whether she lives or dies. I don't agree with the rioters and would not suggest the death penalty, but we can't look at all rapes as equal and issue a ten year sentence, we'd be missing the opportunity to deter these more serious crimes. I don't disagree with you, I just wanted to bring up this point.
/r/MensRights28/12/12 03:18 PM
1

The best way to spin this issue is that you want the paternity test so that you are well prepared for potential hereditary diseases. Also, because hospitals have sometimes switched children, maybe both parents could get paternity tests. "It's not about trust, it's about doing the right thing for the health of this child."
/r/MensRights21/12/12 04:25 PM
1

You may not read this since you deleted your account, but if you happen across this post here you go: The MRA podcast you listened to was addressing the actions of certain feminist people/groups that were targeting video games as being sexist and was making videogaming community problems into a gender issue. You seem to take exception to the rebuttal from the MRAs who were just presenting the issue from a gender neutral perspective and suggesting that women could deal with the problem in the sam…
/r/MensRights13/12/12 07:06 PM
2

I didn't listen to the whole podcast, but what I heard addressed the portrayal of women in video games vs. the portrayal of men in video games. Drawing attention to the unrealistic portrayal of women as being a sexist trend from the industry while completely ignoring that men are also portrayed unrealistically does seem like the person is misrepresenting an issue in order to attract attention. I didn't listen to any discussion regarding abusive language between players, but some of the games I p…
/r/MensRights13/12/12 05:46 PM
7

How do I start cashing in my priviledge?
/r/MensRights20/11/12 08:00 PM
1

I think you can observe this sort of behavior in any emotionally charged situation/person. I have certainly been guilty of putting down the ideas of someone else to try to inflate my own position, and it is not something I am proud of; I am trying to change my behavior and show people with different ideas more respect, but it is a slow process. People don't like to doubt themselves and the idea that one might be wrong is uncomfortable to that individual. I'm not sure what my point is, other than…
/r/MensRights02/11/12 02:30 PM
5

My comment was meant to point out that nudity shouldn't be something our culture is afraid of. Imagine a society in which humans don't really care whether other humans wear clothes or not, teachers might work every day and not wear any clothes, it would not be distracting to the kids because it is perfectly normal beavior and they see people naked all the time. I brought up privacy rights only because even in a nude-friendly culture individuals still deserve privacy and if someone chose to keep …
/r/MensRights18/10/12 05:32 PM
5

I was in the camp that ideally no one should be in trouble; until I read this post.
/r/MensRights18/10/12 02:02 PM
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I agree with you completely. Ideally we'd live in a society where a picture of a woman topless isn't polarizing. I support individual privacy, so I understand if people don't want pictures of themselves floating around, but it doesn't seem like these kids were violating her privacy.
/r/MensRights18/10/12 01:58 PM
1

The idea "any press, is good press" definitely applies to people who write web articles. The person writes for a website, if her articles generate a lot of traffic, she will be paid more and paid to write more articles. So she probably doesn't care whether her readers agree with her or not, they still count as readers. If I stumble across a trash article like this, I usually paste the contents and a link to the article into a text submission so that people can choose how they want to view it.
/r/MensRights10/10/12 11:36 AM
2

women carry higher healthcare costs This seems like a silly argument to have, it makes a lot of sense why this is true, and it is not meant to be a negative towards women. Plus insurance companies wouldn't charge more for women without a valid reason.
/r/MensRights10/10/12 11:25 AM
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Where do women pay more for health insurance? Edit: I live in the US and I've never come across a policy that lists different rates for men or women.
/r/MensRights10/10/12 11:17 AM
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I think Bobsutan is talking about the fact that health insurance companies aren't allowed to discriminate based on gender, and that has been the law for as long as I can remember.
/r/MensRights10/10/12 11:15 AM
2

It seems counter-productive to link to this article... why support the author?
/r/MensRights09/10/12 12:44 PM
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Actually, in the US going dutch is very common, except for romantic dates. My experience has been that if it is a platonic relationship there is equal contribution toward dinner, if the encounter is romantic, there is expectation that the man contributes more. Of course there will be women who expect to always be treated, and other women who never expect to be treated.
/r/MensRights09/10/12 12:40 PM
2

I get the feeling that r/relationships has a considerable share of late teen early twenty people giving advice. That is a typical age for people to be struggling with and figuring our relationships, so it makes sense that they seek and provide advice there. I stopped going there for insight because I felt like there was too much bad advice being upvoted. There are a lot of white knights in r/relationships. I used to have a much more sexist view of relationships where I thought that men needed to…
/r/MensRights24/09/12 05:38 PM
1

I wasn't really looking at it from a men vs women perspective and trying to one up you. I just think that on the scale of "court fuck overs" your scenario is pretty low on the spectrum. It really could have been much worse, the judge could have said, "he gets joint custody and you need to pay him child support." I probably could have used an example that had nothing to do with mensa rights, would that have been better?
/r/MensRights23/09/12 10:52 AM
1

I agree that people should be held responsible for their decisions, it seems like he isn't being held responsible, and I agree that it is very lame. Now you have to put up with his visitation rights, I agree that it isn't fair to you, and maybe that is being fucked over. But what then would you call it when a man pays a fortune for a child he gets almost no contact with? ULTRA fucked over?
/r/MensRights21/09/12 07:00 PM
3

I feel bad that your ex was a loser and is now coming back into the picture and could have a negative impact on your child. However, I don't really see how the courts fucked you over, or how you'd prefer they be set up. It seems like you made a choice in '07 and now you regret your choice, but I don't think that is the fault of the courts or the legal system. I know if I had a child with someone and we ended up having a bad relationship, I'd be happy to have the child as long as I didn't have to…
/r/MensRights21/09/12 12:02 PM
1

I think the policy is to not post personal information unless it is about you or you have permission from the individual, there have been too many vigilante backlashes against people who turned out to be the wrong person or innocent.
/r/MensRights21/09/12 11:44 AM
1

I think most team sports don't have rules preventing females from participating. There is a female pitcher in baseball's minor leagues and I think there have been female kickers in american college football.
/r/MensRights12/09/12 12:30 PM
1

I don't think there is anything wrong with helping someone else out, but I think you should have given your manager a different explanation. I think the manager went way overboard writing you guys up, but you need to consider if you would have done the same thing for a male coworker, and if not, why not? For example, I'd be less interested in cleaning up tons of shit in a girl's bathroom, but if it was in a guy's bathroom I'd be more pissed off about it and want to get rid of the mess. Perhaps y…
/r/MensRights11/09/12 11:24 AM
1

I agree that it should be optional and should not be paid for by taxes, but I think it should be a service offered by hospitals. The best scenario would be for the service to be offered without the knowledge of the women and if funding was an issue, funding assistance could be provided by charities. Some men might not care if the child is theirs or not, some might trust their wives and feel like it isn't necessary, but the concern with it not being mandatory is that most men trust that the child…
/r/MensRights10/09/12 06:47 PM
1

I agree with you that it is rarely something that can be proven in court, but the problem is that in the 1% of cases where a false rape claim can be prosecuted, it rarely is, and the punishment is not very severe in cases where it is prosecuted. I think the point is that until there is a strong incentive not to make false rape claims, we can't expect there to be much change, regardless of the reason for the false accusation.
/r/MensRights29/08/12 11:14 AM
1

Yeah, that is an interesting observation, and it certainly makes sense. But with advanced technology I would expect the cycles in which people fight for their rights to be much more common and frequent, and not necessarily associated with the fall of a society. I wouldn't say that fighting to survive is better than fighting for your rights, it might work for North Korea, but the rest of the world seems better off right now.
/r/MensRights01/08/12 04:45 PM
2

Well, what is the reason for posting the clip from the article in r/mensrights? I was making assumptions, and reading into it, because I was trying to understand why it was deemed relevant to mens rights.
/r/MensRights01/08/12 02:55 PM
2

I guess if I look at it from the perspective of, "Forcing equal representation of men and women in all fields is counter productive, and this anecdote from the roman empire seems to support that reasoning", I can see how it is applicable to mens rights. But it also seems to suggest that once when we let women take power, it ruined society; and when you correlate that colapse to modern femenism, it seems like you are suggesting that letting women be judges is bad.
/r/MensRights01/08/12 12:19 PM
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I think this post is counterproductive. Let's assume that women did make a push for more clout in late Rome, and let's assume that that led to Rome becoming weak and falling to invader, it is still a single case which doesn't prove that women in power is good or bad. I'm sure a femenist could present an anecdote of a woman that was given power and it made the region she controlled much more prosperous, it doesn't mean that should be the rule. Also, think for a second about what you are suggestin…
/r/MensRights01/08/12 11:28 AM
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I don't really have a problem with public nudity, but I'm not accustomed to it at all and it would surprise me a bit to see it. The "OMG she's wearing a bra around" reaction I've witnessed blows my mind. Bikinis are usually just as revealing, and to be honest, there is basically no difference between underwear and swimwear other than the material and support. Men being in public wearing only boxers has a similar stigma. I'm not saying that people can't cover up and keep their privacy, but don't …
/r/MensRights02/07/12 04:58 PM
1

I haven't been reading all of the news around this topic, but I haven't read him being called selfish. I wouldn't be surprised if someone said something like that on some news program, but most of what I have read and gotten from people I have talked to is that they are sad it happened and that they feel bad for the way his life ended.
/r/MensRights04/05/12 11:28 AM
3

It wasn't clear to me whether Billie Jean was about a false paternity claim, or a man in denial of fathering the child. The "eyes were like mine" line kind of made me question it a bit. I'd need to run over the lyrics again, I don't remember every line.
/r/MensRights25/04/12 02:23 PM
1

MRAs intensely dislike some of the things women do I think it is more that government and society create a system that allows for unequal treatment and effectively encourage this behavior. I can't blame women that much for taking advantage of a broken system, the system needs fixing before anything else.
/r/MensRights09/04/12 06:34 PM
2

Document everything that is missing or broken and have a report filed regarding the stolen property. Obviously the cops might not be helpful, but without knowing all sides of the story and all of the details I wouldn't rule them out as actually persuing the charges you present against your x? GF. "This list of items was stolen from my apartment, there was no sign of forced entry, and this happened after a dispute between this person and I. She was the only person with access to the apartment and…
/r/MensRights28/03/12 02:40 PM
4

I think the pros outweigh the cons pretty heavily. People will still be concerned about STDs and will still wear condoms, I would expect there to be a small decrease in condom usage, but it would be such a great option for everyone.
/r/MensRights27/03/12 11:20 AM
5

Wow, thank you for this information, I'm interested in trying to help get this thing approved and available. I'll organize some fund raisers.
/r/MensRights27/03/12 11:12 AM
5

First I'll say that being caught glancing at something or someone sexy is definitely overblown. If you are putting it out there, I'm going to check it out whether you like it or not. But to respond to your point, I think the idea is to be respectful of other people, and that means understanding the culture we live in and understanding what makes other people uncomfortable, even if their discomfort seems ridiculous. Sometimes when people stare at me (I'm a dude) it makes me a little uncomfortable…
/r/MensRights13/02/12 05:38 PM
1

this is the best part: "Regardless of whether or not he would have a good time [with the step-mom], I would spend the period going insane with jealousy and fury. ... But I am mainly motivated by a desire to do what I believe is best for my child — and in my mind that is not having a string of new people in his life who might be off the scene as quickly as they were on it." She really doesn't seem to care whether that sort of relationship can be healthy for a child.
/r/MensRights20/01/12 04:17 PM
7

Just do it, you can do one of those cheek swab ones through the mail for a reasonable cost.
/r/MensRights21/11/11 09:09 PM
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I'm not really buying his "self defense" story either and I think both of the kids should be held accountable for what they did. Personally, I think if she kicked him in the balls, he punches her in the gut and they call it even, stop wasting money on legal fees and police. I know a kick in the balls is worse than a punch in the gut, but I can punch pretty damn hard, and I think I'd feel better after landing a flush body shot.
/r/MensRights29/09/11 11:19 AM
3

When you say "flashing money around", in the context of your analogy it can easily be interpreted as a woman showing off her body, since her body and his money were both the things sopposedly mugged. I think the analogy could be further improved by making it a mugging by a black guy. You willingly give the mugger a lot of money and later say "well he was black and if I didn't give him the money he would have hurt me." Something to that effect.
/r/MensRights19/09/11 07:55 PM
3

I think false paternity is largely ignored in our culture, and interest in testing is looked down on. But I will play devil's advocate and mention that BioClinics (the company that released these findings) will only benefit from this sort of report, so I take it with a grain of salt.
/r/MensRights19/09/11 11:52 AM
3

How did it save you? I plan on doing it, but my understanding is that once your name is on the birth certificate, even if you aren't the father, a court can hold you accountable for child support.
/r/MensRights19/09/11 11:38 AM
2

How the fuck is a guy cornering a woman just by being in the same elevator as her? Sometimes my male privilege blocks my understanding of these things so I often need some help from feminists to get a better perspective. Best line in the article.
/r/MensRights11/08/11 02:19 PM
1

That is my experience also, I thought he was suggesting that we didn't have any racist trolls here.
/r/MensRights09/08/11 05:05 PM
1

OK, now I understand. I agree with you 100%.
/r/MensRights09/08/11 04:50 PM
3

I haven't seen much to suggest it either, I'm just trying to understand the OP.
/r/MensRights09/08/11 01:26 PM
3

So you are suggesting that because a group of white supremacist chose to infiltrate r/politics, it means r/MR is not racist? I don't really understand the point you are trying to make.
/r/MensRights09/08/11 12:28 PM
2

the alternative is to ignore and censor these voices. I think it's important for them to be heard. I agree with that whole post actually. I'm just trying to play devil's advocate a bit and not let us paint ourselves as women haters (there were mostly comments praising the author), because I don't fall into that category.
/r/MensRights04/08/11 08:21 PM
2

I think that another story about a woman who lived in some other part of the world where women were treated with spite and hatred, and who grew up to not want anything to do with men, if that story were read by men would you expect them to respond by being offended? I wouldn't. I would expect them to respond with sympathy and compassion. But if the woman writing the story was not in another part of the world, and was referring to experiences she had with the men in her community, and for the sak…
/r/MensRights04/08/11 11:04 AM
1

I'd think that most women would read this and think, "this guy paints us all as if we are like the handful of bad apples he has encountered, I'm not that way with men." Try to put yourself in the perspective of a woman and you realize there is no way a woman can sympathize with this guy. If we want to make progress with men's rights we need to present a case that everyone can understand and sympathize with.
/r/MensRights03/08/11 06:25 PM
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I also think women have to deal with some prejudice that has a negative impact on them. Often women are more valued for their looks than their brains, and are treated as such in some areas of work. Obviously the sexism against men is endorsed much more commonly than sexism against women, but I don't think we should blow off the less significant instances of sexism and pretend then don't exist if we want to be taken seriously.
/r/MensRights28/07/11 07:50 PM
1

While I agree with pretty much every point you make, it seems worth mentioning that most of these changes should not be in the form of federal laws. For example, the funding to help men and women should not be provided by the federal government, but I'd agree that any government provided funding should be equal. The more satisfying goal would be for society to show equal enthusiasm in fund raising for men and women.
/r/MensRights27/07/11 11:42 AM
2

In some situations, if she gives birth and wants not responsibilities, the man can take custody and get child support from the mother. I'm sure this is rare, and more likely something that could theoretically happen, but it's worth mentioning that child support/custody it isn't 100% screwed up.
/r/MensRights21/07/11 12:50 PM
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If you can stick it out, I'd recommend it. But if you become depressed and truly miserable, find a way out of there.
/r/MensRights21/07/11 12:45 PM
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It seems more like the OP is women bashing, rather than addressing an issue associated with Men's Rights. Even if the divorce stats mentioned are true, it doesn't imply unfaithfulness from women who have had many partners. This blog post seems like something that would come from radical islamic men, and I can't relate to it at all. I'd ask the OP how he'd feel if the genders were switched in his own blog post, would it seem like misandry?
/r/MensRights20/07/11 01:37 PM
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The penalty should have been more harsh, but a slap on the wrist is better than no punishment. Can we agree that this is a step in the right direction?
/r/MensRights18/07/11 07:02 PM
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look up cuckold, I found a different definition.
/r/MensRights13/07/11 01:47 PM
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The scenarios you are describing (a stranger persistently bothering you) have additional factors that could lead make it more understandable for someone to be wary, compared to the polite exchange mentioned in the original story. If the guy in the elevator showed more aggression, I think it is justified to call him out for being out of line, but that wasn't what happened, and for the girl to call him out and say he was in the wrong, and then allow the responses in her blog to suggest the situati…
/r/MensRights08/07/11 03:11 PM
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To blame someone else for triggering your own fear based on false perception, is the problem with this whole issue. It is like getting mad at darkness because you are afraid of the dark, and then rationalizing it by telling other people they don't understand how scary it is to be in the dark. edit: word order
/r/MensRights07/07/11 07:27 PM
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Humans tend to be frightened in the dark, it is fear of the unknown, it is silly and most people know it is silly. If I ask my friend to go downstairs at night and get me some water without the lights on, and he tells me he'd be too afraid to do that, well we'd both agree that he was being foolish, but it is understandable that he'd be scared. That is the same scenario in the elevator that people are referring to. The girl was not in any danger, and it was not a dangerous situation, and for a gi…
/r/MensRights07/07/11 05:14 PM
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Time to play devil's advocate. I don't agree with the idea of being responsible for a child that is not yours, but to try to explain the decision the judge made: The man is being asked to pay what he was previously compelled to pay under the law as it stood in texas at the time. He does not have any further obligation than what he owes from before the law was corrected. Was the old law bad? Yes! Should it have been overturned? Yes, and fortunately it has! Should the new law be retroactive and ab…
/r/MensRights27/06/11 01:23 PM
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GroundhogExpert is right, the shirt slogan isn't very significant. There are tons of risque shirts out there, and that is usually the idea of many t-shirts, to rub people the wrong way, many such shirts are mainstream. To be honest, the message on this shirt doesn't carry much weight and seems like it is mainly to make insecure moms and women feel better about themselves. It is pretty obvious that women are not smarter than men, and moms are not smarter than dads, I learned that for myself at a …
/r/MensRights20/06/11 12:50 PM
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Excellent point and it is good to bring in this perspective, but I think you actually are supporting the OPs position. He wanted to check with the mother/patient to see how they felt about it, because that is really all that matters. I have no problem with a female nurse examining me, and there are obviously others that feel the same way. So you really can't defend the person who denied them entry to the operating room without even asking the patient. Ideally gender shouldn't be an issue at all,…
/r/MensRights13/06/11 01:24 PM
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You really need to stop propagating the myth that clothing can predispose a woman to rape or facilitate it in any way. I think the slutwalks are a bad idea, but people like you come along and give them a reason to argue their stance. The barriers for someone to be raped are not clothing, that's like suggesting that girls who shave their vaginas are easier to rape. Evenif it is true, it has zero significance.
/r/MensRights10/06/11 03:03 PM
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I agree with you completely. The clothing is not an issue at all, and I hope people stop pretending that the way a woman dresses has any actual influence on the instance of a rape.
/r/MensRights10/06/11 02:54 PM
2

Obviously I think what they are doing is sick, but I don't really see this as a mens rights issue. It bothers me a lot, and I guess I can see that there is a suggestion that all men are warring murderers, but I doubt their culture makes any attempt at gender equality, so this doesn't seem too outrageous.
/r/MensRights09/06/11 04:13 PM
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I disagree with this case being a universal claim. I could say, "Men are physically stronger than women" and it would be understood that I'm not making a blanket statement but referring to a trend amongst men and women each as a group. For an even clearer example, "Humans are bigger than house cats" is a statement most would agree is a true statement even though it is not universally true. On the other hand, "He won't respect you if you have sex on the first date." is a fairly universal claim, s…
/r/MensRights09/06/11 01:37 PM
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