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If they were skilled and had high qualifications, THEY'D HAVE BEEN HIRED OR PROMOTED to the positions that are being scrutinized. The only reason that these private companies have to be forced to hire more women is because highly-qualified women do not apply for those "high prestige" positions or are not promoted to them via the market. And before you start talking about a "glass ceiling", remember that private companies have to make a PROFIT. That means that highly-qualified people are hired an…
/r/MensRights27/11/14 03:36 AM
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Seems like the end consumer should also be concerned. Lower qualifications means lower skill and/or experience. Lower skill and/or experience means higher prices, lower quality products/services, or both.
/r/MensRights27/11/14 02:57 AM
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Thank you. I didn't know it would mean so much to hear this expressed, though I probably should have realized it, considering all that has been said in the thread. I'll make sure she knows how I feel.
/r/MensRights21/09/14 02:07 AM
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I was willing to lose everything if it meant being happy in my own skin. I used to be confused about transgender men and women, but that changed when a close family member of my s/o transitioned and I found out everything that a transition entailed. It really is like you're starting a new life and saying goodbye to almost everything and everyone you once knew. In my younger days, I thought it was kind of cowardly, like you were running away from who you were, but I've found out that it's actuall…
/r/MensRights21/09/14 01:22 AM
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Seems the NFL has been busy lately. I suspect that aggressive, even violent behavior has been an issue with pro athletes for a long time, but the national news has only just now slowed enough for the media to make a national story out of it. Violence and gender/race conflict sell, and independent, original journalism is hard. It's much easier to just copy what everyone else is saying than to find a compelling story on your own, and the old race/gender "war" virtually guarantees views and readers…
/r/MensRights21/09/14 01:05 AM
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It's not right, but it's understandable. Many men who subscribe to this subreddit have suffered serious consequences for radical feminist ideology seeping into modern culture. There are countless men here who have had their lives literally ruined by it. They can't see their kids. They're on a sex offender registry. They lost their house and their only vehicle to their ex. They pay alimony to the woman who cheated on them, and on and on. It's natural for people who have been harmed like this to t…
/r/MensRights12/09/14 07:25 AM
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I guess it just seemed kind of cheesy to me. I must be out of touch with the target audience, namely dads.
/r/MensRights04/08/14 09:47 AM
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Maybe I'm missing something (not being a dad and all), but this video seemed forced and somewhat cringeworthy. The fact that it's a commercial for Cheerios makes me wonder if this shouldn't be linked to /r/HailCorporate. Am I wrong? If so, please explain to me what this has to do with men's rights.
/r/MensRights03/08/14 11:40 PM
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At the time I posted this comment, your comment was the only comment that I saw that sounded like jealousy or misplaced anger. I underestimated the sheer, unadulterated ability of redditors to piss in people's Wheaties, and that was my mistake.
/r/MensRights24/06/14 06:57 AM
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Don't mind him, he's apparently very angry about something religion-related and can't abide the slightest good thing being said about it.
/r/MensRights24/06/14 05:15 AM
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Thanks for not taking the troll bait, and calling this comment out as such. You're an inspiration.
/r/MensRights05/06/14 02:50 PM
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I wouldn't go that far. It is significant, but not near-impossible (as you are implying). You don't need personal trainers, personal chefs, and thousands of dollars to get into amazing shape. A lot of the "stars" from movies and such pay for those because they can afford it and they need to get into a certain shape within a few months in order to play a role. With time and consistency, almost anyone can have the shape of a model. For most novices, it just takes longer to get there because, like …
/r/MensRights31/05/14 09:24 PM
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Muscular ectomorphs just look wiry, like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. No reason to assume they all look "wimpy" no matter what. I think what /u/trebemot is trying to say is that if you work hard, smart, and work with what you have, you'll see an improvement, regardless of your body type.
/r/MensRights31/05/14 08:59 PM
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I think the important distinction here is that gaining muscle mass when you have a high metabolism and are an ectomorph, as /u/arakin seems to be, can be much more difficult than losing fat, especially if you have a lot of fat to begin with. Putting on enough muscle to be part of a so-called "male power fantasy" would be a significant undertaking for someone like that.
/r/MensRights31/05/14 05:04 PM
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Are women and gay men really drawing from the same pool, though? It seems like kind of a stretch that women could "take" men from you.
/r/MensRights29/05/14 06:37 AM
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They do go on to defend radical feminism, though, after that sentence. You should include the whole paragraph, so as not to mislead people in this thread. Some of the comments on that article are actually pretty good, though. The highest comments are taking the SPLC to task for applying sexist double standards.
/r/MensRights26/05/14 12:45 PM
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I guess the poor white folks in Appalachia aren't real to her, either (especially the men). It's almost like she believes that if you aren't a part of a "suspect class", that your problems are non-existent, and you should just "man up" and deal with it. People like this are immune to facts. It's ideology and propaganda all the way down.
/r/MensRights26/05/14 12:26 PM
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke (disputed) "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Ghandi Do not despair. Despair drains your spirit and makes it easy for the enemy to defeat you. The ignorant fools in the OP, who point their fingers and laugh at the truth, who attempt to marginalize real world problems based upon the speaker's gender and race, do not deserve any such victory. Many…
/r/MensRights26/05/14 12:14 PM
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Some. And then there are female MRAs.
/r/MensRights19/05/14 08:49 AM
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Manhood101 spam has been common on this sub for a while. They try to take advantage of emotionally-compromised men with the allure of superiority through chauvinism and simple (but unconvincing) arguments. They're either trolls or swindlers (or both). Those who are reading this, please do NOT give their site hits. edit: the original comment has now been deleted. It was spam for a website called "manhood101.com", an awful caricature of the men's rights movement and a thorn in the side of MRAs in …
/r/MensRights16/05/14 11:48 PM
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Women talk about the "glass ceiling" that stops women from reaching greater heights of power, but they don't acknowledge the "glass cellar" that contains primarily men. This is an important point that I hadn't thought much about. I'll be sure to remember this the next time someone brings up the patriarchy. It's so much that men are "more powerful" by default, but that the standard deviation for success is much larger for men than it is for women; there's much more variation including both extrem…
/r/MensRights04/05/14 05:24 AM
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You do realize that many gay men are also in the men's rights movement, right? They're still men, after all.
/r/MensRights03/05/14 01:11 PM
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I personally have heard these arguments before. What do you say in response to someone like that?
/r/MensRights03/05/14 01:09 PM
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If you're trying to say that he should have the emotional strength to leave an abusive relationship, then just say that, and apply it to both sexes, rather than assuming that all men are stronger than all women (which is demonstrably false) and that any man who is abused by a woman is abused because he is too weak to fight back. Many men in such relationships REFUSE to fight back for various reasons, not the least of which is spending several years in jail. If you value generosity of spirit as w…
/r/MensRights21/03/14 12:14 PM
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Let me see if I can try to explain. I think a lot of the downvotes are the result of an "us vs. them" mentality that is natural in subreddits where people feel they have been ostracized and their issues dismissed by society. Many of the men that post in this sub have had negative personal experiences with feminists, ex-wives, girlfriends, teachers, family members, etc. that left an indelible mark on their souls. They feel they or other men they were close to were treated in an unjust manner and …
/r/MensRights15/01/14 09:06 PM
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I've edited my comment for clarity. If you decide to further edit your original comment, please draw attention to it so that people coming to the thread later understand what the issue was with it. We're all trying to learn here.
/r/MensRights10/01/14 02:16 AM
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The patriarchy is an important facet of feminist theory. I am not "demonizing" feminists, as feminists, like MRAs, can be egalitarians. I am, however, attacking the main thrust of feminist theory, which is that it is the man-focused environment that keeps women from attaining their goals in a free society. Sometimes that IS the case; I am not saying sexism against women does not exist. What I am saying is that goal attainment is often in the hands of the individual, and that blaming "society" fo…
/r/MensRights09/01/14 07:30 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Modern_usage Since people seem to be misunderstanding this, let me explain: "Begging the question" is a specific type of logical fallacy committed when the premise of an argument is repeated by its conclusion. For instance: Premise: I failed the test... Q: why did you fail the test? Conclusion: because I didn't pass it. "It begs the question: are women treated unfairly" is not a correct usage of this term. A good example of a "begs the question" …
/r/MensRights09/01/14 07:20 PM
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Are you aware that there is a difference between feminism and egalitarianism? Talk to a hardcore feminist sometime. They will likely inform you that egalitarianism is too weak an approach to societal problems and that we must destroy the patriarchy by pushing a woman-centric agenda. Even egalitarian males are a part of the problem because they don't actively fight against men being in the majority of positions of power and prestige throughout the world. This is what many modern feminists actuall…
/r/MensRights09/01/14 07:13 PM
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You should contact that former judge that said she'd do something about it. Let her know it was swept under the rug. You have to fight power with power.
/r/MensRights04/12/13 05:37 PM
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If you're playing with anonymous young children (and many of these online communities are full of them now), you're going to have to deal with abuse, regardless of who you are and where you come from. If you speak over Ventrillo with an Arabic or Persian accent, you'll be called a "terrorist". If you speak with an Australian accent or have a speech impediment, or volunteer information like your religion or political views over the in-game comm, you'll be attacked for that, as well. It comes with…
/r/MensRights15/09/13 09:19 PM
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Of course we had plenty of female gamers who didn't give a shit. There were semi-professional counter-strike players, who happened to be female, who were legitimate CS players in their own right and could kick your ass any day and didn't apologize for it. We made sure they got the respect they deserved. I think you just hit on something that is often missed in these debates: earning respect. Gamers, like any other group, can often be very insular and distrustful of newcomers, and this was very t…
/r/MensRights14/09/13 03:59 PM
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I just wish that boys had some more down to Earth role models thrown in the mix. Watch this film. I agree with you that we need more realistic role models as men. I also wish that our fathers had such role models. Maybe things would be different for us if that were the case.
/r/MensRights04/08/13 05:33 AM
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That's a pretty convoluted set of standards there. Almost like it's set up with a predetermined result in mind. Not that you are necessarily doing that...it just seems like the "Bechdel Test" was made without any attempt to mitigate confirmation bias.
/r/MensRights04/08/13 05:23 AM
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the males are still being presented as strong, brave, capable, heroic, etc. while the women are passive, weak sex objects filling only the role of being arm candy for an alpha male I agree; this is nonsense. There have been strong, brave, capable, and heroic female characters present in stories since the Ancient Era (mythology is full of them: Athena is a great example). Today, we are inundated with such strong female characters in movies, video games, etc. There has always been a market for "st…
/r/MensRights03/08/13 07:14 PM
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Assuming you are legit and this is not just a trolling attempt, you should maybe seek professional help. There is absolutely no reason for you to be this anxious about your body image. I work out a lot myself and have a muscular body, but I also find myself being upset and thinking I look "fat" when I actually look just fine to others. A little anxiety about how you look is normal in this culture, even if it is a bit unwarranted, but being so upset about not being perfect that you have to litera…
/r/MensRights03/08/13 06:58 PM
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Why can't people just accept it when an ideology is over, when it has been shown to be ineffective and corrupt, when it's lost all its power? I honestly think it has more to do with new generations growing up and not being properly taught about what happened in the past 35 - 40 years. Many American children are not taught much about the Cold War and its casualties, both literal and figurative. Add to that an over-emphasis on the problems associated with capitalism (no system is perfect, as human…
/r/MensRights24/07/13 05:56 PM
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SNAP!
/r/MensRights12/07/13 12:34 AM
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I think it's a very human inclination to brand someone who is part of your in-group but decides to leave it and fight against what you are fighting for a "traitor". Of course, many women don't find a natural kinship with other women in as much as they see their entire sex as on the "same side". Calling a woman a "traitor" for fighting against feminism only makes sense if you accept that all women are naturally bonded and are expected to fight for a common cause. This also tends to explain the ha…
/r/MensRights03/07/13 10:16 PM
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I knew about the Fallacy of Composition, but hadn't heard of the Apex subclass. Learning a lot today. : )
/r/MensRights30/06/13 11:49 PM
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Wow. From the article: when feminists pointed up toward the top of society and showed us mostly men, we didn’t bother to direct our attention down to the bottom of society so we could see the mostly men there, as well. We all saw a glass ceiling, but not a glass cellar, and allowed feminists to convince us that all aspects of society, the formalized and the informal, were male-dominated and male-controlled, and that women, as a class, were utterly powerless and subjugated under this system. I ha…
/r/MensRights30/06/13 11:39 PM
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I didn't downvote you. I agree with your assessment of the primary culprits (that's why I said I was with you up until your last sentence). And "no true scotsman" fallacy has to do with subjectivity, not objectivity. Capitalism, by definition, has an emphasis on competition. Crony capitalism, by contrast, creates government-ordained oligopolies and monopolies at the expense of small businesses, entrepreneurs, employees, and consumers.
/r/MensRights30/06/13 11:02 PM
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I was completely with you up until your last sentence. "Slave labor" and the love of power is not only the realm of capitalists. Capitalism, with all of its flaws, still affords us the best goods and services for the value, the best quality goods and services, and the most choice. Other economic systems are associated with shortages, inefficiency, and human suffering as well as "slave labor" and the desire of the elite for power. I'd also like to point out that what we have here in the States (a…
/r/MensRights30/06/13 10:35 PM
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It's not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that at least some men and women have chosen to be gay (even if only temporarily) when they were not born with such desires. Especially when they are young and alcohol is involved. ; )
/r/MensRights30/06/13 10:19 PM
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Back in the day, women NEEDED men. Now perhaps not. I was watching a video by girlwriteswhat the other day and she mentioned this exact thing. She said that men are no longer able to uniquely contribute as men. They are no longer "uniquely useful", and that's extremely demoralizing. I've linked the relevant point in the video, but the whole thing is worth watching if you have the time. I'm also sorry for what happened to you. Sometimes your best is not good enough; it takes two people to make an…
/r/MensRights30/06/13 10:12 PM
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People often misunderstand the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt", as well. It does not mean the same thing as "beyond a shadow of a doubt" or "no doubt". I suspect that jurists in especially media-heavy trials will often acquit more often than convict due to the Hawthrone Effect.
/r/MensRights25/06/13 08:34 PM
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I guess I should make it clear that I'm agreeing with you that we should test and train with packs and gear as if we were going into combat. But in your original comment you stated that we should not have a universal standard (due to the sexual differences in physiology as well as age-related factors). I definitely disagree with you there. edit, for clarity: There should be a universal physical standard, but it should involve combat-related tests. Other MOS-specific tests are already unit-specif…
/r/MensRights14/06/13 08:13 PM
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I was also in the military, and one of the things that pissed me off most was the arbitrary physical fitness test measures. I got perfect PFT scores for the vast majority of the time I was in, but I still had some trouble on those 10-mile humps. I wish we had trained for those like they trained us to run in goddamn PT gear. Hell, even running in full kit would have been an improvement. But we do need to have a standard, and that standard should be universal. edit: fixed tenses
/r/MensRights14/06/13 07:46 PM
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The point of having a physical standard is to assess a soldier's ability to do the job. Physical, mental, and technical (e.g. rifle marksmanship) standards are there to keep people alive during combat and make them more effective warriors. If a minimum standard is to be set for this, it should be (ideally) be static across the board. Soldiers need strength and endurance to fireman carry the wounded from the battlefield and carry heavy packs full of equipment/ammo and run/swim effectively in full…
/r/MensRights14/06/13 07:11 PM
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In the review you linked in the last paragraph Laura Hughes mentions that "it might have been nice to have a meek boy and thuggish girl in the mix for counterexample". I haven't read the book. Have you read it? What did you think of it?
/r/MensRights06/06/13 05:40 AM
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The intent may have been good, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. You must factor in results, and images like this result not just in people trying to teach men to treat women with respect, but a belief that the way women act is not important enough to be mentioned. This is insulting to both men and women.
/r/MensRights02/06/13 09:07 PM
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For those who don't know what you're referencing.
/r/MensRights31/05/13 10:46 PM
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Stop with the ridiculous "Manhood Academy" piggybacking linkbait bullshit. Please don't give this guy more hits. edit: this guy didn't have the balls to comment in the thread, but he sent a nasty little message to my inbox for calling him out (a similar thing happened last time, as well). He also seems to have deleted his comment and the account he originally sent the link with. This is the kind of person we're dealing with; a coward. If you, the readers of /r/MensRights, find links to this site…
/r/MensRights29/05/13 10:21 PM
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Not armed robbery. Slander. Extortion, maybe. The only things they were armed with were words and threats.
/r/MensRights01/03/13 07:33 PM
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carnivorous? Arent we all apart from vegetarians/vegans? FYI, carnivorous means meat-eating at the exclusion of all else. Most people are omnivorous, with the exception of vegans, who are strict herbivores.
/r/MensRights16/01/13 10:58 AM
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This was not on /b/; this was on /pol/ (you can tell by the flags). Different boards, same site (4chan). /pol/ actually isn't bad. /b/ is just awful.
/r/MensRights13/01/13 03:25 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO1w4XZUALA&t=0m05s
/r/MensRights27/12/12 01:17 PM
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You do realize the difference between law and enforcement, right? Just because it's "in writing", that doesn't mean it's adhered to. You should also be aware that the U.K. has no codified constitution. Its law is made up of common law, statutory law, and convention. It's all very wishy-washy.
/r/MensRights03/12/12 12:17 AM
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I don't know how you can say that, considering Victoria reigned over an expansive empire (one that no longer exists), and parliament (specifically the cabinet and the PM) have taken over all of the non-symbolic duties that the Monarchy used to wield.
/r/MensRights02/12/12 07:16 AM
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"British Canada" is not the same as "Canada" to me; Canada is independent from Britain. British Canada (Upper and Lower Canada in British North America) was not. Of course, we're arguing semantics with a particularly pedantic bent now...
/r/MensRights02/12/12 04:50 AM
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That's not how it works. It's an "approval", and it's just a check in the box. She hasn't denied anyone. Ever. She's a figurehead.
/r/MensRights02/12/12 03:11 AM
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Because it wasn't Canada at the time. It was British North America. I used "Canadian territories" as shorthand.
/r/MensRights02/12/12 03:10 AM
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Please enlighten me, then. How does the Queen of England "own" Canada? The concept seemed so ridiculous on its face I had just assumed you were joking.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 07:22 PM
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Now you're being ridiculous. You trolling, or what? Because I'm not even mad. My jimmies are not even a bit rustled.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 06:44 PM
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Although that was not my main point, I suppose, yes, I'd say the Monarchy hasn't had much real power in quite some time. The Queen is nothing more than a figurehead.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 05:20 PM
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Will you answer my other question?
/r/MensRights01/12/12 04:08 PM
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What do you mean by "designated"? Do you mean that he is selected by parliament and then approved by the Queen (as a formality) as they do in the U.K.? Would you say that Canada is a sovereign nation, separate from the U.K.?
/r/MensRights01/12/12 03:46 PM
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No. When the British colonists won the Revolutionary War, it was in order to gain their independence from Britain. They become Americans directly after (because they won the war). Canadians, meanwhile, didn't become independent until 1931, and some even say they're not completely independent. So saying that "Canadians" burned the White House in 1812 (as opposed to the British) is disingenuous.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 03:08 PM
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Oh, come on. The Queen of England doesn't govern anyone. Not really. She's a figurehead. And I don't claim that "Americans" won the French and Indian War, either; we were British then. The British colonists won that war (along with their native allies).
/r/MensRights01/12/12 03:06 PM
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Considering that Canada was a British colony at the time, it's kind of disingenuous to say that "Canadians" did it. Canada didn't become independent from Britain until 1931. The British colonists of the Canadian territories burned the White House in the War of 1812, and the war ended in a stalemate.
/r/MensRights01/12/12 02:32 PM
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Being touched when it is unwanted is technically battery under U.S. law; a criminal act. If he wanted to, he could press charges. He won't, as he has a career to think about, and pressing charges would make him look like a pussy foolish.
/r/MensRights20/11/12 03:58 AM
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http://thefire.org/
/r/MensRights10/11/12 02:37 AM
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True. It would be silly for me to invite a girl to, say, a movie, then expect her to provide transportation for me. To me, that's rude. I like to drive, but if a woman asked me to go somewhere with her, it wouldn't be discourteous of me to expect her to drive. She invited me, after all.
/r/MensRights03/11/12 01:53 AM
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What can I say? Either they're clueless or they buying into the same old "put up a tough front, no matter what" nonsense we've all been fed for decades (if not centuries). You can't count on others; they'll always let you down. Happiness is based upon expectations. Keep your expectations low for others and high for yourself and things may start to go better for you.
/r/MensRights01/11/12 10:09 PM
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Don't know if you meant to do it, but the video you linked is an edited version that has the "loud crying guy" sound near the end, which kind of ruins the scene...
/r/MensRights01/11/12 02:21 AM
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Sometimes you have to have gone through the pain to really understand it. Maybe your bros just didn't understand, so they didn't know how to help. Sometimes it's like trying to explain battlefield combat to someone who has never been in the service. Or explaining what it's like to be in a cage match to someone who has never been in a fight. They don't know what to say; don't know how to help. So they say nothing. Don't hold it against them. I'm sure there was no malice. Having dealt with a signi…
/r/MensRights01/11/12 02:15 AM
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Even if you don't get to see the child, it is still deemed your responsibility (because you helped to create it). So you pay for it in order to provide it with "your share" of what it needs. However, if you're deemed a danger to its welfare, then you get to support it from afar (by paying child support without visitation rights). That's just how things work out here, and far too often, considering how easy it is for someone (often the mother) to cast doubt on a man's benevolent nature.
/r/MensRights01/11/12 01:35 AM
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FYI: Flouting: Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention) Flaunting: Display (something) ostentatiously, esp. in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance. Not entirely sure which you meant here, but I think it was "flaunting" and not "flouting". If he were flouting it and you were annoyed by this (which you seem to be), then the stuff he was flouting wouldn't be "ridiculous nonsense", at least not to you.
/r/MensRights23/10/12 09:36 PM
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Then they are not "real" communists, at least according to the definition. Now, keep in mind that I'm actually about as far from a communist as they come, but actual communists believe in a stateless, classless society, according to Karl Marx and Fredrick Engles. An anarcho-socialist has the closest philosophy to this without being an actual communist, as the end goal of a communist is the have a completely non-hierarchical society. A lot of people who say that they are communists are actually j…
/r/MensRights23/10/12 09:24 PM
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Ownership of the means of production can only be transferred to the workers from the owners (or Capitalist Class, in Marxist literature) by revolution or by force of the State. In the former example (revolution), there are often few specifics as to the details of how collective ownership deals with decision-making and leadership, and how innovation and progress will continue without competition between capitalistic owners of production (if you're thinking that the leaders of the labor force that…
/r/MensRights23/10/12 05:59 AM
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What if you're a libertarian and agree with the left only on social issues and with the right only on economic issues (so an equal amount "left" and "right"? Then which party (left wing or right wing) do you vote for? I'd rather vote for someone who almost directly mirrors my own beliefs, rather than voting for someone with whom I agree only half the time. Even in governmental systems that use Proportional Representation, it makes the most sense to vote for the party that is closest to your own …
/r/MensRights23/10/12 05:33 AM
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Change happens one person at a time. Welcome to the resistance, friend.
/r/MensRights23/10/12 05:24 AM
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Something like Instant Runoff, coupled with Proportional Representation, would do significant damage to the two major parties in this country, and that is sorely needed. Of course, in order to make this happen, the two major parties need to agree to the new rules. That is why it will never happen, sadly.
/r/MensRights23/10/12 05:22 AM
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White men have never faced the same systemic prejudice and segregation black people did. This is not true. Ask someone who had relatives who were Irish or Italian in the 19th century in America. There's a record of significant discrimination against these groups during the Industrial Revolution.
/r/MensRights13/10/12 01:45 AM
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Wait....when did anyone on Fox News say that rape victims who dress a certain way are "asking for it"? Can you link me to a source for this? The closest I could find was Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" gaffe on KTVI, a Fox affilliate. I couldn't find anything on Fox News Channel mentioning what you said.
/r/MensRights03/10/12 05:23 AM
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You complain about people being petty, then get all butthurt about downvotes and disagreements (your second edit) and say the "forum" has no ability to see common sense. This makes you look like a hypocrite.
/r/MensRights30/09/12 04:04 AM
7

That's not normal. It's the MRE's, man; they stop you up.
/r/MensRights30/09/12 03:56 AM
1

Getting back to the context of the comment I replied to, assuming that someone is good at math because they are Asian would be racist. The commenter asked "would it be racist to assume a white person is well-off?"
/r/MensRights11/06/12 08:51 AM
2

no other race has tried as hard to "win" as white people. We've had quite a superiority complex for a very long time. You do realize that this is a racist statement, right? It's usually a bad idea to make sweeping generalizations about an entire race of people.
/r/MensRights11/06/12 01:06 AM
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Since no-one has explained it to you yet, I'll give it a shot. Stereotypes are bad, regardless of whether the stereotype is referencing a positive or negative trait. Saying that "Asians are good at math", for instance, would be racism, because it's based upon a stereotype, albeit a positive one. Similarly, saying that "whites are rich" is also racism, as it generalizes an entire group based upon a stereotype. Keep in mind that there are plenty of poor Caucasians, and that stereotypes like this o…
/r/MensRights09/06/12 11:30 PM
2

She's using this logical fallacy. The burden of proof is always on the person making the original claim, not the other way around. This is why we are supposed to have "innocent until proven guilty": you can't "prove a negative" in a situation such as yours. I recommend reading this, as well. Knowledge is power. Good luck.
/r/MensRights03/06/12 01:42 PM
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Seems like a case of "guilty until proven innocent", which is the opposite of how justice is supposed to work. It's a fucking travesty.
/r/MensRights03/06/12 04:13 AM
1

Like most things, it's a combination of both, I suspect.
/r/MensRights28/05/12 06:01 PM
0

Less than 10% of the US population serve in the armed forces Active duty personnel make up about .01% of Americans. Add all of the living veterans from all services and add the active duty members to them and you're still only sitting at about 7%. edit: small corrections and links link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces: total number of active personnel: 1,456,862. Total number of United States citizens: ~313,000,000. That's about .004 percent of the population that is curr…
/r/MensRights28/05/12 04:42 PM
2

Small, but important point: isolationism is not the same thing as non-interventionism. Please do not use one when you mean the other; conflating the two just leads to confusion. The U.S. had a policy of non-intervention before WW II. We had trade, economic commitments, and international agreements.
/r/MensRights28/05/12 04:36 PM
1

Completely agree except for your last point. No conventional army would dare invade U.S. soil today. We're still the largest military powerhouse by far, and we still have thousands of nuclear missiles just waiting to be launched. There's a reason the Cold War never turned into a "hot" war, with the exception of proxies like Korea and Vietnam (neither of which had nuclear weapons at the time).
/r/MensRights24/05/12 01:36 AM
2

They also get a longer time for runs. A few minutes are added onto the max time for a 3 mile run in the Marines' PFT. Also, yes, it's flexed arm hang instead of pull-ups. Source: I'm a former Marine.
/r/MensRights24/05/12 01:26 AM
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But the level of atrocities committed upon civilians should be something that's kept in mind when you think about how comparatively great it would have been to be a woman during WWII. This may be true for other countries, I agree. However, with the exception of the barely populated Aleutian Islands during World War II (they're off the coast of Alaska), the U.S. hasn't been invaded by a foreign power since 1812. It's disingenuous to assume that American women, at least, have had much to worry abo…
/r/MensRights24/05/12 01:13 AM
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Not currently. That's what Selective Service is for. If we ever DO need to go back to the draft, guess who is getting drafted first. Luckily we've got enough volunteers for military service right now.
/r/MensRights24/05/12 12:56 AM
2

That's a pretty insulting generalization and a big part of why our political system is so fucked up. It's exactly this kind of disdain and apathy with regards to civic duty that has allowed the political process here in the States to become so corrupt. "Politics" is about power and leadership. Few things are more important.
/r/MensRights14/05/12 10:36 PM
3

That's a bit of a different situation. Hoops is a private league, like AYSO. They get to decide how they run their league. I believe Norwood High School is a public school, which means that Title IX applies to them, but not to private leagues like Hoops.
/r/MensRights08/05/12 01:43 AM
7

"Pies" are right in the name! It must be delicious!
/r/MensRights05/05/12 10:21 AM
1

Repeating your original point does not make it more correct. Privilege is not slavery. As I said, slavery is a very specific thing; it removes all significant choice from the individual. Privilege, on the contrary, enables an individual to have more choices than the average. And choice should be given to EVERYONE. How do we disagree on that? I agree that choice should be allowed every human, and that every human ought to live with the consequences, good and bad, of those choices. But that is a r…
/r/MensRights27/04/12 01:09 AM
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"How happy... to be a slave and have no will to make no decisions, like driftwood. How very peaceful it must be." edit: It is true that power changes you, but saying that power (in the form of privilege) is basically slavery is to be ignorant of what it truly means to be a slave. Slavery is more than "blissful ignorance": taking choice away from human beings takes away a necessary part of what it means to be human.
/r/MensRights26/04/12 10:34 AM
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While this may be true in individual cases, do you know it to be true in general? If not, then I would not consider it a privilege designated for "men", but for individual managers.
/r/MensRights26/04/12 10:23 AM
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Egalitarianism can be defined as either equal opportunity or equal outcomes, but the main thrust of egalitarianism is its respect for the equality of people in terms of worth. In other words, we begin as equals, because we are human. What is added to the term after that is based upon ones political beliefs.
/r/MensRights26/04/12 10:21 AM
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That was my point. I can't feel sorry for him or his wife. The only person I feel sorry for is his son, a now-30-year-old man who has to be full of emotional scars at this point, having been raised by such self-absorbed, self-important "martyrs". Justin probably has more maturity in him than both of his parents combined. After all, I didn't read anything about Justin being on every type of state welfare available, nor did I read anything about Justin having his own website where he rails on abou…
/r/MensRights21/04/12 01:03 PM
7

I can't help but feel like this story doesn't have many sympathetic characters.
/r/MensRights21/04/12 12:34 PM
2

Good to hear, man. Thanks for listening and not getting defensive about it.
/r/MensRights17/04/12 11:07 AM
2

I respect that you were upfront with her about it, and I respect that you didn't back down. However, if you basically told her "maybe", and you know she wants marriage, and you know she's waiting for you....how is that not stringing her along? I mean, that's another year of her life. It seems like she really wants something that you don't, so you should cut her loose, rather that keeping her waiting on your decision. In a year's time (or more), when you're ready for marriage again (if that ever …
/r/MensRights17/04/12 10:44 AM
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I can also add to this. Since black Americans are 7 times as likely to commit homicide than whites in the U.S., even though they only make up 12 percent of the population while whites make up almost 80 percent, then, by these feminist's logic, all blacks participate in "murder culture" for being black, and should, therefore, feel responsible and guilty for it. Sorry, I just don't buy it. This would be racist thinking, so why isn't blaming all men for participating in "rape culture" not sexist th…
/r/MensRights14/04/12 05:57 AM
3

It's actually 66.6% (2 out of 3 divorces are initiated by the woman).
/r/MensRights06/04/12 12:29 PM
1

Or don't hate at all. Just overcome. Hold no ill will toward your enemies, but defeat them just the same. Be inspirational; hatred is for the weak.
/r/MensRights06/04/12 11:02 AM
1

It isn't racist or sexist to point out that the majority of western society passively caters best for white men. It doesn't matter what is said here in an attempt to change your mind. In the end, you'll still see what you want to see, and you'll still believe what you want to believe. No statistical data, personal anecdotes, or era-based cultural comparisons are likely to sway you. In your mind, the white man is an oppressive force. If you believe that this is the case because of malice, plottin…
/r/MensRights06/04/12 10:53 AM
2

There are more important things than careers. That said, there are plenty of careers that don't include tedious daily calculations.
/r/MensRights27/03/12 11:04 AM
0

Well said. I agree. The problem has to do with self-discipline and self-respect all around.
/r/MensRights20/02/12 05:10 AM
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When your buddy is having a rough time with his girlfriend and wants to get a beer, do you get all bent out of shape about providing that support network too? Does he want a romantic relationship with his buddy? If not, then it's not the same situation at all.
/r/MensRights19/02/12 10:20 PM
2

I could try to say that I was trolling...or being ironic, but I wasn't. You are right, and I am an idiot. Post edited. Not really sure how I got those two movies mixed up.
/r/MensRights01/02/12 08:02 PM
3

This is a much better representation of what it takes to be a "man".
/r/MensRights01/02/12 05:54 AM
3

He's quoting Jurassic Park. I think Ian Malcom is implying something about how Man is his own worst enemy. edit: corrected the movie; thanks GentlemanZombie.
/r/MensRights01/02/12 05:45 AM
0

when you do not consent? There's the difference. You may consent if you're single. You should not consent if you are not. Don't know if you wanted a real answer or if you were just trying to be snarky. Some people like being "grinded on".
/r/MensRights26/12/11 11:36 AM
2

Speaking of hotness, I have to ask: what does being 6'3", 180 lbs, and moderately attractive have to do with whether you'd be okay with some woman grinding on you when you're already in a committed relationship? Do people associate attractiveness with permissiveness or unfaithfulness? Please explain.
/r/MensRights26/12/11 07:14 AM
2

Troll subreddit: /r/spacedicks. edit: Fair warning: NSFL.
/r/MensRights24/12/11 02:29 PM
5

Letting go of illegitimate guilt is very liberating.
/r/MensRights24/12/11 02:24 PM
1

I'm actually partial to keeping our current system, but changing the voting method to Condorcet.
/r/MensRights04/11/11 08:31 AM
7

I'm assuming you mean the Democratic and Republican parties. There's a reason that a large percentage of people don't vote. Of course, there's always libertarianism...
/r/MensRights04/11/11 04:26 AM
2

I think the difference is that "devaluing education" implies that people care about it less, which isn't the case. It's the grades and degrees that are inflated, making those things less valuable in the marketplace, rather than education itself. Hell, a couple of generations ago, college wasn't something that everyone was expected to attend; most people just got jobs right out of high school. I think people place more value on education (especially higher education) now than they did before, but…
/r/MensRights16/10/11 04:44 PM
1

5 years? That's means you left home at 16 and have lived on your own since then? Didn't expect that. And as far as dating is concerned, I've found that when you're not actively looking is when something interesting falls into your lap. In any event, if we look back at history, the greatest minds are always more active until they settle down, so more power to you if that's your route. Just keep an open mind; that's all I'm saying. Good luck!
/r/MensRights16/10/11 04:38 PM
4

Wasn't trying to "sell" marriage. Trying to dissuade loneliness. Don't be so defensive.
/r/MensRights16/10/11 09:01 AM
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That's what I'm concerned about! Poor kid's gonna become a cynic before he gets a chance to actually enjoy his prime years.
/r/MensRights15/10/11 11:50 PM
6

I'm going to live alone and wealthy unless women as a whole decide to grow up. You don't find that statement to be at all irrational? Because it sounds like it's coming from emotion to me, not logic. I suspect this is the case because I've seen it happen to my friends and I've said similar things myself when I was hurting or feeling pessimistic. I've also seen many women make the same judgement on the situation and deny themselves the benefit of positive relationships with the opposite sex (or t…
/r/MensRights15/10/11 10:57 PM
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If by "devaluing of education" you mean "education inflation", then I have to agree. "Devaluing of education" comes across as the perpetuation of the idea that education has less value than it did formerly, which certainly doesn't seem to be the case. "Education inflation," on the other hand, means that jobs that required a Bachelor's a decade ago now require a Master's, etc.
/r/MensRights15/10/11 07:57 PM
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Your ideas about marriage may change a lot between now and ten years from now. That said, your assessment is sound, at least from my anecdotal experience. When you're 21, you're surrounded by other young people, both male and female. Young folks tend to be more shallow; I know I was, though I didn't realize it at the time. After all, it takes life experience to become a deeper human being, and most 21-year-olds just haven't had that kind of experience yet. Don't knock partnership so early. Livin…
/r/MensRights15/10/11 07:47 PM
1

I completely agree that is isn't man or woman exclusive. My point was that good relationships take hard work, and she wasn't holding up her end of the bargain.
/r/MensRights30/09/11 06:06 AM
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The most important part of it is the attitude, IMO. If she realizes that he's no longer attracted to her because of her weight, but refuses to do what is necessary to drop the weight, then she cares more about her own comfort than she does about his happiness or the success of the relationship. Good relationships include a lot of compromise. She's unwilling to compromise on something so vital to the relationship, so she's not worth keeping.
/r/MensRights30/09/11 04:53 AM
1

Well, yeah. He said she started eating fast food twice a day and stopped exercising entirely. That'll certainly do it.
/r/MensRights30/09/11 04:49 AM
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That's not really possible. Neo-Nazis are white supremacists. Black Panthers were black supremacists. The two ideologies do not have much common ground. That said, I never said that being both a masculist and a feminist was necessarily a "good idea". I said it would be egalitarian.
/r/MensRights16/09/11 10:37 PM
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It is possible to be both a feminist and a masculist. That would be considered egalitarian, in my mind. Sadly, every feminist I've met (with one exception, who was male) has been a chauvinist masquerading as an advocate for "equal rights".
/r/MensRights15/09/11 11:58 PM
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He was obviously being facetious, White Knight. He's not really going to trip anyone and then bark at them; that would be ridiculous. It's a shame I have to point this out. Simmer down, buddy.
/r/MensRights24/08/11 11:11 AM
5

From the link in the article about her defense in 2010: "It's almost like a form of lynching, what's happened to her," said Myra Kinderknecht of Fayetteville, a Friends member. "Everything that has happened to her screams white power, black oppression." Sounds legit. /s
/r/MensRights22/08/11 04:03 AM
1

IIRC, you said it "seemed like he was being deliberately dense" or something like that. At worst, that was mild. Don't be modest; you kicked ass. Someone's got to say it.
/r/MensRights13/08/11 01:51 AM
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Read the whole thing. Damn, you ended up destroying everyone with valid links, logic, and critical thinking skills. And you went on for pages, rebutting every stupid argument that was thrown your way, without being a prick or calling names. Friended.
/r/MensRights13/08/11 12:49 AM
5

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. - Oscar Wilde
/r/MensRights13/08/11 12:31 AM
2

don't ever compare men's rights issues with black rights issues; they're completely different topics that only seem similar to the culturally myopic Do you have any idea how arrogant that sounds? I don't understand how you can be a "Mens Rights activist" and still be an apologist for blatantly prejudiced remarks. The context of the FB posts may very well have been in response to being spurned by some jerk. That doesn't make what they said right, and it doesn't make it okay. Since you seem to thi…
/r/MensRights12/08/11 07:42 AM
1

Whether the guy is looking to be offended or not is irrelevant: sexism is still sexism, whether it comes from an reactionary jape or not. Supplant "men" with "blacks" in these posts and tell me it's still cool.
/r/MensRights12/08/11 12:35 AM
2

Is this what you were referencing?
/r/MensRights11/08/11 04:57 AM
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He caught her monologuing!
/r/MensRights08/08/11 06:33 AM
4

Having been abused as a child, I can say that it is indeed a helplessness that you can never forget, and that shit sticks with you. It doesn't make you stronger. On the contrary, it messes with your head; makes you emotionally and mentally more unstable. Once I came of age, I always had something to prove. Wanted to make sure everyone knew I was "strong". I didn't beat on people, but it made me very risk-averse when it came to some things, and very careless with my own life in others. It helped …
/r/MensRights06/08/11 10:04 PM
1

How would that fix the problem? Seems like it would just shift it. If men couldn't send messages, they'd end up getting more messages from women, and would likely end up feeling as "entitled" as the women do now. The way I see it, it's less about the sex of the person and more about their "popularity". The more messages you get, the pickier you can afford to be.
/r/MensRights02/08/11 11:46 PM
3

Being upfront and honest is always a good thing. It's the way that you present what you're looking for that can be a turn-off. Having a "list of demands" is different than having a list of "what I'm looking for and why". For example: must have a good job is not the same as: a successful couple may end up living together, and with rent as expensive as it is, I can't both have room for 2 people and pay for it on my own, so any potential mate must be employed if this is going to work Context and to…
/r/MensRights02/08/11 11:41 PM
4

I challenge you to find a subreddit without childish attacks in the comments of articles.
/r/MensRights29/07/11 09:16 PM
2

They may have thought that his age was irrelevant. Or perhaps they thought he was going to try and start an ad-hominem attack, based upon ageism. A "you don't know what you're talking about, kid" kind of attack.
/r/MensRights29/07/11 09:12 PM
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Check his username. No point in debating trolls; nothing good can come of it.
/r/MensRights29/07/11 09:07 PM
6

Don't lower yourself to their level, man. Be above it. Rape and mutilation are never ok.
/r/MensRights17/07/11 10:47 PM
3

I'm new to Men's Rights. This information blew my mind...especially the second bullet. 94 percent is huge. I thought the source material would be biased or there had to be an overwhelming majority of female staff or something because this goes against everything I've been taught about rape and predatory behavior since I was a child. However, looking at it, the source is the U.S. Dept. of Justice, which doesn't have a reason to lie about this, and the actual percentage of female staff was less th…
/r/MensRights19/06/11 08:13 AM
4

You are right: the most dangerous people are those with nothing to lose. They reserve nothing; attack with everything. They have no qualms about exploiting any weakness they can, and will do so with disastrous, even deadly results. Crazy people usually have little left to lose; STAY AWAY FROM CRAZY.
/r/MensRights03/06/11 01:28 PM
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