mstrkrft- Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

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1	Intel pulls ads over sexism in video game drama That's still basically just a bunch of assumptions without any proof whatsoever. Maybe a reacted a bit harshly to the word "evidence" because the direct translation for that word in German pretty much means "hard evidence".. at best, these details constitute what would be called an "Indiz" in German.. it's a clue that by itself proves exactly nothing except that a certain interpretation of it is possible, without any concrete evidence.	/r/MensRights	07/10/14 03:13 PM
1	Intel pulls ads over sexism in video game drama Instant messaging is a thing. And why wouldn't they get the latest tweet? The twitter web interface auto-refreshes.	/r/MensRights	07/10/14 01:59 PM
3	Intel pulls ads over sexism in video game drama Or someone sent her a link and she wasn't logged into the web version of Twitter because she uses Tweetdeck a lot of the time. That screenshot isn't evidence of anything except that some people have no problem believing in conspiracy theory level bs 'evidence' when it fits their narrative.	/r/MensRights	07/10/14 11:17 AM
0	Lena Dunham, Anti-Feminist You do realize that the author of this piece is not a feminist at all, right?	/r/MensRights	02/10/14 08:56 PM
1	Male Circumcision IS comparable and equitable to female circumcision. Feminists spend more time trying to trivialize circumcision and derail the discussion with FGM than talking about the intrinsic nature of circumcision. Seems more like you're incredibly preoccupied with what feminists allegedly say. If there is no need to establish that FGM is worse than MGM, why is there a need to establish that MGM is as bad or worse than FGM? If the conversation on circumcision should be about the sexual effects and dangers and not how it compares to something else, why is yo…	/r/MensRights	28/09/14 12:22 PM
1	Male Circumcision IS comparable and equitable to female circumcision. Do you consider that this article "trivializes FGM"? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/02/female-genital-mutilation-and-male-circumcision-time-to-confront-the-double-standard/ By and large: no. Although I somewhat disagree with some parts (to be fair, I have only read about two thirds of the article, I just realized it's 4am oO) I definitely do see the problem of comparing FGM and Circumcision/MGM in different setting the way it's mentioned in the article and that's my main complaint wit…	/r/MensRights	28/09/14 02:23 AM
0	Male Circumcision IS comparable and equitable to female circumcision. Circumcision is not just a "first world problem" I never said that. It was /u/Arakin who said that you have male circumcision in first world countries as a priority and I personally think that's a bad priority to have. I'm against any kind of circumcision/genital mutilation that is not done without the consent of the person that it's done to unless it's for medical reasons (which can be the case with men/boys, not with women/girls to my knowledge). And I'm really against it when it happens under…	/r/MensRights	28/09/14 01:24 AM
0	Male Circumcision IS comparable and equitable to female circumcision. I consider FGM in the middle east and africa (or everywhere else where it may happen; those countries aren't all third world countries btw) a bigger problem than male circumcision in the so-called first world, where it's usually always done by medical experts in a clean environment etc. Do I like male circumcision? No, I don't, unless there are medical reasons for it. And I'm absolutely with you if you want to campaign against that (in a reasonable way). But if your focus is male circumcision in…	/r/MensRights	28/09/14 12:39 AM
2	Male Circumcision IS comparable and equitable to female circumcision. There's absolutely nothing Western countries can do to stop FGM, we already have outlawed it in every civilized country. That is absolutely not true. Consider what the German Wadi aid group is doing in the middle east: http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/3/state7805.htm They've actually been able to heavily reduce the amount of FGM occuring. As an aside, the cofounder has also been fighting a legal initiative to legalize circumcision for religious reason in Germany.	/r/MensRights	28/09/14 12:17 AM
2	Emma Watson's blatant feminist hypocrisy There's also a difference in time. It's entirely possible that her views changed in the past 2 years.	/r/MensRights	26/09/14 05:02 PM
1	Women commit more suicide attempts. Do they? According to the most recent figures (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014), there are 81492 male prisoners in the UK and 3936 female ones. So the actual ratio is nearly the same if your figures are true: 81492/60=1 suicide per 1358 prisonders 3936/3=1 suicide per 1312 prisoners	/r/MensRights	05/07/14 08:38 PM
3	Feminism Vs FACTS - Thunderf00t's latest video I'll quote myself from somewhere else: My favorite was his "Feminism versus Facts" video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJeX6F-Q63I#t=874) where he cites/includes part of a video that completely misrepresents part of Anita's master's thesis. Either because he didn't understand it or deliberately so. They (both thunderf00t and the person who made the other video) claim that the table represents what she wants things to be like. And to a certain extent it's true, but she explicitly states: "I hav…	/r/MensRights	04/07/14 11:53 PM
1	Feminism Vs FACTS - Thunderf00t's latest video Hm, for some reason one of thunderf00ts old videos still contains an excerpt from another video (along with statements by himself) that completely misrepresents a table in Anita Sarkeesians Master's thesis and is thus at best misleading, at worst dishonest. One shouldn't just evaluate the honesty or lack thereof of the people you disagree with, but also those you agree with (something that obviously holds regardless of who you agree with).	/r/MensRights	04/07/14 10:16 PM
-4	Do MRAs actively fight for gay rights? They were banned this year at the last second without any explination. They also post Anne Cools videos and associate with AVfM. I think it's entirely reasonable for Toronto Pride to not want such an organization at their parade.	/r/MensRights	02/07/14 10:41 PM
-7	Pope Francis: “What I would like to add is that feminism, as a unique philosophy, does not do any favors to those that it claims to represent, for it puts women on the level of a vindictive battle, and a woman is much more than that,... it runs the risk of becoming chauvinism with skirts.” shh, you're disturbing the circlejerk	/r/MensRights	24/06/14 12:49 AM
4	Pope Francis: “What I would like to add is that feminism, as a unique philosophy, does not do any favors to those that it claims to represent, for it puts women on the level of a vindictive battle, and a woman is much more than that,... it runs the risk of becoming chauvinism with skirts.” it's about the sound, not the letter. the ch in chauvinistic is pronounced as /ʃ/ (like the sh in shame), the s in skirt is pronounced /s/, whereas both f and ph in fat/phat respectively are pronounced as /f/. at least get your linguistics right, /r/mensrights, I'm disappointed.	/r/MensRights	24/06/14 12:48 AM
7	For your enjoyment, "Feminist Frequency: Women as Background Decoration: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women" in which we learn gaming corrupted the culture by using sex to sell. (Does Anita seem more botox'd then usual?) (Well, at least she changed her lumberjack shirt.) (Same hoop earrings.) So verbal abuse is irrelevant as well? Cause that's just a bunch of sound waves that might mean something if you listen to them. Pretty much everyone who is a public person on the internet and who did something even mildly controversial (regardless of gender etc) will tell you that that stuff does have an effect and will wear on you over time.	/r/MensRights	16/06/14 09:33 PM
0	The double bind of feminism You do realize that you are the one who is simplifying feminist views, right? Intersectionality is a thing.	/r/MensRights	06/06/14 01:33 AM
1	"brainwash" -- norwegian documentary examines how fields like sociology and feminist studies reject actual science because it doesn't fit with their ideology they make the point that if environment and gender roles were as powerful as people thought they were, then there should exist societies on earth where some of these stats are flipped. I'm not sure how good that argument really is. Isn't it possible that certain gender roles were established a long time ago (men being primarily hunters due to their higher average strength etc) and then just kept self-perpetuating (now sure if that's a good expression for that, not a native speaker, but I hope yo…	/r/MensRights	05/07/13 12:58 PM
2	"brainwash" -- norwegian documentary examines how fields like sociology and feminist studies reject actual science because it doesn't fit with their ideology So, how do you want to prove that women are a lot less interested in Math and that their environment and the gender roles don't have anything to do with it?	/r/MensRights	05/07/13 12:12 PM
4	"brainwash" -- norwegian documentary examines how fields like sociology and feminist studies reject actual science because it doesn't fit with their ideology Okay, so I have only watched the first episode of this series and I found it both rather disappointing and irrelevant to a discussion about gender politics/discrimination/whatever (so anything beyond scientific discussion). Sure, the social scientists in this part seem somewhat ignorant and don't come off well. That may or may not be true of the whole field. I have no idea. The thing is, the claim of 'the other side' (as in: the biologists) isn't that everything is biology. It is instead: some p…	/r/MensRights	26/06/13 04:09 PM
2	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns I like how you pretty much ignored the whole discussion. I think in your head you ignore that there are creeps doing all these things.	/r/seduction	22/06/13 09:27 PM
2	Above the Game, almost stopped by Kickstarter, why so much hate against this project?? Even with your written description, it's incredibly difficult to judge such a situation, it's pretty much impossible to do so really. I do acknowledge that, and of course asking for every little thing is silly. The thing is, the text never addresses any of these difficulties. There is no "if she seems hesitant, ask her if she's okay with what you're doing". Instead it says "if she doesn't tell you 'get off of me you creep', proceed", and that's simply not the right attitude. Most people who read…	/r/seduction	21/06/13 08:48 PM
1	Above the Game, almost stopped by Kickstarter, why so much hate against this project?? That is obviously difficult to say because such a situation has an incredible amount of variables. What I wouldn't do is assume that whatever I want to do, she's fine with. And if she says "No, I don't want x", I won't be trying to go for x again 10 minutes later. Even if she stays at my place. I would also like to see you adress the other part of my comment as I think that was a much more interesting point.	/r/seduction	21/06/13 08:22 PM
2	Above the Game, almost stopped by Kickstarter, why so much hate against this project?? Women shouldn't be treated like mannequins who can't speak up for themselves. You shouldn't assume she's a victim of her own silence. To treat them as such is disempowering. I'm sorry, but that's a load of bullshit. This is not saying that women cannot speak up for themselves or disempowering them, this is about the fact that speaking up in a situation where you feel harassed is fucking difficult. Those are empirical studies. Ignoring these facts is asking people to do a very difficult thing bec…	/r/seduction	21/06/13 08:07 PM
3	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns I am not talking about the "take out your cock" part. I myself actually wrote that it was taken out of context in this comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/1goqqa/xmodx_recent_drama_reporting_and_message_to_those/campzzj?context=3	/r/seduction	20/06/13 06:05 PM
16	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns Sorry, forgot the citation: Vanselow, N. (2009). Of beauties, beaus, and beasts: Studying women's and men's actual and imagined experiences of sexual and gender harassment. Dissertation, Universität Bielefeld. PDF here: http://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/download/2306085/2306088 (the actual dissertation is written in English, only the first couple of pages are German) Let me know if the download doesn't work (currently connecting to the uni network so I can't tell if it's available from everywhere).	/r/seduction	20/06/13 05:24 PM
8	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns How are they different, exactly? You say they are different, but then you don't say how they're different. If you're pushing too far in a job interview, you risk not getting the job. Sucks for you if it happens. If you're pushing too far in flirting/dating kind of situation, you risk harassing and possibly hurting someone. Hurting them a lot even, in the worst case. Sucks for you (if you realized that) but sucks a whole lot more for the other person you're interacting with. That's the difference…	/r/seduction	20/06/13 05:15 PM
12	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns do you realize that you've pulled a quote that is STILL out of context, right? No one who is so angry at this guide seems to be interested another paragraph that is right next to the one you're quoting [...] I did quote from the paragraph and adressed that to a certain extent. It still doesn't change the initial assumption of consent and there are a couple of qualifiers and statements in there that I would consider problematic (emphasis is mine): All that matters is that you continue to try to e…	/r/seduction	20/06/13 05:01 PM
5	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns Tofu also seemed to suggest men grab a woman's hand and place it on your penis without asking, but that point has now been plucked from the context of continuing without consent placed in a context where sex is already happening, making the point seem rather benign. Yeah, that part has certainly been taken somewhat out of context. Which is fairly annoying since it provides an opportunity to simply dismiss the criticism. The post is problematic as it is, there is no need to make it seem even wors…	/r/seduction	20/06/13 03:41 PM
10	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns I can into job interviews assuming I have the job. This is no different. It's very much different. Not in the sense that a healthy amount of confidence doesn't help in both scenarios, but in the sense than the nature of a job interview is very different from that of flirting with someone. A person would have to be pretty inept to have gone that far (getting to physical stuff) without being able to tell that there was no enthusiasm or interest on the woman's part. But inept people exist and as th…	/r/seduction	20/06/13 03:33 PM
33	[xMODx] Recent Drama, Reporting and Message to those linked here from viral campaigns Not /u/manustillflops, but: Force her to rebuff your advances. [...] All master seducers are also masters at making women feel comfortable. If you are decidedly forcing someone to rebuff your advances, you are not making them feel comfortable but exactly the opposite. Even when a girl rejects your advances, she KNOWS that you desire her. That's hot. It arouses her physically and psychologically. Holyfuckingshitno. I don't doubt that there are women where it works like that (and that's probably t…	/r/seduction	20/06/13 01:43 PM