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Also one of the better ways to end "violence against women" in real life
/r/MensRights18/02/16 12:36 PM
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And you don't need a draft to get enough people to fly all the drones you could possibly need. We already have ~1.5 million people in the armed forces. I agree, the draft is unnecessary. We should get rid of selective service, just in case, though. Is still prefer to be asked to use a drone mounted missile to kill people
/r/MensRights27/01/16 05:24 PM
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Maybe we just get rid of the draft though. Everything you're saying about women choosing aggressive leaders to force men into combat would be moot if there just wasn't a draft (or selective service) at all. There are, and will continue to be, many people who yearn for the opportunity for glorious battle (and a non-zero percentage of them will be women). I expect it's half the reason we can still get people to willingly sign up for the armed forces now, without the draft. If given a good reason t…
/r/MensRights27/01/16 05:17 PM
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Congress can declare war without a vote from the people. They can also reinstate the draft without a vote. Even if they needed a vote, I'm still not sure we should make the unwilling minority fight if we have a willing majority. As for the responsibilities that come with rights, which rights do you have that would come with the responsibility of killing and dying? I mean, I understand I have the responsibility to fight when there's a real threat that needs to be dealt with, but the right I shoul…
/r/MensRights27/01/16 05:05 PM
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I am actually not opposed to donating foreskins. I'm an organ donor because of I'm not using something that someone else can, why not. Still, nobody asked me if I was "done using" my foreskin. I wasn't. It doesn't make me feel any better that it probably ended up in a trashcan. They can surly use the foreskins of people with severe phimosis to create their acres of great tissue
/r/MensRights27/01/16 02:30 PM
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The nation is supposed to be free. Equality is a new goal that is arguably impossible
/r/MensRights27/01/16 02:06 PM
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This is not naivety, and I think you need to consider what you think progress is for the Mens Rights movement. Isn't it about giving men rights? Like the right to not have to die for someone else's cause? Is that not the most basic and important right there is? I'll agree, this is the kind of stuff that needs to be in place before war comes. So under the very unlikely circumstance that a war comes where America's ~1.5 million strong volunteer (or hired, depending on how you look at it) army is n…
/r/MensRights27/01/16 01:12 PM
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I mean, if you think this is just an equality thing, then you're not realizing the implications. I want the freedom to choose what I fight, kill, and die for. It's a freedom women have always had (but rarely exercise). Why would taking that freedom away from women make anything better for anyone?
/r/MensRights26/01/16 02:39 PM
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Don't forget: even though they may claim benevolent sexism isn't what they want, if you lose the benevolent sexism, you're liable to be seen as hostile towards women
/r/MensRights19/03/15 05:23 PM
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It also increases the likelihood that those selected for a draft will have an engineering or medical degree. Glad to know where our government thinks our best and brightest are the most use
/r/MensRights05/08/14 04:55 PM
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Anyone else try to sign the petition but didn't get the confirmation email? edit: It came, it just took like 15 minutes (sorry for my impatience) edit 2: Something here is fucky... they sent me the link to verify my email 3 times, and I clicked it all 3 times, and my vote has yet to be tallied.
/r/MensRights28/07/14 12:04 PM
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Circumcision is fine, but infant circumcision which removes a male's right to have control over their own body IS a male rights issue, plain and simple.
/r/MensRights28/07/14 11:53 AM
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Nobody should be forced to fight, kill, or die for anything they don't believe in. That is true oppression, the likes of which modern western people should never have to face. We will never evolve (socially or biologically) to a non-violent species if we cannot choose not to be violent.
/r/MensRights25/07/14 08:14 PM
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This... is absurd... like what in the actual fuck? I didn't know there was an injection to cause erection. After looking for it, the most likely thing it will actually be is ALPROSTADIL It seems fairly benign, but they're still willing to risk "Penis/testicle/groin pain, minor bleeding or spotting from the penis, dizziness, swelling (especially of leg veins), and rapid heartbeat" just to make some child pornography
/r/MensRights09/07/14 04:27 PM
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I mean, I'm not a doctor, but I don't see the harm in getting the vaccine even if you can't get tested. The result of the test, positive or negative, won't really help you make a decision about getting vaccinated. There are around 40 types of HPV, so even if you are already infected, there's a chance the vaccine will still help prevent further infection and spread. The only benefit of knowing if you personally are infected is being able to tell future partners that they should get vaccinated bef…
/r/MensRights07/07/14 07:59 PM
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Just as a note, HPV tests are not generally done on men because it is not as accurate as those done on women, and involves scraping the penis of skin cells (not very pleasant). It can be done, however, if you are high risk
/r/MensRights07/07/14 05:28 PM
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I also failed to get a "women in science" grant, so the project was left completely undone (no woman stepped up to do it)
/r/MensRights03/07/14 03:34 PM
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I'll take credit for that Here's my logic Note, that logic is completely gender neutral. I'm just against selective service.
/r/MensRights30/06/14 08:54 PM
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I agree with you, there will be a huge outcry if women are drafted, because our society wants to protect women more. Still, to use women as glorified hostages to end selective service is morally wrong. Instead, let's just do the reasonable thing and end selective service at step 1.
/r/MensRights30/06/14 08:34 PM
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What is page 3?
/r/MensRights30/06/14 06:02 PM
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I mean, he does receive a $191K/year pension, but it's not like he can be fired from a job he's already completed
/r/MensRights27/06/14 02:28 PM
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No one assumes a male athlete is only noteworthy because of the way he looks Ya, that's just felons
/r/MensRights26/06/14 02:16 PM
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The blind faith some people put in this man boggles my mind. Don't get me wrong, I'm liberal on most of the social aspects like abortion and gay marriage, so I identify myself as a liberal, but fiscally I'm conservative and politically I'm a pragmatist. Obama has done men as a group 0 favors while giving women every $20 a month break that he can, and I'm willing to allow that because it helps women and that's ok, but at least give us free condoms and free vasectomies and cheaper health insurance…
/r/MensRights24/06/14 06:16 PM
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Although I get what this infographic is saying, it's only because I've been here at /r/mensrights long enough to know that women commit crimes at similar rates to men. Without that piece of information, this graphic will kinda just serve the majority's bias that men are villains. edit: I need to rescind a previous statement about the equal number of offenders http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/wo.pdf
/r/MensRights20/06/14 04:18 PM
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I am not defending the video, and in fact, I haven't even mentioned it. Tell you what, I'll forget about the fear-mongering of botched circumcision if you forget about the fear-mongering of increased HIV transmission if there is no circumcision. They're both complete outliers. Fair? As far as bad arguments go, you are not addressing my points at all and instead arguing for something different. Let's talk about the right time to make the decision to get circumcised for the majority of men. It's n…
/r/MensRights19/06/14 09:23 PM
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Well, to reiterate my stance, I do not intend to shame circumcision itself, or the lack of circumcision. I intend to shame parents who make decisions that are irreversible and arguably unnecessary for their children when the best time and situation for the decision to be made is by the individual when they are entering sexual activity. That is bad parenting, and you should feel ashamed.
/r/MensRights19/06/14 08:10 PM
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Well would you rather be shamed by me or your own son?
/r/MensRights19/06/14 07:35 PM
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I had words with my parents about my circumcision (and how I really thought they made the wrong call and wish it was a choice I had been given for a number of important reasons), and my mom gave me all of the weakest arguments It should look like your father's It was to be "normal" And the reason you just gave: it was so much more convenient to do as a baby (compared to having it done as an adult) that it warranted taking action before I had a chance to make a choice For the record, it cannot be…
/r/MensRights19/06/14 06:55 PM
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The thing about it is that you can only go in one direction. An uncircumcised penis can always be circumcised. It's a "life-long decision" that doesn't have to be made until the most important opinion on the topic (the opinion of the person who wears the penis) has a chance to weigh in. I feel the shaming language is distracting, but it should be noted that the overwhelming majority of societal pressure (in America) is to get circumcised, and more shame is faced by parents who elect not to. Both…
/r/MensRights19/06/14 05:30 PM
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I believe it is every man's right to choose to get circumcised. I recognize there are pros and cons to both sides on this one. Still... used to shame those who get the surgery on... their child Yes, I will. I recognize sometimes parents have to make decisions for their children, but this one is too personal and too controversial for parents to make without the child at least being old enough to talk about it (let alone have sex, which is the topic of the bulk of the arguments for and against cir…
/r/MensRights19/06/14 05:07 PM
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That is strange. You would expect medical professionals to have to deal with both, so it's at least worth mentioning.
/r/MensRights19/06/14 05:01 PM
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"Absence of empathy" is a good one because it covers so much of how people mistreat men.
/r/MensRights16/06/14 08:24 PM
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Do you know who these people are? Can you press charges?
/r/MensRights16/06/14 08:07 PM
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The two that I see as black and white and easily obtainable through debate and changes in the law are 1.) Illegal circumcision without personal consent (mostly this means a ban on infant circumcision) 2.) The end of Selective Service The one that is a little harder to achieve because it would require a restructuring of society and education is the end of men as violent characters. This means a lot of things, like teaching people that casual violence against men is not acceptable (we should not e…
/r/MensRights16/06/14 07:59 PM
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Sometimes the terms Selective Service (SS) and the draft get confused, even by educated people. To be clear, SS is the registration and laws that say they could draft a man, and every man has to be a part of SS even today. The draft itself has not existed since the Vietnam War. edit: To be clear, to be a part of the draft can be truly awful. To be a part of SS in a country that doesn't need it is a symbolic "fuck you, you disposable killing machine. You'll get to vote and drive and go to college…
/r/MensRights11/06/14 08:13 PM
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You had me right up until the last paragraph We no longer live in a culture that supports gender roles. Women are now empowered, and autonomous - there's no reason why males must continue to be protectors, and gatherers for women. This is sexism that hurts both genders, and we need a 21st century discussion on whether to stop, or reform the SS program. SS has nothing to do with women. It should really stay that way. SS should end
/r/MensRights10/06/14 10:21 PM
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Let me guess, you're a circumcised male who has never taken the time to research what circumcision really is, right?
/r/MensRights06/06/14 06:16 PM
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I sent her OP's article and she just responded wow
/r/MensRights06/06/14 06:05 PM
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I meant at my job specifically/in tech in general. At my company of about 30 people only 3 are women (they are all middle management on the tech side, not sales side)
/r/MensRights06/06/14 01:01 PM
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So I work in software in real life and my boss is a woman (all of the middle management are women). She sent this exact picture around as a joke because it perfectly describes maven. Then again, my boss is a talented, level-headed woman in tech who gets the job done without taking offense to everything having to do with her minority gender, so...
/r/MensRights05/06/14 10:17 PM
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Loved everything about that except the spoken-word style of the lyrics. Can't expect one guy to do everything though.
/r/MensRights02/06/14 05:59 PM
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Well a single button press, trivial indexing, and tab switching. It's actually quite inconvenient. I'm not trying to start a fight here, I'm just saying if you edited your numbers to be topics, everyone would understand your post better.
/r/MensRights31/05/14 04:35 PM
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(Upvoting for visibility, because I think a lot of people (especially men, ironically) see selective service the way you do- a necessary evil) It is not necessary for the well being of a country. The volunteer army prevented the need for a draft for four decades, and counting. We have 1.5 million people in the volunteer armed forces, and that is enough to fly our drones, repair our tanks, train our ground soldiers, etc. We have continued to wage war, only smarter. People die less, and everyone w…
/r/MensRights31/05/14 02:13 PM
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Probably best to just label them by topic and not force us to do trivial sorting on another page, ya?
/r/MensRights31/05/14 01:50 PM
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You know, I always hate how we, as men, are told we have sufficient birth control options because of condoms. Condoms are the worst. They are expensive, unreliable, clumsy, ephemeral, and make the sex itself significantly worse. "The Pill" is at most expensive and annoying to remember, but there are other options for women that can even solve the memory issues. Still, the implications of condoms are also one of the primary reasons men's sexuality is demonized, because any time a girl gets unexpe…
/r/MensRights31/05/14 01:48 PM
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I'm upvoting this, but the "equalizing" bit sends a mixed message. At the moment this is a problem just for men, let's not "solve" it by making it a problem for everyone.
/r/MensRights30/05/14 10:20 PM
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This is just a theory of mine that I can't back up at all, but it's related to MR so I'll let it fly: The USA is always the example given for an over-sexualized society. Many believe that this means American men are sex-crazed. But why? What makes American men so much more interested in sex than the average man? Maybe rather than being innate, it is a product of needing more stimulation to feel the same thing. So the real question is: why don't we get turned on until the sexualization is turned …
/r/MensRights20/05/14 06:15 PM
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An hour-long drama piece? Can someone give me the tl;dw?
/r/MensRights20/05/14 03:58 PM
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You also can't save dead women, but there's more media coverage for that.
/r/MensRights20/05/14 03:57 PM
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The article says men can now see their rating, although it used to be completely secret
/r/MensRights19/05/14 06:33 PM
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So, just for science, I just downloaded the lulu app. I signed in with Facebook. The first thing it says to me is "Dude. You're a dude." Then it feeds me a line about "being discovered by girls," and other such euphemisms before taking me to the "male version" of the app. It tells me I have been viewed and reviewed, but won't let me see the reviews, let alone who made them. Can anyone tell me how to use this thing? Maybe the article is completely misinformed? Edit: So I deactivated my account, w…
/r/MensRights19/05/14 04:14 PM
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Even in Judaism, the first to get circumcised chose to be circumcised. As it was "God's wish" and the way Jews define themselves, it has more meaning if it is a choice, no? Also, you might be against reddit hivemind, but if you use tradition as a argument, you're deep into the far larger hivemind of American/Israeli culture.
/r/MensRights16/05/14 11:32 AM
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What city is that? edit: I went to the webpage. It's NYC. Explains the multi-lingual text
/r/MensRights15/05/14 09:32 PM
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How would you know?
/r/MensRights15/05/14 09:32 PM
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Generally, I agree. Still, as a voice of reason, I would not "just fuck around and hang out" either. Optimistically, you're wasting time. Pessimistically, you're sticking your dick in crazy. I know that this sounds like it's coming straight from /r/relationships, but OP should dump her and find someone he actually wants to be with.
/r/MensRights15/05/14 05:33 PM
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Oh, so we're still doing this? You're so bored you need to copy and paste something to instigate some responses? Do you want to contribute something? Tell you what, I'd be happy to tell you my thoughts on Shailene Woodley, but I promise I won't reply to anything else you say to me, ok? It's unfair to say her views on feminism are completely off-base. If you gave a class on feminism, but focused only on toxic feminism, you could easily fill the 150min a week for a whole semester with well-known v…
/r/MensRights09/05/14 03:54 AM
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That's not what your mom was saying last night! But seriously JerfFoo, you came to this thread clearly looking to start a fight. You have like 10 posts in here that just take a contrarian standpoint. So let's have an immature internet debate /s
/r/MensRights08/05/14 01:34 PM
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I particularly liked the part about "toxic masculinity." (point 20) I know one of feminism's big claims for helping men is removing gender roles, but Wallen sums it up nicely They’ve simply invented and attempted to enforce new ones that can be used to pressure them into subordination
/r/MensRights07/05/14 09:05 PM
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As far as popular opinion is concerned, "the boys were responsible for defending themselves (and the girls, for that matter) and they failed. Forget the fact that they're schoolchildren- they're male and in one of the toughest parts of the world, so they should be prepared for this." Tragically, there's a good chance that very thought flashed through their heads as they were being killed
/r/MensRights07/05/14 08:38 PM
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Upvote for using "niblings" in a sentence
/r/MensRights07/05/14 06:32 PM
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No, Spain is a first world country that is not so different that I can't relate. Right?
/r/MensRights07/05/14 11:09 AM
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I guess I kinda understand what you're saying, because I have said I don't really care about 3rd-world-issues, but I'd like to think it's because it's so foreign that I don't even have the mindset to address it properly. There are people who take the time to go over there and educate themselves, and they can do better than I can to solve problems. Certainly, I can empathize with the Spanish, however.
/r/MensRights06/05/14 04:33 PM
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I don't know how you're being downvoted for this. Although you bullshitted your stats, the rest is just true.
/r/MensRights06/05/14 04:20 AM
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I know this is a strange concept for /r/MensRights , but I'm only going to talk about men with regards to war and the draft for the moment (although feel free to exchange the word "people" for "men" as you like). We live in 2014. The communication age. If there was a dictator slaughtering a group of people and threatening war upon us, all you would have to do is show a video and you'd get 5 million men to volunteer to fight and 10 million to volunteer work at home in productions (which would aug…
/r/MensRights02/05/14 07:58 PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. The answer here is not to draft women, but to stop drafting men. If my government wants me to fight/die for something, they can appeal to my logic and/or hire me as a mercenary. Nobody should be able to make anyone die for something they don't believe in.
/r/MensRights02/05/14 05:11 PM
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This guy's biggest mistake was having an inconsistent story himself. Otherwise, this new evidence would be all he needed. In a case where it's he-said-she-said-cell-tower-said, but all three accounts are unreliable, it makes it so much harder to determine what happened. If you did nothing wrong, just tell the truth and stick to the truth.
/r/MensRights30/04/14 06:52 PM
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I think this is a myth propagated by a joke made on the BBC's Quite Interesting. Basically, Stephen Fry gave him imaginary points because cornflakes were meant as an anti-masturbation tool
/r/MensRights30/04/14 06:23 PM
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Well, for one, don't have your son circumcised unless it's strictly medically necessary or he asks for it (and is old enough to know what kind of decision he's making for himself)
/r/MensRights30/04/14 01:02 PM
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I didn't mean to accuse you of anything other than making a mistake by going down this path of discussion at all. It legitimizes the idea that there's a problem with gender in the field when in reality it should be hailed as one of the ones that has it right: a true meritocracy. Tragically, it's being corroded by gendered discussions, and like the original post describes, an otherwise functional system is being worsened by talking about gender.
/r/MensRights29/04/14 04:46 PM
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Can I be honest for a second. I am a man and I work in tech (software, specifically), but one of the reasons it is so marvelous is that it is an ungendered industry already. Statistically speaking, there's no denying that there are more men than women in the field, but it is such a trivial component of how people operate occupationally. You might also be surprised that it doesn't affect social relationships among coworkers that much either, unless you let it. What scares me is that there is a bi…
/r/MensRights29/04/14 04:02 PM
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Well, it is a defensible position to take, but it's both hard to defend and hard to hear. Even if you did find a way to prove it, it is a useless proof only giving living men a false sense of accomplishment that they haven't earned and living women a false sense of inferiority when there's no denying that some women have made more of an impact than most men.
/r/MensRights28/04/14 07:11 PM
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Feminists did a great disservice to everyone by instilling excessive fear in women about men. Most men aren't worried about walking in dark parking lots or being alone in an elevator with another man. Although it's a good thing to have a healthy fear of people and take note of others, especially if they're acting strange, there's no need to fear the average person. It's worth noting now that men are victims of stranger violence overwhelmingly more than women, so either women are overdoing it or …
/r/MensRights28/04/14 06:56 PM
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Ya, right? Maybe in the 1700's when people thought women were akin to Eve just tempting men into sin, but that study was done in 2012.
/r/MensRights28/04/14 03:49 PM
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I tend to agree. Still, Maher's particular brand of political satire is designed to use comedy to present the truth, or how you should think about something. He's actually pretty pretentious. I'm not saying necessarily we should stop him, but nobody can stop people from being offended and ripping him a new one in review, either. I, for one, used to be fan, but not anymore.
/r/MensRights28/04/14 03:40 PM
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Honestly, I have no problem with female floors, if the intention is to provide hair straighteners and other targeted amenities (at a cost, of course. No need to pass of the buck for women specifically to the general patrons of the hotel). Still, this was at least partly to keep women safe. A man couldn't get into one of the female designed rooms even if he was willing to pay the aforementioned premium, because "it's unsafe for the ladies." If the feminist PR machine has done anything to really h…
/r/MensRights28/04/14 12:50 PM
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In the US, they have legislation requiring medical insurance to cover tubal ligation but not vasectomies. This is the one that should definitely go both ways if it goes one, especially since vasectomies are cheaper and safer to begin with. As for pills and condoms, it seems everyone has to pay for those. There's some misinformation spreading around about how easy it is for women to get free pills, and I'm sure it's possible, but it's not the norm. Similarly, condoms can be found for free if you …
/r/MensRights28/04/14 12:34 PM
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I think it goes without saying that most people are, and should be, against FGM. Still, if you insist on drawing a parallel, then I would say adult females should be allowed to alter their vaginas however they want, but nobody should perform infant FGM. Fortunately, this is already the case in the first-world as it is the opinion of the international court.
/r/MensRights28/04/14 06:49 AM
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In so far as he has a place on a soapbox and many ears, I only care that he might help some adults (mothers and fathers) feel like it's normal to do this to infants. I think many people agree with him on the aesthetics. As I've said before, people can be for circumcision or against circumcision, but everyone should be against infant circumcision.
/r/MensRights28/04/14 05:10 AM
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I know about vasalgel, but this post and the kickstarter leave me with so many questions: Why are "regulatory commissions" making it harder? Who are these regulatory commissions? If someone is blocking it, is there a chance the vasalgel is still not ready? If someone is blocking it, does someone have something to gain by not offering a theoretical gold-mine of a product? Why have we still yet to see results on this even though they've been working on it for 60 years? What are the chances this is…
/r/MensRights28/04/14 04:51 AM
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It's actually a narrowing of the term rape. Things that could be redefined as having a more lenient sentencing are negligent sex, reckless sex, or sex under false pretenses. You could also go in the other direction, like rape with intent to harm or rape with intent to impregnate. The problem that everyone who has complained about the definition of rape has is that the people who think they're having consensual, protected sex with someone familiar in a similar state of inebriation (but one of tho…
/r/MensRights26/04/14 09:16 PM
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This is such a good idea. Feminists should admit it, too. There is so much concern over "under-reported" rapes, and this would solve that. Everyone who is kidnapped and bound and forced to have sex will go to the police asap. It is the people who realize that someone they know had sex with them when they were drunk and feel taken advantage of that need a new option. Something along the lines of "he knew I wouldn't have sex with him sober, and I feel taken advantage of. He's mostly a good guy, bu…
/r/MensRights25/04/14 06:40 PM
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She has a lot of flowery words, but I want to put something plainly: men still strive to earn money in the rat-race of capitalism because it is still the best way to achieve the long-term life goals of getting a wife and having kids. Women don't date caregivers, they date men who make more than they do (even if the women have 6 figure jobs). So in that regard, men are not free to be adventurous, to work less, to let women treat them like women used to be treated (food and lodging in exchange for…
/r/MensRights25/04/14 04:44 PM
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Next to it you should promote a women's only exercise program, because they will be 33% fatter after drinking that lemonade! Sorry, that was off-color. But there are women only gyms... and women have higher average body fat... and you should send the message that positive change doesn't just come from policy change but also hard work... nah, they're never going to go for it.
/r/MensRights25/04/14 04:24 PM
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I would have taken the camera hostage until I got their names. Then I would have called the cops. They have laws about inciting panic and unsafe environments (see Schenck v. the United States, the "shouting fire in a crowded theater" case)
/r/MensRights24/04/14 08:15 PM
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Besides rape, you know what else is illegal? "Shouting fire in a public theater." Who is really the bad guy here?
/r/MensRights24/04/14 06:55 PM
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Wow, that video really disgusted me more than I thought it would. The whole time I'm watching it like it's an experiment to see if "men can stop rape." Some backed away, and I thought, "well, that's reasonable. There are good men who value their own safety, after all." Others bravely tried, and I thought, "good to see they're using their strengths for good. I'm not sure I would risk it." Still, I was confused why they didn't say anything after they got in the stall, because if it was the two act…
/r/MensRights24/04/14 06:16 PM
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They've only been working on it for like 60 years
/r/MensRights23/04/14 07:16 PM
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You're right, there is no way of knowing how much military force is needed to win a war. My only point is that if the government needs more troops than they already have, then their only way of getting them should be to appeal to the people, not to force them. Especially when we tell the volunteers that they are fighting for freedom, it's ideologically necessary. It also sets up a system where massive resources aren't thrown at a war that isn't supported by the people. There's pragmatism is war,…
/r/MensRights23/04/14 12:08 PM
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The vawa is actually gender neutral in wording Ya, except the title. Not to mention, regardless of the politics and academic debates over the bill, VAWA's only direct outcome was the founding of the Office for Violence Against Women (OVW}, and they are not so gender neutral. Look at their mission statement So men have to go here for help? Don't forget, men suffer much higher rates of violence overall and comparable rates of violence in domestic situations, but the OVW has us so concerned about p…
/r/MensRights23/04/14 05:59 AM
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I went to his site. It seems he really is focused on a lot of important issues, and supports a lot of stuff we like here at /r/mensrights (like support for veterans), but he also cosponsored the Violence Against Women Act, so...
/r/MensRights23/04/14 05:15 AM
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I'm not saying there's never a time for infantry. I'm just saying that if you can't get the job done with the 1.42 million people in the active volunteer armed forces, you need to rethink your tactics in the modern world. Under the "Manpower" section of the US armed forces they list 60.62 million men as being fit for duty (they can only count them preemptively because of selective service). Of course, you must know way more about war than me- you've got KungFu in your username. Shall we draft th…
/r/MensRights23/04/14 04:51 AM
1

I had never seen the #worldshardestjob video, and taken out of context, this video is shit. After watching the original, I realize it's actually dumb comedy, but it feels like it's a deliberate satire of men who say being a dad is difficult (just like being a mom).
/r/MensRights22/04/14 04:32 PM
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Selective service is a slap in the face to those who are actually fighting for freedom. Like "you have the freedom to do anything except say no to killing and being killed." It is literally worse than rape (notice the lack of "/s")
/r/MensRights22/04/14 03:21 PM
1

I don't think the ideas are mutually exclusive. Dropping selective service age to 12 (just for boys) would do essentially the same thing, but even adults would be quite upset about it
/r/MensRights22/04/14 01:02 PM
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War with superpowers has been different since WWII: it's cold. Everyone knows an old-school ground war would go something like Let's throw hundreds of thousands of troops at each other.... <yadda yadda>... <mutually assured destruction> We know this, but more importantly, would-be dictators (like Putin, e.g.) know this, too. For someone to start a ground war, they would have to be certifiably insane. And the thing that we can use to rally our own troops against a certifiably insane opponent is t…
/r/MensRights22/04/14 12:52 PM
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This. By making women sign up for selective service, you're only marginally making things better for men while significantly making things worse for women. I'm pretty sure if the war is justified and we just ask the people nicely we can scrounge up a few thousand volunteers, both men and women, to operate our drones... But seriously, the volunteer army has staved off the need for the draft for like 40 years, and it's not like we're going to start relying on more infantry.
/r/MensRights22/04/14 05:20 AM
2

Another comment that could have benefited from a /s tag
/r/MensRights22/04/14 05:15 AM
1

So by this point, I'm sure you've gotten the point that you need a paternity test. Still, you wouldn't be here if there wasn't a chance that you're the biological father. How is your relationship with this girl? Is there a chance you'd want to be a father to the child (and not just a wallet)? Not that it means anything legally (tragically), but does it upset you that you're hearing about this now? Do you want to distance yourself from this girl as much as you possibly can? I know this is going t…
/r/MensRights21/04/14 04:00 PM
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It is a little ranty, but I agree with the message. Rio 2 is not the only kids movie recently to indoctrinate kids into thinking men are incompetent at best, and violent at worst.
/r/MensRights18/04/14 03:26 PM
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Tragically, I don't have any resources that come to mind, but keep us updated.
/r/MensRights18/04/14 02:53 PM
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Trigger warning: conspiracy theory Take gender out of it and notice the overall totals. Paid work increases by 8 hours and housework decreases by 8 hours. What feminism has accomplished is a huge win for big industry- the market has been flooded with labor (+16%). As a society, we do more work for "the man" at the expense of our own priorities. Interpersonal, occupational competition is decidedly a good thing for corporations, but now everyone is involved.
/r/MensRights17/04/14 03:40 PM
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I agree completely. I think most people assume the MRM must be the natural opposite of Feminism and for that reason it must not be on the left, but it's also not correct to assume feminism = far left just because the their demographics have heavy overlap. The bottom line is that a lot of our problems (e.g. MGM and male disposability) will actually ring most true with the far left, and we will need the support of the left to get anything done.
/r/MensRights17/04/14 02:48 AM
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Quick divorces are good. A complete lack of repercussions for shitty behavior right before you get a quick and unquestioned divorce is bad.
/r/MensRights15/04/14 08:07 PM
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Oh that's just the PR division of Big Laundry. On the surface, they want you to think they're just trying to make money as efficiently as possible, but in reality, they want to systematically oppress women $2 at a time. /s
/r/MensRights15/04/14 07:06 PM
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My favorite response to "Check your privilege" is "check your prejudice"
/r/MensRights14/04/14 04:38 PM
1

Sounds like you stuck your dick in crazy, so what I'm about to say could be potentially dangerous: Suggest an abortion. Instances of making hormone-based, idiotic decisions when you're young that could ruin three lives is one of the situations why the procedure is legal. Again, this can come back to bite you in the ass if she reacts particularly negative to it. My brother was in the exact same situation, but after the kid was born he tried to be a dad (and really didn't do a bad job of it). Stil…
/r/MensRights14/04/14 03:59 PM
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I can say this- the number of people who are involved with the MRM who have had some negative, personal experiences with the injustices of men are much higher than those who support the MRM strictly academically.
/r/MensRights14/04/14 03:45 PM
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It's weird that it's her goal from the beginning, but not weird. I'm a programmer, and the majority of the guys (mostly men) that I have seen talk at the conferences are middle-aged or older and have a lot of experience, but decided at some point that they really just enjoyed being intellectual about it. It's actually a natural flow for a lot of people in a fast paced industry- where the thing you were great at 2 years ago is already obsolete, but the big-picture concepts stay the same. What thi…
/r/MensRights13/04/14 09:03 PM
1

Fair enough
/r/MensRights10/04/14 07:03 PM
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I'm actually all for this. If every radfem wore a tattoo like this in some place easily visible (might as well be literally a tattoo of a red flag on their forehead), it would save a lot of guys a lot of trouble. We should start a campaign
/r/MensRights10/04/14 03:01 PM
1

Do you ever go to the comments section before clicking the link?
/r/MensRights10/04/14 02:58 PM
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That's cold. Can't be bothered to passively say the word "no" (42,000 times) even if it saves a life
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:58 PM
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1 in 42,000 You're odds of being accidentally murdered by a doctor with the consent of your parents is only a little less than half of being murdered by someone else. So you're ok with that? Too small of a chance for you to care? The unnecessary death of a baby should be a binary problem.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:24 PM
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I knew exactly what you meant ;)
/r/MensRights09/04/14 02:47 PM
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not to use condoms... anal play These sound like great things to explore, but I honestly can't fault a girl for denying either. Enjoyable, safe, vanilla sex is something that I feel I could have if I had a more sensitive penis. I'd also like to have a quicky at some point in my life, but I'm trying not be greedy here. stop masturbating First of all, of course I've tried this. I didn't really take measurements, but I can confidently say that it did have an impact, but subjectively, it was not pow…
/r/MensRights09/04/14 02:40 PM
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I guess the problem is that the people most vocal about getting the choice are also the people unhappy with the choice made for them.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 02:20 PM
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I'm complaining about it. If you're going to say it's not fair to bitch about lasting too long, then you've clearly never been there. The worst part is that both the man and the woman blame themselves, and leads to permanent shitty sex. Now, I sympathize with guys who wish they lasted longer. From porn sites, I can tell it is probably a problem for plenty of guys. One thing an uncut man can do to last longer is get circumcised, as it will make him less sensitive. Show me the option to help a cut…
/r/MensRights09/04/14 01:27 PM
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Regardless of side-by-side comparison, we know there are some girls who say they like cut guys and some girls who say they like uncut guys. There are also guys who like big fake boobs and guys who don't. The point is that if cosmetics or sexual preference is the goal, let them make the decision as an adult. Plenty of guys will still get circumcised if they think it will improve their chance to have sex with a circumcision fetishist.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 12:23 PM
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You're right, it's a bad analogy. For example, rape you don't remember is not the same thing as circumcision you don't remember, because circumcision is worse. The point being made here is that the majority of people don't see circumcision as worse. The point being made here is that they should. The memory argument should be rendered invalid in the discussion
/r/MensRights09/04/14 12:03 PM
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There's a study in here that puts it at about 9 per 100,000
/r/MensRights09/04/14 11:58 AM
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This is what I wish more cut men were like, because 99% of cut men don't seem to have a problem with it, but 1% very much have a problem with it. This approach makes sure that you can only end up in the 1% if you personally make the choice to aim for the 99%
/r/MensRights09/04/14 11:43 AM
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Well, honest questions are welcome, but if he's made it this far in the thread, he should have seen at least one good reason circumcision is bad. Sounds like a troll.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 11:38 AM
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First of all, I do not agree with your core point, at all. No memories =/= no harm done All of the other things- rape, molestation, abuse- are inherently bad, regardless of memories. Circumcision could be even worse, since it's the only one guaranteed to do permanent physical damage. The message you're not getting here is that CIRCUMCISION IS INHERENTLY BAD AND THE FACT THAT IT IS COMMONPLACE IN 2014 IN FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES IS AN ABOMINATION. JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FRESH MEMORY FOR THE MAJORI…
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:44 AM
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I'm right there with you brother. All we can do is not circumcise our sons.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:28 AM
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I guess it's hard to be emotionally traumatized without memories. Still, one way physical trauma can be measured in loss of healthy body parts BTW, you're the exact person OP's message is targeted at.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:20 AM
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Kids die from it, for one. Another small percentage suffer some significant impact to their sex lives. Ever hear of a guy who always take way longer than he wants to orgasm (like several hours, after any woman he's with has clearly lost interest or fortitude)? Ya, that guy is circumcised.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:16 AM
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Also, it doesn't happen too often, but babies DO die from it every now and then.
/r/MensRights09/04/14 03:11 AM
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The same information written by someone else I prefer this version, because I think it's better written. Still, if you're going to need something to post on "National Equal Pay Day," then this one in the WSJ might be better.
/r/MensRights08/04/14 05:02 AM
2

Ya, puts a different timeline on "till death do us part."
/r/MensRights06/04/14 03:36 PM
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Good news everyone: Glass will record everyone's whole days soon! How is this invasion of privacy good, you ask? Fiction like this will become less believable, of course
/r/MensRights05/04/14 08:51 PM
1

Your criticism is too generous
/r/MensRights04/04/14 03:33 PM
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she is pretty damn shallow and superficial Whoa, watch how you talk about the woman I just proposed to! We've been together for 3 years and we both love each other very much, and if it comes to a question of not having her or sacrificing 3 months salary, then the option is obvious, but I wouldn't feel like she forced me to do anything as much as I felt like everyone forced me to do something. She's only trying to avoid a great shame, for both of us. You should know, lesser shames have lead to en…
/r/MensRights03/04/14 11:01 PM
2

Well, I went online to find what I was sure was going to be a deluge of stories about women who refused to get married because a lack of a ring, but I found the opposite. Most women said they were disappointed, but they said yes anyway- which goes to say there is still an expectation, but it is not one that I need to meet. I guess nobody is forcing me to do anything The radfems are actually the ones who totally agree, too. They want this typically male obligation stripped from our culture. This …
/r/MensRights03/04/14 10:39 PM
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If you want to get her something that lasts forever, get her the thing that will be flung from the singularity as a black hole dies
/r/MensRights03/04/14 09:35 PM
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Well, it's not a non-issue. It's 3 months salary. I guess what bothers most people here is that "this is a feminist issue" in the sense that feminism is supposed to be about removing unfair, gender-based societal expectations from both women and men. Thanks, 3rd wave feminism, for dealing with men's problems too /s
/r/MensRights03/04/14 06:11 PM
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I love the ending to this, because it sums up what we've all been thinking tl;dw What can we do about this diamond ring scam? Nothing! It is so ingrained in our society that not buying a ring can collapse an otherwise healthy relationship on the verge of marriage!
/r/MensRights03/04/14 06:07 PM
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The fact that pubescent boys are easily distracted by female figures is equivalent to the fact that cats are easily distracted by laser pointers. In fact, things likely to distract all of the students would get banned without hesitation. The fact that it affects boys more than girls and the fact that it has something vaguely to do with sex are not actually relevant to the problem
/r/MensRights03/04/14 05:10 PM
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It still doesn't explain why tubal ligation is covered, but vasectomies are not. Neither are used to treat serious medical conditions. Both are used to prevent pregnancies. In fact, if you were to ask a pragmatist, vasectomies should be covered in lieu of tubal ligation because they are cheaper and safer. /u/derajihad explains why they decided to take the feminists' approach, and not the pragmatists' approach, pretty well in his comment above
/r/MensRights01/04/14 06:26 PM
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I think what bothers me the most is that, for some reason, it's ok to be sexist in writing if it is in the favor of women, to correct some perceived imbalance. I mean, I got paid less for a job in college because I didn't have a vagina. It was special grant designed to create a job(s) for "Women in Science." Let's disregard for a second that the goal here is to encourage women to join STEM, but the program is only offered to women already in STEM (great plan). I'm focusing on the fact that no wo…
/r/MensRights01/04/14 06:14 PM
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I agree, don't date her if it bothers you. If you've been in as many long term relationships as I have, you know that ideological clashes never go away, and ignoring them is just going to prolong a breakup in the future (perhaps after you've already put in more commitment than you would like for a failed relationship). Optimistically, I'd like to think there's a man for these type of women, but it's a man who is willing to take a certain amount of punishment, both externally from their partner a…
/r/MensRights31/03/14 10:27 PM
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Invent the disease, sell the treatment FTFY
/r/MensRights25/03/14 04:03 AM
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I know you're being downvoted to oblivion right now, but for what it's worth, I totally agree with you. A paid vacation for punching someone as hard as you can? I understand there are mitigating circumstances, but at best that makes it justifiable, but still not right.
/r/MensRights18/03/14 07:35 PM
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I'm just saying, the woman was also clearly guilty of assault and threatening behavior and a slew of other things, so punish her for those things. The bus driver is guilty of delivering an uppercut, and he should be punished for that. A lot of people here are claiming self-defense, but it sounds more like what you want is Hammurabian justice, which would still only call for spit, threats, and insults. That's not where we live, though. We live in a place where there are laws that dictate punishme…
/r/MensRights18/03/14 05:54 PM
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Am I the only one here who thinks this is just about right? If any person uppercuts another person, 3 days in jail and a moderate fine seems perfectly acceptable to me. I just hope the same standard would be applied to a woman who uppercut a man
/r/MensRights18/03/14 03:49 PM
3

By that logic, American Pi Day is the only Pi Day, isn't it?
/r/MensRights14/03/14 06:47 PM
2

I appreciate the stats. Would it be to much to ask to run the numbers on the men, too?
/r/MensRights23/01/14 12:09 AM
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I think it might be a weird type of price discrimination. Women might only use this sterilization option (which will save the insurance company money in the long run) if it's free. The vasectomy (which will also save the insurance company money in the long run) is something men are much more likely to want and even pay to get. As the insurance company, they want to charge the most they can get away with charging.
/r/MensRights06/11/13 05:26 PM
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Yeeeeeeaaaah!
/r/MensRights31/10/13 04:30 PM
1

I didn't need to read past the second sentence to know this is already bad enough to GTFO. Find someone who is more compatible and do your best to never let bad history be made with her.
/r/MensRights28/10/13 03:40 PM
3

I think I might cheat and start growing a mustache now.
/r/MensRights28/10/13 02:28 PM
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I love freakonomics. I also love that they found a simple experiment that doesn't prove but strongly suggests there is a simple difference in how willing men and women are to take risks, even if it might mean they have to work harder.
/r/MensRights18/10/13 08:17 PM
1

"The greatest trick the patriarchy ever pulled was convincing the first world it didn't exist."
/r/MensRights18/10/13 07:53 PM
4

... justified cringe
/r/MensRights08/10/13 12:32 PM
2

Agreed. As long as Papis didn't suffer more than a stiff jaw for a few days, I'd say $2500 and a lifetime ban is reasonable. It sends the message that you cannot get away with even mild violence, without saying humans-being-humans need to be locked up.
/r/MensRights06/09/13 07:20 PM
3

I do think being a stay at home dad would be easier than the life I have now (full-time career with some fraction of household duties), but as a man I've been raised to be productive. There is no conflicting message (like the mixed message of having a family life AND career AND follow your dreams that the author presented). Just work. Make money to support yourself and a family, even if your wife could support you. Work at the job that can pay you the most, even if you hate it. Work until you di…
/r/MensRights05/09/13 09:15 PM
4

The thing about modern women after feminism that has bothered me the most is the same thing she argues against in the paper, but framed in my point of view. Women want to be able to get degrees costing many thousands of dollars, essentially putting them on a career path (not a family one). However, as I see it, what they actually want is to be seen as more successful as a stepping stone to a better mate and a better family life, never really feeling the obligation of lifelong career work like me…
/r/MensRights05/09/13 09:06 PM
2

I know I've been reading too much feminist crap when the first thought in my head was: "How dehumanizing! Just because they're professional athletes doesn't mean they're signed up in some kind of meat market for anyone's perverted eyes to peruse!" Still, there's no denying these guys make a living using one of their greatest assets: an athletic body, which is not something they should necessarily feel the need to hide, nor should we feel the need to hide for them. I'm sure they can tell a report…
/r/MensRights03/09/13 10:09 PM
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Oh, I get it now. You weren't saying people who work more hours shouldn't have higher salaries, but that correcting for hours worked with a linear translation is an improper correction. That's probably true.
/r/MensRights03/09/13 09:04 PM
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Well, for non salaried jobs, it looks like this. Pretty damn linear. I recognize that you asked about salaried jobs, where it's usually assumed that working more will give more rewards. I have not been able to find any charts on the topic. Initially I found this surprising, but then I remembered that the whole point of salary jobs is getting the work done, not the hours it took to do it, so many people barely even track their hours worked. Still, there's no denying that for any given doctor, the…
/r/MensRights03/09/13 08:39 PM
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The study adjusted for hours to avoid overstating gender differences, such as if female doctors worked fewer hours, and also accounted for years of experience Oh, [some people who worked less] made less money than [some people who worked more]. Sounds about right to me. Why are we bringing gender into this?
/r/MensRights03/09/13 07:36 PM
1

To be fair, you've implied she has shoved you multiple times and does not feel remorse or responsibility for the action. I agree, you know the situation better than anyone here, but recognize that this is a huge red flag (coming from someone who was in denial of that fact for years in an abusive relationship).
/r/MensRights03/09/13 07:15 PM
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While we're at it, let's set a quota for 100% of soldiers to be women and 100% of secretaries to be men - and similar quotas for all fields. This will maximize the number of people who hate their jobs, as well as failing companies, while crippling overall productivity in all sectors.
/r/MensRights03/09/13 06:48 PM
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It's a good thing she's an ex-lawyer, because they're supposed to uphold an oath of honesty and morality while acting in the name of justice..
/r/MensRights30/08/13 03:16 PM
3

"Femicide" does sound like a word the media would love (although it does technically have a definition. Then again, so does killing almost anyone, like kings, sisters, or babies. The media just loves the syllable "-cide" i think.)
/r/MensRights27/08/13 07:09 PM
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So many deletions! Perhaps the context no longer even exists. All that remained was, yet again, bad arguments formed emotionally from one side of the topic. I can't generalize all women, but I certainly don't trust that vindictive, lying mod who's watching that thread. Still, the posts you made were argumentative and emotional, as well. The only road available to any of us in /r/feminism is the high road.
/r/MensRights26/08/13 08:51 PM
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Indeed, I do not like to take things out of context. Find the start of the thread and push "permalink." Then copy and paste the url here. That will give us context.
/r/MensRights26/08/13 08:25 PM
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No disrespect, but I would have banned you, too. These seem like posts that use personal anecdotes to justify female bashing. You point out problems without offering solutions, but blame them all on "stereotypically vindictive, lying" women. Make a tumblr if this is the stuff you want to say.
/r/MensRights26/08/13 08:11 PM
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Check [your] prejudice Love this as a counter to "Check your privilege."
/r/MensRights26/08/13 08:06 PM
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I appreciate the etymology and your analysis of the word "slavery." Sometimes words get so charged people don't ever take a step back to think about what they mean.
/r/MensRights26/08/13 07:58 PM
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He also called out men who allowed the sexism to spread, which is good. Maybe this case in particular doesn't bother them, but when any single instance of sexism against men does bother them (maybe something far more egregious, like unequal healthcare), they will need support of other men to get anything done, and it's nice to let society know that we won't take that kind of crap on even a "trivial" issue.
/r/MensRights26/08/13 06:59 PM
1

Wouldn't want to accidentally shame innocent women when they're only trying to shame innocent men.
/r/MensRights20/08/13 01:54 PM
1

I might call bullshit on this whole post. It's also good if the who lawyers have worked together This is a great way for both lawyers to find ways to needlessly extend a civil suit so they both make more money (read: textbook conflict of interest). What you really want is a woman judge In a custody battle? Really? Women do not have sympathy for other women behaving badly, I'll give you that. Still, this is one where time and time again everyone, especially women, can fall prey to preconceptions …
/r/MensRights19/08/13 06:36 PM
1

Here is the small text (Sorry about the crappy image quality)
/r/MensRights19/08/13 12:03 PM
1

Well, to be fair, the particular situation of (gay) men being raped by men is a part of men being sexually abused, and it comes with it's own challenges. In fact, I think they spoke specifically to what could be a real demographic that faces unique problems, even different from men being abused by women. It's hard to control people who will sexually assault, regardless of gender (see: "Don't be That Guy" campaign folly), but you should be able to get support and/or justice as a victim regardless…
/r/MensRights14/08/13 08:28 PM
1

As I mentioned in my first line, experiences are subjective. I've had power taken away from me, and put into situations I hated that left emotional scars when kids beat me up and I couldn't stop them, so I can at least try to empathize with rape victims. I've also been seriously injured (broken knee, by my own doing) and paralyzed (Guillain-Barre), so I know a thing or two about the importance of bodily integrity. What I can't empathize with is the people who have experience the combination of p…
/r/MensRights13/08/13 09:39 PM
0

I know it's subjective, but I know I'd rather deal with collapsing infrastructure, making tough life choices like prostitution, and caring for the wounded at the same time than having my legs blown off or being killed to death.
/r/MensRights13/08/13 01:46 PM
1

Taking the key syllable "fem" out of a feminist url?
/r/MensRights13/08/13 01:44 PM
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There is one interesting evaluation of the data: the gap between prescription drug overdose for women and men is closing. One would hope that this would warrant studies on how women starting to fill traditionally male roles are starting to fall prey to depression in numbers similar to those men have always experienced. Instead, let's just say that men being depressed is a constant, not worth considering, and figure out how to solve the problem exclusively for women.
/r/MensRights08/08/13 04:20 PM
1

I concede the point
/r/MensRights08/08/13 04:12 PM
1

Fair enough
/r/MensRights08/08/13 02:57 PM
3

I wish [for] unearned privilege. Don't we all, brother. Then the feminists and the Patriarchy they fight against would be happier.
/r/MensRights08/08/13 02:26 PM
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Since we are all subscribed to this sub, which falls in the category of gender politics, and that post is about an interesting gender politics situation, I can understand why someone posted it here. Still, as the voice of reason, there aren't ANY men involved, and it's probably not a MR issue.
/r/MensRights08/08/13 02:16 PM
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GET YOUR HAND OFF MY BREAST [continues to push torso into the man's arm]
/r/MensRights07/08/13 02:24 PM
6

This one time, while being bullied in band camp...
/r/MensRights06/08/13 07:20 PM
1

Certain corporations enjoy a cap on malpractice lawsuits, and usually the transgression there is far worse than a divorce. Why shouldn't men have something to protect them from crippling litigation?
/r/MensRights06/08/13 04:09 PM
4

There seems to be a large group of men who don't care enough to question the circumstances that men face. One I've dealt with recently was asking the question, "even though I love my significant other, what incentive do I have to get married?" Other men responded, "stop being commitment phobic." They completely ignored the question and decided not to think about it critically. Another one: when I asked why men should be kicked out of school just for being accused of rape (particularly when women…
/r/MensRights01/08/13 03:10 PM
1

Look at this guy's (?) comments. It's like he's saying things that are deliberately dumb and infuriating. What an idiot.
/r/MensRights30/07/13 02:02 PM
3

And a 21-speed
/r/MensRights30/07/13 01:58 PM
2

It's funny how women always claim an intangible bias because of The Patriarchy, but ignore the enforceable laws and policies that give women a leg up at the expense of men. I'm like "look, it's written right here! We're actually discriminated against in a provable way!"
/r/MensRights29/07/13 04:40 PM
3

These studies were done like 60 years ago. Where is this stuff now?
/r/MensRights29/07/13 04:04 PM
12

It's to prove they love you enough not to pull the trigger even when you don't do any of the goddamn dishes /s
/r/MensRights26/07/13 08:05 PM
2

I will kill you if you think quesadilla makers need to be represented higher in kitchens that already have pans
/r/MensRights26/07/13 03:06 PM
2

I take some comfort in the fact that nobody but idiots take cosmo seriously. Still, if some smart people did take it seriously, they would campaign with pitchforks until they could rest reassured that nobody was spreading this kind of drivel around our common knowledge base.
/r/MensRights25/07/13 08:35 PM
4

I have heard this argument before and it is probably true. Still, I'd be willing to bet, all other things equal, men and women have different average lifespans. We're different, biologically, after all.
/r/MensRights25/07/13 08:24 PM
1

Check your state laws regarding recording calls first. I have a question about this. If someone is literally doing something wrong, even if it's just verbal like threatening to kill me, why is it important that they know that I am recording it? I imagine this is one of those legal-not-common-sensible things, but come on. Also, in this hypothetical, could I just "plead guilty" to recording someone without their permission and use the evidence anyway? What would be the upshot of that?
/r/MensRights25/07/13 07:54 PM
19

I'm really beginning to think it's even worse for men and boys in Canada than it is in the US- and that's saying something.
/r/MensRights16/07/13 12:43 PM
7

Searching for real stats on this is... not leading to any good answers not based on stereotypes. I have found many contradicting "fluffy" news articles claiming men ARE worse drivers men are only likely to be in more accidents because they're on the road more (but women are worse drivers mile per mile) men are more likely to be in SERIOUS accidents (causing serious property damage or death) women are worse drivers I don't actually mind insurance companies using predictions to determine their rat…
/r/MensRights12/07/13 07:44 PM
3

I think they both show bad arguments made by the worst of each rights movement. The fact that they are the top posts on each sub really only indicates how satisfying it is to circle-jerk and bash the worst of each rights movement.
/r/MensRights11/07/13 05:50 PM
51

There's one commonality: they're showing conversations with idiots who clearly haven't taken the time to try to understand others' POV
/r/MensRights11/07/13 02:04 PM
5

Tangentially related: I saw this Rent-a-Parent in CA last weekend and thought it was an interesting name that could eventually lead to renting all types of family members to fill interesting rolls. I want to Rent-a-Unmarried-Uncle-Who-Teaches-You-Valuable-Life-Lessons-Through-Risky-Choices
/r/MensRights10/07/13 04:39 PM
16

You know what I love about this sub? There's always someone willing to do a bit of research. There's always a voice of reason to rein in the mob and redirect anger to the proper direction, when appropriate. May your comment make it to the top.
/r/MensRights10/07/13 04:35 PM
2

why not?
/r/MensRights09/07/13 03:20 PM
7

I know what you're saying, but I beg to differ.
/r/MensRights09/07/13 03:18 PM
12

Since this is mostly a conversation about when a relationship goes wrong, here's the con of getting married: financial peril. Here's the con of not getting married (at least in FL): almost no rights to children. If you're the type of man who cares about being a good father, this can be an incentive to get married.
/r/MensRights08/07/13 05:27 PM
2

practically an infinite regression maybe not, but I don't even want to know what the base case is.
/r/MensRights08/07/13 05:10 PM
28

IKR. If a man said exactly what that woman just said, many responses would be a knee jerk "SHUT THE FUCK UP you privileged ass hole! You have no idea what you're talking about! You don't want to get married because you don't want any responsibility!"
/r/MensRights18/06/13 08:55 PM
2

What is this sub's general moral standing on fighting vote bots with vote bots?
/r/MensRights17/06/13 03:35 PM
14

In my day, Merriam-Webster was a dictionary and Urban Dictionary was a joke. I hope people that actually want to know a correct definition know that.
/r/MensRights17/06/13 03:32 PM
10

better at fighting and "expected to fight" are two radically different things. I would expect a cop to fight in that situation- that's why we pay them to be around all the time. They are arguably the "best" at fighting because they have non-lethal weapons (and lethal ones, for that matter) and extensive training on how to use them. The best part is it can be a male or a female police officer. The point is, you shouldn't expect ALL random, untrained, unequipped men to just fight a menacing lookin…
/r/MensRights12/06/13 12:55 PM
3

stomped me and ate my face without a doubt No, seriously. I've seen it.
/r/MensRights12/06/13 12:49 PM
8

Actually, I think they amplify the consistent look of indignant condescension, which is what bothers me the most
/r/MensRights03/06/13 01:46 PM
2

Ignoring the hyperbolic title, the article does make a good case for why men living in Spain should get out. A million gender related crimes are reported, but only 80% of them just end up defaming the man?
/r/MensRights27/05/13 12:28 PM
2

I think believing in the blank slate theory is willful ignorance. It's for people that cannot accept most parts of their personality will always have traces of something they cannot change and could never change from birth.
/r/MensRights21/05/13 09:35 PM
2

I agree with the first two points wholly (the one's that really have nothing to do with gender). Still, I work at a software company where the primary language is English, but most people's native language is either Hebrew or Russian. When they speak in their native language, I don't mind, but maybe if I could understand I could contribute or take away valuable information. TL;DR Why doesn't anybody value "unity" like they value "diversity"
/r/MensRights10/05/13 03:19 PM
30

Makes me wonder how many of the "violent" or "bigoted" responses to feminists' blogs are even real, or just an attempt to inspire blocking of reasonable responses from real MRAs.
/r/MensRights01/05/13 01:36 AM
2

I know a cop/mother who was shot in the leg. She says that getting shot is categorically worse pain than giving birth, and had longer lasting and worse implications afterwards (some ligament and muscle damage that never quite heals right). If you say childbirth is the worst pain anyone should ever feel, then you can also never say it's ok to send men to war to get shot.
/r/MensRights30/04/13 03:44 PM
1

men ... can confront abusive peers don't look the other way yadda yadda... This guy is essentially saying "Be a white knight. When making decisions, always keep genders in mind, as even without other evidence, that is enough. Then, take action to aid women."
/r/MensRights16/04/13 08:34 PM
4

It does actually have an end though. ... "Women getting raped is so stressful and dis-empowering for men, it's actually raping men." "Wait, men can't be raped." "Oh right, I forgot."
/r/MensRights01/04/13 05:01 PM
18

Screw men/women- more people should think like this. One thing that bothers me about professional feminists is that they are necessarily in one of my least favorite groups: those that spend half of their efforts devoted to finding and exploiting special privileges and loopholes instead of just getting some work done. I mean, can they just go fork a repo, or something.
/r/MensRights29/03/13 08:45 PM
2

I think most of them are actually posts of some very misguided people, but there's definitely a chance for Poe's Law there.
/r/MensRights28/03/13 11:23 PM
15

Ironically, there was a time when men ruled academia where yelling WAS somewhat indicative of the strength of your argument, but only because it meant that you were really confident in your ability to back it up against other arguments. I hate that in intellectual debates I now have to speak like a child, lest I be accused of having baseless, feminist-like logic ONLY supported by emotion.
/r/MensRights28/03/13 10:52 PM
3

Feminism has succeeded in starting to get people into an egalitarian mindset. Women are starting to get male privilege. But don't forget, with male power comes male responsibility- so take it like a man.
/r/MensRights25/03/13 12:41 PM
11

I'm going to walk into a big crowd of black women and say "all black women are idiots," then leave without giving any rationale. Then I'm going to be the smart one.
/r/MensRights25/03/13 12:37 PM
1

You generate a monopoly on intellectual property with 2 minutes effort and ~$10 worth of investing. How you use that monopoly is where I draw the line on "ethical." You sell it to the person at a slightly higher value, like $50, ok. You try to sell it for 5000000% what you paid, then you're being a dick.
/r/MensRights25/03/13 04:02 AM
1

On that point, it would be interesting to know how they would have handled the situation minus the DDOS attack. I wonder if they would have fired her simply because she's unlikable in so many ways, or if the real threat to their business forced their action.
/r/MensRights22/03/13 09:03 PM
1

Essentially, she's a recruiter, although she doesn't so much as hire people as convince them to apply on their own.
/r/MensRights22/03/13 06:23 PM
-1

I see now. May the record show that passive-aggressive comment explained that the other comment was meant to be sarcastic, and not blindly applying the eye-for-an-eye rule.
/r/MensRights20/03/13 03:33 PM
11

For the record, you have been down-voted because your solution is petty and good for nobody.
/r/MensRights20/03/13 01:08 PM
3

I remember the scene. They say something like "We sentence you to death... by SNU-SNU (sex)," and their faces go back and forth between happily excited and dreadful. Although I see your point, these are clearly caricatures- designed to exaggerate the point and make comedy out of sexist humor. I think most men's reactions would be decidedly more dire after receiving a death sentence.
/r/MensRights18/03/13 09:47 PM
0

The whole point in waiting until after the trial is that the jurors should be your experts. They will spend much more time examining the evidence and deciding this guys fate than anyone on this thread will. It's their duty. You wouldn't make any other life altering decision without consulting an expert. Wait for the jurors to give their opinion.
/r/MensRights15/03/13 02:22 PM
1

I agree fully. People like to get fired up over these kinds of things, especially reporters. The only thing they love more is to share some 'juicy details" about a case like this with other people who will get fired up. It's a human thing. Still, this is why the law should remain consistent. To take the emotional element out of justice. In this case, sure, it's ok to call these guys what they are. But in our search for the next "fix," reporters may crucify a guy who is eventually proven innocent…
/r/MensRights15/03/13 02:15 PM
2

What men should know: take the pussy off the pedestal and put a great relationship on it. There are reasonable women out there that you won't even get into "hard situations" with.
/r/MensRights13/03/13 03:44 PM
5

All you can really do is give them a flyer reminding them not to rape you.
/r/MensRights13/03/13 03:36 PM
11

On behalf of white people dead for over a century, I'd like to apologize to black people dead for over a century.
/r/MensRights13/03/13 03:32 PM
3

human men were referred to as wer I didn't know Old English had Tumblr
/r/MensRights12/03/13 07:37 PM
0

The worst part about this is that she's willing to use the word rape before even talking to her bf. The appropriate way to handle this situation is to say to your bf, "I'm depressed, and it kills my sex drive. I don't feel like having sex now, and I might not feel like having sex for awhile." At that point, he'll respect your honesty and communication, regardless. Still, there is a chance he will find a lack of sex in the relationship a deal-breaker. He has the right to find someone that satisfi…
/r/MensRights11/03/13 05:34 PM
2

I imagine a future utopia where men and women self-segregate based on nothing other than Adam Smith's invisible hand. /s
/r/MensRights06/03/13 06:29 PM
8

Let's make a new one, with blackjack and hookers.
/r/MensRights02/03/13 04:13 PM
13

My brother's gf read his personal emails. She found an email from his boss (female) that said something like "can you cover for me Saturday? Thanks, Hun." His gf forced him to relocate (within the same chain) and take a significantly lower paying job, despite him trying to tell her it was just how people addressed each other there. Really, it was a devastating blow to his social life, and made him more reliant on his gf. That's it.
/r/MensRights22/02/13 04:05 PM
1

I'd actually like to see an analysis of required vaccination rates for sexually transmitted diseases. For things like the Flu, the CDC has comprehensive breakdowns. I'm oversimplifying, but it's something like 80% of people need to be vaccinated to prevent serious outbreaks. STDs may be lower, but probably not lower than 50%. Edit: credit to /u/Homericus for finding the term on the tip of my tongue
/r/MensRights21/02/13 06:12 PM
4

You know, I made a rule about white-knighting: I won't touch another guy based on something a woman said he did (I refuse to be used like a human weapon), but if I see overwhelming man-on-woman violence occurring with my own two eyes it would wrong NOT to stop him. It's stories like this that make me think even I should just call the cops and let her get beaten for another 3-20 minutes.
/r/MensRights21/02/13 06:01 PM
7

I know it's easy to assume the writer of the article is a "she" based on the complete lack of understanding of a typical male viewpoint, but to be clear, this article is written from a "White Male's Perspective." Jake Walters
/r/MensRights20/02/13 06:27 PM
12

I don't think so
/r/MensRights19/02/13 04:07 AM
3

Your faith in my intelligence is unfounded.
/r/MensRights15/02/13 10:06 PM
3

Am I supposed to be this confused at this point?
/r/MensRights15/02/13 09:53 PM
3

Was that a rhetorical question?
/r/MensRights15/02/13 09:40 PM
3

I suppose a rhetorical question with an assumed answer would do the trick.
/r/MensRights15/02/13 09:37 PM
-1

it's my privilege
/r/MensRights15/02/13 09:24 PM
3

It makes it easier for me to downvote you if I assume you're a man. It's my feminist upbringing, I guess.
/r/MensRights15/02/13 09:21 PM
9

He's just a 6' 200lb guy with a 5' 40lb Mohawk (very intimidating)
/r/MensRights15/02/13 05:13 PM
6

In light of new information, I award him a downvote; for presenting relevant information, everyone else receives upvotes
/r/MensRights15/02/13 04:29 PM
0

I made a meme, but in all seriousness, I wouldn't go myself. Everyone on MR has seen the results of trying to explain MR issues to feminists. At best, it's unproductive- at worst, they will attack you, emotionally or physically or both.
/r/MensRights07/02/13 01:33 PM
6

Yes, this should go well...
/r/MensRights06/02/13 03:10 PM
3

It is a rational (factual) statement that leads to irrational conclusions.
/r/MensRights06/02/13 05:47 AM
2

your responses are so... scripted
/r/MensRights06/02/13 05:44 AM
1

That's unfortunate. Now I'm apologetic for bringing it up, and I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble. Stay positive.
/r/MensRights04/02/13 09:22 PM
1

I think the restraining order is necessary. The courts are also required to press charges if they have broken a criminal law (not a civil one- for the record, I think vandalism is a civil infraction). Beyond that I think it's whatever the vic needs to feel justice. Others here are saying you need to sue her to send the message that it's not OK to do this. But if it makes you feel better to write off the TV and never see her again and not spend considerable time and effort thinking about her, tha…
/r/MensRights04/02/13 09:13 PM
1

Canadian?
/r/MensRights04/02/13 09:07 PM
5

Mixed in everyone's face is a hint of awe. Can't deny that there is some talent involved in flipping yourself using nothing but a stationary pole.
/r/MensRights24/01/13 05:00 PM
1

I'm dating a Jewish girl who is a self-described feminist. But you hit the nail on the head- she might not realize it, but she's more reasonable and uses more critical thinking than any feminist in SRS, r/feminism, or just the average women's studies class. She's knows the difference between men and women, and the differences between right and wrong. Her Jewish friends seem very like minded, as well.
/r/MensRights24/01/13 06:50 AM
1

I fear doctors. This may be the result of one bad experience I had with one doctor, but more likely it came from anecdotal evidence of a friend or teacher who had one bad experience with one doctor. Now I don't see a doctor. It's bad for everyone, because I have poor health and the doctors can't see a patient (read "customer"). A lot of non-doctors are telling me that they feel the same way, but a lot of doctors are telling me to talk to a psychologist about getting over my fear of doctors. All …
/r/MensRights24/01/13 06:25 AM
4

Sorry, one landed punch Who, in their angriest of moments, throws one punch, misses, and walks away? Nobody. The point I'm getting at here is this: don't trigger anyone's anger. This guy is not impressive because he's big, he's impressive because he's borderline emotionless.
/r/MensRights23/01/13 10:52 PM
15

For the lazy - source video After watching, I'm really impressed the guy kept his cool. That girl's 5 hardest punches wouldn't be half as damaging as one from that guy if he had a fight-or-flight moment. That being said, the girl seems more insane now than ever.
/r/MensRights23/01/13 10:20 PM
-4

I think this is one of those terms that is annoying because it wasn't needed until something else came along. It might be like how land-line phones are annoyed that they're not just phones anymore (since mobile phones), or how WWI isn't The Great War anymore (since WWII). Edit: that being said, the distinctions are a necessary evolution of the language.
/r/MensRights21/01/13 03:05 PM
4

The Turing test, where the human behind the wall is a feminist and the subject is male: Subject: Hello, how are you? Computer: Pretty good. It's weird to talk to a complete stranger like this over the phone. Subject: I know, right .... Subject: Hello, how are you? Feminist: What makes you think you can talk to me like that? God, you must feel so privileged! Subject: Wha... I don't even... are you even human?
/r/MensRights16/01/13 09:08 PM
5

Well, if there's any point of this article that is clearly biased, it's in the conclusion: Prof. Starr leaves that question to policymakers, but she does note that the solution "is not necessarily to lock up a lot more women, but perhaps to reconsider the decision-making criteria that are applied to men. About one in every fifty American men is currently behind bars, and we could think about gender disparity as perhaps being a key dimension of that problem." I agree with that.
/r/MensRights16/01/13 07:53 PM
55

I had some trouble finding it- turns out it's on the other side of the wage gap.
/r/MensRights16/01/13 02:40 AM
6

Ya, I read in the official response to the Death Star petition that they're coming out with an even better space telescope.
/r/MensRights15/01/13 11:10 PM
15

As a neckbeard, I take offense to your offense
/r/MensRights15/01/13 04:12 AM
2

love it... just wish i still had my stache for the photo ops. my first one would be I need feminism to stop taking away the rights of men for the sake of "equality"
/r/MensRights14/01/13 08:49 PM
2

if only make clean worked after false rape reports
/r/MensRights09/01/13 11:41 PM
11

And yet, Title IX
/r/MensRights09/01/13 10:41 PM
8

currentEmotion = new Emotion(sorrow);
/r/MensRights09/01/13 10:34 PM
1

Unity is good, but we should hold ourselves to a higher standard than shaming women (it's talk like that getting us labelled as a hate group, regardless of how many members act as one). Also, IRL, it's definitely a bad idea to pick fights with women. Despite claiming to be the less violent gender, they will attack you and get away with it.
/r/MensRights09/01/13 01:58 PM
1

i'm not sure this is a good idea... seriously...
/r/MensRights08/01/13 10:49 PM
2

Can't blame you for being hesitant to go under the knife, especially with the track record.
/r/MensRights08/01/13 10:11 PM
5

I'm sorry if I'm insensitive, but I still don't know why girls who are raped have such a hard time coming forward. Again, assuming you are raped, there are two possibilities 1.) you have some evidence, and the guy gets locked up, or 2.) the worst outcome (for you) is that there is not enough evidence and some people think you lied. Even in that case, it serves as "a warning" to the man- he can't pull the same shit ever again because the next time someone accuses him of rape, much less evidence w…
/r/MensRights08/01/13 03:08 PM
4

IMO, the man-on-man violence caused by white-knighting is one of the most fucked up things that we have in our society today. It is acceptable in popular opinion, and barely stopped in the justice system. Women say they are afraid to be alone with men, but I'm afraid that a woman knows my name in case she utters the phrase "newSuperHuman raped me." No protection against that, and it doesn't need to be true to get me arrested, beaten, or killed.
/r/MensRights06/01/13 05:19 PM
1

I just hope you find a way to get the things you want. The problem is that when you're as mixed up as you sound like you are, you might not even know what you want.
/r/MensRights06/01/13 04:22 PM
1

Fine, I might not know the reasons you're staying, and they may be entirely out of your control, but years from now you're going to think 'that redditor was right- I was in a deep depression circle jerk, and the single greatest thing I did to get out of it was to change my environment.' In the meantime, save me your sarcasm- I'm just trying to give you a something more helpful than sympathy.
/r/MensRights06/01/13 03:07 PM
-2

So essentially, you need to put a trigger warning on your entire life right now and GTFO.
/r/MensRights05/01/13 05:56 PM
2

This article reminds me of how hard it is to enjoy a good intellectual argument anymore, especially with women. It was easier when I was 13, and perhaps seen as less of a threat. When I say I was perceived as less of a threat, I mean physically I was less intimidating- I could argue about religion and science at whatever tone and volume I wanted, forcefully interrupting arguments I hated, and nobody would give me that are-you-about-to-start-throwing-blows look. The irony is that my arguments now…
/r/MensRights05/01/13 04:19 PM
0

A lot of people are saying "never admit guilt." I get that. Still, as the old saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. When you are being attacked all day from all angles, it can be exhausting to keep saying, "I just didn't do it, please leave me alone," especially when they never listen to that simple respectful request. I'd be curious to know if you come up with any better solutions to dismiss these people without saying ridiculous things or lying. Certai…
/r/MensRights04/01/13 06:31 PM
21

my memory may be faulty, but if I remember OP's original story, they have mixed-gender, non-blood-related, nearing-puberty (10yo) kids living in the same bedroom. I'm not saying that's necessarily going to go badly, but I guess at least two bunnies have survived a winter at some point, too.
/r/MensRights03/01/13 04:22 AM
1

Couldn't agree more- sometimes the best way to prevent argument escalation is to de-escalate (seems simple, now that I type it, but I know it's hard to do in practice) and try again a little later.
/r/MensRights31/12/12 07:16 PM
6

My girlfriend is a very level-headed woman and a temperance for MR based on some of her own anecdotal evidence (many of her positive male figures have been torn down by the law and societal pressures to side with "defenseless" women). Even still, she sees me reading this subreddit and tells me to stop. She says things like "You're getting too deep into this, and when you're with our friends, sometimes you bring up really unpopular opinions that most people see as just plain wrong." It's like the…
/r/MensRights28/12/12 09:01 PM
1

The short answer: yes, it bothers me too. Unlike a lot of people who want to redefine the word "rape" to mean a whole class of things, I think it would be better to invent a new word and leave the original definition of rape alone. If I have sex with a drunk girl, and she makes it clear to me the next day that she would not have agreed to have sex if she wasn't drunk, I would not plead guilty to "rape" but I might plead guilty to "intoxicated bamboozling" (and feel actual guilt at an appropriate…
/r/MensRights28/12/12 08:45 PM
10

you sir, are the worst type of man
/r/MensRights28/12/12 08:14 PM
1

I would say tactic 1 (ignoring that all humans with an agenda are liable to do this, and in many cases it's provable) to point out that feminists are doing it now. Still, the best way to fight it that I can think of is to call people out on a case by case basis
/r/MensRights26/12/12 03:32 PM
5

I think this is a prime example of over-comparing and trying to make things "equal" without achieving real justice. Focus on this one of OP's questions: Why isn't it ok to ignore men's rights if it makes women feel safer? The answer to this question, I believe, is that you can't make everyone feel perfectly safe all the time. After all, there's 1.6 million men who might feel safer if women who were caught in men's bathrooms were labelled sex offenders. At least in my university, men could be lab…
/r/MensRights26/12/12 04:30 AM
10

I don't think he trunk this plan out
/r/MensRights21/12/12 06:09 PM
2

fight men and you will be strong. This. Feminists tell girls the quickest way to prove themselves is to beat men, whether it's financially, emotionally, or literally.
/r/MensRights20/12/12 05:18 AM
3

I'd take an uncle tom over a white knight who would kick my ass just because a woman told him I did something creepy. The uncle tom is trying to avoid problems with women, but they frequently turn into the white knight that is looking for trouble with men.
/r/MensRights20/12/12 05:14 AM
3

I agree that this is a common argument against incest, and a valid one. If we logically pursue the other extreme, however, it suggests we should all practice a special form of eugenics where we find the least related person still capable of conceiving with us and make babies. (for the record, it's a flawed argument, because there's no guarantee there will be no genetic defects in a heavily mixed scenario).
/r/MensRights20/12/12 05:09 AM
1

Do you have a problem with me, or are you projecting some negligent gamer stereotype onto me. For that matter, what stereotype are you projecting on her- the woman who does everything for her deadbeat boyfriend and doesn't realize how bad she has it until she finally flips out? You don't understand. I removed her from my apartment because she was frequently unreasonable, in the truest sense of the word- there was no reasoning with her. To some extent, we all have the ability to become unreasonab…
/r/MensRights20/12/12 04:12 AM
1

This is exactly what I'm talking about, for the record. You think you know me? You don't. I do help with the dishes and the chores and stuff. In a lot of ways, she considered it my responsibility, probably because I did it so often. When I failed to comply with her wish at the exact moment she wanted it, she flipped out. I'm confident that my xbox was the target because it would have been more dangerous to hit me instead. She wasn't upset with me, she was just upset and wanted to break something…
/r/MensRights19/12/12 03:11 PM
1

PRECISELY! Of course, it's harder to be completely fooled by makeup, and the best ways to making yourself look better usually involve actually becoming more sexually attractive, from an evolutionary fitness point of view. Still, nothing I hate more that a female PUA who can't carry groceries up the stairs jamming herself into stretchy black pants to make me think she's in shape.
/r/MensRights15/12/12 09:22 AM
2

I AGREE! It's a marketing tactic, and not a bad one at that. The thing is that it adds incentive to more than just women. It leads men to believe there will be more women there, which to some men makes an even more appealing (it is the principle behind ladies' nights). Source- I'm a programmer who recently graduated college. There were plenty of free seminars and speeches, but those with the best turnout (and most buzz among my male friends) were those held by the Women in Science group. I hate …
/r/MensRights15/12/12 09:18 AM
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i know at least one person who does have a problem with ladies' nights.
/r/MensRights15/12/12 09:10 AM
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i agree with you, it's a bullshit definition to say sexism is especially against women.
/r/MensRights15/12/12 09:03 AM
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I think it might be the stereotype of a PUA. They tell women the things that will make them attracted or aroused, and this is not how the would (or could, if it's completely disingenuous) represent themselves on a long-term basis. They will LIE to get into your pants. I see how you may be trying to draw a gender parallel here, but this is just wrong. I know this is a straw man, but it's like a used car dealership selling you a lemon. It's ok to be upset about that, and in fact, there are even ce…
/r/MensRights15/12/12 08:54 AM
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there's a form of contraception that works particularly well for teenage girls. it's called "a teenage girl's personality."
/r/MensRights15/12/12 08:37 AM
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if only we could rely on everyone to have basic algebra skills, we could pose the legal requirement as something like this: their age > 1/3 your age + 8 that way, the youngest person an 18 year old could be with is 15 the youngest person a 30 year old could be with is 19 the youngest person a 45 year old could be with is 24 (ok, so maybe it starts to fall apart and infringe on 24 year olds' freedom to satisfy a parental sexual fantasy, but you see where i'm going with this)
/r/MensRights15/12/12 08:33 AM
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i think nancy grace just likes to attack people when it's a sure shot. if this woman wasn't on video with supplementary explicit text messages, she might not be getting the fifth degree from a sensationalist journalist. still, i might be willing to call the fact that she decided to entertain report to her audience a case of clear female rape a good thing.
/r/MensRights15/12/12 08:24 AM
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I appreciate that you didn't give Jezebel the satisfaction (or ad revenue) of actually linking to their site. Bravo you clever bastard.
/r/MensRights14/12/12 12:10 AM
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Well a glass floor is a terrible idea (unless we're talking about the iPad 246). I think people will know what you're talking about if you say glass floor, as it is a good parallelism to the glass ceiling. Still a better mental image comes from something like "a filter with no woman-shaped holes."
/r/MensRights13/12/12 11:10 PM
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You know what disappoints me the most about all of the stories at the bottom? It's almost all incidents of male on male crime. Ya, the real criminals are the false accusers, but they are using males, white knights, like loaded handguns (that carry a significantly lesser judicial impact than a weapon themselves). Fucking white knights. I may never come to the aid of a woman again.
/r/MensRights13/12/12 10:33 PM
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Have an upvote for quoting The Art of War. I agree that radical feminists are enemies of men, and should be treated as such. The tricky part is knowing a radical feminist from one who only wants to further women's rights (without removing men's rights). Part of knowing oneself is knowing that we are susceptible to attacking things we do not understand.
/r/MensRights13/12/12 10:08 PM
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This is a great point (have an upvote), but it doesn't really apply to the conversation at hand. So women do have the power to affect policy, even greater than men, but the statement "men can stop rape" isn't really talking about the legality of it- it's talking about personal interactions. This is, however, worth noting in a different thread. For example, Hilary Clinton said women and children are the real victims of war, not the men who die or suffer from serious mental trauma. She's trying to…
/r/MensRights12/12/12 08:06 PM
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I think you're trying to apply linguistics to this problem. OK. I'll play. "Men can stop rape." If we assume the "men" of the statement are actually an arbitrary subset of all men (any men can stop rape) it implies all men are superheros with some form of knowledge and know-how to stop rape. Who knows, maybe you can sense a rape right now and choose not to fly over there and kick the rapist's ass. For shame. If we assume the "men" of the statement are actually a specific subset of all men (some …
/r/MensRights12/12/12 05:24 AM
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Discuss: women can stop abortion. Well I'm sure there's at least one conservative woman who has used the term "men can stop rape." She would also, stereotypically, be against abortion, but ironically wouldn't say "women can stop abortion," even though it's closer to the truth. It implies women are to blame for abortions alone. I say "blame the framers and biased liars."
/r/MensRights12/12/12 04:50 AM
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Male on male rape is not the only MR issue that could be dramatically different from straight males' rights. What about false rape accusations? What about custody of children? What about being treated like a creep by strangers, both women and men? If you come to MR and only see rape statistics, you're not looking hard enough.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 03:01 PM
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All I'm saying is that if you find yourself in a LTR where you're still splitting the bill because that's how you started it, perhaps you are wasting a lot of time doing a task that robs you of giving each other a little (albeit meaningless in the long run) gift once or twice a week. My gf and I keep it casually even and it works out great. But in order for this system to work, someone has to buy the first date without splitting the bill.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 02:54 PM
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Well someone has to pay for the first date, unless you think a bout of trivial math will make the night more enjoyable. Much like women taking men's names, I think it's unfair, but some system needs to be used and the conventional one requires the least debate.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 10:19 AM
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I treat a man paying for the first date like a tradition from my ancestors- it has to be done, even if she can pay and is willing to pay in a long term relationship. I think even progressive women may also treat it in the same way, like one of those important parts of being raised right. Still, traditionally speaking, you've got to get more than a username before making even the simplest and most trivial of traditional commitments.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:46 AM
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for those who haven't seen the original.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:33 AM
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I'm not defending the woman, but I'm also not sure I can say this man should be interacting with disgruntled commuters on a daily basis. He's gettin' too old for this shit.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:28 AM
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Alot of women are raised, or at least coming to campus now, afraid of men. I'm confused. Are you saying men have the perk, because they can live a relatively stress free life compared to females who are certain they will be violently raped any day now? Or are you implying that women have the perk, because men have to find out the hard way how terrible intimate relationships with women are?
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:20 AM
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There's one perk that's always claimed as a part of "patriarchy" and not biology: better job offers/higher pay. Still, I'd like to see some sort of test that could strip gender bias to see once and for all if the hard work, experience, and general ability to put forth a good interview are actually the more important things.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:15 AM
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Well, perhaps not a brand new subreddit. However, I've been here for months, and as it turns out, I've never seen anything related to gay MR. I feel rather under-informed, at the moment, of something that could shine a very interesting light on the whole situation. So I say either subreddit or find a way to upvote gays' MR issues into the ranks of false rape accusations, fathers being torn from their families, and pointing out hypocrisy and insanity of feminists.
/r/MensRights10/12/12 09:02 AM
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I am curious, now that you mention it (about men's rights applied to gay men). To be honest I hadn't really thought of gay men in a MRM context. To me there are two principle issues to MR above all others: 1.) child custody/family dynamics/biological fatherhood. This is an already murky territory for gay men. I can barely even empathize with what that might be like. 2.) Sex crime allegations (or even just creepiness assumptions). This is simpler, I think, for gay men in the sense that a court wi…
/r/MensRights10/12/12 08:53 AM
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I was on OKCupid for awhile. Then I saw some of the statistics they put out in OKCupid trends, (several sited in here). It turned my stomach to see what women thought of men when they could browse more or less anonymously and message whoever they wanted however they wanted to. I went on 3 OKC dates before one girl admitted that she did it all the time, basically to get free meals out. Needless to say, it's better to find girls who are associated to people you know so they can't just use you and …
/r/MensRights10/12/12 07:40 AM
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I think a big part of the problem is that there is no way to criticize misandry, because criticism of women's misandry IS misogyny, apparently.
/r/MensRights07/12/12 04:22 PM
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Translated: Women are a majority demographic who will vote. I would like their votes, so I will pander to them, or any other group. FTFY- gaining the support of all women by itself is enough to win an election. No need to please men, but if some white knights want to hop on, that's ok too.
/r/MensRights07/12/12 03:51 PM
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that's a nifty trick. hopefully they won't start obfuscating their json files.
/r/MensRights07/12/12 03:47 PM
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This is like a line from The King's Speech. They're watching Hitler give a speech, full of vibrant charisma, and someone asks "Do you know what he's saying?" He responds "No, but he's saying it well." Moral of the story: if you speak well enough, you can convince an entire nation to commit atrocities. Also, if you don't have good elocution, it may be hard to convey a point that is by all other accounts morally obvious.
/r/MensRights06/12/12 10:27 PM
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I've got it! Only put the posters in low crime areas. Then, if a woman gets raped in a bad part of town, she should have known better, and if she gets raped in a good part of town, the man should have known better (didn't he see the poster?). Sure, it completely ignores statistics and only serves to shame rich, educated men, but at least then everyone is held accountable when THE DO SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES! I'm a man who doesn't go into the b…
/r/MensRights06/12/12 09:38 PM
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usually i would say increase the intensity of your argument as well, to put it on a level field, and then it's back to who is making the most sense. if you actually know what you're talking about, there's no harm in letting people know you're confident in what you're saying. in the case of arguing for men's rights, however, increasing volume leaves you open to accusations of being violent, oppressive, and misogynistic. catch 22.
/r/MensRights05/12/12 08:48 PM
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I think what a lot of feminists forget is that the "male privilege" they speak of is NOT the job or getting paid by itself. The privilege is being taken seriously enough to be given an important task to do, and if you do it well, it is worth getting paid. Anita was given a task and paid upfront (which, by the way, is not a great investment for any individual or corporation that has no history of success). She did not do the task. She deserves criticism. Although men have done this in the past, n…
/r/MensRights05/12/12 08:40 PM
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i hope you get exactly 12 upvotes
/r/MensRights27/11/12 10:10 PM
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2 or 3 people have responded 'yes, it is a satire.'
/r/MensRights20/11/12 09:55 PM
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I was a rich white kid once (now I'm just rich and white). There were no real problems in my life. My parents were imperfect, but better than most, I got good grades, and I was even pretty good socially. I had friends, family, and even a gf that loved me. BOOM: massive depression strikes! I was hospitalized for trying to kill myself and breaking my brother's jaw. I was a wreck. It was the worst thing I have ever (and probably will ever) experience. Pure, refined sorrow like only the human mind c…
/r/MensRights16/11/12 11:06 PM
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Does anyone have a figure on how many men have lost licenses due to child support delinquency?
/r/MensRights16/11/12 06:53 PM
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I want to say to everyone here "Just let the guy try to work things out with his wife. Clearly he knows the situation better than any of us." Still, you managed to get yourself into this whole debacle of dating sisters and marrying one of them and staying with her even after an incident that is not normally "isolated." What everyone here is trying to say is that perhaps your judgement is compromised.
/r/MensRights08/11/12 08:41 PM
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WE DEMAND SOURCES! (Please take the 30 seconds to link websites you are referencing)
/r/MensRights08/11/12 02:26 PM
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Although I would like to see it for the reaction it would cause, I think it's important to remember something: Using children as emotional ammo in domestic court cases/ regular dysfunctional relationships is one of the scummiest things any man or woman can do. Don't get in the habit of thinking like a dick while battling for MR.
/r/MensRights05/11/12 02:38 PM
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Can I just say what everyone here is thinking? Sure, a woman has the right to make good choices. One of the choices given to women in this country is abortion. If you can't support a child without dragging an unrelated man into the picture, then abortion IS the right choice- not abusing the legal system to string up a guy and ruin his opportunity to make his own choices and have a family with the woman and biological children he wants. Nobody gets the best outcome in that situation: the man, the…
/r/MensRights05/11/12 02:31 PM
2

who the fuck just has acid lying around to throw in someone's face?
/r/MensRights21/10/12 04:01 PM
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still, i saw the post a day or two ago that was sourced through the roof- thorough to the point of overwhelming. This one article provides a nice TL;DR
/r/MensRights18/10/12 06:30 PM
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A lot of people are complaining about OP being "defeatist." What he has done is written a short summary of many of the injustices men face in a way we all need to think about it: how frustrating it is when it happens to you. Many guys, younger ones especially, may even agree with the feminists. They could think that they've lead a mostly unhindered life with nothing but opportunity. But as men get older, they start to interact with women more, get into relationships, have kids, and deal with all…
/r/MensRights11/09/12 08:18 PM
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Every reasonable man should have a right to raise his children. There are many ways children are taken away form their fathers around the world, but in the west, it's mostly laws in favor of the mothers. That's what this is about. That being said, sell your computer and donate it to a good cause. That would make everyone happier, especially you.
/r/MensRights11/09/12 08:07 PM
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As it turns out, in this case, she told my roommate that I called her a "slut" as I was carrying her and "dropped her on her head." My roommate came and was ready to fight me until she showed up at that moment and apologized and admitted to "exaggerating." After that, we worked it out, in the short run, anyway. Still, my roommate (who IS definitely a white knight personality type) never really trusted me around her alone again. She even told me that he texted her and offered to stay around when …
/r/MensRights07/09/12 08:37 PM
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I was in a ltr with a regular woman. It was good, but every few months she went a little insane at the smallest trigger. She asked me to do dishes, and I said I would when I finished a game of COD. In seconds, she picked up my xbox and smashed it. I physically picked her up and put her outside my apartment to cool down. That's not the interesting part. This is: there are two distinct categories of reactions from men, 1.) Holy shit, dude, you can't just manhandle a woman like that! and 2.) Seems …
/r/MensRights07/09/12 02:08 PM
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I'm glad you posted this, ottawadeveloper, for 2 reasons: 1.) TIL google doesn't carry it's own content. As a search engine, seems reasonable. 2.) I generally hold google in high regard. I had my doubts about their slogan "do no evil," but so far, they've held it up as far as I can see. As a corporation with a lot of power, they seem to do their best to just offer really powerful tools and services to the people without trying to gouge their wallets. By properly directing my anger over this defi…
/r/MensRights13/08/12 08:06 PM
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who makes google definitions, the oxygen channel?
/r/MensRights13/08/12 06:04 PM
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