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| 4 | There's a 4 year old boy from Florida who has been court ordered in a landmark case to be circumcised, explicitly against his will. Please sign and share this petition to show the judge you disagree with his his decision. Let's give this kid his body back. [X-post r/Intactivists]I agree to that, a bit. I see why it's something to be known, but at the same time it gets put out there in groups largely made of circumcised men just trying to live their lives with what they have. I don't have any better solutions. Totally misread the intent of your comment. | /r/MensRights | 10/11/14 06:57 PM |
| 7 | There's a 4 year old boy from Florida who has been court ordered in a landmark case to be circumcised, explicitly against his will. Please sign and share this petition to show the judge you disagree with his his decision. Let's give this kid his body back. [X-post r/Intactivists]I'm trying to get a clear response on what your stance is about the boy's rights to body integrity. At which age does he gain it? Does he have any say before then? If we get that cleared up, we know where we stand on the issue and can have civil debate. I don't want to respond to you if I'm unclear what you actually support and what you follow as rule of life. I do live in society, but my society appears quite different. Laws aren't absolute, and if they're unjust the people get rid of them in d… | /r/MensRights | 10/11/14 06:53 PM |
| 3 | There's a 4 year old boy from Florida who has been court ordered in a landmark case to be circumcised, explicitly against his will. Please sign and share this petition to show the judge you disagree with his his decision. Let's give this kid his body back. [X-post r/Intactivists]Parents aren't allowed to forcibly feed their children, as far as I'm aware. They still have to bargain and insist that the child eat things other than cake, the child is still deciding to give in to that pressure rather than not eat what they are not offered. The parents are obligated to provide healthy food, not specific things such as cake. The parents do not force the child to eat, the child decides to eat because the parents provide social pressure to eat (bargaining, pleading, sweet talk) … | /r/MensRights | 10/11/14 06:38 PM |
| 14 | There's a 4 year old boy from Florida who has been court ordered in a landmark case to be circumcised, explicitly against his will. Please sign and share this petition to show the judge you disagree with his his decision. Let's give this kid his body back. [X-post r/Intactivists]So can we clear up your stance is.. What? That the child has no right to their own body and the modifications made to it until they are of a legal age such as 18? Is he, the child, property? | /r/MensRights | 10/11/14 06:30 PM |
| 12 | There's a 4 year old boy from Florida who has been court ordered in a landmark case to be circumcised, explicitly against his will. Please sign and share this petition to show the judge you disagree with his his decision. Let's give this kid his body back. [X-post r/Intactivists]There's this kid, right. This kid, lot like you, maybe your son. You've never been a billionaire, but you hear it's great. This kid has a real chance to be a billionaire. Do you, as someone that never knew what they were missing, say this kid shouldn't get their chance at being a billionaire if they want to? Or do you say they have to live like you? That's basically what it's coming down to. Lots of people that may have never knew what it was like being a billionaire deciding other people can't … | /r/MensRights | 10/11/14 05:18 PM |
| 1 | Man gets raped, but remember, misandry isn't real. (X-Post r/ TumblrInAction)Do people really see Reddit as the battle ground for a gender war? According to stats, tumblr has about as many users as Reddit. | /r/MensRights | 27/09/13 07:20 PM |
| 1 | Taking a leaf out of the book of a fellow MRA, I reported three anti-men Facebook pages for gender-based hate speech today. Only one was removed.How can you believe that censorship is cowardice? Words are wind uttered through your mouth and given different tones. By hearing these tones, we comprehend them based upon a language we have invented. These tones mean nothing on their own, neither do the scribbles we put on paper or on the internet. That which is censored is that which we deem unfit for comprehension by seeing or hearing. Why do we deem it unfit? Because it represents hateful ideologies that we disagree with? What does censorsh… | /r/MensRights | 25/09/13 08:48 PM |
| 1 | Cyanide & Happiness takes on sexism against menCarpet coasters. Slip them under the four legs of the couch, push. Half the work. Suddenly, half the difficulty of the task. Brains, substitution at times for brawn. Something which men can both have, and therefore it's insulting to default to only one when asking for help. Maybe I'll move the damn couch with magic tricks. Then it will have nothing to do with my strength. | /r/MensRights | 11/09/13 10:03 PM |
| 3 | Apparently bitching about other people's work is more important than the actual work. (x-post gaming)It's the concept of originality. Roger Ebert created great critiques of works, but those critiques don't actually add significant value to the culture of the work itself unless they're being quoted afterwords as some sort of meaningful impression of the work. By helping to shape the culture that forms around works of art, secondary people can become influential and meaningful within the context of history. But, if those critiques are instead forgotten or not long lasting within influence towards… | /r/MensRights | 26/07/13 09:13 AM |
| 3 | I think I prefer this versionYes, those would be called "Laws". Designed to stop people from doing bad things, and instead seen as rules rather than moral imperatives. Do not hit people, that's a law. But the result isn't someone thinking, "hitting people hurts them, and as a person I don't want to be hurt, therefore I don't hit others" instead it's, "hitting people is against the law, and since I don't want punished I won't hit someone until I think it's worth the punishment." As this is a social campaign, the attempt is n… | /r/MensRights | 03/06/13 12:33 AM |
| 1 | Feminist has children, turns down top job because it "would have meant 60-plus hour workweeks." She then decides it is "industry's responsibility to change the definition of leadership jobs so that woBut by that logic, the world doesn't need, nor give a shit about anyone. Because we're all someone's children. Therefore no one has any rights, because they're not entitled to have been born. And we might as well blow ourselves up there, because a society that operates that way again based upon survival by right of domination has about as much hope for continued stability as a fire has of burning forever in a sealed stone box. We may not have the right to have children, but once we do, we have t… | /r/MensRights | 28/05/13 05:07 AM |
| 5 | Fat woman? "This is fat shaming and is very sad" Fat man? "Haha. So funny!"It's not about having no choice to be fat, but about having no choice to be made fun of. Losing weight doesn't happen right away, and in the meantime fat people get to hear every little jibe, joke, and jest repeated ad nauseam. | /r/MensRights | 16/03/13 11:27 PM |
| 9 | In a high school sexting scandal involving 20 students, the 12 male students have been suspended, while the female students receive no punishment.That was my question. This was also the superintendent that tried to get me punished for bringing Boy's Life (a scout magazine) to school for personal reading time (where we were allowed to bring magazines and books from home if they were suitable for school, and this one was approved by the teacher) after only finding out about it because another kid ripped it up in front of me when I refused to loan it to him for personal reading time. And the same one that gave me after school detention with … | /r/MensRights | 28/02/13 10:36 PM |
| 9 | In a high school sexting scandal involving 20 students, the 12 male students have been suspended, while the female students receive no punishment.Some people I knew during middle school age got suspensions for fighting in the town arena (where they did horse shows and such during the annual fair) because the first one there to break them up was the superintendent of the school. It happened on a sunday, during summer vacation, and the arena is owned by someone other than the school. | /r/MensRights | 28/02/13 08:06 PM |
| 2 | Men in gamingDude with that much hair wears a bandana all the time, and usually a trench coat. At a beach side resort (where they lived in the start of the game). Must be smelly as fuck. | /r/MensRights | 28/02/13 06:35 PM |
| 1 | "If more girls were willing to be ladies, would more guys feel challenged to be gentlemen?" [FB]I'm not able to word it properly, but I've had experiences where man up was used to shame someone into dressing a certain way, or keeping a certain level of appearance, despite difficulties on the part of the person. From the shaving of facial hair (rashes developed from shaving, horrible acne that was being hidden) to full out take a shower (with a broken leg). It's more often used for matters of bravado and withstanding pain, but sometimes it gets used to enforce standards of masculine hygiene… | /r/MensRights | 11/02/13 08:18 PM |
| 5 | "If more girls were willing to be ladies, would more guys feel challenged to be gentlemen?" [FB]Many stereotypical associations of "man up" are the same as what a gentleman should do, but they're given in a harsher and less polite way. So a gentleman should not appear unseemly, and you should man up and not dress like a fucking slob. The actual terms of it haven't differed much from Victorian standards, which as you might expect are publicly sexually repressive and body shaming. All so they could justify the dirty dirty things they were doing in the back room of the pub. | /r/MensRights | 10/02/13 11:14 PM |
| 7 | "If more girls were willing to be ladies, would more guys feel challenged to be gentlemen?" [FB]That would be the same reason most people don't follow Manhood Academy claptrap. Only men should define what it means to be a good man (gentleman), but they shouldn't do it for other men. Adapt what makes sense to you, throw away the rest if you can't use it. Same for "ladies" or whatever. | /r/MensRights | 10/02/13 11:00 PM |
| 8 | How I imagine the Anna Sarkisian product will turn outThat critically useful, helpful, indisposable male wouldn't happen to be the unrealistically buff, handsome, smart one would it? Perhaps the one that also treats the world as his, and is guaranteed the victory if he tries? I'm not sure I want to be given a choice of identifying with cannon fodder or something I can never be, anymore than I want the situation presented to women in these games. | /r/MensRights | 29/01/13 05:20 PM |
| 7 | MAN UPThere's nothing wrong with the former stereotypes, only the idea that all men have to choose them. Be a man the way you want to be a man, as others will be in their own ways. | /r/MensRights | 18/12/12 10:00 PM |
| 3 | Why Do We Demonize Men Who Are Honest About Their Sexual Needs? Society pressures men to initiate sexual relationships, yet punishes them when they express their sexual needs.Would be labeled weird, if not with a female partner. It's the fact that it would be with a male partner that gets them labeled weird, because it's considered weird for men to be into that. It's actually expected that lesbian relationships have some form of faux phallic insertion, despite that being a stereotype. I agree with your second part. | /r/MensRights | 16/12/12 12:55 AM |
| 2 | Woman denied haircut at barbershop. Claims its a human rights issue.That's what scheduling is for, and why managers exist. If one worker is allergic to bees, you don't give them jobs where they may come in contact with bees. Instead you find someone else to do it, and give them another job they're capable of doing. | /r/MensRights | 16/11/12 11:23 PM |
| 1 | Woman denied haircut at barbershop. Claims its a human rights issue.Salons (places specializing in women's hair originally, now serving both men and women) are not allowed to cut a man's beard. Barber shops are. I think that's an important fact. I expect barber shops to be full of trained people specialized in catering to men, and I expect salons to be full of trained people specialized in things that more women consume, because of this fact. Not that it doesn't suck when you get told the people there won't help you, but businesses can turn clients away if they … | /r/MensRights | 16/11/12 11:20 PM |
| 2 | School bans Movember because girls can't grow facial hairGrowing his own mustache, through the Movember UK site, would have allowed him to get donations from beyond the school. With this method, not all people will buy a fake mustache, and some people will buy multiple, but I doubt we'll see anything like two mustaches per person at school. So the larger area to receive donations from would likely lead to a higher profit. | /r/MensRights | 16/11/12 01:29 AM |
| 3 | School bans Movember because girls can't grow facial hairArguably, he could have raised more money with his mustache during the entirety of November, instead of a last of the month event that logically will probably not extend pass 1 pound per every person in the school. | /r/MensRights | 15/11/12 07:57 PM |
| 3 | I signed up for selective service today, I feel like my rights have been taken away. Just wondering what you all think about selective service.From what I understand, it also led to some people realizing how pointless it is to participate in a society that disregards their human integrity, causing them to fight back in a multitude of ways. I can only hope further examples will help bolster the courage of people to continue fighting. Alternatively, there are plenty of ways to discount yourself from being eligible. The prime one being aging. | /r/MensRights | 14/11/12 08:20 AM |
| 22 | When did asking a girl out become male privilege?Here's an anecdote to support your hypothesis. My fiance thinks I don't like when she flirts with me, grabs my butt, compliments me, so forth. That is so far from the truth that it's almost approaching it again. I love when she does those things. But I'm also in my late 20's and have gone most my life without being complimented on anything that I didn't earn through hard work, being sexually attractive to anyone, or even being touched in a non-platonic way (the largest amount of physical touch I… | /r/MensRights | 14/11/12 08:11 AM |
| 0 | I signed up for selective service today, I feel like my rights have been taken away. Just wondering what you all think about selective service.Here's what I figure. Fuck them. Hear me out. Women get all the benefits that men do from registering for selective service on the basis of being citizens. So I say, fuck the government. I registered, I'm getting those fucking benefits, and they can fuck right off if they think I'll lift a finger for them without wanting to. They can draft you, but they can't make you fight. If enough of us take the stand that we deserve equality in this, and won't do anything more than women are expected to do,… | /r/MensRights | 14/11/12 07:50 AM |
| 1 | How do keep from being desensitized when you can't even pick war movie stills from actual war photos?Not that I expect my advice to help much, but movies and stories only have connections so far. Who's that person that died? In a movie, they stop having connections at some point. In real life, they can always be connected to people you know, even if it takes many jumps to get there. Every person suffering in a picture you see of a real event, is someone like yourself with aspirations and fears struggling to survive in the world they were born into. | /r/MensRights | 12/11/12 05:54 AM |
| 3 | This may be the only subreddit not flooded with debate about Obama/Romney/whoever else, and without "GO VOTE" plastered everywhere. I'd say it's safe to say that male interests were not being addressed in the presidential election.I'm personally hoping for a gay male candidate within my lifetime. I think it would be the best way to present male issues without them being able to accuse of being purely selfish. They can argue that they're acting in such a way to think about the well being of their partner, play the family PR route, and get certain groups to back off. | /r/MensRights | 07/11/12 11:02 AM |
| 11 | Working in a mostly-women office, how do I respond to the blatantly anti-men comments?Better a smart ass than a dumb ass. | /r/MensRights | 05/11/12 09:09 PM |
| 2 | Male sexual liberation.I hope things work out for you. It sounds like she's trying to come to grips with it, with any luck the feelings you have for each other will help you work through it. My SO has always seemed supportive and understanding, so it's mostly my own personal expectations that cause me distress. One thing that I've learned that's helped me, is that I can take just as much enjoyment from using other parts of my body/toys as using my genitalia, so I can take a quick breather after finishing and get a sec… | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 01:47 AM |
| 1 | Jerry on Parks & RecreationGoing into the episode my first comment was "I hate when women pull that shit and make women only groups while complaining about guy only groups". Thankfully I watched the whole thing, and was pretty happy with the resolution and how everyone got a chance to pursue what they wanted to pursue in an outdoors group. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 01:22 AM |
| 1 | Jerry on Parks & RecreationAnd even in the Rangers/Goddesses debacle, his stated reasons were just "Guys should have a place to be guys, away from women". Which isn't necessarily bad, just not necessarily the most helpful thing for their situation they were in. He's a really respectable character. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 01:12 AM |
| 1 | Jerry on Parks & RecreationI always feel slightly sad for Jerry. He's a bit clumsy, has plenty of personal issues, and generally seems to get shit for just being average and wanting to be average. When the rest of the group shows they appreciate him, I feel better, but all too often his more passive approach to life ends up with him being the butt of jokes. I always liked that Ron Swanson doesn't seem to make fun of him though. Ron always seems mildly displeased when Jerry's being made fun of, actually, and that's nice to… | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 01:09 AM |
| 1 | A feminist's view of the ideal society: "all the women would share one good-looking local stud to have babies with..."Exist because you want to, do what you choose to do, don't let anyone define your purpose or usefulness because you are not a tool you are an entity of your own with no need to be submissive or inferior to anyone else based upon their ideas. You are all you need to be to justify your existence. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 12:42 AM |
| 2 | Male sexual liberation.Wow, some of that was familiar. Some days I feel a little upset that I can't last long enough during sex to get her to the finish. But at the same time, I don't masturbate as much as I used to, I don't have sex as often, and instead I sit around with my libido going nuts but no time to go deal with it. So it's no wonder my performance has changed, I'm out of practice. Hopefully your SO understands that these things happen and realizes it doesn't change who you are. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 12:35 AM |
| 3 | Male sexual liberation.There is almost nothing more arousing than knowing your partner is into you and wants to seduce you. Gender doesn't make a difference in that. I love random butt grabs from my fiance. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 12:28 AM |
| 3 | Male sexual liberation.To be fair, as a guy that does a majority of the house work.. I sometimes get angry when my fiance does things the wrong way too, even though she rarely is required to do some of the household chores. It's stressful to discover that you've just washed double the amount of dishes you needed to because she let something sit in the sink rather than rinsing it right away (so it gets dirty from other dishes), or she lumped the room mate's dishes in with ours (so I wash all of hers as well, instead of… | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 12:25 AM |
| 2 | Male sexual liberation.Agree, totally. And while I haven't yet not wanted to when my fiance asked, I know one day I might. I don't judge someone just because they aren't in the mood. They have every right to decide how they feel. | /r/MensRights | 30/10/12 12:13 AM |
| 1 | Every time I think that I have found the end to feminism's massive catalog of neurotic solipsistic derangements, I am invariably proven wrong. Did you know that the word "female" is now considered "dehumanizing" and inherently misogynistic?Woman implies age, man implies age. Female implies gender. I don't know about others, but any time I have used female in place of woman when on Reddit, has been because their age is something I do not know. Rather than calling them a girl, a lady, or a woman, which all require some connection to age or stereotype, I'm trying to be all inclusive with the one bit of identifying information I might have. Men are males past puberty. In most cases, I assume Reddit is full of men. I don't know that mo… | /r/MensRights | 25/10/12 09:04 PM |
| 1 | Any one else notice obamas bracelet?http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/31/presidential-proclamation-national-prostate-cancer-awareness-month-2012 Because in the U.S. it didn't have an official month until right now, before the election, when people were starting to wonder if Obama actually gave a damn about men in general. | /r/MensRights | 24/10/12 12:45 AM |
| 1 | Men struggle in modern marriagesKeep that attitude. It'll be fundamental to finding a working relationship with someone, if you do meet someone. You'll also hear people confuse the, "I don't like this" response with, "You can't do this" response from wives. There's a difference. The first just means she would like you to rethink your decorations so they fit in with her ideal, something you should ask of her when she decides on something you don't like. The second indicates the problem many men find themselves in, and hopefully… | /r/MensRights | 15/10/12 10:44 PM |
| 3 | Congratulations: if you're a man - especially a white man, you have absolutely no problems.I had a friend online as a teen that I eventually found out was black (because he started talking about himself). He was nerdy, polite, and always seemed to want to project an appearance of being proper. Came to find out he was only that way online, because as a kid he'd been teased mercilessly for those things by other boys for not being "black" enough. Sometimes he said things like that too, that someone wasn't acting black enough. The cycle continues. | /r/MensRights | 13/10/12 02:17 AM |
| 2 | And wives wonder why their husbands don't do more housework?Have you tried asking her what her stance would be if her sons had children? Would she be okay with the mother taking them away, or would she be upset that her grandchildren aren't really hers because she's only connected to them through the father? | /r/MensRights | 10/10/12 09:45 PM |
| 0 | There is no male equivalent to the "well-woman visit" in the Affordable Care ActI found myself thinking recently, during a discussion with my fiance about my hip hurting more lately, that it's not worth the money to go to a doctor just because I'm in pain. I don't know where that idea came from, because if she was in pain the first thing I would be doing is pushing that we find the money to get her checked out. And on the whole, I'm kind of a coward because I am concerned about my health and don't want to risk it. So this idea that spending money on pain that keeps me from … | /r/MensRights | 10/10/12 09:25 PM |
| 3 | How is it ok to condone men being treated this way? Cosmo should be ashamed.Hell, if it's that big of a deal to her, just call the date off. They're two people who agreed to show up to eat together and get to know each other. There's no reason personal responsibility to pay for your own food shouldn't apply; if someone is generous enough otherwise, take it in the spirit it's intended rather than feeling entitled to be treated. No matter what you think of the other person, nothing justifies being cruel to someone else that has passively offended you by not meeting your s… | /r/MensRights | 02/10/12 09:40 AM |
| 24 | Feminist Hanna Rosin says she is a "miscast" victim, after criticism of her book "The End of Men"I feel sorry for her son if she doesn't realize he has always had the ability to do those things, and it's never been his fault that others would look down on him for trying. Specifically, it's not his fault if women don't want to be the bread-winners, don't want to date someone that makes more less money than him her, and don't support him being a more involved father. Yes, both men and women may find these things disgraceful to the male role, but what is thought and what is done are two separa… | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 08:43 PM |
| 6 | Sexism as defined by my Union Steward 'Ally for Equality' text.So, basically.. Ask how people would prefer to be treated, and so long as it doesn't infringe upon the way someone else would like to be treated, treat them that way. Seems pretty common sense to me, but then again I don't walk around afraid that everyone is out to get me or is secretly plotting to hurt me. Most the time.. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 08:22 PM |
| 3 | Herbivorous men, where's the beef? | The Japan Times OnlineAlso stop looking down on the socially awkward men that find escapes from reality in media. There are quite a lot, because it takes very little to be looked down on. So you turn to more media, because media doesn't think you're a creep for having a thing for a voice actress that plays innocent characters. These men may go on to become creeps, but only after long amounts of time realizing that women hate them. If he can name every seiyuu from the original Gundam series, it's a sign of intelligenc… | /r/MensRights | 24/09/12 01:13 AM |
| 1 | Article on women scoring higher than men in IQ tests. The last paragraph takes the biscuit....Did you ever play sports in middle school? One thing I noticed is that the kids who are sore, whiny losers when they lose not only feel perfectly justified in cheating and changing the rules as they go along, but they also just love to gloat and rub your face in it when they win. What are earth are parents teaching their little "darlings"? I lost more often than not when it came to sports (often with lots of reasons ranging from my not giving a damn to outright unfair things like 3 of our best p… | /r/MensRights | 11/09/12 09:59 PM |
| 2 | the great poster tear-down extravaganza - YouTubeLisps just mean a problem with the way your mouth is formed. They don't mean anything else. | /r/MensRights | 11/09/12 09:40 PM |
| 1 | Hamster wheel about to take flight.There's also paraphernalia which is normally limited to things actually used to consume the substances, but have in some cases been extended to items which were used to stash the substances. Some of these items range from decorative tins which may have sentimental value and are only recently being used as a way to safely stash a substance so it cannot be smelled or discovered when left sitting on your bookshelf, to things such as stereos or cars where empty space is being utilized. Now, of cours… | /r/MensRights | 09/09/12 11:16 PM |
| 1 | Hamster wheel about to take flight.When emotions take over and it becomes difficult to control oneself, that is often what's known as a crime of passion. Which is still a crime. Being unable to control yourself because you're upset or angry is not an excuse for doing things which you know are wrong. It's unfortunate when it happens to someone who has been abused, but if they allow themselves to be in a situation where they do these things then they are still criminals. Destroying someone else's property is a crime, and in relatio… | /r/MensRights | 08/09/12 09:41 PM |
| 1 | Hamster wheel about to take flight.DEA and such. But I doubt the average person who goes into a rage at being abused and then takes it out on inanimate objects is also the same person being employed to destroy things deemed connected to illegal substances. Or I would hope not. | /r/MensRights | 08/09/12 09:31 PM |
| 2 | Treated with hostility because I am a young bearded male.Tough call then. I'd say you should have asked if there was some rule against waiting outside the stalls. If there was then they need to label it such. Otherwise, you've got as much right as any other customer to sit quietly and wait for the person changing in the stall. | /r/MensRights | 03/09/12 08:23 PM |
| 4 | Treated with hostility because I am a young bearded male.It's a public store. Unless they restrict the entire dressing room to one gender, and make it clear that the waiting area is part of that, then all anyone should need to do is speak up that they have a valid reason to be there. I will admit I hadn't seen the part in the OP about gendered changing rooms, so I really don't know what way this actually stands. If it's a room that's secluded and has stalls inside, probably not ok for someone to be there. If it's just kind of off to the side and they … | /r/MensRights | 03/09/12 04:14 PM |
| 2 | Treated with hostility because I am a young bearded male.Having a reason to be where you are makes all the difference. Unless you can see into the changing rooms from the waiting area, there's no reason to not having someone of the opposite gender waiting there on someone inside. If you can see into the changing rooms from the waiting area, then I think that's a pretty poor store to expect privacy in. Since the OP was there with his girlfriend, all he should have had to do was say "I'm waiting on my friend that's changing right now." No one should fee… | /r/MensRights | 03/09/12 03:40 PM |
| 2 | Misandry is not acceptable. A plea for help to get it added to the LGBT Rules.Because education is incredibly lacking. Most people operate under very vague assumptions about what risks they face when being social with someone. So they err on the side of paranoia and fear. | /r/MensRights | 01/09/12 10:51 PM |
| 1 | MensRights HavensI think they should primarily be for men, but shouldn't turn away women in need if they have no other options. Ideally they would work together with women's safe havens so that if someone comes forward in need of help they can get them to safety of some sort. If they are unable to get them to another group for help, then they should accept them. But, primarily, aimed towards helping men, because of the need to help men that aren't currently being helped. | /r/MensRights | 01/09/12 10:45 PM |
| 4 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.I think this conversation was done with my previous post. You're making yourself look bad by replying to me. | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 07:20 AM |
| 1 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.Have fun provoking revolts with your tactics. I wasn't going to imply it before, but it's clear to me now that you don't seem to put things together. Making your soldiers obey out of fear is not a good way to get them to be loyal. Edit (this was sent in response to Nodbugger's private message, I felt it should also be posted here) By soldiers, I was talking about those men who register for selective service out of fear of not having the same perks that women get. I was not talking about your sol… | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 07:10 AM |
| 5 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.Having a government coerce you into doing something, because otherwise you'd get punished, is about as effective as training a dog by hitting them. It works so long as the dog fears you, but if for one moment the dog realizes it can fight back and win, you lose. Those that wish to stop the government from doing so are not doing so out of their best interests, but rather the best interests of their country. We do not wish to see the collective dog tear the throat out of the government and destroy… | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 07:06 AM |
| 3 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.Call it what you like, there are benefits available to citizens of the U.S. that men only gain access to by registering. Women get these benefits by virtue of being women and being citizens. You've given a good reason to make it illegal for men not to register. But that reason does not extend to the further benefits. When you take into account just how much is only available by registering, it becomes absurd. Make it illegal, and move on. What logical reason is there to extend it into things suc… | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 06:48 AM |
| 1 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.Ok, so.. let me rephrase. All of the benefits of registering through selective service (aside from it being illegal not to), are things available to women by virtue of birth. A driver's license is one of them in many states. Those aren't rights, but rather perks of being considered a full citizen. So, why do some people have to earn the ability to be considered a full citizen by registering? It's inconsistent to say that women are inferior to men in this regard, if men are unable to become full … | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 06:16 AM |
| 7 | So, I was talking to a friend about to turn 18, when this exchange happened.So why tie the benefits of registering to it? Why do I need to have registered to be able to have a driver's license? If (and I hate to phrase it this way because I feel it's bullshit to claim women can't be infantry) women are inferior to men in this regard, then why do women get benefits? If "benefits" are only available to the superior option because they sign up, then are they really superior? Should we also make the people who consistently score the lowest in school members of the honor rol… | /r/MensRights | 31/08/12 05:17 AM |
| 1 | Why (most) women are hypocrites when complaining about men not doing housework.Hell yes. My home, my fiance, my pets, that's my life. It's only when outside crap gets in the way that I find it stressful. Maybe I forgot to fold the clothes or do some dishes, but that's because I'm forgetful. But when I came home from work as a custodian, the last thing I wanted to do was house work. That depressed me. Now that I'm not working as a custodian, house work is no big deal. I'd love to find an internet job, so that I'd be less likely to have to deal with all the bullshit out ther… | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 08:30 PM |
| 1 | All men must sign up for the draft to get finacial aid for schooling, women get a free pass.Considering after that age you also can't be called up.. it's very strange. The benefits to signing up are supposed to be to promote people signing up. But because someone too old to sign up can't get the benefits, it becomes clear that you're earning those benefits. They aren't just promotional to get more people to sign up when they're young enough to be called on. So yeah, men in the U.S. earn the right to be treated as full citizens, something women get by default. | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 08:17 PM |
| 3 | "Women can do anything that the boys can do, and do it better, and do it in heels" -President ObamaI'd just assume it's because he's POTUS. So almost all men are now inferior to him, and therefore just boys. At least, that's supposedly why some men call women "girls". | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 07:52 PM |
| 7 | The Irony of White Knights Devaluing feminism.It may be sadder than that. I suspect there are a large amount that have been taught or learned on their own that men are worthless monsters. And by white knighting and worshiping women, they're trying to validate their own existence. I feel very sad for those men, if they think they need approval from someone else to validate themselves. | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 07:33 PM |
| 1 | Men watch out for the Hookup culture you will become a victim of it like accused of rape, unwanted pregnancy, STDs, even though women drive it.It's like a Femosphere, only with a hard P. | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 07:23 PM |
| 3 | My boyfriend's mom asked her son if he was upset about being circumcised and when he said "yes", she laughed....Probably just so they don't have to actually talk with their sons about genitals. Imagine you're camping, at one of those shower buildings, and for the first time you notice your father has a penis. Does it look like yours? Well, you don't have any reason to actually talk to him, because of that. Instead you'll just stay silent worrying the rest of your life because his was freaking massive looking and you don't think you'll ever measure up. But your penises were both cut, so that's ok. You have… | /r/MensRights | 30/08/12 07:11 PM |
| 1 | TIL "Rosie the Riveter" quit her factory job after two weeks because she was afraid of injuring her handConsidering how many women did work in munitions factories, it should just mean finding one that didn't quit. We shouldn't want to glorify someone for a task that they didn't stick with. Feminists certainly don't do so with deadbeat dads that were the perfect fathers for a couple months before they skipped town. | /r/MensRights | 27/08/12 05:59 PM |
| 1 | Would you trust a man to take the pill? (Opinion piece - check the comments)Hell, only pill I take daily currently is a multivitamin. It takes next to no time at all, and I just take one whenever I first sit down at the computer for the evening. But even that I won't forget to take, because the vitamin D has remarkably improved my mood. I just feel.. better. I think people who say taking a daily pill is hard, are people who also must have trouble remembering to shower or brush their teeth. Once it's routine, it's anything but hard to keep doing. | /r/MensRights | 22/08/12 06:47 PM |
| 2 | Would you trust a man to take the pill? (Opinion piece - check the comments)And unless it somehow kills the libido or makes you only capable of being semi-erect, there's probably not going to be guys not taking it because it feels wrong like they do with condoms. | /r/MensRights | 22/08/12 06:42 PM |
| 1 | Equal Pay Should Be For Equal Work, Not Unequal WorkIt would certainly be interesting to live in a world where it is the amount of effort a person puts in - and not the amount of output they deliver - that is rewarded; however, that is not the world we live in. I would find that horrifying. At my last job I generally got more work done, and put very little effort in. Not because it was easy (cleaning dorms and doing general custodial work is not physically easy for most people), but because it was easy on me personally. I could keep up a pace and… | /r/MensRights | 16/08/12 08:23 PM |
| 1 | MR, what's your biggest "feminist" belief, or opinion that wouldn't mesh well with other MRA's?Um.. Minority? Is that not implying different from the majority? If normal is the majority (which is usually the case, because normal is subjective and what's normal relies entirely upon what you come to expect), then minority would be what's not normal. Abnormal. It doesn't mean bad, it means different from the expected. | /r/MensRights | 16/08/12 07:56 PM |
| 2 | Confessions of a Male Feminist - I Pee Sitting Down | VICEYeah, traditional asian toilets are apparently the best type. They require you squat over them (they're in the floor), and it's said to be the best angle for your body when defecating. | /r/MensRights | 16/08/12 07:44 PM |
| 3 | Apparently the reason boys are falling so far behind girls in education is because of swag.And why do boys want swag? Because swag is peackocking, being attractive to others. They want to be attractive to others because society tells them they are useless without a relationship. So they get swag, to try and get girls. Even if that was the reason they fall behind, shouldn't that be evidence enough that it's not the boys' fault? It wasn't the girls' fault when they wanted makeup and dresses to attract boys, was it? It was the society that said women had to be pretty, or more specificall… | /r/MensRights | 16/08/12 07:40 PM |
| 2 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?Would you like me to provide examples for how young men who are terribly shy fall prey to being used by abusive women and ultimately to misogyny? My post wasn't necessarily about what happens to young men in this situation, just about the young women that primaloath feels are filled with narcissism. There exist both good and bad men and women. There also exist young men and women who, having felt outcast by their peers or having experienced abuse, fall prey to indoctrination to hate those they s… | /r/MensRights | 14/08/12 07:09 PM |
| 1 | anyone else feel like giving up?Well, yeah. Organized religion is largely just too big to be sensible. It leads to people who don't think for themselves because they've got a handy guide to everything. But that's what humanity does, it gets lazy when it can get away with it, and doesn't see the problem unless forced. It's a crap situation. I'm still going to say that belief in a deity isn't necessarily wrong, just the way we've gone about it is. I consider myself a scientifically minded deist, organized religion of one. I beli… | /r/MensRights | 14/08/12 01:50 AM |
| 1 | anyone else feel like giving up?The most sensible line, because of your premise. It's sensible dependent on what you believe to be true. And likewise, if tomorrow someone demonstrates magic powers that science cannot explain, those that do not believe in magic will have cognitive dissonance because of their belief in the premise that magic does not exist. Holding any premise is to risk cognitive dissonance. You make a good point, test it and if found false then discard it. But when we come to the premise itself, it is folly to… | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 11:57 PM |
| 2 | Nurse 'Humiliated' By Qantas PolicyThat's still relatively shitty. It may get results, but so would chopping everyone's hands off result in less theft. | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 11:10 PM |
| 0 | anyone else feel like giving up?Ok, but here's the thing. Is there any evidence one way or the other for the state of god? No. You choose to not believe, which is in itself a belief because it is based on a position without knowledge. Holding ideas about things without knowledge of their truth is belief, even if those ideas are that you do not believe in other ideas. Sense is absolutely included in definition of religious beliefs. Sense is the internal logic of belief meeting reality. For you it may make sense to say you find … | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 10:59 PM |
| 2 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?In some cases, yes. I've met plenty like you describe. I've also met very kind, shy, insecure women who were not born pretty, have little idea how to be outgoing and outspoken, and only want to be treated fairly and as an equal partner in a relationship. They inevitably fall prey to complete assholes who use them and subsequently twist their views on men, because none of the actually good and caring young men could overcome their own issues to reach out to them. It's terribly sad when yet anothe… | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 09:56 PM |
| 0 | anyone else feel like giving up?Yep. Just like the delusions people have when they say "There is no god". If you can't disprove or prove it, it's a belief. If you choose to believe it because it makes more sense to you, that's believing in it for comfort. It's sad to see the so-called adults using their belief to attack others on their belief. | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 09:09 PM |
| 3 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?No, they pick on her. But they say things to me, like I should care. Sometimes it seems like they expect me to enforce these views they have, not really thinking that I'm in agreement with my fiance. The only one I've ever thought about doing anything about was the all dark clothing, and that was just because I thought she looked beautiful in a colorful sundress. So I make a point of asking and suggesting she try things on, and making sure she knows I think it looks nice. Then it's her choice to… | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 08:50 PM |
| 3 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?I think their birth control would be more specifically known as abortion, which is a form of controlling birth. | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 08:03 PM |
| 4 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?This is why, despite the inherent risks, I keep trying to convince people that serious dating is better. You're a nerd who doesn't have social skills? Get a serious girlfriend and you will get laid more than you do now. There are plenty of lovely young women who have horrible social skills and don't fit the mold of the perfect 10, and dating them will probably make both people happier. If only the risks weren't so high, more people might see it as a real option rather than just hooking up. | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 07:58 PM |
| 9 | Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?See, obviously you're not getting it. You should be watching television instead, like fox news. Then you wouldn't be acting immature, you'd be a normal adult that spends several hours a night sitting in front of a tv while someone tells you lies to entertain you. /s I've encountered this with my fiance's family. They're very traditional, and it took them a long time to understand that us sitting around playing video games before bed is the same as them watching tv, and that her my little pony co… | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 07:53 PM |
| 20 | Nurse 'Humiliated' By Qantas PolicyBut we do have the right to not be treated differently because of our gender when it comes to suspicion of risk such as being a potential molester. | /r/MensRights | 13/08/12 07:19 PM |
| 1 | Women Proposing to Men is TrendyJust to give you some hope.. Most stories I've heard say wait 2 years, before proposing. I myself waited 2 years, while living with her during most of that, and consider it a good amount of time to truly get to know her. So, hey, just half a year more, maybe he'll get decided? | /r/MensRights | 12/08/12 03:42 PM |
| 5 | Man is considering paternity test Reddit says he is "cowardly and insecure"How can they ban paternity testing? That's about as dumb as banning cancer screening. | /r/MensRights | 11/08/12 06:37 PM |
| 2 | My mom said I was going to be circumcised, “While they were down there.” I begged her not toThank you. Well, that was interesting. I'm not certain what to make of it, but according to it there are some areas I show high Alexithymia traits, and others I show no traits. According to this I tend to focus my attention externally (because thinking about the way I feel is kind of pointless to me, I'd rather act on those feelings and get stuff done), my imagination process is restrictive (because I don't really dream anymore since puberty and when I daydream I kind of have to get started rath… | /r/MensRights | 11/08/12 06:13 PM |
| 1 | Gendered ice cream :-/Now I'm not confused! Yeah, I have the feeling most the stuff I mentioned would be bought by women too. I know my fiance would buy stuff with dragons too. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 06:44 PM |
| 1 | Gendered ice cream :-/I was confused for a moment. I, a guy, would buy stuff with dragons on it. Provided it met most the other qualities I mentioned. There's certain stuff (beard related, wizard related, dragon related, Monkey from Journey to the West related, so forth) that I'd buy in a heartbeat. Provided it was also a good product at a good price. Maybe I just buy good quality stuff at good prices, and am lamenting the lack of cool themed stuff that overlaps. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 06:13 PM |
| 1 | Gendered ice cream :-/If they want to market to my manly side.. Make it cheaper, make it a better product, make it last longer, and probably make it related to beards. Or dragons. Dragons are cool too. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:50 PM |
| 1 | Gendered ice cream :-/Right in the nostalgia. I miss the days when I shared an umbrella with my best friend as we talked and walked. Now he's a cheater who abandoned his wife and autistic son, and I have no male best friend. And it's a little weird to make a new friend and offer to share an umbrella. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:47 PM |
| 2 | The gender role reversal is upon us, feminists really are running out of problems to represent. - Liza Mundy interview on the The Colbert ReportWell, if trends continue, women won't need to worry about being expected to be the breadwinner. Because they won't see it as that, because they won't be marrying. Half the "Where are all the good men" rant comes down to women not seeing average men as being worth anything. The more average men you get, the more sub-average, the less women will be willing to have anything to do with them other than sex. Marriage is probably going to fade away for heterosexual couples if people can't think logical… | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:42 PM |
| 5 | My mom said I was going to be circumcised, “While they were down there.” I begged her not toI'd be interested if you come across it. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:35 PM |
| 1 | I am scared. A personal anecdote.Yeah, there's a reason I've always refused to attend the "Can I kiss you" lecture on campus. I was lucky not to be forced into it, but many people I know were. I'm just not interested in being told half the story, or being scared into compliance. I know what consent is, I don't put myself in risky situations where it may not exist, and I don't need to feel ashamed by numerous examples of how bad the other college men have been. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:31 PM |
| 1 | Domestic Violence researcher Suzanne Steinmetz' daughters wedding disrupted by feminist bomb threat.That was sarcasm from typhonblue. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:17 PM |
| 1 | A few thoughts on white male privilegeIt's because everyone makes fun of white trash and rednecks, and rarely stop to consider that they're making fun of them for being poor, uneducated, and ignorant. Three things that should be symbolic of the fact that despite being white they're not actually that well off. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 05:03 PM |
| -2 | Trojan's Publicity Stunt shows double standards in perception of male/female sexuality.I think they're referring to the aggravation of the sperm bladder. There may be a similar biological function in females, but I'm unaware of it. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 04:59 PM |
| 14 | My mom said I was going to be circumcised, “While they were down there.” I begged her not toQuite literally less whining if the studies are correct that some portion of men who were circumcised as children now have emotional problems and are unable to properly process or express their emotions due to the trauma. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 04:51 PM |
| 6 | Penis-cutting wife kind and gentle, court told. A court has heard that a Sydney woman, whose partner died after she tried to cut off his penis, was a kind and gentle person.The kangaroo would try to tear you apart too, but you'd expect it. | /r/MensRights | 10/08/12 04:45 PM |
| 10 | Cracked: Unhealthy Mentalities the Internet turned into MovementsYep, and on the flipside MGTOW isn't. It's about the furthest you can get, in theory. So of course there'd be some women who feel personally offended that a man might not want to spend their life thinking of how to interact and work with women, one who would rather take care of themselves. Oh the shame, to not give a damn about the opposite sex. /s | /r/MensRights | 07/08/12 08:06 PM |
| 1 | Gay men and the MRA.There's always pegging. And bad dragon toys with cum lube and their cum tube so the dildos squirt for you. Lol | /r/MensRights | 04/08/12 06:13 PM |
| 2 | Gay men and the MRA.True, and with my frontpage having various subreddits showing up, there's quite a lot of of gay rights issues showing up. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 10:36 PM |
| 1 | Gay men and the MRA.Agreed. I'm just talking about issues that are specific to gay men, whereas men's rights leans towards issues that are specific to straight men, and broader issues that all people who identify as men should be concerned about. I don't often see stuff about custody battles between two fathers, or issues of men marrying men here, so that's what I'm trying to say. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 10:29 PM |
| 4 | Gay men and the MRA.Yeah, I second that. I'm much more dominant than most my friends, always speaking up, trying to control situations, generally just not satisfied unless I'm actively part of what's going on. I just can't stand a partner that won't let me give input on something. My fiance on the other hand is mildly submissive, so it works out great. I used to love teasing the feminine guys back when I was a teen in chat rooms. So cute to see them flustered. Great listeners too. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 09:20 PM |
| 0 | Ask men gold: a poster explains in good detail why so many people don't like feminism.Ah. That makes sense. I've seen the movie, and it's frightening how much of it seems realistic and probable. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 07:15 PM |
| 3 | Gay men and the MRA.Gamer girls. My fiance is one, and is also feminine. It's the best of everything. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 07:02 PM |
| 3 | Gay men and the MRA.That's sad. In any of the times I found men attractive, it was almost always feminine men. They're so charming. The stigmatism against men who aren't manly enough is sickening. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 07:00 PM |
| 2 | Gay men and the MRA.Yeah, where they coincide is on basic human rights, but where they differ is that the MRM focuses more on the rights of straight men. Which isn't bad, someone has to focus on that. At the same time, I have absolutely no problem seeing issues that only gay men being brought up here, because those men are still my brothers in humanity. But, I don't contribute, I just read and voice an opinion, so if those issues don't get brought up, well.. That's unfortunate. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:52 PM |
| 1 | Uh huh... sure.I can't speak for others, but I hold the act of making a vow before people we trust to be incredibly important. It doesn't have to be an official marriage, but the act of making vows to each other and swearing to uphold them is important to me. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:37 PM |
| 3 | Why Men Can't Have It AllMakes me very glad that my fiance works from home. When we have a child, I'll do everything in my power to keep us both at home (hopefully working from home) so that we both get to spend as much time as possible raising the child. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:34 PM |
| 6 | Ask men gold: a poster explains in good detail why so many people don't like feminism.Men did want to possess other men, just not any men that were strong willed enough to fight back. So you castrate a boy and make him your lifelong slave, because he won't get ideas in his head and he won't get much stronger than the women that are also slaves. And maybe you rape him when you're not in the mood for the women. Maybe you sell him off for a lower price than you sell the women, because he's the lowest in value and at least the women can be bred with or nurse your children. Maybe you … | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:22 PM |
| 1 | Ask men gold: a poster explains in good detail why so many people don't like feminism.Why haven't we evolved in 10k years, if you could sum it up? I'll check into the book, but I'm curious about this. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:12 PM |
| 6 | My Rape and Sexual Violence university course doing it right - an entire week devoted entirely to sexual violence against males.But at the same time, when it does happen, it should be taken seriously. If it's less common, it's less common, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen and didn't hurt the victim. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 06:07 PM |
| 1 | When will the "objectification" nonsense stop???Yeah, was kind of grasping for some animal metaphor to show that sex in nature is not altogether dissimilar to sex in humans. Not sure what ones really work better. | /r/MensRights | 03/08/12 05:55 PM |
| 1 | I had no Idea how privileged I am.I thought when a man cheats he's a scumbag and when a woman does it, her husband probably deserved it? Also, men have the privilege of having their cars vandalized because they deserved it. Or their belongings thrown out the window, or so on. But when a woman cheats? Well, obviously you can't just tell her to leave your apartment, if we go by stories posted here where the police get called and the man gets in trouble for not even a sliver as bad of behaviour. | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 08:41 PM |
| 1 | /r/Feminism talking about cat-calling. Is this a serious issue? What does the MRM think?men side with free speech and women side with wanting regulation/cultural shifts to stop harassment Is it odd that when I read this, I just think of patriarchy theory? If women are kept closeted away for their safety, kept to strict guidelines, and guidelines for how to interact with them are held by society, then how far are we from just reverting to traditionalist roles where women are too fragile to be held to the same standards as men? The more government involves itself in how you can behav… | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 08:31 PM |
| 1 | Oh Facebook.... you so crazy....Seeing as I stopped using facebook quite awhile back.. I'm thinking stopping using Reddit is also a natural remedy for depression. Which makes me more depressed.. | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 08:15 PM |
| 1 | When will the "objectification" nonsense stop???So when a dog is in heat, the male dogs are objectifying her by solely focusing on the scent that signals they can try and have sex? They should be focusing on how lovely the female dog is and trying to get to know her, rather than acknowledging the signal that the female dog is ready to have sex? When I notice someone's sexual characteristics, I'm reacting naturally. The purpose of sexual characteristics is to induce sexual arousal. There is a distinct difference between ignoring the fact that … | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 08:06 PM |
| 1 | When will the "objectification" nonsense stop???Haha, that'd be a kick. Men get shamed for desiring sex robots? Well just wait, now all the men will be utterly apathetic towards sexual drive and require the women in their lives to make the choice when to have sex, and to be held liable when a man's sexual organs malfunction due to lack of use. All with this handy chemical castration pill, so you don't slip and illegally get horny. With the added benefit of men no longer giving a damn in most situations if a pretty girl is in trouble, unless l… | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 07:54 PM |
| 1 | All of this talk about how much Obama-care is benefiting American women starting today, are there any benefits for men?Exactly. Any response that says "Well women.." as the benefit to men, is missing the point. Is it great that women are getting benefits? Yes. But not all men have a woman in their life, and thus not all men see a benefit from women getting benefits. A benefit to men should never be dependent on a benefit to women, as a benefit to women should never be dependent on a benefit to men. To say there is a benefit, should first and foremost, be about the benefit directly to the individual. | /r/MensRights | 02/08/12 07:32 PM |
| 3 | Foreskin Pride Parade in VancouverIt's mostly, I think, in reaction to that one specific characteristic being used to make them feel inferior. Which, I agree, the broader message is more important. It's just sometimes not the one that comes up when someone shames you for being something like gay, instead what comes up is that gay isn't shameful. I agree with anti-circumcision activism, but I don't appreciate the way a lot of it is framed in such a way as to make circumcised people seem or feel inferior. Couldn't agree more. It's… | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 11:06 PM |
| 2 | Foreskin Pride Parade in VancouverThen they're still about not feeling inferior for the state of being that you are born into. You've latched onto one phrase, but it doesn't invalidate the larger message. No one is born inferior to anyone else, it's our actions and choices that determine our worth in relation to others. | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 10:55 PM |
| 2 | Foreskin Pride Parade in VancouverBut you're misinterpreting the common usage of the word pride. In all other cases, saying pride is about saying you're not inferior to anyone else based upon some attribute. It's only when we begin to say white pride that we expect there to be some sort of superiority or something "better" about it. But it's not. White pride, black pride, gay pride, foreskin pride, they're all supposed to be about having self esteem in yourself for a state of being that you are born into. It's only when people s… | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 10:41 PM |
| -1 | Free contraceptives for women? Why not for men also?And then we come to MGTOW, and how it's harmful to women for men to abstain from having sexual relations where they can't trust their partner, and where have all the good men gone, and so on. People are already going through this, and getting shamed for making the logical decision. Unless you, as a man, have a trustworthy way to make sure pregnancy happens only when you want it to happen, you shouldn't be having sex. But instead of reveling in how rational that position is, people are honestly a… | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 10:27 PM |
| 3 | I don't need Feminism.I've never told anyone about the molestation I went through as a child at the hands of older "friends", largely because I always thought I "wanted it". I was about 4 the first time it happened, she was about 7. Yeah, this is one of my issues. I want people to start understanding that boys get abused and it hurts them when we act like they should be glad for it. | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 09:46 PM |
| 1 | Male disposability, then & now, in one imageIt'd just turn into more "Where are all the good men?" bullshit. The answer is, they're right where they've always been. They just stopped putting other things before themselves. | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 09:42 PM |
| 1 | I am at the age where women cross the street if I am walking toward them. Has this happened to anyone else?Hell, I've seen most men in my area have an inferiority complex to the degree that unless they're the ones that are scary (bikers, football players, MMA guys, the list goes on for the stereotypical scary dude), they avoid me. I'm fat, average height, and generally don't walk with confidence. Guys that I would easily assume could beat me up (but I don't assume they want to), are the ones that seem scared of me. Maybe I should just embrace that I can scare other people, and I'll start getting peop… | /r/MensRights | 01/08/12 09:37 PM |
| 3 | Why is it illegal for the government to tell how a couple should raise their kids, but it suddenly becomes legal once the couple splits?But by that logic, a divorce should mean the parent without custody should have their quality of life decrease so that the child (and the parent with custody) won't have their quality decrease. Just because while you have custody of them half or more of your income is directly a benefit to them, should not mean without custody that that standard of living should be upheld. It'd be unreasonable not to expect the quality of life to decrease for all parties, as attempting to support two households … | /r/MensRights | 31/07/12 09:35 PM |
| 1 | Why Guys Are Reluctant To Lie On The Therapist's CouchI like going to the dentist. I can always see a change afterwards, and feel like it was worth it. I don't like going to the doctor, only to have them look in my ears and give me some tylenol for colds. Or the therapist, to be given some pills and have them suggest I take up ham radio to deal with anxiety, mood swings, and depression. Dentists are doctors where you feel like something's been done, in my experience. The rest? Not so much. | /r/MensRights | 30/07/12 07:23 PM |
| 2 | Mens camping trips.All social interactions have correlations within a larger scope. By examining an issue in the smaller scale without needless governance by higher bodies of authority we can determine techniques and skills that apply specifically to the smaller scale. By learning this we can better reform interactions on a larger scope, without falling victim to large body governance that fails to act on a personable level. By determining when someone has good reason to want to break up an all male group, and whe… | /r/MensRights | 30/07/12 06:10 PM |
| 3 | Seriously? Found this headline on Salon.com ...My childhood games were almost all variations on "We have weapons, we will protect our territory from bad people". If that's not a clue why boys grow up to think violence is appropriate in certain situations, then what is? | /r/MensRights | 30/07/12 05:47 PM |
| 2 | Give a girl some tips: What's a better way to tell my girlfriends "Don't make guys feel creepy for no reason"Yep, more often than not there's a somewhat reasonable explanation for any action. Bad people exist, sure, but sometimes it's just good people in a bad light to view their actions. | /r/MensRights | 29/07/12 05:27 PM |
| 1 | Give a girl some tips: What's a better way to tell my girlfriends "Don't make guys feel creepy for no reason"Other subreddits related to this topic don't get very much attention, or are things like AskReddit where the topic can be derailed by the sheer number of people. | /r/MensRights | 29/07/12 05:10 PM |
| 3 | Give a girl some tips: What's a better way to tell my girlfriends "Don't make guys feel creepy for no reason"It could just be that he comes from a home where garbage piled up by being ignored by everyone. To the point that it was a big ordeal, and to avoid it happening he now picks up litter, trash, takes dishes to the sink, so forth. All to avoid it piling up and being a big deal. That's one of my issues, at any rate. I can't stand seeing stuff lying around that is clearly trash and should be somewhere for trash. So sometimes I offer to throw something away rather than relying on someone else to do it… | /r/MensRights | 29/07/12 05:08 PM |
| 1 | Give a girl some tips: What's a better way to tell my girlfriends "Don't make guys feel creepy for no reason"But that's still living in fear. If you become friendly, so he's not a stranger, so he's suddenly more likely to commit rape, then you're back to not even becoming friendly. So now you can't socialize with anyone but women, and then you're living in the women's hut while the men live in the men's huts and the women take care of the pigs while the guys go hunting and neither group truly talks to one another. If we don't take risks, we don't move forward. Every little change we make has risks, we … | /r/MensRights | 29/07/12 05:03 PM |
| 1 | An Open Letter to the r/MensRights Community from a "Radical" Feminist (please read, not a "wow you guys are awful and bad!!!)Even that is incredibly important in its' own way to address. To raise healthy, well-adjusted boys that are capable of choosing their own path in life without fear of being too un-manly or seen as rejects of society because they'd like to take care of children is an important thing in the long run. We talk about the state of education for boys, and like that this is another important state of development we need to correct so that future men will be able to be happy and healthy with themselves. | /r/MensRights | 29/07/12 04:03 PM |
| 1 | Selective service/conscription is a male privilege?I would prefer to be a pacifist, but I am increasingly convinced by our society and world that violence is a necessary action. It's very frustrating to say "I will not kill a human being", only to realize you've already signed up for selective service in case they want you to kill people, for the right to drive or vote. If I didn't need these rights in order to continue my life to the standard I've grown accustomed to, I would actively seek to withdraw my registration. | /r/MensRights | 25/07/12 08:23 PM |
| 3 | I have no idea if this is where I should put this but does anyone know somewhere a guy can talk to someone about having body image issues without being shamed by women for them?Thank you. | /r/MensRights | 25/07/12 08:11 PM |
| 5 | I have no idea if this is where I should put this but does anyone know somewhere a guy can talk to someone about having body image issues without being shamed by women for them?Well that sucks. I wish I had something more to tell you, but not suffering from the same issues as you (I have general anxiety and depression, which I deal with by avoiding things and stuffing my face to make me feel better by tasting something nice), I really don't know what to say. Hope things improve for you. | /r/MensRights | 25/07/12 07:43 PM |
| 3 | I have no idea if this is where I should put this but does anyone know somewhere a guy can talk to someone about having body image issues without being shamed by women for them?Are you in school currently? I'm not certain about other schools, but the University I attended had a psychological health outreach program that students could use when they had issues like these. This may be the free counselors you mention, but if not I'd recommend looking into it if available. Good luck. As someone also dealing with the stereotype of the emotionless man and how to cope when you just feel miserable and frustrated all the time, I know how hard it can be to get people to take you… | /r/MensRights | 25/07/12 07:14 PM |
| 1 | A Domesticated Male, is he any less masculine?My home is my den, my cave, my nest, my castle, whatever you want to call it. I keep it to a standard I like, I protect it, and look forward to coming home after a day at work. There's nothing wrong with someone, anyone, taking care of their home. Am I less masculine? Only if the women I work with are less feminine when they help me move furniture so we can lay finish on the floors. And they aren't, they're just people doing what people have to do. I'd gladly be a stay at home father, because my… | /r/MensRights | 22/07/12 06:46 PM |
| 2 | How do you guys feel about night clubs?Plus, you can probably get some compliments and flirting at gay clubs without putting yourself out there to risk rejection. That's got to be pretty nice, knowing someone else finds you attractive without you hitting on them first. | /r/MensRights | 21/07/12 06:51 PM |
| 2 | The Shame of the average size penis.Despite the way you say it, your point is valid. There is no right or wrong to this, or to many things. Only the side you stand on when you make a preference. Too big, or is the other too small? Doesn't matter, as both sides have their own validity and the mismatch is unfortunate but not something that should cause shame on either side. | /r/MensRights | 20/07/12 07:43 PM |
| 2 | Gender double standardsFrom some of the anecdotal stories that come up, if men wear kilts or skirts they are subjected to uncommonly high amount of harassment, groping, and generally being treated like objects by women. Sometimes the women claim it makes men understand how women are treated, but usually there's no given explanation. Just that Jenny wouldn't stop pestering Peter to know what he wears under his kilt, and tried to look without his permission. | /r/MensRights | 20/07/12 07:32 PM |
| 1 | Womens team receives more spending than the mens. Women outraged and claiming sexism when mens team sits Premium economy.But that don't jive with their experiences, man. Obviously since women's clothing is usually more expensive than men's clothing, they can't possibly say men's uniforms cost more. We'll just conveniently forget that men's clothing is usually better made, thicker material, and less extravagant in design, which would lead us to think that women's clothing is just a racket by greedy manufacturers who overcharge because they can. | /r/MensRights | 20/07/12 07:06 PM |
| 3 | It really hit me how aggressively feminism and permeated society.Likewise, there are many horror stories of men becoming abusive and controlling monsters once married. I couldn't agree with you more. Spending your life in a committed relationship with someone isn't inherently the wrong choice. It's just a hard one to get right. | /r/MensRights | 20/07/12 06:52 PM |
| 1 | It really hit me how aggressively feminism and permeated society.Any government or society that does not represent your needs, rights, and wishes as a human being is no government or society you should obey. You are a unique existence in this universe, and the moment you began to act with responsibility for your own actions is the moment you stopped needing to obey the authority of anyone that would not act with your well being in mind. Do what you feel is right, fight for what you believe in, and most importantly do not despair. It's a shitty world, but you … | /r/MensRights | 20/07/12 06:45 PM |
| 2 | Men and skirtsI would wear a skirt. But it has to be suitable for the things I choose to do on a daily basis, and most women's skirts are not. I wear hawaiian shirts any chance I get, because I like the style, fabric, and design, so it's not about women's clothing being too colorful or flowery or so forth. If I wear a skirt it needs to be as strong as my pants, fit properly (and not restrict movement), affordable (I will never pay more than $20 for a pair of pants), and it would help if it didn't make my ass … | /r/MensRights | 19/07/12 07:01 PM |
| 2 | The "stop false rape accusations" PSA poster has made some people want to get violent with /r/mensrightsmaybe I want to be orc today Yes. Yes. I wish I could convince more people that it's perfectly fine to say "I'm who I am, I don't care about what you think I am, if I want to be a fucking orc I'll be a fucking orc." | /r/MensRights | 19/07/12 06:40 PM |
| 1 | I had this impression that Men's Rights and Feminism are working towards the same ideal- am I missing something?His definition does address the subset of feminists that do group individual men into benefiting from patriarchy, to the point of stating that men are not oppressed or denied equality because they are men and men are in power. Which is primarily the objection to patriarchy theory, that it ignores the lower portion of men that are not in power and are being held in place by those in charge just as women are held in place. | /r/MensRights | 19/07/12 06:18 PM |
| 2 | How many of you have been treated unfairly because you are a man?Thank you, I've been curious about this for awhile but didn't know where to start looking for more information. | /r/MensRights | 19/07/12 05:56 PM |
| 2 | You can't reason with ignorance.Yeah, logically, your genitals are made to react well to sexual attention. It's not shameful to say you get a boner when something sexually stimulates you, but it doesn't mean you want sex either. It's kind of stupid that people went from defending a woman who orgasms during rape, to arguing that men can't have an erection that they don't want to use. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/12 08:06 PM |
| 2 | I'm fucking sick of gender roles.I have trouble relating to older men primarily because of things like this. Most of them I meet are so damned immature. I may prefer childish things, but I'm generally trying not to hurt others. And then they deride me for not seeing the benefit of destroying my body or the environment. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/12 07:53 PM |
| 7 | How many of you have been treated unfairly because you are a man?http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm In order to make sure men can be called on as soldiers, they've put a lot of stakes on signing up. No real justification given for why it's only men that are required. Also, no idea if FtM transgender people are required either. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/12 07:38 PM |
| 1 | Awareness of female-superiority persists down to childhood: "reading is girlie"I had my fill of babysitting with two younger brothers, but otherwise I might have checked into it. I see your point though, sometimes it just doesn't matter what gender the hero of the story is. | /r/MensRights | 18/07/12 06:47 PM |
| 7 | I've been wondering about 'slut-shaming...'http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm Student financial aid, federally funded. Men must be registered (except in cases of being older than the law was established) in order to be eligible. Citizenship. Men must register before their 26th birthday to be eligible for US citizenship. Federal job training. Federal jobs, Executive branch of the Federal government and US postal jobs. A guy has to be registered to deliver the mail. Also, variations depending on state. http://www.sss.gov/fsstateleg.htm Most… | /r/MensRights | 17/07/12 08:21 PM |
| 8 | I've been wondering about 'slut-shaming...'Should we deny the vote to other groups of people who can't serve on the front lines? Only if we deny them the ability to hold government jobs, driver's licenses, and federal financial aid too. Let's be fair here, sign away your right to live as a non-violent person the moment the government decides it needs you, or don't count as a full citizen. /s But seriously, there's a lot of shit that men only qualify for if they register before a certain age, and after that age they are invalid for qualif… | /r/MensRights | 17/07/12 07:57 PM |
| 13 | Awareness of female-superiority persists down to childhood: "reading is girlie"Or hell, just a book like The Giver, about a rather useless boy that discovers his goal in life is to have emotion and care when the rest of the world won't. Mostly, boys want to read about boys. Because they want to identify with the hero, like video games or movies. | /r/MensRights | 17/07/12 07:43 PM |
| 1 | George Takei just started a circumcision shitstorm on facebook. Most of the comments are pretty good, but there are quite a few nutcases on it.I should probably have added /s to my post. I do have to move fat to wash certain areas, but it's just part of life at this point. | /r/MensRights | 12/07/12 08:10 PM |
| 1 | George Takei just started a circumcision shitstorm on facebook. Most of the comments are pretty good, but there are quite a few nutcases on it.270 or so. Haven't weighed myself recently. | /r/MensRights | 12/07/12 08:09 PM |
| 2 | Nobody Cares What You Think: My apologies to your ballsNah, save grabbing by the hair for when you slam their face into a wall. Not a joke. They want to attack you, you attack back. Fuck them being weaker, they should learn not to attack stronger people then. | /r/MensRights | 12/07/12 07:24 PM |
| 1 | George Takei just started a circumcision shitstorm on facebook. Most of the comments are pretty good, but there are quite a few nutcases on it.As a fat guy.. I can only imagine how many things I'd have to pull back and wash if I was uncut. Oh the horror. | /r/MensRights | 12/07/12 07:07 PM |
| 1 | "I would love to have a built in excuse every time I got so wasted I don't remember anything." Kidd Kraddick, nationally-syndicated DJ calls out women for using the "roofie excuse", media acts predictably.I notice the same thing sometimes in my (admittedly short) time as a custodian. The women who want to be coddled are absolutely useless at the job. Those that just step up and do the work are no different from the men that do the work, except when they get pregnant and have a reason to avoid doing certain things. And while it's easier to reprimand the guys that are slacking (because the women think that only their direct supervisor should be able to tell them to get off their ass and get back to… | /r/MensRights | 11/07/12 06:00 PM |
| 5 | jezebel.com - "Dads These Days: How Those Lucky Bastards Actually Have It Kinda Shitty"Your issue goes hand in hand, really. How can you even feel confident enough to use a changing table or want one, if you feel shamed to be seen in public with your kid for fear of being thought a pedophile? | /r/MensRights | 11/07/12 05:46 PM |
| 2 | I just saw a commercial for the Olympics claiming that, "behind every athlete is a loving mom." Not any sort of father figure. Only a mom. The fuck?This reminds me I still want to go see Brave. If I can ever find enough time between work and household shit. | /r/MensRights | 11/07/12 05:32 PM |
| 2 | Thread: male circumcision = female sexual power at Circumcision Discussion & Debate (ThreadID: 415177)That's pretty shitty. Doesn't that also mean circumcision is good for money hungry businesses? | /r/MensRights | 11/07/12 05:29 PM |
| 2 | Found this subreddit, checked the top submissions to get a feel for the community...I agree. But sometimes people don't act in their best interest. Sadly. | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 09:38 PM |
| 2 | Found this subreddit, checked the top submissions to get a feel for the community...True. But, as I said, resentment makes things seem bigger than they are. If you lose your home to a fire because your neighbors were far enough away to not really care, you might easily fall prey to the idea that everything should burn so people would start paying attention afterwards when the smallest spark started. You could fall prey to it while watching your house start burning, and watching your neighbors ignore it. And before you know it, you're pouring gasoline on their house and looking … | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 09:17 PM |
| 2 | Found this subreddit, checked the top submissions to get a feel for the community...If one segment of the population says it's alright for Colorado to burn, because they don't live there, do we continue to debate with them while Colorado burns? If their neighborhood catches fire, they have a bigger incentive to put out the fires and stop it from happening again. If the situation was not costing people their jobs and future prospects of employment, debate would indeed be the optimal response. But it is. In our world, Colorado is burning, and those that don't live there are telli… | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 08:34 PM |
| 5 | Tumblr FeminismYou'd be surprised. Lower middle class is lower income bracket, but if you're not living in a trailer having trouble paying your water bill each month people think you're doing fine. Meanwhile you can be paying off a mortgage, working minimum wage, and having trouble affording anything but the necessities, but you're apparently still so god damned privileged that it doesn't matter what you go through. And, from some behavior I've seen, you can be homeless and still somehow have more privilege th… | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 06:12 PM |
| 3 | Tumblr FeminismEveryone gets screwed in this world, except the 1%? | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 03:02 PM |
| 7 | Tumblr FeminismYep. When fighting for yourself, the worst place to start (when looking for a community to back you up) is to be a white male American in the lower income bracket. You fit all their definitions of privileged, and no hardship can ever be attributed to anything but you getting your fair share of bad luck or consequences for screwing up. I once read that the same bracket of people more often believe that hard work, faith, and dedication will result in them getting ahead in life. So you get people t… | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 02:50 PM |
| 3 | A Letter to all the Men's Rights Activists: Parenting EditionYou will never have to face the acute fear that if you have sex, the other person involved in that scenario can very simply and very easily get up and walk away and never be heard from again, possibly leaving you with a fetus despite all your precautions, and therefore making you conservative public enemy number 1 no matter which choice you may make. You will never have to face the acute fear that if you have sex, and meaning to or not, impregnate the other person, that they now control if you w… | /r/MensRights | 09/07/12 01:35 AM |
| 1 | Saw this on the front page, thought of you gentlemenDWSAH? Dads who stay at home? Easily pronounced "Dwa-saw". | /r/MensRights | 08/07/12 08:43 PM |
| 1 | Hey guys, off topic, where on Reddit can I go to ask questions pertaining to Men's Health?For sexual health try /r/sex, for facial hair try /r/beards or /r/wicked_edge, and maybe try /r/oney for other things if you don't say any of your personal politics and keep it just to the facts. And yeah, there's lots of fitness subreddits, but as far as I know not really any subreddit specifically for men's health that's active and useful. | /r/MensRights | 25/06/12 10:13 PM |
| 5 | A girl just said the phrase "Keep your semen to yourself" to me in an argument. What's the most misandristic thing you've heard?Haha, yeah! That's why my diamond is going to be a synthetic. That movie really put in perspective how silly it is to fight over a shiny rock, particularly one we can pretty much create ourselves. | /r/MensRights | 14/05/12 01:57 PM |
| 7 | A girl just said the phrase "Keep your semen to yourself" to me in an argument. What's the most misandristic thing you've heard?I bought my fiance a diamond ring. I'm buying myself one too. I bought it because she thought it was pretty, and I like making her happy. I'm buying myself one because I think it's pretty, and I like making myself happy. And the only reason I'm the one buying, is because it was my idea that we get engaged. I feel it's my responsibility to set these things in motion since I proposed the idea. But yeah, the ring doesn't prove anything. It's just a ring, a nice trinket used to show off your status.… | /r/MensRights | 14/05/12 01:47 PM |
| 1 | New Study Finds Men are More Charitable than Women. Men give more money and more often to charity.I know this is an old post, but I kind of wanted somewhere to admit something. So if anyone reads this, just know I don't expect any responses, and just wanted to say it to an audience interested in this sort of topic. The other day a young boy came by asking if we needed the yard mowed. Normally, I'd be thrilled, I hate mowing. The yard didn't need mowed at that time. He said, during the conversation, he was trying to earn money for a school dance. I was conflicted. I understood it'd be good fo… | /r/MensRights | 13/05/12 05:31 PM |
| 1 | My response to "We can work on Men's Rights when we're done with Women's Rights."This is similar to my response to first world problems. My problems may be lesser than yours, they may stem from my good fortunes, they may only affect me because of my mistakes. They are still my problems, and I have the human right to want to make my situation better. If you interfere with that right to pursue happiness, you are as harmful as the person who would rape or murder someone. Let me handle my life as I see fit, as you handle your own in your own way. | /r/MensRights | 13/05/12 05:09 PM |
| 1 | A simple question.It's amazing to go from long-ish hair to a buzzed head. I feel younger, more connected to my environment, and less self conscious about how I look. By that same token, growing my beard out, I feel more connected to who I am. Shaving just felt like denying part of who I was. So yeah, totally agree. Drastic changes in how you look really do help one understand themselves as who they really are. | /r/MensRights | 13/05/12 04:35 PM |
| 1 | If a safe, temporary libido-depressing drug was on the market, would you ever use it? Would you have used it, say, in high school?Yeah, it's a sad situation indeed. | /r/MensRights | 08/05/12 11:00 PM |
| 1 | How do you practice Men's Rights every day?My small, but personally meaningful way is that I asked my fiance to paint my toenails at one point (though I normally wear closed toe shoes except around friends and family), I take effort to keep my skin healthy, and tomorrow I'm going to wear a very bright turquoise bandanna while working. I'm working custodial crew at a college alongside older women and young men. I expect at least some stares or remarks, but I don't care. If they say much, then I'll go buy a fucking Elmo bandanna to wear. I… | /r/MensRights | 07/05/12 09:49 PM |
| 1 | Article: "How to talk to Boys"As much as I love to read, I agree that physically oriented education can and should be done more often. Some people, both genders, learn better when they can get their hands on the subject and just start observing how it reacts. It makes it more real to them, and thus holds their interest better. | /r/MensRights | 07/05/12 09:19 PM |
| 1 | If a safe, temporary libido-depressing drug was on the market, would you ever use it? Would you have used it, say, in high school?Which should be not be the case. It's like society decided, "Oh look, John has a natural human function happening in a way that we notice. Let's make him feel like shit for being normal, and then find some way to make it illegal because we feel threatened that other people are human beings." Women get aroused periodically too, but we don't go around saying they're nasty perverts because their panties get damp during a normal day. I keep it in my pants, and if someone has an issue that I've got a… | /r/MensRights | 07/05/12 08:09 PM |
| 1 | If a safe, temporary libido-depressing drug was on the market, would you ever use it? Would you have used it, say, in high school?I wouldn't. I feel it was important that I underwent my time of outrageous libido and hormones, because I learned discipline and how to control myself. I have no issue if other men want it, but I think it's important to me at least to have gone through a time when my body and mind were at odds so that I could understand myself better. | /r/MensRights | 07/05/12 07:57 PM |
| 1 | 6 yo boy suspended for sexual harassmentI would hope so. The alternative (that he's sexually aware due to molestation or sexually aware due to what I don't know) is just horrible for him. If nothing else, kids should get the benefit of being innocent and happy for some part of their life. | /r/MensRights | 05/05/12 10:31 PM |
| 1 | Have you ever tried to take up a hobby that is generally considered female?Thank you, those make more sense than sewer. | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 09:55 PM |
| 2 | FYI: OneY is a feminist subreddit, I was banned for this "insulting" post.Agreeing with the others, it was definitely the cunt usage if anything. I don't think it was necessarily the pejorative weight, but that using a gendered slang is in itself the wrong in this case. | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 09:05 PM |
| 1 | Saw this at Wal-mart - apparently men are too dumb to dress their kids without instructionsOn the top of my list for clothes for a future potential kid are definitely the "Daddy loves me!" and "Mommy loves me!" sorts. | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 09:02 PM |
| 11 | 6 yo boy suspended for sexual harassmentWhen growing up, the before-puberty boys I knew who were sexually aware were also the ones that had been sexually abused by adults or other older kids. Makes me kind of sad to think the response to a young boy saying something inappropriate is not to check if he's been molested, but instead to just assume he's a bad person who likes to sexually harass. | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 08:33 PM |
| 4 | Have you ever tried to take up a hobby that is generally considered female?I took up knitting for a bit a couple years ago. A close friend taught me, and she even let me borrow some wool to start. I like the way a long knit scarf looks, even if I'm no where near good enough to make one. Anyone that has ever asked has never said a thing about it, because I'm very good with disapproving stares. Also, I'm a fine sewer. Sewer, one who sews? Is that right? Anyways, I learned these skills from my mother and from my uncle the heart surgeon. Sewing is a great skill, no matter … | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 08:22 PM |
| 1 | I have never been so disgusted by blatant misandryHigh testosterone might work there. At least, I think that's right. I could be wrong, and testosterone isn't related at all to alpha or beta stereotypes. | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 08:08 PM |
| 8 | Saw this at Wal-mart - apparently men are too dumb to dress their kids without instructionsThere's a small child's shirt at Walgreens I walk past every time we stop in. It says "I'm a princess, Mommy's a queen, and daddy's around here somewhere." in glitter on a pastel colored shirt. Every time I think to myself, "What sort of father is happy that his own child doesn't respect him in some way and equates him as just being there?" So basically.. Who in their right mind would buy this shirt if not an angry mother or an asshole in-law? | /r/MensRights | 04/05/12 08:00 PM |
| 3 | How feminists handwave away equality.Well, I understand what you're saying, but at the same time admit understanding nothing about why people act the way they do. If it's logically correct, it just seems like it should be obviously correct when pointed out. That people argue with it, and I understand how and a bit of why thanks to you, just blows my mind. Thank you, but I doubt I will ever understand people who don't empathize with others and treat them as human beings. At this point much of gender politics is insanity to me. | /r/MensRights | 29/04/12 07:50 PM |
| 5 | How feminists handwave away equality.Shouldn't the counterargument just be that being raped is bad, and therefore all victims deserve help? It should have nothing to do with who has it worse, or if statistics are false, but just the hard facts of rape being bad and all victims needing support. Someone once said to me that women were more often victims. I could possibly disprove this, or go on about how bad men have it, but that's beside the point. It doesn't matter who has it worse, if all genders are victims then all genders need … | /r/MensRights | 29/04/12 07:18 PM |
| 4 | Are men stupid? - CNN.com, Seriously I hope all 35,000 of us write to CNN and tell them this is unacceptable.Thank you. This is one of my primary concerns about the negative stereotypes so prevalent about men. I grew up without a strong male role model, and most of what I saw was the negative stereotypes. I knew several young men that like me did not try to embrace anything about being a man, largely due to a shame felt from these stereotypes. I'm old enough now to have defined myself and realize these stereotypes aren't true about myself and will never be true, but I worry about younger men. | /r/MensRights | 23/04/12 11:27 PM |
| 17 | "Of course its a double standard, thats life!"This seems more outrageous because of the lack of respect for people who've normally just worked very hard and need a few moments to unwind. That's the point of a locker room, for the athletes to have a safe space to prepare and unwind after physical exertion. Journalists (both men and women, since men are allowed into women's locker rooms) always seem incredibly self centered to me when they say statements like these. Yes, the athletes will get ready to see you shortly, give them the time they … | /r/MensRights | 23/04/12 10:20 PM |
| 1 | Why do bigoted feminists and white knights call the Mens Rights Movements a "privileged straight white cis-mens rights" movement?You make good points, and I agree. There's not much we as a group can do other than continue to downvote the outright false and misogynistic stuff, and upvote the true stuff (and the stuff that's true, but sounds bad). At this point, people have preconceived notions, and it's just going to mean not being taken seriously by them, or worse they'll spread those preconceived notions to discredit and incite hatred. There's really no way to change those people, not over the internet to my knowledge at… | /r/MensRights | 09/04/12 11:43 PM |
| 1 | Single man wanted a child, hired a surrogate, had a baby.Thank you for taking the time to do this. I agree with your efforts, and feel it would be helpful to both camps in the long term to have open honest discussions about issues and see a larger picture. | /r/MensRights | 07/04/12 10:24 PM |
| 3 | Why is consent always framed into a feminist narrative as being something a woman gives to a man allowing him to do sex to her?Yeah, sadly so. Being passive just doesn't usually work in our society. There are far too many people willing to take advantage of it. I'd like to say that it works in an established relationship, but that's not always the case. Personally, I've found it worked for a bit, but quickly it became clear we both preferred I be more dominant to help her relax and feel more secure and safe. | /r/MensRights | 07/04/12 10:04 PM |
| 2 | Why do bigoted feminists and white knights call the Mens Rights Movements a "privileged straight white cis-mens rights" movement?I think that's the point; even though downvoted many of them continue to post until banned, and the casual observer may not see the overwhelming downvotes because they choose not to keep updated on the threads. It's quite similar to SRS that chooses to see Reddit as a pile of shit, despite active attempts to fix it by the users or the context of comments (such as bad jokes). Oh, and just for reference, zaferk 2 points 6 hours ago (5|2) misandrist feminists redundant. Just a little lower. That's … | /r/MensRights | 07/04/12 07:13 PM |
| 12 | Why is consent always framed into a feminist narrative as being something a woman gives to a man allowing him to do sex to her?Which still takes away agency from women who choose to pursue sex, and creates a false dilemma for men who are passive in sex by implying men hunt and women are hunted. By now we should just face it, people are generally sexual omnivores. Sometimes they hunt for it, sometimes they plant a pretty garden and wait until things are ready to be eaten, and sometimes they're hunted. | /r/MensRights | 07/04/12 06:46 PM |
| 4 | What a wonderful world we live in edited for privacyYep, same here. I've had to stop myself recently from commenting on debates on Reddit. It's just making me sad and angry too often. Hope the vacation works out for you! | /r/MensRights | 04/04/12 09:19 PM |
| 4 | What a wonderful world we live in edited for privacyIf it's hurting your life, I think people will understand if you don't keep up to date on men's issues. | /r/MensRights | 04/04/12 08:57 PM |
| 9 | What a wonderful world we live in edited for privacyIf you can find someone who isn't insane, it's worth it. It's a lifestyle that's really different than anything else. | /r/MensRights | 04/04/12 08:54 PM |
| 1 | I need to vent. My friend was sexually harassed by two women the other night.Sometimes, yes. That's the hard part, judging when it's better to be a positive force to turn the measure of the world with right mind and right deed, or to become a vengeful vigilante that strikes with a sickening irony of their own attitudes and actions made recursive. | /r/MensRights | 02/04/12 02:52 AM |
| 3 | I need to vent. My friend was sexually harassed by two women the other night.Yep, treat others as you would wish to be treated yourselves. The best way to promote people to treat you right, is to treat them right. | /r/MensRights | 02/04/12 12:56 AM |
| 1 | What if women don’t need guys any more. Feminism convinced women they "don't need men." Now women have problem - they can't find husbands.Meanwhile I can and would do all of that, but it won't change my fiance's family's minds about men needing to have a job in order to be married. Not that I'm not looking for a job, since the extra money would help, but with the amount of stuff I'll do around the house it'd be nice for them to lighten up sometimes. At least my fiance gets it. | /r/MensRights | 28/03/12 05:07 PM |
| 11 | What if women don’t need guys any more. Feminism convinced women they "don't need men." Now women have problem - they can't find husbands.As a guy dating a tall woman, most of the issue has been from other people, and most of that from her female family. I've never thought it was a big deal, none of the guys I know thought it was a big deal, it was only her sister/mother/aunt/grandmother who ever mentioned anything that justified her initial concerns. But, I've been short/average most my life. I've learned to deal with it. So I can't speak for other men, just my experience. My experience was that it was a bigger deal for her than … | /r/MensRights | 27/03/12 08:45 PM |
| 2 | New Child Support System Could Leave Poor Men With No IncomeYeah, something like that. I imagine it could work similar to working with a debt consolidator when you owe money to many different groups. They assess your situation, look over your income, work with you to build a budget you can afford, and then work with the groups to lower the monthly payments to that budget. On your end you'd have to follow it or risk penalization, but it'd definitely be better than just feeling screwed over entirely. Of course, I haven't been through debt consolidation, so… | /r/MensRights | 27/02/12 08:22 PM |
| 1 | New Child Support System Could Leave Poor Men With No IncomeUnfortunately, I don't know. It may have to come down to a federally sanctioned debt counselor to help them pay as much as possible while keeping a standard of living, but the problem there is the standard of living will likely be much lower than the average person finds acceptable. Which would mean the result is these guys, for whatever reason, have to live much harder lives to support a system that currently bleeds money and makes it tough just to comply with. | /r/MensRights | 27/02/12 07:58 PM |
| 7 | New Child Support System Could Leave Poor Men With No IncomePart of the problem is that they can freeze your bank account if you for whatever reason cannot pay. No matter how much they're asking for, if the guy cannot pay then they can force him to pay. It's a bit ludicrous that because he's not married to the mom, he suddenly can become a criminal for being unable to squeeze any more money out of his budget. If it's just not physically possible, what's the point in penalizing someone for it? | /r/MensRights | 27/02/12 07:49 PM |
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