recoup202020 Archive

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-1	I'm infuriated by how casual misandry thrives in academia and places that claim to be "forward-thinking" or "progressive." "I do not allow women---even those who are victims of horrible crimes such as rape, near-homicide, pedophilia, etc to male perpetrators---to abandon their empathy for men. I shut it down and hold them accountable as often as possible. " And yet in your original post you said that all you did to "try to push back on it" was: "I talk fondly of my male friends in front of these people, I list men when I make statements against discrimination...I try to bring light to the issues men face, but my sur…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	27/01/26 10:15 AM
6	I'm infuriated by how casual misandry thrives in academia and places that claim to be "forward-thinking" or "progressive." I have pretty bad PTSD after I was bashed nearly to death while walking down the street minding my own business. The PTSD has had a pretty big impact on my life. I did a PhD in Sociology, and came to understand what happened to me in criminological terms. I realised that men can be victims, and in a way that is not random but is a structural part of society. Over the years, I lost count of how many times I tried to enter into good faith conversations about male victimisation in academia. Every s…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	27/01/26 08:24 AM
9	Thoughts on the whole warzone between men and women (Especially the "When you're privileged, equality feels like oppression" sentiment) That sentiment is literally projection. Women have always had special treatment, in that they have not had to compete with men. They have attained material security through marriage (ie competing with other women). To be fair, this special treatment has also involved them being largely excluded from this sphere of competition, and so having no opportunity to reap its benefits. Nonetheless, this exclusion has protected them from the violence of this competition, which results, for eg, in men maki…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	05/12/25 09:01 PM
8	Men don’t know how to talk about their feelings. A large study was just published in Australia by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (so academics working for a Gov Dept). They found that 1/3 men perpetrated domestic violence, and that there was a strong correlation between men experiencing depressive symptoms and perpetrating abuse. So I read the methodology. They asked men if they had ever (even once) done anything that made their partner feel anxious. If they answered yes to that question, they were considered to be perpetrating…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	10/06/25 03:53 AM
5	Often overlooked is that for most of recorded history the vast majority of men did not have the right to vote either In 1914 when WWI began, the poorest 20% of men in Britain couldn't vote. These men went to war on the basis of decisions made by politicians they had no role in electing. 600,000 British men died, and the poorest 20% were well represented in those ranks. They gave full male suffrage in 1918, at the end of the war. Full female suffrage followed 10 years later, in 1928.	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	15/06/24 02:08 AM
2	How bad is the current state of academia? I completed a Phd in Sociology. I'd say it's significantly worse than you can imagine.	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	18/05/24 10:07 AM
27	Anyone else wary of public spaces? I observed a change in my own behaviour in recent months, which had not been consciously planned, but definitely followed a clear pattern. Well before the more recent change, I realised that, at some point in my teenage years, I was made aware that men are considered dangerous to children, and that if I displayed an interest in children, looked at them, or was moved to some display of emotion by them, then I could be considered a threat. Because I was considered a threat to children, they, in tu…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	29/02/24 11:15 AM
19	Marxism, Men’s Rights and 'the Means of Reproduction’ – A Forgotten 'Marxist-Masculist’ Men’s Rights Masterpiece I got through about 40% of this... I won't bother with the rest... ... All of this is conspicuously absent in your post. Ah, reddit, don't ever change lol	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	03/03/23 08:44 PM
2	how have men and boys been treated throughout history? But patriarchy is specifically about power, not about the material benefits, or lifestyles, that acrue to the families of the powerful. You might reasonably say that the beneficiaries of capitalism have been both the men and women of the capitalist class (as you do), but that does not mean that the men and women of the capitalist class wielded the same power as each other. Power in liberal capitalist societies has primarily manifested in ownership of means of production, as well as political pow…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	27/02/23 07:57 AM
1	how have men and boys been treated throughout history? What do you mean? First, there have been modes of political-economic organisation other than capitalism (eg feudalism), which were specifically patriarchal. Second, within capitalism, there have historically been restrictions on women's ownership and inheritance of property in places like the UK. I'm as critical of modern feminism as anyone, but it isn't useful to say that there's never been patriarchal societies.	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	27/02/23 07:49 AM
47	how have men and boys been treated throughout history? In Britain, in 1831, only 4,500 men could vote out of a population of 2.6 million. A higher percentage won the right to vote after 1867, but they still needed to be property owners. After further reforms in 1884, the wealthiest 60% of men could vote, but not the poorest 40%. In 1914, Britain went to war. It had a population of 88 million. This means around 17.6 million men were unable to vote for the parties that made foreign policy decisions, including the decision to go to war. In World War On…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	25/02/23 04:22 AM
4	Is the whole redpill "female imperative" thing true? I think there's a serious misinterpretation and false conclusions being drawn in this theory. I accept that women do have some biological traits; these do not operate deterministically, like scientific laws, but in a probabilistic fashion. I accept that women have evolved to primarily want a provider, and someone with good genes to procreate with. These two needs can be satisified in a single partner, or spread across 2 males. However, this doesn't mean that women don't feel love. "Love" is prob…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	19/01/23 06:20 AM
6	Any idea how I can find a male friendly therapist Trial and error - put it out there in the first session, to save time. This has been an issue for me. My personal view is that good therapists don't validate people, they challenge them, but in a productive way. My current guy is good - he doesn't argue with me, but what he does do is challenge me, if I talk about the sort of things you mention, to focus on the underlying emotions that I am experiencing when I want to talk about those things, whether with him or at other times. He shifts me away…	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	14/07/21 01:42 AM
4	Do mothers do the majority of child raising? One way to try to answer this question would be to compare labour force participation for fathers with labour force participation for mothers (F/T vs P/T, total hours, in/out of the workforce etc). It wouldn't tell you everything, but it will tell you something quite important relating to your question.	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	03/07/21 02:37 AM
1	Been dating a member of the friend group and wondered when the conversation on my stance on men's issues would come up. Yes, that’s exactly why I suggested bringing up these issues but by gently relating them to one’s lived experience rather than by prosecuting an argument with a reams of evidence. I never said they shouldn’t be brought up at all	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	20/06/21 01:51 PM
2	Been dating a member of the friend group and wondered when the conversation on my stance on men's issues would come up. So you think the best test to determine whether someone is a rad fem is to send them a huge amount of literature and background material? I think what I suggested -referring to one’s experiences and why that makes these issues important to you - is sufficient to get an answer to your question, and has the added bonus of not scaring off perfectly reasonable women who might not be ready for a massive litigious argumentative information dump.	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	20/06/21 01:49 PM
7	Been dating a member of the friend group and wondered when the conversation on my stance on men's issues would come up. You know what a Pyrrhic victory is, right? Based on personal experience, I would say avoid trying to bombard with facts and objective data, and instead, if it is germane, offer a more personal revelation as to why this stuff matters to you, in relation to your own experiences. I would avoid going deep or in any detail on this stuff until after you have been dating for awhile and she has really built up an intimate sense of what makes you tick. I would wait until she really, deeply trusts you as …	/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates	20/06/21 08:35 AM