zelaar Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
3	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. Look, I'm not trying to start an argument, and many of the inequality issues are more cultural/social than actually legal. Technically, a man has every right to custody over his child that a woman has, except women use the fact that they gave birth to the kid as a reason they deserve custody more than the dad.	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:38 AM
6	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. And let me tell you, as a lady who likes working on cars and would rather be riding a dirt bike than shopping, it is a complete pain in the arse - but you can't deny who you are. To some level inequalities are always going to be around, but if people only fought easy battles none of us would be enjoying what we do have today.	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:30 AM
6	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. Its hard to speak from a male's perspective when I'm not a man, but I do address that I think men should have the right to time off work after a child is born, and also think custody issues in divorces are entirely unfair. As for what term I use, I generally don't even say I'm a feminist unless directly asked. And If I am asked, I always explicitly point out that I believe in equal rights for men and women - both good and bad. I'm not part of some focused group on trying to give women more right…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:26 AM
3	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. Well, it also started out a little unevenly too. Women were treated more like belongings 100 years ago, and the issue of gender equality pertaining to men has only recently become a highlighted issue. Other things like racial equality took the spotlight first. Things like custody battles and unfair treatment of men with divorces is fairly new in the grand scheme civil rights. The concept of promoting racial equality and feminism have been around a lot longer, so they've had more time to sink in.…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:14 AM
8	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. I think you misunderstand. Prospective female employees who are often engaged/married and young are less likely to get employed because companies expect her to get pregnant and stop working to raise a family. It has nothing to do with my choice regarding having children, but that women tend to have children. As for inequality in the work environment, co-workers often perceive that a woman got her job in a scientific field because she's attractive or that she's a woman, and not because she earned…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:08 AM
9	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. You can join the green beret and Special Operations (combat).	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 07:01 AM
5	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. Hey calm down. I'm just saying that I've never heard the term before. I believe in fair treatment for everyone, and have always understood feminism to encompass equal rights for all - not just women. The term feminist came about because women wanted the right to vote with the woman's suffrage movement. According to Wikipedia: "Feminism is mainly focused on women's issues, but because feminism seeks gender equality, some feminists argue that men's liberation is a necessary part of feminism, and t…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 06:58 AM
2	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. I always figured maternity leave only applied to women, so its good to know otherwise. After looking at the charts of other countries, ours is pretty shitty for moms, but better than most for dads.	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 01:40 AM
6	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. In my experience, people usually consider any woman who wants to balance out the equality between men and women a feminist, because I dare to argue that men and women don't have equal rights (well, they don't!). I also face a lot of gender inequality when it comes to my career (software engineer), and worry that my gender will prevent me from getting equal pay because I could get pregnant (I'd much rather just have a fund set aside to pay for that stuff then have my pay cut). If I'm engaged/marr…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 01:20 AM
8	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. The issues really come down to gender identities, and how gender roles influence behaviors and expectations. Try not to hate all feminists though - we aren't all running around hating men. ;) Considering how the role of a man and woman was viewed 60 years ago, we've really come a long way in a very short period of time. But nothing changes overnight, and there's still a long way to go. Having lived in extremely liberal and conservative environments, and a lot of women just don't want gender equa…	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 12:58 AM
3	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. I would honestly love to have my future husband home with me after having a kid. Babies take a ton of work. I know a co-worker of my boyfriend took time off as maternity leave after his wife had a child, so some companies are okay with men doing so.	/r/MensRights	05/02/12 12:41 AM
11	Indiana Attorney General worried about Super Bowl sex trafficking wants men to sign a pledge that "asks men to make a "commitment of becoming a better man" by demonstrating the following: Not purchasing or participating in prostitution or any form of the commercial sex industry..." If they legalized prostitution instead of punishing the prostitutes for making money off of sex and the customers for being horny, then pimps could disappear. Hell, nymphomaniacs might be able to handle relationships better if they could get a blowjob without looking like a creep. Then prostitutes could report customers who are dangerous. The rates of assaults, drug crimes, murders, and STDs would probably go down too, because the prostitutes could go to the police to report crime, and regular h…	/r/MensRights	04/02/12 09:29 PM
43	I tried to have a meaningful conversation with a liberal feminist, yet this sums up my experience. As a woman and a feminist, I find it a shame that many feminazis (as I like to call them) work against promoting actual gender equality by being completely ridiculous. As someone who wants actual equal rights, I believe that women would have to take the good with the bad. Its not fair if women get all the perks of being a man with none of the downsides, like getting drafted. For example, if a woman can take time off of work to care for her newborn, I see no reason why a man can't do the same and…	/r/MensRights	04/02/12 08:58 PM