"Pedophile Policies on Airplanes May Insult Men, But So What" This is why MRA's are needed.

Falkner09 · 2012-08-14T17:18:02+00:00

Most of the comments call her out on this BS, which is fantastic.

OuiCrudites · 2012-08-14T19:11:47+00:00

This website has a history of misandry.

On the positive side, nearly all the comments are highly critical of the article.

Bobsutan · 2012-08-14T21:06:00+00:00

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Brax611 · 2012-08-14T17:47:35+00:00

Just found this gem of a comment:

"I think the man should get over it. Did u ever stop to think that maybe that child was uncomfortable sitting next to that man? As a person who has been malested as a child I still to this day ask for some1 to move or I move. Maybe ppl should grow up and act like adults instead of whining like a baby. Instead of getting upset that man should have acted like an adult and moved and the only reason to get irrate was if he was a pedephill and didn't want to move away from the child. The ppl who say that it was wrong for the flight attendent to ask him to move are stupid and heartless maybe that child had mentioned being uncomfortable and since as an unaccompanied minor their seats are there. For them. Grow up ppl its not discrimination its smarts."

Brax611 · 2012-08-14T17:31:23+00:00

What makes this even more ridiculous is that this isn't something written by one of the columnists, that slipped passed quality control. This was actually written by the managing editor of the site.

EpicJ · 2012-08-14T17:43:49+00:00

TEXT FROM SITE FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T ACCESS IT ;)

A 31-year-old man is making a huge public fuss over the fact that a flight attendant on a major airline asked him to move his seat away from an unaccompanied 10-year-old girl. He's saying the airplane embarrassed him and made people think he was a pedophile. How childish of him. This is not the first time someone (usually a man) has pulled the discrimination card on these airline policies. But really, they should just shut up about it. As a parent, I think this policy is an excellent one for protecting kids. As a passenger, this is an even excellenter policy, because who wants to sit next to a kid on a plane when you absolutely don't have to.

Hopefully when you are on a plane, you are going somewhere relaxing to get away from kids of any kind. I mean, we love our precious little snowflakes and all, but let's be real -- some parent is putting their unaccompanied minor on that plane for a reason.

There is maybe only one perk to sitting next to little kids on a plane, and that is that they are usually pretty small. There is nothing worse than getting a seat next to a pleasantly plump person whose legs overflow the arm rests into your personal territory -- that you paid for. (Alright, maybe two perks. If kids are sitting next to you, then they aren't sitting behind you constantly kicking your seat, with you constantly craning your neck back at them with your annoyed "stop it" face on.)

But other than that, there are really nothing but negatives.

-- Too-loud iPods bleeding through their ear buds

-- All that fidgeting

-- Gum chomping

-- Constantly asking the flight attendant for something -- crunchy snacks, to go to the bathroom for the 15th time, to shut the overhead air thing off, can I have a pillow?

Man, feels like I never even left home.

Other men have contested these kinds of "all men are pedophiles" policies on planes and won. One of the arguments of the man who was asked to move his seat on Qantas recently was that it's highly unlikely a child is going to be harmed by a stranger on a flight, that a child is more likely to be assaulted by someone they know. That is very true, statistically, and it probably is discriminatory in a way, but who cares.

It's such a non-event to move your seat. If something like this could prevent incidents like the pervert groping a sleeping teen boy on a JetBlue flight recently, then it's worth just sucking it up and finding something else to complain about. This is the airline industry we are talking about, after all, the choices are unlimited.

Do you think this policy is really that bad or should these men just get over themselves and move their seat as asked?

CoolLordL21 · 2012-08-14T23:09:30+00:00

| as a passenger, this is an even excellenter policy. | ... wat?

2012-08-14T18:34:15+00:00

Kids are annoying, therefore pedophile profiling is okay?

FriarTuck1234 · 2012-08-14T19:34:09+00:00

Wow, she is doing the same shit that she complains men do to women.

2012-08-14T22:48:50+00:00

Cynthia Dermody is The Stir's Managing Editor who has trophies in her home for her skills at the Irish Jig. She makes cupcakes with as many fattening ingredients as possible, doesn't comb her hair for months at a time, and was probably a faerie in a former life

...and a clueless bitch in this one.

EpicJ · 2012-08-14T17:37:51+00:00

How childish of him.

let the victim blaming begin

pleasantly plump person whose legs overflow the arm rests into your personal territory

fat shaming yay

It's such a non-event to move your seat

It is though, if someone asked her to move she would feel embarrassed

pervert groping a sleeping teen boy on a JetBlue flight

That suck yes but 18 is not a child

At least next to all of the other users are calling her article stupid but what do you expect from a washed up writer who writes about twitter arguments.

voetsjoeba · 2012-08-14T22:25:29+00:00

He's saying the airplane embarrassed him and made people think he was a pedophile.

the airplane embarrassed him

What?

SheriffBart42 · 2012-08-15T02:35:19+00:00

Hey guys, I wrote a new column. Whaddya think?

"You know what else is an unpleasant experience besides sitting next to a child on a plane? Getting take out food. You gotta leave the house, it costs too much, they mess up your order frequently, and it's often bad for you. Why not have a home cooked meal?

The problem is that your boyfriend/husband is not a great cook. So what you're going to need to do is get back into the kitchen every night like your mother used to do. Who cares if it makes you feel like a 2nd class citizen? It's such a non-event to cook a meal compared to the expense/hassle of take out. How childish of you to want to aspire to something more than domestic slavery? Think of how that meal will be even more EXCELLENTER!!!!"

MemeBot420 · 2012-08-15T00:25:43+00:00

the worst thing you can do to a woman is tell her her feelings dont matter, so why do they do the same to men?

ThePigman · 2012-08-15T01:16:20+00:00

I doubt my comment will get past the mods...

"It's mothers who shouldn't be allowed to sit next to the kids - they do, after all, commit most of the child abuse."

Anyway, this woman has shit for brains and shouldn't be allowed to write anywhere except maybe toilet walls.

Forgotten_Son · 2012-08-14T23:38:46+00:00

As a concerned non-parent, I think a safer policy would be to keep all children locked up in cages in the baggage compartment. As any man on the plane is a likely child molester, one can't be too careful. Better throw a couple of lions or tigers in there too, just in case those dirty male baggage handlers try anything.

Bobsutan · 2012-08-14T23:43:34+00:00

I mentioned this policy to my mom yesterday. She said she agrees with it :/

2012-08-14T20:30:27+00:00

And don't forget, if the Boy Scouts don't let gay men take young boys out into the woods overnight to sleep in tents, you are supposed to >shriek "haters" at them!

After all, nothing could possibly happen overnight in a tent and the >woods; but sitting in plain sight in a plane >full of people, who knows?

Oh shit! This is brilliant

2012-08-14T22:05:39+00:00

Her vocabluary is awful. Many "who cars" and "shut ups"

conan93 · 2012-08-15T04:47:24+00:00

Hmm. The story she linked to near the end: http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/141238/man_charged_with_groping_sleeping

That's an 18 year old who was groped. This policy wouldn't have changed that. It wouldn't have been prevented at all because he isn't a child on a flight :S

mayonesa · 2012-08-17T18:54:09+00:00

I'm not worried about insults, but the presumption of guilt.

If this doesn't get spread soon, I'll have to hire a hooker any time I have to talk to a child.

Man and woman talk to child = normal.

Man alone talks to child = PEDO OMFG SHOOT TO KILL

CoolLordL21 · 2012-08-15T05:43:54+00:00

Here's a comment about the wonderful "authormanship" that made this article possible.

"Second point, as an editor, it'd be nice if you proofread your own writing. "Excellenter" isnt' even a word."

Bobsutan · 2012-08-15T06:38:14+00:00

IIRC the only recorded event in history of child sexual abuse on an airplane was by an adult woman. But you go girl, go right on ahead framing men as the bad guys.

2012-08-15T11:17:34+00:00

This tops it as the most disgusting thing I read today. I wish I hadn't clicked it, seeing as their site is ad supported, and now I'm going to be pissed off all night :-/

Title	"Pedophile Policies on Airplanes May Insult Men, But So What" This is why MRA's are needed.
Author	Brax611
Upvotes	79
Comments	46
Date	August 14, 2012 5:15 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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