Let's talk about... Action! x-post from /r/LadyMRAs

Drainedsoul · 2012-07-24T16:01:52+00:00

How can we, specifically as women

Don't falsely accuse people of rape! /s

In seriousness I think that evangelism -- effective evangelism -- is the best way to go about things at this point in time.

We -- unlike first wave feminists -- have the advantage that "sexism" is already reviled in modern culture, it's just that it's rarely applied to so-called "reverse sexism".

So rather than convincing people that judging people or treating people a certain way based on immutable characteristics (race, sex, etc.) is wrong, we just have to convince them that the so-called "majority" shouldn't be subjected to practices that were/are abhorrent when applied to the "minority" either.

vegibowl · 2012-07-24T16:39:47+00:00

That's very vague, what aspect of "the system"?

You cannot change something if you don't really know what it is.

As for talking to people, you do it the cheapest and most efficient way, publish on the internet.

oneiorosgrip · 2012-07-24T23:14:10+00:00

I've heard the opinion that the MRM is sort of a navel-gazing effort at this point in time. What can we do to change that? How can we get out there and make a difference?

From a previous answer of mine to the question of what activism is and how we can go about it effectively:

For a rights movements, spreading of information is vital. Other rights movements have done (and are doing) this using the following methods.

letter writing to news publications
letter writing to organizations
blogging, vlogging, creation and maintenance of informative websites, and social networking
advertising campaigns (which can involve anything from posting fliers and passing out pamphlets to funding commercial advertisements)
grass-roots lobbying by contacting legislators en masse about specific (target) issues
professional lobbying of legislators
organized peaceful protest
publicity stunts
running for any level of political office (and getting elected and serving) on a platform leaning at least partially on the cause's specific issues and using the campaign and (if won) the office to promote the cause's position

For the majority of activists in a movement for the rights of oppressed individuals whose oppression includes financial drain, the easiest and most feasible effective methods would involve letter writing, blogging, and grass-roots lobbying. Organized local protest would also be effective if sufficient numbers could be mustered. Organized capitol protest (state/province and national) would be a bigger challenge, but could still work if planned far enough ahead for local groups to organize travel arrangements to accommodate activists who are low on resources. Publicity stunts work to increase public awareness of a movement (eg, superheros of European Father's Rights movement,) but do not always work to increase public understanding of or (especially) sympathy toward a movement (eg, Peta members posing as meat on display in public places.)

kateweb · 2012-07-25T03:34:37+00:00

LadyMRAs ?

rightsbot · 2012-07-24T16:00:17+00:00

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Title	Let's talk about... Action! x-post from /r/LadyMRAs
Author	vegibowl
Upvotes	4
Comments	16
Date	July 24, 2012 3:58 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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