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Swiss Man Identifies as a Woman to Retire Early

TheSpaceDuck

February 14, 2022
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Title Swiss Man Identifies as a Woman to Retire Early
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TheSpaceDuck

Upvotes 1198
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Date February 14, 2022 5:32 PM UTC
(4 years ago)
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[–]carolinacasper 362 points363 points364 points 4 years ago (56 children) | Copy Link

Why is retirement age related to gender at all in Switzerland?

[–]quijote3000 78 points79 points80 points 4 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

Most of the countries in the world have early retirement for women. Not a single country in the world has a retirement age sooner for men than women

[–]Timely-Sheepherder-1 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

I think Turkmenistan has earlier retirement for men

[–]quijote3000 38 points39 points40 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

One country in the world that doesn't support the patriarchy /s

Nan. The retirement age in Turkmenistan is currently 62 for men and 57 for women

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[–]Dunc0ne 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

The OECD isn't exactly representative of all countries.

It is nice to have a reliable source though.

[–]satellite779 226 points227 points228 points 4 years ago (21 children) | Copy Link

FYI, many countries have different retirement ages for men and women, it's not a Swiss thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age

[–]carolinacasper 93 points94 points95 points 4 years ago (19 children) | Copy Link

Holy, crow I did not know this was a thing! Thanks for the link.

[–]MGTOW_and_Bitcoin 70 points71 points72 points 4 years ago (14 children) | Copy Link

Yeah I think in Great Britain women are able to retire 7 years earlier I hope you guys get the idea and do this as well

[–]andejoh 70 points71 points72 points 4 years ago (10 children) | Copy Link

It used to be that, but they equalized it a couple years ago. Women have been throwing a fit ever since.

[–]Rhum-runner 25 points26 points27 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

Except go into any retirement home and realize 60-80% of the inhabitants are women.

[–]illithoid 25 points26 points27 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Don't women tend to live longer than men? Wouldn't this literally be an example of survivorship bias?

[–]PrinceVirginya 12 points13 points14 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

They do on average

I imagine its because men generally work more in more dangerous and stressful environments, which would shorten your life a touch

So its funny woman had a earlier retifement at all, it should have been equal as it is

[–]heyyy-kiddo 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Considering how welfare is used and that most men die way before women you are right in some extent.

Some old men might be on the streets though and others left the city for a less expensive life in the suburbs.

Idk how much your average man has in retirement from a middle income job and if he's divorced.

[–]z3bru 15 points16 points17 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

So not only did they retire earlier, but they also got to live longer. Got it, fuck men in every way.

[–]Quirky_Wrongdoer_872 -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Generally though women become the primary carers for the men in their lives until the men pass, and then the women are on their own

[–]z3bru 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

So? How does that affect the issue that men not only die sooner, but also retire later.

[–]Scasne 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Yups, also did a quick gander and a stay at home parent with a child under 12 that your claiming child benefits for are able to claim towards their required number of years of National Insurance contribution so again gender equal.

[–]PrinceVirginya -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Id be annoyed if my retirement age was raised, even if by a year. Although it is equal atleast

Should have lowered it for men instead, Would have been both equal and a nice benifit. I doubt most men would complain about any earlier retirement

[–]Dunc0ne 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Retire seven years earlier.. live seven years longer.. it's like puberty didn't even happen. 😂

[–]Typhooni 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

I am soon identifying as a woman myself.

[–]MGTOW_and_Bitcoin 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

You go girlfriend!!!!! I hope every man decides to do this I know I would think about it

[–]heyyy-kiddo 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

Did you really not know this?

My dad told me when I turned 18....funny how you are fucked from the beginning.

If you have a decent country you may retire at 60-65 or something.

You'd get like 10 years of retirement then die at 75.

[–]PrinceVirginya 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Its sad honestly thats how we have been raised to live

Im trying my best to save up, invest and reach financial freedom as i get older, but its difficult as hell

[–]Dunc0ne 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Like chattle.🐮

[–]heyyy-kiddo 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Big Capitalism does not want that , that's why it's hard as hell.

Imagine getting paid what you work for and not paying ultra high income taxes to the state.

I feel like profits should be taxed way more than jobs , but right now you have really small taxes on profits and company stuff and huge ones for workers.

[–]WikiMobileLinkBot 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Desktop version of /u/satellite779's link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age


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[–]EpicHajsownik 91 points92 points93 points 4 years ago (25 children) | Copy Link

It comes from the idea, that women have to take care of kids, or something like this. Its the thing in Poland. Yet no one cares about the fact, that having kids isnt forced in here, you can be single and still get early retirement age

[–]Soda_BoBomb 52 points53 points54 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

But women live longer

[–]EpicHajsownik 56 points57 points58 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

yeah. No one is gonna care about it even tho it creates a situation, where in poland an average woman benefits by 50k pln from this system, while a typical man loses 50k pln.

So its not just retirement age problem, but also a problem of losing huge portion of money in favor of a woman

[–]OldEgalitarianMRA 20 points21 points22 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

That's the reason. And the government knows it.

[–]ohisama 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Is that social security that is paid by the government?

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[–]heyyy-kiddo 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Since it's biology and better life conditions.

If you are an industrial worker you have occupational problems from working in stuff like metallurgy etc.

Your health degrades and in those risky jobs are mostly men.

My grandpa used to work in a foundry that cast large scale metalwork. You get lung problems and what not from that.

[–]McFeely_Smackup[🍰] 82 points83 points84 points 4 years ago (12 children) | Copy Link

retirement age women aren't having kids.

[–]EpicHajsownik 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link

it cause the had them in the pasttime, and they had spent less time on paying taxes for retirement, cause they were not working when taking care of kids.

Still having kids, and taking care of them is your own choice, and you should be just concious of this, and not just want a lower retirement age. Especially just cause you are a woman, who doesnt even have to have kids

[–]McFeely_Smackup[🍰] 62 points63 points64 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

it cause the had them in the pasttime, and they had spent less time on paying taxes for retirement, cause they were not working when taking care of kids.

that still makes no sense to justify early retirement. there's no logical connection there.

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[–]EpicHajsownik 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

thats honestly the best way about this. It should be just phrased differently. Like for example the age at which you get redired should be a certain % of your expected lifespan, that would be the same for men and women.

Obviously the women's one would be higher, but it would make a better view on the retirement age, and it wouldnt be seen as a discrimination. It would actually look fair cause guess what, its the same % of life for both men and women

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I wonder if the average life expectancy would equal out if woman took many of the same jobs men did?

I imagine constant stressful working conditions and riskier jobs has something to do with ir

[–]EpicHajsownik 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

you're right. Retirement age shouldnt be dependend on gender, or neither of an amount of kids, they have

[–]McFeely_Smackup[🍰] 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

to be clear, I'm not demanding YOU explain it. I just don't think there's a logical explanation possible.

retirement age should be based on the number of years a person works. But since they'll never go for that, it should be objectively equal for everyone.

[–]EpicHajsownik 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I've just said an argument that our Polish prime minister said. Yes its a stupid reason for it, that why i believe in an equal retirement age.

And explanations like this are just sexist

[–]caity1111 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Women live, on average, much longer than men as well. So it doesn't make sense on that front either.

[–]DworkinPill 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Is society having children a choice?

[–]Typhooni 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Yes.

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I think in part of having kids is what bothers me the most

Some people outright have children to get benifits on welfare, its pretty sad but alot of people do it and its not unheard of

Arguably alot of these parents arent even capable of caring for their kids and shouldnt have them in the first place

[–]MGTOW_and_Bitcoin 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Sounds like a lame excuse

[–]EpicHajsownik 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

cause it is. No one likes it besides fans of our current government, which there are none in the public debate (poland)

[–]TracyMorganFreeman 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

That idea falls on its face when you realize few in any women are having kids in their mid to late 40s and still having to take care of them into their 60s.

[–]lasciate 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It comes from the idea, that women have to take care of kids

Source? If this is solely, specifically what you believe the Polish reasoning to be, please provide a source saying that was the reasoning when the discrepancy was introduced.

[–]ohisama 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Should be grandkids by retirement age.

[–]dath_bane 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Because wifes are often younger than their husbands, the (all male) parliament decided (I think in the 60s or 50s), to make their retirement age two years lower, so they can retire more or less at the same time. some years ago they lowered it to just one year and now the parliament wants to abolish it completely. In fall we'll have an election about it. Feminists and the misguided part of the left will fail terribly.

[–]Nk-O 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Because we're misnadrist.

[–]Shot-Ad8191 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Because some Eunuch men think pussy rules.

[–]StarZax 186 points187 points188 points 4 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link

Imagine having a shorter life expectancy but also the need to work longer to retire

But you know, men have lower life expectancy because they are reckless, that's it :)

[–]Arian51 16 points17 points18 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

I wouldn’t say reckless since men are more likely to work dangerous jobs and often are the working one in a relationship in some of the biggest countries like india or china so therefore more likely to die during commute and job. Unless your being sarcastic in which case I just woke up…

[–]my-blood 14 points15 points16 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Yeah I think they're being sarcastic

[–]Arian51 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Nevermind then

[–]StarZax 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Those are obvious reasons yes, I was being a bit sarcastic. Obviously working dangerous jobs and stuff isn't being reckless. It was just a generalization from what we can sometimes hear (at least I did), people that are sometimes saying that men die more from car crashes, alcoohol, they are being too reckless or shit like that

[–]Important_Ad736 11 points12 points13 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

I definitely think it’s mostly biological, most female animals live longer than the males too

[–]StarZax 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

I don't exactly know which species but I guess that's because most males will have to fight and hunt ? Which isn't exactly what I'll call being « reckless »

Of course my post was just a simplist generalisation from what we can hear sometimes, you get the point, there are reasons why men have lower life expectancy but it's not always something that shouldn't be fixed

[–]Important_Ad736 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago* (3 children) | Copy Link

Well I mean female animals can hunt too, apart from when they’re pregnant (I guess the stress of the male from having to protect and provide for the female and offspring might be a factor.) Lionesses do a lot of hunting. There’s a theory that bodies that can carry offspring are just wired to last longer - apply this to humans and our extension to life because of healthcare etc has us living a lot longer but women still outliving men by a bit. Estrogen is thought to be regenerative whereas testosterone can have the opposite effect, it decreases the ability of the immune system to fight off illness, makes a person more irritable (stress is not good for health) etc. Also having two X chromosomes instead of 1 x and a y like a man is thought to be more beneficial at fighting off infections & cancer. So there’s other factors than biological but the biological definitely can’t be underestimated

[–]StarZax 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Yeah I'm absolutely not denying biological factors and women will still probably outlive men by a tiny margin, that's not « biological discrimination » or anything like that. I just don't think that's enough to justify why we are missing that many years, we are so far behind women in terms of mental health, that's already something that needs to be improved. I don't even care too much about life expectancy, I just want people to have better mental health overall and men just happen to be particularly involved

[–]Important_Ad736 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link

Do you think some of that’s to do with how men are taught to deal with emotions? My brother and dad used to laugh at me sometimes when I cried and the only time I’ve known my dad to cry was when he locked himself in a room after his friend died because he didn’t want anyone to see him crying. Always baffled me how they saw crying as a sign of weakness instead of just a way to release emotions - always wondered where that way of thinking comes from

[–]StarZax 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I think that plays a pretty big part yeah, tho at least with the people around my age I've found that a lot more people would be "okay" with that, more than what I suspected, the thing is that very few know how to deal with other people releasing their emotions and prefer to avoid that (and as a guy who's pretty open about his feelings, at least way more than people I know, that's very hard to get through when people do that) It's only about education and harmful gender roles that teaches men that they should all be about protection and not show emotional weakness, but that's impossible to do all the time and any man eventually break. My father is like that too, I've heard he hide to cry when he heard some news I don't want to share here, he's very "traditionalist", I find the correlation pretty obvious, now I'm not an expert so I can't confirm if there is causation but if I had to guess I'd say very probably. Young people tend to be more and more progressive in my opinion, but I think that "men's rights" still isn't mainstream enough as it is viewed as just a backlash movement or something, by both men and women. But men around my age are starting to understand little by little that traditional gender roles does not fit them, therefore even if I would like it to be faster, men's rights will eventually stop being something viewed as only a conservative thing since men will eventually free themselves from their gender role just like women did.

So yeah, in short, I think this way of thinking comes from what's expected in a man, from most women and most other men, and that's what we usually call the "traditional gender role" which in the end, can be harmful and a lot of the time actually is imho, but it's bound to disappear one day

Sorry for the long post btw, I might have digressed a bit, I would make it more concise but it's not practical on mobile

[–]BaconCatBug 98 points99 points100 points 4 years ago (9 children) | Copy Link

And just like that, every single male has a way to avoid being enslaved via conscription.

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[–]Anih1list 35 points36 points37 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Men already don't want to be conscripted. Now they can avoid it, which is as far as I'm concerned a good thing.

[–]EpicHajsownik 13 points14 points15 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

of course it is. Thats why terfs hate it

[+]Beardamus -31 points-30 points-29 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

I'm seeing a ton of outrage based on misinformation in this thread. He got to retire one year early, that's it. Is it alot at an old age? sure maybe. Is it "avoid being enslaved via conscription." lol not at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pension_system_in_Switzerland

[–]BaconCatBug 29 points30 points31 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Switzerland

Switzerland has mandatory military service (German: Militärdienst; French: service militaire; Italian: servizio militare) in the Swiss Army for all able-bodied male citizens, who are conscripted when they reach the age of majority

Become a woman when you turn 16 and boom, no conscription.

[–]Beardamus 14 points15 points16 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Dang looks like switzerland is gonna be 100% female from age 16 now. That's crazy.

[–]SourceCodee 15 points16 points17 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

You’re misunderstanding

They’re talking about actual conscription, like going to war conscription

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[–]SourceCodee 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

“Switzerland has mandatory military service (German: Militärdienst; French: service militaire; Italian: servizio militare) in the Swiss Army for all able-bodied male citizens, who are conscripted when they reach the age of majority, though women may volunteer for any position.”

[–]RedPillAlphaBigCock 102 points103 points104 points 4 years ago (12 children) | Copy Link

Why ON EARTH can women retire earlier when they are living longer ? It should be the other way around if anything . But to keep it simple : it should be equal

[–]throwaway3569387340 32 points33 points34 points 4 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link

It's so all those female construction workers, fisher"persons", and coal miners don't have to take physical risks into old age.

/s just in case.

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[–]heyyy-kiddo 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

The amount of safe jobs vs the amount of men that need work is really skewed.

Now women need to work too so safe jobs are even less scarce for men.

Also for men your pay affects your status and desirability with women , you can argue that dangerous stuff pays better so some are willing to do it if they get $ .

In the end it's not worth it, but hey $ are $.

[–]GNU_Yorker 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

will more men take advantage of this?

One year of not having to work and paid benefits at an age where it's abundantly clear that our time on this earth is precious and limited? I'd be first in line.

[–]HipEvilMidget 14 points15 points16 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

"Will people change their gender to avoid serving in the military? Probably."

[–]EpicHajsownik 105 points106 points107 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

This is the reason why I approve for a legal gender change with no need for surgery/ psychologist opinion. With it you can actually have equal rights for both genders, and every unequal right will be unworthy, cause you will be able to just change your gender.

No wonder terfs hate this, when men can actually have equal rights with it

[–]Malkor 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

To be "fair" there are a lot of things terfs... dislike...

as women in Switzerland can retire one year earlier than men

Not sure why there's even a difference at all if that's the case. Also, Switzerland is Neutral? Is the training mostly for domestic deployments/disasters?

[–]EpicHajsownik 14 points15 points16 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

it was 2 years before, but they changed it. now its not that bad, but still its a privilege.
I would actually care more about male only conscription, which can be resolved by this

[–]Sperm40mmSprintChamp 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

Also, Switzerland is Neutral? Is the training mostly for domestic deployments/disasters?

Famous quote: Switzerland doesn't have an army, Switzerland is an army.

The country is almost impossible to invade as well (Until about a decade or so ago they had every single road way into the country lined with explosives to cut off a land invasion. They also have at least one, if not dozens, of hangers in mountain faces and no one even knows where they are, so an air invasion would have no clue where the resistance would come from), they stopped giving rifles and uniforms to go home with in 2008 because no one will really fuck with them for a variety for reasons including how hard it is and a ton of countries really like banking with them.

[–]nikooo777 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

they stopped giving rifles and uniforms to go home with in 2008

that's false. I did my service post 2008 and have both.

They stopped issuing pocket ammunition with it, that's it. (you can still buy it privately just fine)

[–]Sperm40mmSprintChamp 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

For what it's worth, I pulled that bit off swissinfo.ch

[–]nikooo777 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I'm surprised they got it wrong. If you link it to me I can try to have them correct it

[–]OldEgalitarianMRA 43 points44 points45 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

Does a male to female transexual have to register for the draft in the US?

[–]EpicHajsownik 46 points47 points48 points 4 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

sadly yes. I doubt that the "progressive" government would allow men to escape their fate even if they transition

[–]Dikki93 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

What about female to male then?

[–]EpicHajsownik 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

doesnt have to register

[–]Throwawayingaccount 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Incorrect.

IT's actually a HUGE pain for anyone who transitions to male over the age of 27, as they're now a man who has NOT registered for selective service, and MOST systems are not equipped to handle that.

[–]Sperm40mmSprintChamp 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It's 26. You have up until your 26th birthday.

[–]regularcomments 25 points26 points27 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I would do the same if my Life expectancy is shorter but society expects I have to work more years.

[–]criolle 23 points24 points25 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

The article mentions that he “paid the fine to become a woman.” I'm waiting for feminists to cite this as P-R-O-O-F that: “It costs more to be female!”

[–]upsidedownbackwards 20 points21 points22 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

“It costs more to be female!”

Maybe they shouldn't be spending so much on being female? Maybe they could chill on the disposable clothing cycle to help with the microplastic situation?

https://www.inc.com/amy-nelson/women-drive-majority-of-consumer-purchasing-its-time-to-meet-their-needs.html

[–]Soft_Leather_Couch 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

No, they’ll say that because he was fined for transitioning to a woman that it’s proof the government hates women and wants to make them illegal and turn them into breeding stock.

Or whatever those mental gymnastic psychos would come up with.

[–]mikesteane 25 points26 points27 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

Are we going to see women identifying as men to benefit from all that male privilege? No? Women must be so honest not to take advantage of such an opportunity. Or maybe said privilege doesn't actually exist.

[–]WhereProgressIsMade 13 points14 points15 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

I’ve heard about a book I think it was titled “Self-made Man”. It was an autobiography from a woman who either transitioned as a man or dressed and tried to act like one. She/he was disappointed the expected male privilege never materialized.

[–]heyyy-kiddo 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

She dressed up as a man. She basically saw how your average dad or middle aged man lives his life with bad and good sides.

[–]bigbird1333 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Exactly, well said

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

The 'male privilege' feminists complain about is biological..

Men are simply taller stronger, more competitive and have more stamina than women.
Most importantly, men don't get pregnant, which takes away productive years from woman's life.

A lot of things that feminists complain, like men dating younger women, earnings gap, more men in political and economically powerful positions, simply comes down to this...

They can never be eliminated. Feminists know it. That's why they are demanding it.
Diverting society's resources into a never ending sinkhole, instead of addressing male issues like gender-biased laws and paternity frauds.
(Coz the latter are correctable. Feminists do not want it. They want subjugation of men)

[–]heyyy-kiddo 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

I'd argue getting pregnant now is a huge benefit on a personal level.

You have zero downsides job wise, you get money to raise the child, it's kind of guaranteed you won't need to strain too much to make a decent living if the guy that knocked you up has at least some assets on his name.

Also you get social credit from the society no matter if the child was raised OK or not.....you popped one out and now you are a "full time mom".

It's a good means to pressure your mate into marriage or in other matters too....it's a servant ownership deed.

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Ya.. True.. But all these benefits mean that you have less income (or you deliberately keep your income low to be eligible to such benefits)..

It will reflects in the gender- pay gap and less women being in higher positions in the companies...

Because being lower in hierarchy benefits women.
Being lower in hierarchy actually harms men.

No wonder, men try to compete and rise through the ranks.
Once we reach the top, these same feminists call it 'patriarchy'.

The reason more men are at the top is because men have no incentive to stay at the bottom.
Women instead can get welfare, or marry a rich guy or get pregnant by a rich guy.

Its not that all women opt for these easy routes, but even if 20-25% do it, you will get a pay-gap, as well as other gaps that feminists cry about.

And its impossible to eliminate. Coz you cannot stop women from being gold-diggers and men from being simps..

That's why I call it never-ending sinkhole.

[–]heyyy-kiddo 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Women have a lot of income streams and better job access anyway.

Also i heard some big firms promote women to higher positions anyway , even if they are on maternity leave for years.

You basically have "work experience" on your CV while you play with Timmy.

AFAIK you also have a secured job on top of it, so job security is assured and implied.

[–]0mnica 19 points20 points21 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I am now a woman, my preferred pronouns are he/him. Respect my authoritay!

[–]GodBirb 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Why tf are there so many countries with older retirement ages for men when it’s a known fact that women live longer??

[–]qtyapa 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Isnt lifespan for men lower than that of women? Even in death they dont stop sucking our blood.

[–]2340859764059860598 16 points17 points18 points 4 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link

I'm happy for this strong and beautiful woman.

[–]iforgotkeyboard 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

more beatuful than 90% of rаdfеm community, that's for sure

[–]jarmbur 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Genius! Nice loophole in the system. One of the silver linings of all the recent identity politics nonsense.

[–]SabrielRaziel 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

LMAO modern problems require modern solutions

[–]Anih1list 13 points14 points15 points 4 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link

Well then, that's a nice way for men to circumvent misandrist laws. All thanks to the LGBT+ movement!

[+]Smuggred -11 points-10 points-9 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

they are giving a bad name to the lgbt, its very depressing

[–]heyyy-kiddo 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

Hey, they started the circus , we might as well use it.

[–]Smuggred -3 points-2 points-1 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

what? so my existance, years of gender disphoria, hormonal changes and everything is just a joke to you?

[–]heyyy-kiddo 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Depends on what basis you did what you did and what for?

I'm sorry if my joke was off putting, but I didn't meant to make light of your struggle.

I generally , personally, don't have anything with trans people , but I can't agree with the fact that you can change your gender.

I reject that ideology that you have the choice to choose in those matters.

You basically were handled a card by nature with your gender written on it, your parents and your genetics.

You can do a lot of medical procedures and look like a fine woman , even be a lovely one, but deep down you are still a man.

It's my philosophical point of view that is also based on biological evidence.

To truly transition into a female you'd need to be reborn , to have your every cell rewired with XX chromosomes.

Even then you encounter the "originality" paradox:Ship of Theseus.

Also to anyone looking to transition i'd recommend them to look into themselves and check first if the reason they don't identify with their current gender is out of hate for themselves or other psychological trauma or problem.

Some men are more feminine and some women are more masculine....it's nothing wrong with it, but wanting to change what you are to look like something you are not from the beginning is not the way to address the problems withing yourself, that's just my opinion.

As long as you are happy whathever flies , but i won't avert my eyes from the truth.

[–]Smuggred -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

you are confusing gender with sex..

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

I wouldnt say thats a joke

What is a joke is how easy it is to change gender and claim to be trans without dysphoria, which i have found to be a strange issue in many LGBT Circles i am part of and pushed away from because of it

Im sure what they mean is the new "transgender" movement of people without dysphoria and mad identity politics, not the small minority of people who have diagnosable dysphoria

[–]Smuggred -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

idk what country you are in but to change your legal gender or claim you are trans you have to go through hell, years of therapy and doctor appointments just to get approved for HRT, let alone have any legal change of gender.. and then you need to be on hrt for 2 years before you can change your legal gender.. you cant just change your gender.

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

We have that alot in our schools here now with "gender self identification" despite not being a fully legal, a pretty poor system if you ask me as its easy to abuse it

There have also been pushes to make laws around gender self id

Its only getting worse as people are trying to push the boundaries of "self identification"

[–]CryingMadGirl 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Thsi is how you beat the system lol

[–]CasualSmurf 48 points49 points50 points 4 years ago* (4 children) | Copy Link

If you identify as woman does your employer start paying you less?

Edit: should have included the /s

[–]40moreyears 32 points33 points34 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Yes. And everyone starts being mean to you and holding you back…🙄

[–]OldEgalitarianMRA 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

And when they look at you all they think of is having sex with you.

[–]heyyy-kiddo 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

This is a perk not a downside....

/s

[+]Anih1list -7 points-6 points-5 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Not even feminists will claim the discrimination is intentional.

[–]the_one_demiurge 12 points13 points14 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

If anything the retirement age for women should be older. They live longer.

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Yeah, from an equity stand point it makes sense

Tbh, id be happy if they lowered male retirement to the same as female retirement rather than raise it for woman

Benificial for men, while being "equal"

[–]the_one_demiurge 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It becomes a cost issue then. It should be set where they want it, but not sex referenced at all.

[–]GreatGrizzly 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

Is there any reason why countries pay retirement to women before men?

Its pretty well established that men live shorter lifespans then women. There for it would make more sense to pay out to men at a younger age.

I see no logical or economical reason to pay out to women sooner other then women being "worth more" than men.

[–]IllustriousPiano7300 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Will people change their gender to avoid serving in the military

Lets see it happening. Prove their bullshit.

If they want equality, it should be both ways.

[–]VictoriaNightingale 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Are you saying that "they" want only men to sevre in the military? I am personally against conscription and stuff like that for everyone.

[–]blechmeister666 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

man (born XY) by the name of Luzerner Zeitung

good article.

luzerner zeitung is a newspaper. zeitung = newspaper, luzern = lucerne

[–]danielm316 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

And some people still say that men are privileged and women are oppressed.

I just can't belive it.

[–]Unable_Ad_1363 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Big dick move

[–]Magical-Hummus 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Godspeed, brother.. I mean sister.

[–]carolinacasper 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I saw a VICE YouTube video that said the North Korean traffic directing girls retirement age is 25.

[–]kyogre_destroyer 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

bro wtf 💀💀

[–]kyogre_destroyer -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

and yes i used emojis downvote me

[–]criolle 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

The article mentions that he “paid the fine to become a woman.” I'm waiting for feminists to cite this as P-R-O-O-F that: “It cost more to be female!”

[–]Aimander 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Wokism need to be eradicated from the surface of this planet

Whatever the cost

[–]fuckmylighterisdead -4 points-3 points-2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Yikes, the moderation is strong on this post. Can’t say shit here except agreeing apparently 🙄 lest you hurt someone’s feelings lmao

[–]heyyy-kiddo 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Idk, unless you broke some threat rules or Reddit ToS you should be able to comment & post here.

You might get down voted , but you should be able to comment.

Are you sure it was not Reddit at it again with their crappy app?

Worst case pm me your comment and post it here too and I'll try to post about the moderation rules in hopes we'd get a look at what exact rule your comment violated.

I probably won't agree with you , but you should be able to express your views in comments as long as you respect sub rules.

[–]fuckmylighterisdead 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Nope they deleted at least 20 other comments off this post, not just mine.

[+]Angry_Waffle1 -17 points-16 points-15 points 4 years ago (48 children) | Copy Link

You... You realize this comes from patriarchy too, right?

Right?

[–]DirtyPartyMan 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

This mantra is becoming the ignorant equivalent of “USA, USA”

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Please, read my answer for the other comment.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (26 children) | Copy Link

The word you're looking for is gynocentrism. Holding women's wellbeing above all, caring more for women's lives than for men's lives and having more empathy towards women than men.

It has nothing to do about "patriarchy" and everything to do with feminism. Just like 80% of murder victims being men, yet the media being hysteric about "violence against women" every time a woman gets murdered. Every single time it's feminists promoting that view, not "patriarchy".

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (10 children) | Copy Link

I don't care more about women than men, I don't have more empathy towards either of them. But as women, it's on us to search solutions for our problems.

I'd like to debate this calmly, I'm not trying to attack you. I just think I'd like to show you our point of view.

To your second paragraph: - Yes, more men than women are killed

But: - How many men are killed by their partners or people close to them? Because this is the case in most murders for women. - It's a fact that men are also mainly killed by other men (but not their partners!).

What we try to say is that when a man is murdered, it's common that it's because of drug stuff, debts, bands, bets or some kind of conflict with someone they don't know.

But the most common reason for a woman to be killed is a controlling partner. Their killers want to control them, or they don't want her to be with anybody else if they break up... Or they're jealous. It begins not letting her go out with a short skirt and ends in a murder when she tries to break up (this actually happened last week).

In the center of this we find the thought that women are inferior, that they are objects owned by them (this can be or not be concious). And this thought affects us in every other aspect of our lives, more or less extremely.

It's not numbers, it's the reasons that matter here.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link

You raise some important points so I'll answer each of them the best I can while providing enough data to make the issue clear but not too much that it'd be overwhelming. I can discuss any of these in more detail further if you wish.

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How many men are killed by their partners or people close to them? Because this is the case in most murders for women.

You realize this is an argument towards men being in greater need of safety in the street and not the other way around, right?

As you said, most murders of women are by close acquaintances and happen in private spaces. When it comes to murder (and also violence in general) in the streets, men are far more likely to be attacked or killed than woman. Which means the "women are afraid to go out" hysteria whenever a woman gets murdered in this context and not a man makes even less sense.

This is also an example of how feminism can hurt women too. All that exaggeration of women's safety and protection and disregard for men's safety and protection (or dismissing men's victimization as their own doing) creates a general view of women as passive elements in their lives and men as active elements. This leads to women not being taken seriously in e.g. social and professional contexts. It ultimately hurts women too, not only men.

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What we try to say is that when a man is murdered, it's common that it's because of drug stuff, debts, bands

No, it absolutely isn't. This is a common feminist myth and form of victim-blaming that unfortunately a lot of people believe, but it couldn't be further from the truth. The vast majority of men being attacked or murdered have no connection with drugs, gangs (I think that's what you meant by bands) and so on.

In fact, while over 60% of violent crime is committed by 1% of the population which are repeat offenders, almost every man (89% of men) will suffer violent crime in their lives. It's more than obvious that 9 in 10 men are not part of those 1% of violent demographic, yet they are still being attacked.

The main reason why men are attacked and killed far more than women is the same reason why it happens to e.g. African Americans (even more so in past decades), and the same reason why e.g. African American victims are also less cared about. The reason is that people have less empathy towards men. Men's lives are valued less than women's and people (both men and women) feel a lot less remorse attacking/harming/killing a man than a woman. Society in general perceives aggression towards men less negatively than aggression towards women.

This is a phenomenon that permeates society as a whole, not just criminals (the latter are a by-product of it). This empathy gap has become so ingrained that even judges give smaller sentences to people who victimize men than people who victimize women.

This applies to both victims and perpetrators btw, female criminals are given lighter sentences than their male counterparts (sometimes it gets to the point that we propose not jailing women entirely).

As I have previously mentioned, the reason for this is the same as for any other group (e.g. African Americans) that suffers violent crime disproportionately: a constant message being delivered that these people are "dangerous" or a threat. When we're consistently told to perceive a given demographic as dangerous, we lose empathy towards that same group. And this always results in more violence towards said groups.

This is not exclusive to the previous examples of men and African Americans but also Muslims after the post 9/11 propaganda and Asians in 2020 when they were perceived as a threat due to Covid. An interesting fact, Donald Trump Jr's Skittles analogy on Muslims was originally from a post against men.

In the case of men this sort of propaganda is only getting more common. We have political parties calling for curfews on men because they're "dangerous to women", feminist books with statements such as "rape is a process through which all men keep all women in fear" being taught at academic level and used as source in police reports, viral posts with hundreds of thousands of likes comparing men to ticks, politicians stating in parliament that "women must assume all men are rapists and all men must take collective responsibility", billboards on the street stating "all men are dangerous" and of course, countless articles in mainstream media (Guardian, Washington Post, etc.) about "male violence" that look very similar to the "black violence" discourse of a few decades ago.

With all that taken into consideration, it's not surprising in the slightest that men are being targeted by violence far more often. Any group subject to the same kind of discourse is.

PART 1

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

It's a fact that men are also mainly killed by other men (but not their partners!).

The empathy gap affects both men and women, both men and women have more empathy towards women than they do towards men (this is consistent with more recent studies btw).

Moreover, the fact that you're inclined to give this answer shows that you are very much affected by the empathy gap. When you think about a victim of violent crime, do you think it matters to them which gender their attacker has? Do you think men will be less afraid going out at night if they're told that their attacker will have the same genitalia?

Sure we can (and should) talk about the reasons why men are more likely to commit violent crime (amongst which are men being more likely to be homeless, victims of violence themselves, being abused and suffer corporal punishment during childhood, etc. but that's a topic too complex for this discussion now). However this argument does exactly nothing towards the reality of violent crime victims and who has to live in fear for their safety. Instead, it completely deflects that discussion into a way to associate the male gender with violence: the very cause of the empathy gap that leads to so many men being victims of violence.

Now, an important factor here: is there any proof of this cause-effect relation, other than the fact that it's been verified in other groups? And yes, there is.

Apart from the previously mentioned studies about society's perception of male and female aggression and victimization, when it comes to its actual effect on men being attacked and killed, we do have the numbers and they show that show that before the 70s murder victims were evenly distributed between genders. It has since grown and gotten to the point that nearly 80% of murder victims are male. The 70s were also the decade where this "man=aggressor", "woman=victim" discourse emerged.

If the cause was organized crime/gang crime then the percentage of male victims would not have decreased, not increased as gang activity was much higher in countries like UK or US during the 80s than now.

If the cause was "patriarchal values" then again the number of male victims would not be lower in an older and therefore more traditional society.

If you want to learn more about the empathy gap and its effects on violence and discrimination both in terms of gender and race I recommend reading this article (unfortunately it's pay-walled here, but Google is your friend).

Of course, this is just touching the topic of violence victimization. The empathy gap has other serious and direct consequences, including men being over 40-50% of victims of domestic violence (70% of one-way domestic violence) and having less than 1% of resources, men being around 50% of rape victims in USA, 80% of which by women and not being recognized either by the CDC researchers studying it or the law, male victims of domestic violence being more likely to be arrested than their aggressors and so on. Only when we eliminate the "man=aggressor, woman=victim" paradigm and the resulting empathy gap can we hope to solve any of the issues above.

If you want to know more about what we can personally do to eliminate this trend, there is a nice comprehensive list made by another Reddit user in this post.

PART 2

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I don't want to give another long answer, especially because I have replied to some parts in my other message and creating 2 debates at the same time would be just stupid haha

What I wanted to comment here is that I have searched the data in the US Department of Justice. For what I've seen, men murders increased A LOT in the 90's, but returned to the previous trend in 2000, so they've stayed quite the same. For women, it's been steadely decreasing (thanks to feminism maybe?).

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

I find your points so interesting, it's ridiculous how we so strongly agree in some points and yet have so different perspectives. I'll try to make my responses easy to read:

  1. Safety in the street

In that paragraph I was talking about how women suffer in private spaces and how their murderers are close to them, not about general murder cases or safety in the streets.

But to reply to your comment on streets, I agree on one point and disagree on the other. I also consider victimization hurts women because it makes them feel more helpless and a passive subject. Fear just makes us less capable. But on the other hand, it's true that women are much more likely to get raped or kidnapped, which are far more common than murders.

Again! I'm not saying violence towards men doesn't matter, but it has a different source and I'd like to talk about it next.

  1. Less empathy towards men

First, thanks for dismissing the gangs thing, I'll keep that in mind.

To sum up your point, you wanted to say that men are perceived as dangerous, and suffer more violence as a result, right?

What a surprise we agree lol

BUT our difference here is that you believe that this stems from feminism and women accusing men, while I think it comes from traditional gender roles.

Historically, men have always suffered more violence. Because they had to be strong, agressive, dominant, and therefore we assume that they are less afraid or can endure violence better. It also makes men more propense to agressive behavior to 'show off' their masculinity. Women, on the other hand, had to be delicate, fragile, innocent, and would get really bad looks if any sign of agressive behavior was present.

Because of this, men suffer more violence. And this isn't a question feminism doesn't take into account. We believe that getting rid of this roles would also make men safer, because they wouldn't have this i-must-be-strong stigma. It's so frustrating to me when men don't realize it's also beneficial for them...

Then why feminism doesn't speak about this that often? On one hand, men tend to overshadow women so many are afraid feminism stops helping women and concentrates in men. On the other hand, we have no problem with you fighting against gender roles on your own, and we actually think it's your fight too in this aspect.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago* (4 children) | Copy Link

In that paragraph I was talking about how women suffer in private spaces and how their murderers are close to them, not about general murder cases or safety in the streets.

Ok that makes sense. I mentioned on the street because that was the original point that had been raised (e.g. the "women can't be safe going out" hysteria after the Sarah Everard case).

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But on the other hand, it's true that women are much more likely to get raped or kidnapped, which are far more common than murders.

That is true, however it's also worth mentioning that violent crime numbers do account for these crimes (but not men who are raped by women unfortunately), and even when kidnapping and sexual crimes are counted as violent crime (which they should) the majority of victims are still men. The gap is smaller than the 3 in 4 that we see in murders though.

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To sum up your point, you wanted to say that men are perceived as dangerous, and suffer more violence as a result, right?

What a surprise we agree lol

BUT our difference here is that you believe that this stems from feminism and women accusing men, while I think it comes from traditional gender roles.

Yes I have noticed the same.

The main point here in my view is that the discourse of picturing a group as a threat and its effect on the empathy gap and violence is verifiable. This is why I made sure to include sources not only referring to men but also minorities such as Muslims or African Americans (or Asians in the first year of the pandemic). The effect of that discourse in violence victimization is a consistent pattern that's visible regardless of the targeted group.

So in this case it's not really a matter of "I think it's this" vs. "I think it's that". There is evidence that this kind of discourse increases violence against a certain group. And there is no evidence of an exception when that group is men (in fact, data shows the opposite).

So the claim that this kind of "man=predator, woman=victim" speech causes the empathy gap and resulting violence is a verifiable one, not just a theoretical one. Sure you could say that "older ideas that men are strong" also contribute to it but that's a much less direct influence as well as more vague and not directly verifiable.

So while I don't want to dismiss your point entirely, I do think there are far more arguments towards eliminating this sort of discourse about men as the best way to solve the issue than any other approach. Not only the solution is far more direct ("stop portraying men as a threat") than the more vague "less traditional roles" answer, its effect on the desired outcome (solving the epidemic of violence against men) is verifiable and measurable.

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Historically, men have always suffered more violence.

That's the important point here, it hasn't always been like this. As I have previously shown murder victims were 50% male before the 70s. They have since grown to almost 80% male.

This is due to 2 things: less tolerance of violence against women (which on its own is a good thing, and you have also mentioned in your other comment) and more tolerance of violence against men.

This is why the data on violence against men clashes so much with the overall trend of violent crime (which has fortunately decreased in the past couple decades), leading to the increase in male victims proportionately.

That being said, to make it clear, I don't think traditional gender roles do not have a part to play in it entirely. I'm pretty sure they do. What I am saying however, is that comparing to such a direct and verifiable effect, focusing on "gender roles" to solve this issue would be like focusing on the guy shooting a longbow while his mate is standing right next to him with a rocket launcher. That rocket launcher has to go, otherwise we're not getting anywhere.

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Because of this, men suffer more violence. And this isn't a question feminism doesn't take into account.

I really disagree with this one. If that were the case, why are feminists the one who promote this "man=aggressor, woman=victim" speech the most?

Why is it that every time you see examples like the one I gave in the previous post, or statements like "teach men not to rape", "men don't know what it's like to live in fear", "male violence" and so on, it always comes from the feminist movement?

Whether it's articles in The Guardian, Vice, Washington Post, The Independent, etc. or quotes like "Under patriarchy, every woman’s son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.", festivals excluding men because "they are dangerous" and campaigns such as this, it's always a feminist or feminist group behind it?

Why is it that every time people are attacked for stating that not all men are violent/predators, feminists are the ones attacking?

Why is it that whenever researchers like Erin Pizzey or Murray Strauss found out that women commit as much domestic violence as men, it was feminists who attacked them?

I am aware that not all feminists do this, the problem is: whenever someone does, it's always a feminist. A movement can't say they are opposing this issue while actively contributing to it. It's similar to USA claiming they're interested in keeping the peace in the Middle-East while being the ones bombing the hell out of it and arming insurgent groups there.

I have nothing against fighting gender roles, quite the opposite: I think it's important. However feminists can't directly and consistently spread an idea that stereotypes men as a threat and claim they are "fighting this paradigm because they're against gender roles". That's like giving a thirsty man poisoned water and then claiming "but I gave him water, I helped".

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For women, it's been steadely decreasing (thanks to feminism maybe?).

Definitely, no doubt here. As I have stated before, more tolerance of violence towards men is one of the reasons for the change. The other is less tolerance of violence towards women, and that one by itself is a good thing. And it happened in great part thanks to the feminist movement. The real problem is that it came bundled with the reduced empathy towards men by having them depicted as a threat to women.

Ideally we should have this increased empathy towards women, but without the reduced empathy towards men.

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

I'll try to reply shortly now and reply to the empathy gap where I think your arguments concentrate.

Fist, you say men are raped and kidnapped too. But I think we're missing a point here. On one hand women do suffer this crimes more. On the other hand, the majority of men victims are children or very young. Women and children have been compared for ages, and seen as inferior and vulnerable in comparison with men.

About the empathy gap, I've said in another message that, according to the Departament of Justice of the United States, that information is false. Men murders haven't decreased, but they haven't increased either (they increased in the 90's but went down afterwards).

About feminism and the agressor-victim mindset. Sexism puts men in power and women under them, as racism puts white people in power over black people. That makes the person in power much more likely to abuse it in the expense of the others. If we combine this with men's higher predisposition to commit violent crimes, we find that most violent crimes against women are commited by men, and by men who are close to them and feel they should belong to them or do what they say.

In addition, when someone who's in power sees his position in power, he often feels attacked. That happens too with BLM, lots of white people feel attacked. Denouncing something problematic and frequent one group does doesn't mean everyone in that group does it. Instead of "they hate men/white people!!!" they thought "I don't do this horrible thing, but I know it's common inside this group and I'll collaborate to solve this problem" it'd be easier.

Any feminist knows everyone can be sexist, and most of us become feminists when we realize we're sexists too. That was my case. I was incredibly sexist when I was young and this movement has made me a lot happier.

Feminism hasn't made men murders increase.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago* (2 children) | Copy Link

On the other hand, the majority of men victims are children or very young.

When it comes to kidnapping, yes (but same applies to female victims). When it comes to rape, no. Far from it. As I have mentioned before, the CDC's 2010-2012 NISVS report found that in each of these years adult men reported being raped at the same rate as adult women or higher, and 80% of the perpetrators (for male victims) are women. Men are far more likely to be raped in adulthood.

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About the empathy gap, I've said in another message that, according to the Departament of Justice of the United States, that information is false. Men murders haven't decreased, but they haven't increased either (they increased in the 90's but went down afterwards).

That isn't false, I have already explained it. Crime rate in general went down a lot in the past few decades. Male violent crime victims were the exception, not decreasing at all (at some point even increasing as you pointed out). The reason why men still suffer violence at such a high rate when nobody else does is the empathy gap. That is also the reason why, verifiably, there was no such gap in violent crime victimization decades ago and men went from 50% to 80% of murder victims in the last few decades.

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About feminism and the agressor-victim mindset. Sexism puts men in power and women under them

That is, by itself, a very sexist generalization, which contributes to the empathy gap. Do you really think a man who is abused by his partner and is arrested instead of her has any "power over her"? Do you think a man raped by a woman (which happens as often as the opposite but isn't recognized by law) has any power over her? Do you really think the group that has less legal rights, is discriminated by both courts (at a 6 times higher rate than African Americans in USA) and education (even though men are already disadvantaged in it) is the one who "has power" just because they have male genitalia? There's a definition for that statement: dogma. This mentality is exactly why so many MRAs see feminism as a cult rather than a movement.

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If we combine this with men's higher predisposition to commit violent crimes

That is another feminist myth. Men do not have a "higher predisposition to commit violent crimes", men are more likely to commit violent crimes for the same reason why African Americans and Latinos are more likely to commit violent crimes: because of social, legal and economic factors that put them at a disadvantage.

The following factors are known to contribute to your likelihood of being a violent criminal:

- Homelessness (which disproportionately affects not only minorities, but also men).

- Being abused as children (which happens mostly at the hands of mothers), something that is even more relevant when it comes to rapists and sex offenders.

- Suffering corporal punishment as children. This has also shown to strongly influence the odds of domestic violence perpetration. Once again, guess which groups are very disproportionately affected by this: ethnic minorities and men.

- Violent crime victimization: violent crime victims (both as children and adults) are more likely to commit violent crime themselves. When 9 in 10 men suffer violent crime during their lives, guess what the result is.

- Substance abuse

- Trust in the law to help them. In other words, when you suffer domestic violence and calling the police is more likely to get you arrested than the abuser, you lose both trust and respect towards the law and are more likely to act on your own and against the law rather than relying on it. As previously stated, this is another issue that affects both men and ethnical minorities.

And that's not even touching the fact that men who are brought to extreme poverty, homelessness, abusive partners, etc. are far less likely to have a program or funding from the government to help them, once again leading to desperate (and criminal) behaviour.

Feminists saying that "men have a predisposition to commit violent crime" is no different from the far-right saying "blacks have a predisposition to commit violent crime". It deliberately ignores the social and institutional factors leading to it and instead places a blanket definition ("violent") on the demographic itself.

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That happens too with BLM, lots of white people feel attacked.

Strange that you mention BLM, where the very same discrimination towards black people that started the movement (police violence and murder) also very disproportionately targets men.

This is one of feminist's biggest flaws, and a shocking one considering the movement calls itself "intersectional". Feminism is so blinded by the dogma of patriarchy theory ("men and white = in power, everyone else = oppressed") that they fail to realize that discrimination affecting men is often the same as the discrimination affecting e.g. African Americans. And most of the time it stems from a negative portrayal of the group as violent or a threat. Socially and legally men as a demographic have a lot more in common with African Americans than women do.

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Denouncing something problematic and frequent one group does doesn't mean everyone in that group does it.

That is twisting my words and examples. There's a difference between "denouncing something problematic" and portraying an entire group in a bad light.

Let me ask you one thing very honestly: Do you really think articles such as "why can't we hate men", political statements like "men should have a curfew because they are dangerous" or "women must assume all men are rapists" and feminist quotes such as "Under patriarchy, every woman’s son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman." do not decrease empathy towards men and increase the rate of violence against men?

And if so, do you believe this also applies to any other group or is it only ok and without consequence when it targets men? Do you also believe portraying black people as violent, rapists or criminals (statistically it makes as much sense as men), portraying Muslims as terrorists, etc. does not reduce empathy and increase violence towards these groups?

[–]Angry_Waffle1 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Hey, this is getting a little long and I have already replied to some things, such as the men's murders actually staying the same (data that I verified).

If you don't think men hold a position of power then it's going to get so long we could be debating for days. Hate towards men isn't implanted in society, and all this women you see saying they hate men on the Internet aren't refering to you, but to men who abuse their power. At least the difference is clear where I live, we have something like men and mEn, to refer to good and bad men and I find it so appropiate.

Also, of course some legal decisions can be a huge mistake, but that's not chosen by all feminists. I know lots of 'feminist' measures I'm against.

Well, I think we won't reach an agreement soon. Thank you for writting, this was really interesting and helped me understand your pov, although I can't agree.

Have a nice day!(

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

such as the men's murders actually staying the same (data that I verified).

I feel like you're just pretending to not understand my words at this point. I have already explained this twice. As I have mentioned before, proportionally they did. That is a fact.

The only reason why they "stayed the same" in absolute numbers is that violent crime in general dropped a lot. However despite that drop, the killing of men was the only one that did not drop. That's because we have less violent criminals in general, however those who are violent criminals feel less remorse attacking or killing men. Something that did not happen before the 70s.

As I also mentioned before, even the law itself punishes you less for victimizing men. As the data I originally provided shows, in UK the killings of men even increased despite the overall drop in violent crime.

All of this is verifiable, not subjective.

You also never answered this question:

Let me ask you one thing very honestly: Do you really think articles such as "why can't we hate men", political statements like "men should have a curfew because they are dangerous" or "women must assume all men are rapists" and feminist quotes such as "Under patriarchy, every woman’s son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman." do not decrease empathy towards men and increase the rate of violence against men?

And if so, do you believe this also applies to any other group or is it only ok and without consequence when it targets men?

As for this:

Hate towards men isn't implanted in society

In all honesty you are free to believe that of course, however if despite all evidence that I've given you of the opposite you still choose to hold on to this view do not be surprised if people don't take you seriously when you claim you "don't have less empathy towards men".

all this women you see saying they hate men on the Internet aren't refering to you, but to men who abuse their power.

You know this is the same argument the alt-right uses, right? "When we say blacks we're talking about the criminals and rioters, not you", "When we say Muslims we're talking about the terrorists and rapists, you're not one of those right?" - The fact is, if you say "men", "blacks" or "Muslims" you are altering public perception of that group and therefore society's empathy towards them. Regardless of what you claim your intentions or "actual targets" are.

If you want to dig more into the subject on your own and about what I'm referring to when I say the empathy gap (and its causes) is verifiable while patriarchy theory is not, I have made a summary with a compilation of sources on the topic in this Egalitarianism post. I didn't have the time to develop on some of these topics in our discussions (such as how men are treated in our society and law being consistent with how women, not men, are treated in a patriarchy) but there it's explained in more detail.

Apart from that there's really not much more I can say on the topic that I haven't already.

[–]VictoriaNightingale -5 points-4 points-3 points 4 years ago (14 children) | Copy Link

How many men get murdered or kidnapped off the street though? Do men have to worry about some creep approaching you at night?

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (13 children) | Copy Link

90% people who are assaulted or murdered on streets are men... This increases to 97% when it comes to workplace fatalities.

I didn't get what are complaining about...

Men don't cry about it, coz its not in our nature...
If women feel unsafe on streets, they can stay at home..

Men feel unsafe too. But we don't have a choice..
Coz if we dont go out and work at night, the world will come to standstill..
Even the electricity that keeps your house warm at night, comes from the power stations where 99% night shift workers are men..

Men don't go out at night to 'have fun'. We do so to feed our families.
If the society doesn't care. Then so be it..
You can avoid having fun at night. Nothing bad will happen to the society.

Wait for the day men start complaining, because they won't just stop the fun activities... A lot of activities will stop. Good luck living in such a society.

[–]VictoriaNightingale -4 points-3 points-2 points 4 years ago (12 children) | Copy Link

My shift ends at fucking 9 pm, often I have to stay until 10. It's basically a night when I go home.

How many of those assaulted men on the street were attacked and killed by women though?

[–]Fearless-File-3625 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

Why does the gender of the perpetrator matter if the crime is same ?

More men are murdered, kidnapped and assaulted on streets than women and so are more at risk of all those things. Gender of the perpetrator doesn't matter.

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

My shift used to end at 2 am..

And the company used to provide night escort to female employees, but guys like us had to fend for ourselves..

My landlord warned me not to carry anything valuable with myself, coz the area isn't very safe at night...

We used to also get that night shift more often, coz it was costly for the company to arrange night escorts (for women)...

Ultimately I left the company and now I earn twice as much with better schedule...
Most male employees left coz of this injustice.

Now they have 90% female staff, and they are hiring men at twice the salary they offered me. But they still don't find men to work for them..

That's what happens when men are treated unfairly..
We dont whine and cry.
We act selfish..

And a society can afford whiny women, but not selfish men.. Remember that..

[–]VictoriaNightingale -3 points-2 points-1 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

No, I won't remember that.

And the company used to provide night escort to female employees, but guys like us had to fend for ourselves..

The majority of men are stronger than majority of women, so while a man have a chance to protect himself against a potential attacker, a woman have much less of a chance.

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

So, gender discrimination is ok when it happens to men?

No man is any stronger than a knife or a gun, than an average woman..

It takes only one bullet to kill either...

You asked a question, and I gave you the facts that men are more likely to be murdered or assaulted on streets...

And you yourself, gave me the reason why. Because men are being discriminated when given 'equal' protection under law.

That's why MRM exists..
Discrimination under law is oppression..

I don't understand why people get so whiny when men demand equal rights and protection under law

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

Did you really suggest that whether you "have to worry at night" or not depends on the gender of whoever attacks you?

Do you honestly think a man doesn't have to worry about being attacked if the attacker shares the same genitalia with him?

Do you also think black people have less reason to worry about being assaulted or murdered, because most of the perpetrators are also black?

Your comment just showed one thing: you never had any interest in helping people feel safe in the street. It's just a concern troll you use to victimize yourself and demonize men. Once the numbers proved you wrong, you immediately showed your true colors.

[–]VictoriaNightingale -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

I don't demonize men or say that men don't have to worry about being attacked.

What I said is that it's riskier for a woman to be attacked by a man than for a man to be attacked by another man.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

Statistically it's not. The majority of victims of attacks in the street are men and the gap is even greater when it comes to murders. I'd say an encounter that gets you killed is one of the riskiest kind.

[–]VictoriaNightingale 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

Statistically it's not.

I'm saying that a woman has less of a chance to successfully protect herself against the physically stronger attacker. It isn't true?

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I'd say an encounter that gets you killed is one of the riskiest kind.

Sexual assault is pretty bad too, I'd say.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

I'm saying that a woman has less of a chance to successfully protect herself against the physically stronger attacker.

I thought these were what feminists called "patriarchal views". So feminists suddenly agree with them when convenient? Do you also believe a physically stronger man should earn more, since he can perform extra tasks at work that women cannot?

It isn't true?

If it were true there wouldn't be far more men being killed then women. Yet there are.

The vast majority of people who will attack you in the street (with whichever purpose, robbery, murder, sexual assault, etc.) do so when they're in a position of advantage over the victim. Either they are are armed or they are in groups or they take you by surprise, etc.

In these conditions the average man is as powerless to do anything as the average woman (as you might realize by crime victim statistics). Even police themselves say that resisting is the worst thing you can do (they've told me that and I'm a man) because it can only draw more violent behaviour towards you instead. Real life is not Hollywood.

So no, unless you are some karate master or you have a gun, you do not "have a fighting chance" regardless of what genitals you have. And if you are some karate master or you have a gun, then your gender doesn't really matter.

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That being said, your original question was "how many men get murdered and kidnapped in the streets". The answer is "far more than women".

Your other question was whether men also have to be afraid at night. And the answer once again is: "yes, more so than women".

[–]IllustriousPiano7300 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Ah the old "Men hold all the positions of power, you did it to yourselves" play.

You realise we dont have one collective mind and arent responsible for the actions of other men. You dumb fuck.

[–]Angry_Waffle1 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Certainly, you don't share a mind with other men. Otherwise you'd have a minimal sense of politeness and respect.

[+]symmetryofzero -16 points-15 points-14 points 4 years ago (16 children) | Copy Link

lol exactly my thoughts. So many dumbass MRAs here. Who made the law men retire a year later than women? It most certainly wasn't women lol

[–]DropkickMorgan 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Internalised misandry

[–]andejoh 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

All FGM is performed by women so I guess it's not a problem after all, right? Right?

[+]symmetryofzero -9 points-8 points-7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Is this meant to be a gotcha??

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

This is a pretty sad and ignorant comment by itself, however it's even sadder considering that just recently there was a proposal for making retirement age equal in Switzerland and feminists went to the street to protest against it.

[+]symmetryofzero -6 points-5 points-4 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

Did you just completely make up the context of that protest?

People were protesting because the age of pension for women was being risen, not protesting because it was being risen equal to men. We should all protest whenever the pension age is risen, regardless of gender. It's the government cutting corners making us work harder.

I can't believe you just pretended that was a feminist issue lol. Literally got me laughing. You know what, I can believe you did that. That's what 99% of this sub is about. Made up scenarios.

[–]TheSpaceDuck[S] 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Ah yes, a nirvana fallacy. What's next, "instead of making the draft gender-neutral why don't we have no draft at all?" Or even better, why don't we just have no wars?

Countries all over Europe (and not only) are raising the retirement age due to the increasing life expectancy (which is higher for women than men btw), yet feminists believe somehow Switzerland will make an exception for men, right? Actually feminists don't believe that, they just claim to. That's why there were no feminist protests against the higher retirement age for men in Switzerland until it was proposed to be made equal.

This is a typical feminist tactic, whenever MRAs call for gender equality (father's rights, ending the male-only draft, support for male domestic violence victims, equal retirement age). To call for an unrealistic solution they know will not be implemented and use it as an excuse for refusing any other solution that would give men equal rights under the law.

Btw Switzerland is not the only country where feminists were the ones protesting against equal retirement age. They've done the same in UK.

If you really are interested in knowing the reason behind such discriminating laws and ideas I recommend you read The Empathy Gap.

If you are interested in the role of the feminist movement in this empathy gap (obviously, apart from depicting men as a threat and women as human and deserving of protection and empathy) as well as directly influencing discrimination against men here is a comprehensive list, and if it's too much to read at once here is a shorter one.

Though judging from your previous replies, I'm guessing you're not actually interested in learning about any of that.

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[–]symmetryofzero -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Haha that's a lot of words to convey message that you're a pseudo intellect.

Countries are not raising the age of the pension because of increased life expentancy. It's purely so you're working and paying taxes as long as humanly possible. It's so gubment can save on money spent on pension and also gain more taxes.

Look, I'm not saying the pension age should be different based on gender. I'm saying don't make women work longer for "equality" - make men work less.

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

You said that 'patriarchy' made the laws in the past.

Feminism is supposed to fight for making laws equal for both genders ..

But, when such modification is proposed, feminists are actually opposing it.

Feminism actively got patriarchal laws (like abortion, FGM) overturned..

But now they are supporting such laws coz they benefit women..

I don't find any evidence where feminists lobbied for lowering men's age of retirement..they only opposed raising that of women.

There are countries where feminists opposed (taxpayer funded feminists) proposed gender neutral laws.

Feminists oppose equal rights for men all the time. You are trying to defend a indefensible point.

[–]symmetryofzero -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Kek.

So women have to fight men's fights too? Where are the men protesting to lower the retirement age?

Women don't owe us shit, mate.

[–]Frosty-Gate-8094 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Feminists are not just women.. There are male feminists too.

Feminists go around gaslighting preteen boys and girls that feminism is a gender-equality movement. (I call it indoctrination of preteen kids)

Now, that the govt is actually proposing gender-neutral laws, why are feminists opposing them?

Feminist don't have to fight for mens rights. But I gave you examples where they actually oppose gender equality..

If they are going to create roadblocks for MRM, then why are so pissed when MRAs take an anti-feminist view?

We are against feminism, coz feminists oppose equal rights for men. As simple as that.

[–]RandomHuman2354 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

Even though men made the laws it was made because they were gynocentric and not all men deserve that because some white knights made laws. Also feminists shouldn't have protested against the laws if they want equality.

[–]symmetryofzero 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Yawn.

Have you got anything factual, or just purely speculating?

[–]RandomHuman2354 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

It's factual lol.

[–]symmetryofzero 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Oh, well if you say so?

[+]Angry_Waffle1 -6 points-5 points-4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Like it's them who said women are too weak to work lol

[–]R67H 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Unpopular opinion: WGAF? Dude's working a known exploit. If Switzerland want's to let this happen, it's their prerogative. If anything, more men do this, maybe they'll reconsider their sexist policies.

[–]aigars2 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I wonder do they include such a misandrist law into their fake wage gap concept.

[–]RedDragon777 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Wtf lmao. Men live shorter lives…

[–]PrinceVirginya 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Giga brain

Forreal though, i wish all countries had am equal retirement age for sex

But instead of raising it for woman, lower it for men to be the same as womans (I dont think i could see any guy complaining about earlier retirement!)

[–]KINGSPAZT1K 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Should be the other way around because we live less and train for war

[–]springy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

His name was Luzerner Zeitung? I doubt it. That's the name of a local german language newspaper in Swiss town of Lucerne.

[–]DutchOnionKnight 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

What a total legend.

[–]bfte2 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Played the system well....

[+]fuckmylighterisdead -6 points-5 points-4 points 4 years ago (15 children) | Copy Link

It’s one year retirement age difference, odd but nothing crazy. They obviously should be equal. If you want to retire ‘early’ just beat the system I guess.

[–]Fearless-File-3625 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago* (14 children) | Copy Link

It is also about the mandatory male only military conscription in Switzerland. This is not much more different than slaves having to earn their enfranchisement.

[–]fuckmylighterisdead -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (13 children) | Copy Link

Yikes. Slaves can’t ‘earn’ anything. That’s kind of the whole fucking point of slavery. Y’all want to be oppressed so bad.

[–]Fearless-File-3625 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (12 children) | Copy Link

Different places had different systems of slavery, in some places slaves were able to legally self purchase "themselves", check Coartación for example.

I don't know what you mean by "want to be oppressed so bad", millions of men have died throughout the history in wars in which they had no say in. Men were drafted in WW1, WW2 and Vietnam that weren't even eligible to vote and Nazis drafted boys as young as 10 years old in WW2.

Mandatory conscription is an evil practice and must be abolished in all shapes and forms. Those who want to protect their country and culture must volunteer to do so.

[–]fuckmylighterisdead -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link

Then purchase yourself out of the draft. Unless you brought that up for a completely irrelevant reason and couldn’t actually find a comparable situation.

The draft is a violation of human rights, no one should be forced into military service. I’m not going to pretend that anything other than toxic masculinity caused the draft. The stereotype of men being the ‘strong protectors’ backfired. Two sides of the same coin.

[–]Fearless-File-3625 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (10 children) | Copy Link

I only brought it up because theoretically a man can transition after turning 16 and avoid the conscription, since it is optional for women in Switzerland.

I don't really care about the origins of conscription. Currently it is the moral responsibility of the society as a whole (including women and everyone else) to get rid of this evil.

[–]fuckmylighterisdead -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (9 children) | Copy Link

Convenient to be able to not care about origins. Never said or implied it was only up to men to fix the draft. Anyways…….

[–]Fearless-File-3625 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link

Don't really have time, patience or need to explain why the term "toxic masculinity" is neither a well defined nor a good term to use. I would rather use the term "societal norms" or something similar than "toxic masculinity" here.

[–]fuckmylighterisdead 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

Good for you. The term you’re looking, and what I’ll continue to use, is toxic masculinity. Use whatever you want.

Also pretty easy to Google the definition of toxic masculinity and see how it would apply accurately here.

[–]Fearless-File-3625 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

As I said, I don't really care what term you or anyone else uses as long as we agree on abolishing mandatory conscription.

[–]Smuggred -5 points-4 points-3 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

another fake transgender to put a good name to all of the real disphoric people

[–]Fearless-File-3625 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Who is a fake transgender and who is a real transgender is not for you to determine. After reading this, any sane person should be more concerned with men not getting basic human rights in Switzerland and not about the authenticity of his transgenderness.

[–]Smuggred -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

he is not transgender.. he is a man who uses "being trans" as a bypass.. these are the type of people who rape women in bathrooms and claim they are trans but haven't even gone to therapy to be diagnosed with gender disphoria

[–]Fearless-File-3625 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

We have no way of knowing if he is a fake trans or someone who was questioning his gender identity and finally decided to convert after learning about these sexist laws in Switzerland. We can't tell if he got diagnosed with gender dysphoria or not, maybe he did or maybe he didn't.

Even if he is fake trans, there is big difference between acting trans to get basic human rights and acting trans to commit heinous crimes. You have no right or evidence to group him in the latter category.

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