"Men's Centres Badly Needed In Canada, Advocates Say". What are the majority of comments? "Man up"

wanked_in_space · 2013-09-29T17:47:20+00:00

So less men are in university because of the choices they make? But there are less women in STEM because of the patriarchy?

punxpunx54 · 2013-09-29T18:26:56+00:00

What exactly is meant by "man up" in this situation? Retaliate against a woman, that'd almost certainly lead to jail time. Deal with the abuse, that's an absurd thing to say to some one.

I'm guessing what most people mean by "man up" is simply "don't get abused in the first place".

2013-09-29T15:17:29+00:00

Helping prove the point, ironically.

TacticusThrowaway · 2013-09-29T18:45:27+00:00

For the benefit of society, men talking about their concerns and issues would be a good thing. The only problem is, who is leading? Someone like MLK or Ghandi, or someone from the Taliban or Sharia law. That would not be so good.

What the actual fuck? Of all the issues surrounding this, and all the action that needs to be taken to protect all victims, of whatever race and gender and size and shape... this is what we're talking about right now?

It's like saying Germans can't lead anyone because Hitler was a German and a leader. Yes, I brought the Nazis into it. I'm that pissed off. What a bunch of complete nonsense.

junoguten · 2013-09-29T17:56:36+00:00

Not nearly as butthurt as they'll be when I tell them to woman down and listen.

yourotherusername · 2013-09-29T17:46:48+00:00

If I had a men's center it would be called "man up". Think of all the great slogans and sayings. Helping man up. I man up. You man IP. He man up. Homeless guy? You should man up.

Really, I think it would be an awesome way to transform the word.

andreipmbcn · 2013-09-29T21:34:31+00:00

Did you guys notice the slideshow? Between pictures 5 and 40, it was all about vintage posters of women and men in the 1950s, labeled ”sexist ads”. Two of them condone abuse against women (something I know by now no MRA would never do), but others are actually cute depictions of family life, such as ”Don't worry, darling. You didn't burn the beer!” or adverts on how women can look more attractive to men in general or their own husbands in particular. Most of the images that follow the 40th are only about half-naked women and various forms of sexual innuendo; no image past the 4th has any connection with the actual men's rights movement.

Mitschu · 2013-09-30T02:09:25+00:00

HUFFPOST SUPER USER

notatowniegirl

Just reading her comments is making my head pound. Paraphrasing her key arguments, "Women have issues, that's why they get women's centers." + "Men don't need men's centers." = what the fuck else are we supposed to conclude she believes other than "Men don't have issues?"

Which is in itself exactly part of the reason why we need men's centers, because men's issues are otherwise ignored, downplayed, or appropriated, and an attitude of "Well, the absence of evidence means proof of absence. Since nobody talks about male issues, at least without cracking up, they mustn't exist. Just like how in the early part of this century, wife-beating never occurred since nobody talked about it."

For fuck's sake, she compares men needing their own centers to a child crying about not getting to eat ice cream like his female siblings being favored are. Ignoring the attitude of entitlement that expresses, and ignoring historic context, she is still mercilessly mocking men for being men, but at the same time she can't see that men might have male issues - like being fucking mocked, ridiculed, and denigrated simply for being men.

My head is a few seconds away from exploding. Damn it. -_-

Thaffy · 2013-09-29T19:42:00+00:00

Those comments make me sick. There's no arguing with these people. Some femnazi even commented that men want Men's Centers because we are afraid of loosing privelige...

SaigaFan · 2013-09-29T22:42:59+00:00

notatowniegirl had so many "man up" post there Jesus. How invested she seems to be in the sole holder of victemhood status.

RBGolbat · 2013-09-29T19:53:03+00:00

Thankfully, the higher rated comments are all positive.

2013-09-29T21:36:41+00:00

Good god, the comments...

This shit is what my son has to look forward to. :-/

2013-09-30T04:22:13+00:00

Jesus Christ that "notatowniegirl" poster is so horrible.

She said men don't need centers, if they quit doing stupid things their problems will be solved. She has to be a troll. I can't imagine with such a lack of empathy for other human beings who are suffering.

comehitherhitler · 2013-09-29T20:36:49+00:00

I can't blame the commenters. As I've said before, the vast majority of people are immune to feminist views. They still want men to be "men" and women to be "women". And they're on the internet just like us - we who have been hammered over the head with straight-up-and-down b.s. about what men should be and what women should be.

coldacid · 2013-09-29T22:55:05+00:00

Real classy how the slideshow of MR posters is immediately followed by old sexist ads in the same slideshow. Not that I'd expect any different from those commies at HuffPo.

JayBopara · 2013-09-30T01:52:11+00:00

The majority of the comments actually appear to be supportive of mens rights. There's that feminist idiot NotaTownGirl who has written heaps of derogatory comments against men, using the usual feminist rhetoric.

Also note how the huffpo shows past advertisements, as if to align the MHRM with traditional 1950's notions. Which is anything but the truth.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-09-30T17:33:28+00:00

In response to a post pointing out the many ways men are disadvantaged in society:

So what's your solution?

Make men do fewer stupid things, or force women to do more?

So when men face legal discrimination it's because they're stupid and just need to not be stupid.

This is how feminism helps men.

2013-09-29T14:33:54+00:00

Someone submitted this link not too long ago.

2013-09-30T01:07:38+00:00

Go ahead and Man up and go to jail. Sounds like a plan.

bunker_man · 2013-09-30T05:21:34+00:00

"So lemme get this straight. Instead of feminism focusing on getting women to the point where they're on par with men, they need to also get men to the point where they already are?

Well, alright then. No problem. Done. "

Because society has one dimension.

2013-09-30T13:19:34+00:00

As for the decline in post-secondary enrolment, Lepp said there seem to be "economic options" certain young men are pursuing rather than going to college or university. She pointed to the employment boom in British Columbia where it appears male high school graduates with access to fairly well-paying jobs in the construction industry, for example, would pursue that line of work rather than accumulate student debt.

"There is kind of a rationale for this that isn't just simply that boys are falling behind, but I think that one could argue that young men have more job options out of high school than women do out of income-generating capacity."

Just how disconnected from reality are gender studies professors? THIS disconnected.

2013-09-29T22:03:59+00:00

I love that slideshow. Do they not realize how petty those 50's advertisements looks following that?

Title	"Men's Centres Badly Needed In Canada, Advocates Say". What are the majority of comments? "Man up"
Author	nopieopie
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Date	September 29, 2013 2:23 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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