New subreddit for gender issues

somethingyo · 2014-12-28T05:41:56+00:00

http://np.reddit.com/r/egalitarianism

Here's why continuing to use the word feminism is not the best choice.

It automatically creates a bias for women through the name itself. And you can say that you're trying to purify that name, but no matter what you do it will still remain. By replacing it entirely with egalitarianism, you can force people to actually think about other groups instead of tunnel-visioning themselves for just women. And that's important because some "feminists" are disregarding men's rights in the name of women's rights.

I'd rather you abandon the concept feminism entirely.

Thepaladinofchaos · 2014-12-28T05:01:04+00:00

I feel like I'm in /r/Android

Because of all the fragmentation

atheist4thecause · 2014-12-28T04:42:41+00:00

I do have an objection to using the term feminism, which comes from a word that means "woman", but that's not enough to scare me away, especially because it's semantic. I'll sub, especially because I've been unhappy with the moderating/censorship in many places, and you seem to be trying to keep the discussion open by limiting the amount of censorship.

somethingyo · 2014-12-28T05:38:58+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/egalitarianism

Here's why continuing to use the word feminism is not the best choice.

It automatically creates a bias for women through the name itself. And you can say that you're trying to purify that name, but no matter what you do it will still remain. By replacing it entirely with egalitarianism, you can force people to actually think about other groups instead of tunnel-visioning themselves for just women. And that's important because some "feminists" are disregarding men's rights in the name of women's rights.

I'd rather you abandon the concept feminism entirely.

rg57 · 2014-12-28T08:03:07+00:00

"feminism is being used because it was once associated with equality of genders"

I think you'll find that's not actually true. Look beyond the slogan.

Qapiojg · 2014-12-28T10:30:23+00:00

"Rebooting" feminism solves nothing if the name remains gendered. The gendered name is the reason why feminism only targets women's issues, keeping the name gendered will only continue it.

Cassius666 · 2014-12-28T12:00:20+00:00

I would even drop the reloaded merely because it sets us apart from other feminists and makes us a target. Adress whatever you want to address as a feminist. College Kangoroo courts, the rape culture lie, the lack of shelter for men. Sexism in scholarships etc. and so on.

Remember it were feminists whom said we do not need our own movement, so lets all become feminists.

DavidByron2 · 2014-12-29T18:18:15+00:00

Wow it seems like entire weeks since the last time someone tried this again.

It wont work because feminists never turn up unless they have total control of the environment -- and if they do nobody else can turn up because they ban them.

MRSPArchiver · 2014-12-28T04:25:42+00:00

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soulslawter · 2014-12-28T04:31:07+00:00

Subbed

nicemod · 2014-12-28T05:43:12+00:00

It's not against our rules to announce a new, relevant subreddit.

It might be useful if you actually linked to it, though. :)

Cassius666 · 2014-12-28T11:56:07+00:00

I feel we should take over that label. Its established in the political and academic spectrum, we just need to take it over and use it. After all feminists themselves insisted mens rights activists should fight for mens issues as feminists.

So why dont we? It would make things easier.

DavidByron2 · 2014-12-29T18:18:49+00:00

it was once associated with equality of genders

When precisely?

Direclaw777 · 2014-12-28T04:40:41+00:00

Could you guys also tell me some good locations where people could be interested? I'm banned from the main feminists subeditors (for disagreeing I guess, who knows), and I didn't found many places to find people interested in this kind of discussion.

MRM was the closest thing to feminism I could find (yes, the irony is huge)

SigmundFloyd76 · 2014-12-28T05:28:50+00:00

I'm cool as long as Keanu is current with the issues and doesn't pander too much to the feminazi's.

Title	New subreddit for gender issues
Author	Direclaw777
Upvotes	0
Comments	77
Date	December 28, 2014 4:25 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/mensrights/comments/2qlaz1/new-subreddit-for-gender-issues/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/new-subreddit-for-gender-issues.1624279 https://theredarchive.com/post/1624279

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