This article is so intellectually dishonest and disingenuous- this sort of thing is why people have a negative perception of the men's rights movement. They actually believe this.

tenchineuro · 2018-06-02T13:06:47+00:00

There's no evidence that he's based on any one man in particular, but he does appear to be representative of some of the most toxic men in the world.

If he existed in real life, Fran Dodd would likely belong to a informal community referred to as "The Manosphere". That term describes spaces — mostly online — that are dedicated to "male issues," often attempting to argue that men's problems in the modern era are a result of the rise of feminism. The communities within the Manosphere range from Reddit's infamous and misogynist "Red Pill" community to the Incel community to the Men Going Their Own Way Movement, a group so interested in "self-ownership" that they refuse to enter any type of relationship with a woman. While Fran Dodd doesn't specifically name-drop any of these groups, it's easy to believe that he's spent several hours on some of the darkest corners of the internet, taking in and repeating the misogynist language that brings him comfort.

The linked articles are mostly from the NYtimes and one from Vice, no doubt hit pieces all.

The intentions of the Manosphere are often associated with the "alt-right," as both groups seem to have the ultimate goal of keeping patriarchal institutions in tact.

The intentions of the manosphere are often incorrectly associated with the alt-right, for no reason at all.

thrway_1000 · 2018-06-02T13:53:02+00:00

Bustle, for when Vice isn't shitty enough.

Archive -- https://archive.is/bIKvn

William__F0ster · 2018-06-02T15:14:35+00:00

If you've never heard of Male Right's Activists (lucky you), then Fran Dodd may seem like an absurd caricature.

Male Right's Activists? Since when?

What are these idiots doing walking round in public calling themselves journalists? Or does journalist have a completely different meaning for millennial to the one it had for me when I was a kid?

Oh, and also - the original article has a link over Male Right's Activists in that sentence which links to this:

Satirical Meninist Video "Men Can Do Better" Illustrates How Silly Meninists Sound When Lamenting the State of Male "Opression"

That article in turn includes this sentence:

The idea that men are somehow oppressed as a gender is pretty laughable. It is true that under patriarchy, men do face certain problems, but they are all traceable back to a system whose main purpose is to oppress women. For instance, men's rights activists frequently point out that fathers are disadvantaged when seeking to get custody of their children, which is true — because our patriarchal system believes that caring for children is a woman's job. In some instances that belief can harm individual men, but as a whole, it is meant to oppress women — and still does in any number of ways.

And in that sentence men's rights activists links to this:

WHAT THE CRAP?!: Men’s Rights Activists Intent on Proving They Are the Absolute Worst

As you can imagine with a title as fair and well-balanced as that one, the article starts like this (my emphasis)

Not content to stew in their own soup of misogynistic feminist-hating rage, men’s rights activists (MRAs) are trying to expand their ranks and draw unsuspecting people to their cause. And in order to get more attention for their woman-hating agenda, they are willing to game, manipulate, and infiltrate social justice movements.

For those not in the know, MRAs are the bottom-feeders of an online community that is already so virulently sexist that any woman who dares speak out in favor of feminism, equality, or social justice is immediately targeted for attacks, including rape threats on social media and offline terrorist threats of mass murder.

There - do you see?

All you soupy misoynists with your bottom-feeding Twitter of mass destruction - you're infiltrating social justice movements.

They're on to you.

You can't beat these guys - they truly are the sharpest tools in the woodshed. / S

Fuck's sake ...

disayle32 · 2018-06-02T20:32:08+00:00

The show used this character to spend half an episode ridiculing the MRM. I can't wait for the episode where an insane feminist makes the entire women's rights movement look like a complete and utter laughingstock!

Razorbladekandyfan · 2018-06-02T22:16:18+00:00

Absolute trash.

msleeduon · 2018-06-02T12:55:14+00:00

What is factually wrong about it?

contexistential · 2018-06-02T13:18:27+00:00

How is it dishonest?

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