The Misogyny And Insecurity Of Men's Rights Activism

IvanDagomilov · 2016-09-30T17:43:22+00:00

It's been a long time since I've read anything this deranged. It's a new record.

LeJacquelope · 2016-09-30T18:09:41+00:00

Make a comparison between the posts on feminist pages and the ones on MRA pages anyday. You will easily find out who’s raising genuine issues and who’s promoting hatred.

I agree, to some extent. I mean, it depends on the "pages", some focus on more serious things and some focus on more frivolous things. But if you take the aggregate, then I do agree that it's very easy to tell that in general, the MRM talks about real, concrete issues such as the disparity in prison sentencing, infant genital mutilation, bias in divorce and custody proceedings, etc, and feminists' big talking points are largely divisive nonsense like manspreading or manipulative misrepresentations such as the wage gap...

...wait, that's not the conclusion she wanted me to come to, is it?

MRAs confuse the term ‘equality’ with ‘similarity’, and say that men and women can never be equal since they are biologically different. They accuse feminists of having moral bias. They need to be told that feminism doesn’t give women the privilege card to get away with their crimes, unlike patriarchy that lets a rapist go with an easy 3 months imprisonment because anything more than that would be “too much”.

That's more than a lot of female rapists get. But she is right, it's not necessarily feminism that gives women the privilege to get away with their crimes, people are generally wired to be more pro-female, that's not feminism's doing - but feminism certainly is helping it with their constant push to absolve women of all responsibility and even suggesting getting rid of prison for women.

fengpi · 2016-09-30T23:01:32+00:00

They fail to understand that claiming your rights doesn’t mean marginalisation and taking away of the rights of the other group.

Right, so demanding women-only spaces while demanding the forcible-integration of men-only spaces is merely claiming one's rights rather than demanding greater freedom of association. So demanding that men in the dock for crimes against women not be presumed innocent (because victims never lie and never make mistakes) is merely claiming one's rights rather than demanding that men's rights to due process be reduced. So demanding that criticisms of feminist theory be banned as "hate speech" while public readings of Mary Daly wherein she echoes Der Sturmer-like propaganda against men should be allowed unabated is merely claiming one's rights rather than claiming special dispensation, etc.

"Equal rights"? How quaint. Feminism pushed that old-fashioned pendulum way past its center point and is now welding it against the far wall.

2016-09-30T17:49:40+00:00

Wow...

I think some of my braincells commited sepuku reading that.

Are people out there really that fucking deluded?

This isn't normal stupidity.

This is ADVANCED stupidity.

Rasalom72 · 2016-09-30T17:50:27+00:00

lol.. scroll to the bottom for all the background you need on the author..

"She is currently pursuing her masters in Gender Studies. She likes to read, write, and dismantle patriarchy." I rofled...

Of course she is. Because of the patriarchy, she can study useless crap like gender studies and not be labeled a parasite (by most of society). I LONG for the day when there is no patriarchy to protect these women...

I will enjoy watching the world burn.

JestyerAverageJoe · 2016-09-30T21:03:14+00:00

I hadn't heard of the "Mens rights association of America" before. If you check it out on Facebook... it's a feminism page. Lots of pictures of "women are beautiful even if massively obese". And a comment saying that the "hate page" of the same name was banned from facebook.

Wow...

trampson · 2016-10-01T00:43:16+00:00

There is no denying the fact that patriarchy affects men too.

One sentence in, and I'm out.

Let's check this woman's credentials...

Hira Naaz is a graduate in English Literature from Delhi University. She is currently pursuing her masters in Gender Studies. She likes to read, write, and dismantle patriarchy.

I'm starting to wonder if these degrees could be designated as child abuse.

roharareddit · 2016-09-30T23:34:15+00:00

Standard feminist operating procedure. Lie. Make it a big lie and keep on telling it till enough stupid and or ill informed people believe it.

MagicTampon · 2016-10-01T14:31:48+00:00

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Lupinfujiko · 2016-09-30T22:26:04+00:00

The comments in this thread make me happy, and finally restore some of my faith in humanity.

SRSLovesGawker · 2016-10-01T15:31:21+00:00

The timing of this is interesting, given the movie that's coming soon.

Faryshta · 2016-10-01T01:08:49+00:00

clickbait, please use archive.is and submit it again

bbshabob · 2016-09-30T18:33:19+00:00

It's interesting how MR activism back in the 1800 used to be about oppressing women and now it's about gaining equality for men

where as Feminism used to about womens liberation and now it's about oppressing men

Title	The Misogyny And Insecurity Of Men's Rights Activism
Author	JestyerAverageJoe
Upvotes	16
Comments	27
Date	September 30, 2016 5:23 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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