What is the current role and view of trans men in the Men's Rights Movement and how is that different from cis men?

EvilPundit · 2015-10-04T09:55:30+00:00

The men's rights movement stands for the rights of all men, whether trans, gay or straight.

The role of any man - or woman - in the movement is to contribute whatever that person considera to be appropriate.

Hesitant_Observer · 2015-10-04T11:46:37+00:00

Is there a reason trans men should be treated differently than cis men? Are they not both men? your role is whatever you want it to be. whether you want to go your own way, try to pick up chicks, or help campaign for the legal rights for men. You have no role other than the one you decide to make for yourself.

TDOM · 2015-10-04T22:22:45+00:00

Men are men are men in the MRM. Many of us will differ in our backgrounds and identities, but we all have one thing in common. We are men. As such we all have many common issues and those are the issues that the MRM focuses on. Does that mean that we don't care about other issues faced by men? No. It just means that we are first and foremost men. After which we may be Black, White, gay, straight, trans, etc. Unlike feminists who break down women into a variety of groups based on intersectional oppression, in the MRM we face our issues together as men. It is our goal to unite, not divide.

DevilishRogue · 2015-10-04T21:09:27+00:00

The MRM doesn't differentiate between trans and non trans.

Lethn · 2015-10-04T09:46:50+00:00

Well for starters it would be nice if you didn't use feminist terminology and rhetoric when discussing heterosexual ( I'm sure there's a better word but that's all I can think of right now ) men because cisgender is just an idiotic made up term insecure people have made up to feel good about themselves and go after others.

Aside from that though I doubt many here including myself would really give a fuck if transexual men got involved, to each their own. Even though Mens Rights is a group that focuses on men it is a genuine equality movement and tries to involve everybody rather than exclude them if they don't pander to the overall narrative.

oshout · 2015-10-04T18:57:27+00:00

This question is asked once a week, it seems.

purpleblossom · 2015-10-04T10:49:43+00:00

I don't know about you, and I admit, my sample size is small, but I haven't yet met a trans-man who wasn't a raging asshole.

I'm so fucking sorry I misgendered you. The fact that you're a short, dumpy, non-passing looking ex-woman who chose an ethnic name that's not obviously male to most people, coupled by the fact that your profile pic is the size of a postage stamp - led to a LEGITIMATE ERROR.

But whatever you do, don't accept an apology or anything - carry on ranting about dead-naming and mis-gendering and so forth and carry on about politics worse than any goddamn feminist. Be the worst of both sides - mouthy and political like a feminist, with the smug aggression of a man.

I realize that there may very well be decent transmen, but I'm on my guard. If you're still clinging to the ability to stand up there and act like a feminist ranter - I'm going to consider you as clinging to your female privilege and old habits and walk.

And I'm gonna break it to you: men aren't nicey-nicey politically correcty. We joke to each other saying "don't be such a raging dick" and so forth, so if you start crying for a moderator because you hear a word like "tranny", you're not acting and thinking like a man.

And that's why most of them hang around in their little "Assigned Male" trans-kingdom hugboxes and say fuck you to both men and women. Remember "the wheels on the bus say kill all cis-, right?"

DougDante · 2015-10-05T01:04:39+00:00

Anti-male discrimination experienced more by trans-women than trans-men.

purpleblossom · 2015-10-05T15:29:59+00:00

cis is a slur term, please don't use it

Title	What is the current role and view of trans men in the Men's Rights Movement and how is that different from cis men?
Author	purpleblossom
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Comments	22
Date	October 4, 2015 9:34 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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