[Huffingpost Living Canada]Why the Men's Rights Movement Is Garbage. This "article" was gaining traction on my Facebook Feed.

pnw_diver · 2015-07-08T01:43:28+00:00

This woman is an imbecile. Her piece, regardless of her actual thoughts, or lack thereof, is written at the level of a 10th grade internet forum rant and is about as valuable. The only reason it was published is because the publisher is Huffington Post, where all a woman needs to do to get published is claim to be a feminist (check), use the word "misogyny" at least once (check), and then everything else can be comprised of the woman making fart noises with her armpit (check).

I particularly like her statement that misandry is "not a real thing". Perhaps she needs to go hang out with Mary Daly, Boston University Professor, and hear all about how the population of men should be "reduced" to 10% of the human race and "species responsibility should be returned to women". They would certainly be safe from triggers having this discussion because Daly won't allow male students in her classroom.

Perhaps she needs to hang around with Twitter Asshole Samantha Lee Stewart, who is publicly tweeting that all men accused of rape should be castrated without question, and other even more odious statements.

I wonder how Huffington Post would react to an author somewhere claiming that misogyny is "not a real thing".

And then one of her big complaints against us ... how precious: there is a public awareness campaign discouraging women from making false rape allegations. How hideous, really.

Look: when you read the internet equivalent of crude pub restroom wall graffiti (Huffington Post Women, in a nutshell) you need to have really just no expectations at all.

If this latest scrawling of the word "fuck" across the Huffpost toilet seat has you pissed, or offended, you can take comfort in the certain knowledge that the only reason it was published is because it was written by a woman, anyway. It's probably the best the dubious "author" could manage. And she's not doing marvels for raising expectations of women.

And what does it really mean, this vacuous rant, yet another, about Mens' Rights, from a deranged feminist harridan?

It means they're frightened by us. They're terrified of empowered men. They're terrified of losing control of the gender wars. They're terrified by people who won't just nod and smile and repeat back to them what they say for fear of being publicly smeared, or shamed, otherwise.

izomo · 2015-07-08T02:58:50+00:00

it's it ironic that feminists keep saying that men aren't systemically oppressed while systemically telling them to shut up?

SupremeAuthority · 2015-07-08T02:37:39+00:00

Stop direct linking god damn it.

https://archive.is/LXP9Z

CountVonVague · 2015-07-08T04:21:22+00:00

Patriarchy theory is such nonsense. This article is a good example as to why.

Problems the world face are deeper than "patriarchy!" If you have such a one track mind, then you are going to miss the real solutions that can be made to help.

If your problem is that there's water spots all over your floor and you think it's your dog peeing. When in actuality your pipes are leaking, locking the dog outside isn't going to be the solution to your problem. The problem is still there, but you keep insisting it's your dog peeing. You refuse to accept any other possibility. It's stupid.

You can send your dog to classes, punish him, get rid of him, but the problem will persist regardless of your efforts. Because you're addressing the wrong thing completely. You can't solve a problem when you are fighting the wrong cause.

They think every problem, no matter how nuanced, is the fault of the same thing. Patriarchy. What's the solution then? "End patriarchy!" Every problem is the cause of patriarchy, so if there are any problems at all it'll prove patriarchy is still there. It's perpetual. It's good for feminism that people buy this "patriarchy" scapegoat, but it's bad for real equality and real progress.

We can't get to real solutions to very real problems when all other possible causes to our problems in society are discounted and they force the "patriarchy!" line on everyone. They refuse to consider [or admit] there could be any other reason for the problems in society.

It's fun that she ignored issues MRM address that can't possibly be misconstrued as a class or racial issue. For example, genital mutilation.

There's no other reason than sex that it continue to be allowed. Since none of the arguments for MGM would allow lesser or comparable forms of FGM to be legalized. Despite the fact the same justifications are used for FGM in the countries where it's normalized. There is no other reason that we continue to allow it in society other than not caring about boys' right to bodily integrity.

Conscription is another one. There's no other reason that it's still there (or still gendered) other than the fact it only affects men. But, hey, "patriarchy hurts men too!" And since feminism is going to "end the patriarchy" all by itself in ways that they never seen to speak about, we don't have to worry. I'm sure it's just a few days away from being dismantled.

augustfell · 2015-07-08T02:52:38+00:00

The more popular the opinion, the less intellectually rigorous it has to be. And hating on MRA is pretty damn popular.

tygertiger · 2015-07-08T03:56:19+00:00

Puffpo. What else do you expect?

jimmybrite · 2015-07-08T10:33:19+00:00

Wow, she even has a patreon worth 500$+ a month. sickening.

She's also published in Washington Post, Vice, The Daily Dot and The Toast, no surprise here.

I want free money for writing hate speech too!

CountVonVague · 2015-07-08T07:24:14+00:00

lawl this is Such obvious Bait, the author's ONLY TWO source links take you to WeHuntedTheMammoth. Read those two articles to get a better idea of how bonkers and out of touch this Ms.Theriault is. in fact... LOL!! This article is over a year old, march '14, pfff i'm not even mad lol, almost every claim is BS and i know that. Every one of the author's gripes with the MRM are being addressed and this isn't even a knowledgeable article, just a piece of clickbait.

AugmentedFury · 2015-07-08T06:55:25+00:00

Anne Theriault Feminist blogger

Lol...Pass.

James32015 · 2015-07-08T14:22:16+00:00

I know very few MRA'S that claim that mens issues are CAUSED by feminism. What they do take issue with is how hostile feminists become when mens issues are discussed at all

Generic-username427 · 2015-07-08T15:48:47+00:00

"MRAs believe that feminists are to blame for basically everything that's wrong with their lives. The Men's Rights Movement is a reactionary movement created specifically to counter feminism, and most (if not all) of their time and resources go towards silencing and marginalizing women"

If you swap the usage of MRA and feminists (as well as men and women) in this paragraph you basically get a tumblr feminist

mammothleafblower · 2015-07-08T16:23:00+00:00

I stopped reading at the point she said "Let's not pretend that all opinions are created equal". Unbelievable arrogance for ANYONE to think their opinion is more important than someone else's.

Lipophobicity · 2015-07-08T11:30:17+00:00

"The problem is that none of these things are caused by feminism, or equal rights for women"

I'm glad she at least sees that these are currently two different things

Keiichi81 · 2015-07-08T12:46:39+00:00

Not only is it Huffington Post, but it's Canadian Huffington Post. It's no surprise that it's dripping with SJW slant.

salacio · 2015-07-08T16:00:28+00:00

>cishet

Instantly dropped.

90blacktsiawd · 2015-07-09T17:57:00+00:00

The author of that piece comes off as nothing but an ignorant, self entitled brat who stops her feet while screaming about "It's not fair I want it my way and I want it right now!"

She really sets a poor example of the human race and what we can be capable of.

inspiringpornstar · 2015-07-08T12:20:14+00:00

Article written by? A feminist blogger. What is your group really doing? Apparently belittling men, so that just makes her a hypocrite

Title	[Huffingpost Living Canada]Why the Men's Rights Movement Is Garbage. This "article" was gaining traction on my Facebook Feed.
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Date	July 8, 2015 1:12 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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