(sorry for wall of text) Seattleite here. As it is now I'm at an art event with my special someone, and I've taken to talking to people I don't normally for sake of perspectives I don't normally get. Eg. The elderly, random people I don't think are copies my self, feminists even. I've taken several GWSS classes in college and since being a member of this sub, I thought I'd talk to a feminist to reassure my self that the MRAs are just a bit on edge, though they make some good points now and again. Feminists cant really be that bad nowadays. Unfortunately, I've been taken away from that mind set tonight.

Talking with woman who was venting with me about life and living after the usual ' what do you do for a livings' are done she started talking me how she is upset that women have limited access to reproductive care in many southern states. I agreed with her, because it's true. Here's where it went from boring conversation to where I was scared for my safety. She offered a solution to the problem, she started arguing the problem was men being controlling pricks saying that the only thing they'll listen to is castration. I was shocked into silence thinking I had heard wrong. Then she started offering further examples of how the solution is to just start cutting off penises, that's the only way men listen. Here's the deal, I know there are shit people in the world, that's life. But what scared me was that the other people in our circle of conversation (all nodded their heads). I didn't know what to say so I just blurted sharply "you are offensive and violent" and turned and fast walked away. As I left I heard laughter and "don't be so sensitive"

Don't kid your self MRAs. Their language is real. And what's scary is that it's condoned. No one spoke out against her. No one. Instead they laughed at me.