Some right-libertarians and conservatives apparently have no problem with this article. Paul Elam seems to have welcomed it, as for once they don't portray him as an outright misogynist. Whoop-dee-do.

Look closer.

This is actually the single most sophisticated hit-piece I've ever seen on the MRM.

"Straight white males," right wing libertarians and even the PUA Roosh thrown in for good measure. I have no problem with any of these groups/people, but it should be recognized that the author is clearly being dishonest in his portrayal of the MRM.

You have to consider the audience. The narrative here is that MRA's are frustrated tradcons who want to maintain their supposed "privilege." Indeed the author can't help but repeatedly refer to privileged "straight white males," even though a cursory perusal of this sub reveals a multitude of non-whites, women, gays, trans etc.

So he's playing to his audience, attempting to subtly confirm their biases. I happen to think that "straight white males" are just as capable of rational thought, sacrifice and empathy as everyone else. But according to the new metrics, we're uniformly privileged, regardless of socio-economic status.

The theory goes something like this: "privileged white straight males are losing their privilege, and are getting angry and looking for a new identity."

This grotesquely simplistic view of history ignores that even those dreaded "straight white males" have been routinely oppressed throughout all of history. The word "Slave" comes from "Slav" -- a bunch of white people, to use one obvious example.

The ACTUAL MRM position, so far as I understand it, is that females have also had unique privileges throughout history, and that feminists are demanding the same privileges of men without the corresponding (often horrible) responsibilities. These apparently minor responsibilities have included fighting and dying in wars at the age of 15.

This isn't just a question of the "pendulum swinging too far"; in fact, feminists have consistently refused to acknowledge (very, very obvious) female privileges in the first place. Incredibly, the feminist movement itself has basically debunked patriarchy theory. Men in power continually bend to the will of feminists while throwing working men under the bus.

I do not believe that "men are the oppressed sex." However, it should be painfully obvious at this point that both men and women have suffered forms of oppression unique to their sex. To say that one is "systemic" and the other is not is downright idiotic, yet a great many sociologists and gender studies "academics" have apparently built their careers around this fallacy.

Feminism is a complete betrayal of the supposed "leftism" that this guy claims to represent. He clearly doesn't give a shit about working class men, whom he bizarrely regards as uniformly "privileged." Indeed, this sort of worldview could only be conceived by a privileged mind; I'm guessing the author had a comfortable upbringing and hasn't once undertaken a serious day's work in his life.

I encourage the author to march into the nearest steel mill and yell that the men working there are "oppressing womenz!" He would be laughed at and thrown into the nearest garbage bin.

The "left" is in shambles.

Thank you feminism.

Article:

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/5/7942623/mens-rights-movement