An MRA advocate came to my other post on MRA and told me that no, Ernst Belfort is not the father of MRA, but Warren Farrell.

Well, I have read the work of Farrell as well.

In his book, he made a lot of mental whims to make rape trivial.

He compares "date rape" with being rejected after paying for a date. (The myth of male power, page 227)

He says that women can say "yes" even when verbally they say "no". Instead of encouraging men to actually ask if the woman wants the intercourse, he suggest that men can't help themselves and that trying to make them accountable for their actions (ignoring a woman's no) is like saying that the man has to be the parent of that woman. (The myth of male power, page 226)

He suggest that making politics to prevent sexual assault in the workplace is making men walk on eggshells. (The myth of male power, page 217)

Also, he says that men can't understand sexual harassment because men see sexual harassment as a compliment (The myth of male power, page 207)

A section in his book is called "Government as substitute husband" (This sound familiar to you?)

Again, Farrell's way of thinking is filled with misogyny (and misandry) and tries to downplay and trivialize any problem women have. Instead of talking about actual male rape victims he prefers to say that men are victims because they have to pay for dates (and somehow feminism is at fault for it) and other dumb arguments.

If he is the actual father of MRA's, then it is not better at all.

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