Do you remember when a university student tried to make a group for mens wellbeing on his campus and ended up being shouted down by womens group on campus saying "it made them feel unsafe" ???

bigdtbone · 2020-12-08T00:09:06+00:00

We really need to work on teaching our kids the difference between “feeling unsafe,” and “being unsafe.”

2020-12-08T01:01:24+00:00

ask a feminist about men's issues and watch their true colors show

mhandanna · 2020-12-08T01:09:59+00:00

Theres loads of examples of this. Good example of feminism playing to gender roles when it suits.... ohh us poor women we must be protected... an another example of toxic feminism (don't get butthurt toxic feminism isn't all feminism blah blah learn what adjectives are blah blah)

One happened in Oxford or Cambridge.

Heres a great thread many more examples:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskTheMRAs/comments/gi78u5/do_you_experience_hostility_when_trying_to_raise/

maybe add that one to the list

also the funny (well fucked up) one is the feminist blocking the mens group that was set up by a bunch of men and women saying they can do it under feminism group.... but then feminism group saying fuck off were not here to talk about mens issues we're feminism and to expect us to do so is unfair... but don't set up your mens group yeah ok

11.4 How do some feminists reinforce aspects of gender traditionalism?

One of the biggest issues in feminism is “violence against women”. There are countless campaigns to end it or saying it’s “too common”, and feminist celebrity Emma Watson says “[i]t’s sad that we live in a society where women don’t feel safe”. But, as explained previously, women aren’t doing any worse in terms of violence victimization. In that context, the implication of this rhetoric is that women’s safety is more important than men’s. This clearly plays to traditionalist notions of chivalry that here help women.

(Women do feel less safe. From a 2011 article, “[w]omen fear crime at much higher levels than men, despite women being less likely to be crime victims”. But actual chance of victimization is more important than fear. Otherwise a middle class white person is worse off than a poor black person who’s probably less sheltered/fearful.)

Also, one frequently touted benefit of feminism for men is that it frees them from their gender roles like the stigma of crying. However, one go-to method for mocking or attacking men is to label them cry-babies, whiners, complainers, or man-children, labels that clearly have roots in shaming of male weakness and gender role non-compliance. This is evident in a common feminist “male tears” meme, which originatedwith the goal of making fun “of men who whine about how oppressed they are, how hard life is for them, while they still are privileged”. It’s been used by feminists Amanda Marcotte, Jessica Valenti (first picture), and Chelsea G. Summers (second picture).

MIT professor Scott Aaronson opened up on his blog about the psychological troubles he experienced after internalizing negative attitudes about male sexuality, which partly came from the portrayed connection between men and sexual assault in feminist literature and campaigns. He was clear he was still “97% on board” with feminism. Amanda Marcotte responded with an article called “MIT professor explains: The real oppression is having to learn to talk to women”, which included a “cry-baby” picture at the top. Another “cry-baby” attack comes from an article on the feminist gaming website The Mary Sue.

Also :

It’s commonly believed (or just assumed) that violence against women is more common or worse than violence against men, even though the actual statistics do not support that (Non-Feminist FAQ). Here I examine some of the ways that people talk about gender and violence that have the effect of downplaying or side-stepping violence against men and contributing to that misconception.

Six Methods:

Only talk about violence against women. Ignore and conspicuously avoid mentioning violence against men or comparing the two.
Focus on fear of violence rather than actual likelihood of facing violence.
Focus on the sub-types of violence that affect women more.
Assume that women suffer violence because of their gender, while men suffer violence for other reasons.
Only count cross-gender violence.
Victim-blame. Make assumptions and use stereotypes to portray male victims as less sympathy-worthy, or not really victims at all.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE

https://becauseits2015.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/methods-for-downplaying-or-side-stepping-violence-against-men/

Leinadro · 2020-12-08T01:15:48+00:00

Not only that but in the end the school ended up changing the rules on student organization specifically to limit/prevent men's organizations from forming at the school.

Skirt_Douglas · 2020-12-08T02:19:45+00:00

So is feeling unsafe about the feminist collective a valid reason to have it shut down too?

chris3212 · 2020-12-08T03:19:03+00:00

I think so much of this is exacerbated by social media. It gives a voice to such crazy ideas and a platform to spread them. I honestly think it does more harm than good.

bananachipking · 2020-12-08T06:39:46+00:00

Why the hell should we care if they feel unsafe if they are just imagining it anyway?

e874yn094eyhu90 · 2020-12-08T07:40:30+00:00

"I want all the same Rights women have!"

"THAT MAYKS MEE SCURRED HE"Z GUNNA RAYP MEEE REEEE!!! PAY TREE ARE KEY!!"

..the actual fuck?

storm_hazard · 2020-12-07T21:59:21+00:00

Hey man, no. Woman are still more opressed than men have ever been. Please take a look at yourself. Thanks man. Love from your brother

2020-12-10T00:35:44+00:00

I remember something like that WAY back in 2012 or something. Where “big red” came to become a meme.

Hopefully she chilled out since then, but god damn is shit like that a blow for the left.