Aren't we just asking for the same equality that feminists asked for years ago?

Kuonji · 2011-10-14T16:30:37+00:00

Well, when was the last time feminism, as a political force, worked to remove notable female advantages in the name of equality?

It would take a seriously deluded individual to claim that women have zero advantages in life compared with men. Just as though it would be just as absurd to claim that men have zero advantages compared to women.

So when was the last time feminism fought to either remove these advantages that women have, or build-up these areas for men? Because that is equality.

My observations have only been about feminism working to remove disadvantages that women face. That is not equality.

theozoph · 2011-10-15T15:39:34+00:00

No--we're asking for the same equality that Susan B. Anthony asked for years ago: Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Feminism was a post-May-'68 Marxist utopian ideal where women were seen as the panacea that could cure the entire world's (patriarchal) ills. MRAs aren't stupid enough to believe that sort of claptrap.

Demonspawn · 2011-10-14T16:19:32+00:00

This post is based off the incorrect assumption that feminists were asking for equality. They were not. Feminists advocated for equal rights, and equal rights alone is not equality.

millertime73 · 2011-10-14T18:57:56+00:00

Feminists never wanted equality, they wanted special rights and privileges. They wanted to cherry pick equality when and where it suited them, but keep the traditional benefits of being a woman and twist their hair into pigtails when that suited them better. Most MRA's aren't looking to define themselves in any way based on early feminism.

barbadosslim · 2011-10-14T19:03:35+00:00

Sometimes, but a lot of the time r/MR is just a place to vent against women in general.

AnnArchist · 2011-10-14T20:56:14+00:00

Not when you advocate for violent shooters, who were originally violent husbands, that already had 50/50 visitation.

rpaggio · 2011-10-14T17:52:59+00:00

Yeah. It really sucks not being able to vote, have a job, etc.

againstmensrights · 2011-10-14T17:54:19+00:00

If you were, then we'd be allies.

I encourage you to move in that direction. The whole transphobic/white-rights/ultra-reactionary wing of the MRM needs to be shut down. Now.

thingsarebad · 2011-10-14T16:58:48+00:00

What the hell is wrong with you?

Title	Aren't we just asking for the same equality that feminists asked for years ago?
Author	AnnArchist
Upvotes	22
Comments	66
Date	October 14, 2011 3:55 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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