Be extreme and unreasonable

gprime · 2010-04-19T17:41:54+00:00

I don't much care for The Spearhead, but the point made here is a decent enough one. I know that as a Freshman in college, at a time before I'd have identified as an MRA (didn't know to), I wrote an article decrying how feminism had morphed from a campaign for equal rights to a tool of oppression in the hands of women like Dworkin. A rather well known feminist blog, which I shant link to here, apparently noticed it and decided to respond. They did not present a coherent counter argument, but instead spewed mounts of vitriol my way, making outright libelous statements about my sexuality and supposed bigotry (since of course all white males, which they just assumed I am, are guilty of that). And the rare time I've seen somebody I know try to make an MRA argument to a woman, it always ends in jokes about his penis and ability to get laid.

ignatiusloyola · 2010-04-19T13:59:12+00:00

Wow what a tool that author is.

rmbarnes · 2010-04-19T12:56:26+00:00

One thing I frequently hear on /mensrights is that we need women on our side, so we shouldn't alienate them. I take issue with this for two reasons:

Although some women may be somewhat sympathetic to our cause, very few will get behind it. If things change, women will lose many privileges that they have, so they really aren't going to get behind men's rights in a big way. How many women would really have custody laws changed to be completely equal? Ask yourselves this. Will women really give up their sole custody rights, even if they think it's unfair to have them?
We don't need to win over women. We really don't. The objective of the men's movement at the moment should be to recruit more men. If we can create a situation where the majority (or even a decent sized minority) of men will stand up to anti male behavior when ever they witness it, then this shit will disappear fast. Imagine if tomorrow 10,000 angry fathers who have been denied access to their kids had a protest march to a family court and once they got there they razed the place to the ground. And they do the same thing the next month. And the next month. Family law will change pretty damn soon. Men have the power to sweep feminism aside, we just need to win over the men.

AnnArchist · 2010-04-19T20:24:31+00:00

Well, it seems to work. It's scared r/feminisms, r/women, r/twox so much that I've managed to be banned from all of them.

I never have gotten a reason for my ban from feminisms. . .

Any /r/feminisms readers want to take up my cause for an answer?

2010-04-19T19:28:16+00:00

Yes, be extreme and unreasonable - because calling for an end to women's suffrage (as many commentators did) is a real-world workable solution to men's problems.

lawl.

Title	Be extreme and unreasonable
Author	rmbarnes
Upvotes	8
Comments	30
Date	April 19, 2010 12:43 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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