Because beating up a man is funny...

golemsheppard · 2014-03-19T22:57:41+00:00

Remember kiddos, domestic violence can only happen to women. You see, women don't have any institutional power, so they can only be the victims.

/s

obeytheanalyst · 2014-03-20T00:22:38+00:00

Agree. I doubt a little girl dressed up similarly with a sign saying "I argued with my husband," would be seen in the same light.

interkosmos · 2014-03-19T23:47:02+00:00

Poor little kid you can see in his face that it was not his idea nor is he having fun

havingread · 2014-03-19T21:07:11+00:00

Yeah, "Spousal Abuse" is about only label that applies here. But for some reason it's funny, as opposed to distasteful.

VortexCortex · 2014-03-20T06:36:55+00:00

Reminds me of myself at that age.

Except the placard would have said, "I argued with my mom", and I'd have been too afraid to wear it since the injuries were real.

In a way I could see how someone could try to win sympathy for men by writing "Over 40% of DV victims are male" on the sign, but even still I don't condone using children for political ends. In addition to leveraging male domestic abuse victims for humor, this reeks of lack of compassion for abused children.

ThePigmanAgain · 2014-03-19T22:46:02+00:00

Bloody charming.

MuzakNinja · 2014-03-19T23:41:20+00:00

This belongs in /r/WTF.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2014-03-20T13:48:29+00:00

Domestic violence culture?

yoshi314 · 2014-03-20T11:30:18+00:00

it's funny to feminists.

avantvernacular · 2014-03-20T15:00:49+00:00

Jesus, this is a child! Have you no humanity at all?

ifisch · 2014-03-20T18:00:37+00:00

We need to pick our battles. It's the abusive laws and court systems that are the problem, not this.

It's hard to care about a man who's allowing himself to be physically abused by someone physically weaker than him.

misgnome · 2014-03-20T14:19:31+00:00

this is sexist on both ends

YeOldeDog · 2014-03-20T04:25:22+00:00

Something like this would have been funny in western society back many decades ago in the 50's. Back when wives were more commonly beaten and rape was impossible in marriage because the law said so. Hence the humour being in the incongruity of a man being beaten in a culture of entrenched machismo where women were more commonly beaten.

Considering the kid looks 'third world' I suspect the same applies in whatever culture he is currently part of. Irony.

asdfgasdfg312 · 2014-03-20T01:35:44+00:00

Isn't this like feeding the trolls a bit to much? I personally believe domestic violence against women is fun to joke about only because angry feminists gets butt hurt.

Space_Ninja · 2014-03-20T01:48:29+00:00

I think that's pretty damn funny. Reality is not funny... jokes are funny.

havingread · 2014-03-19T22:29:23+00:00

Offensive comedy? Shocking. We must do something about this, führer .

Title	Because beating up a man is funny...
Author	mrwhibbley
Upvotes	306
Comments	63
Date	March 19, 2014 8:29 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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