FAQ 6: the logo

StoicRomance · 2009-01-15T16:06:19+00:00

Discussed here is the regular portrayal of men as lazy, stupid, selfish, and abusive. Discussed here is the regular portrayal of women as benign, loving, caring, and incapable of violence. Discussed here is the regular sentencing of females to much shorter sentences than males for domestic violence, sexual violence, and homicides.

Can I just please suggest that whatever the logo is to be, that one there is taken down?

I don't mean for this to be a put down or a critique or what have you, but this exactly what we are purporting to be against. We are not rising above with this current logo.

Yes I understand it is supposed to be ironic or sardonic or some other -ic, but it comes off just...ick. Its the wrong way to go about our cause and its the wrong message right off the bat. It sets the wrong tone and perpetuates the culture war we just would rather see disappear.

So if this post gets deleted or I get banned, so be it. But if this logo is what we are about, or if another is voted in that is in the same vein, I doubt this subreddit will stay on my subscription list.

Tracts of feminism have become mired in a man-hating campaign, but you cant fight fire with fire. That just makes the fire bigger.

dezmodium · 2009-01-16T06:39:55+00:00

Here is my (first) submission.

dezmodium · 2009-01-15T16:10:44+00:00

I have no artistic talent whatsoever but how about an obviously male reddit alien (maybe with a flannel shirt and jeans and boots and stubble) holding hands with a child reddit alien. Seems like the biggest fight for men's rights is the right of fathers, therefore it would be appropriate (and less offensive to the squeamish types).

mjsolaro · 2009-01-15T16:52:04+00:00

Shouldn't you guys have something that is pro-male, rather than anti-female? I feel like you're really mixing your messages.

2009-02-03T21:29:38+00:00

Soapergem won the logo contest

copperdomebodha · 2009-01-15T19:03:07+00:00

Manly alien

2009-01-15T18:13:07+00:00

http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=manredditalienls1.jpg

sylvan · 2009-01-15T14:55:56+00:00

START HERE: About the logo

also, read about the contest (below)

I pulled the words in the previous logo, namely, "This is what a feminist looks like" directly from a T-shirt I saw Barack Obama wearing.

Obama and Biden both identify as feminists. fine.

Feminism is not necessarily good, as I argue in my It's not just the radicals series. It has lead to increased divorce rates, higher false convictions, higher false rape claims, and lower penalties for women who maliciously falsely accuse men of rape. Feminism has led to circumstances in which a minor male child, who has been raped by an adult woman, can be held responsible for child support.

Think about that. A child who was raped must pay child support for the child created by the crime against him.

Discussed here is the regular portrayal of men as lazy, stupid, selfish, and abusive.

Discussed here is the regular portrayal of women as benign, loving, caring, and incapable of violence.

Discussed here is the regular sentencing of females to much shorter sentences than males for domestic violence, sexual violence, and homicides.

Gender equality is not the goal of feminism. I think feminism is evil, and I am antifeminist.

2009-01-15T15:04:40+00:00

FAQ 6B

Do I think that ALL feminists look like harpies, gorgons, or are otherwise disfigured?

no. One looks like Joe Biden, and another looks like Barack Obama. However, not every feminist is attractive (which Andrea Dworkin proved long ago) and not every feminist is gentle (Andrea again, and Val Solanis provided an example as well) and not every feminist is fair. For proof of that, again, see the FAQ here, or read VAWA, or US House 110-RES 590, linked in How I got banned from /egalitarian/

Title	FAQ 6: the logo
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	5
Comments	35
Date	January 15, 2009 2:55 PM UTC (17 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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