How do I get 22 downvotes for standing up for equal representation?!

Daemonicus · 2019-03-25T03:31:18+00:00

I'll tell you why...

It's the wrong way/time to make that statement. If gives them an easy out. It makes it easier for them to say that you're trying to steal their day, or you're being bigoted.

What you (and everyone else) should do, is wait for International Men's Day. Wait for them to not do something, when they have done it for women's day. Point out the hypocrisy when other people can't easily dismiss it.

If you post a comparison on Men's Day, they can't say you're trying to distract from the issue, or whatever. They'll be forced to face the double standard.

They'll come up with an excuse anyway, but your job isn't to convince the indoctrinated. It's to show these things to the people who are unaware, who never thought about it, or people on the fence.

croxymoc · 2019-03-25T05:13:37+00:00

I honestly think* celebrating your gender is stupid for both genders

VileCastle · 2019-03-24T23:36:43+00:00

Reddit is the most sensitive place to write anything that could even slightly offend someone. Equality now days is so full of shit with how it's paraded when those down votes clearly make it one sided.

cools_008 · 2019-03-25T03:33:51+00:00

Sadly International Men’s Day is not officially recognised by the UN or something

Leben_ · 2019-03-25T02:28:41+00:00

Interesting test for you. Find a calendar or a planner if you own one and check if they have both international days for each. Men's day is 19th of November.

Mine only has the women's day not the men's. But my planner has neither in there.

PrismMage · 2019-03-25T00:28:01+00:00

Because how dare you think men are as valuable as women! Reddit has spoken!

mr_j_12 · 2019-03-25T07:36:43+00:00

Brought this up at work. Got told there was no day for men, "its in november", "no there is no day". Had to pull phone out on floor to show store manager there was.

BySNiP · 2019-03-25T06:40:47+00:00

Dude. I am totally for men's rights but really? Less women play video games. It's women's day. They came up with a poster showing the top women playable characters. A marketing move. Why are you standing for equal representation on a platform that more men are present. We men face much more problems than being represented on some video game console.

Thoughts would be helpful.

And I understand asking for a poster on men's day but to make a very sarcastic comment didn't seem necessary.(I would honestly die for a poster with Kraros and others)

Mr_Shad0w · 2019-03-25T06:05:03+00:00

iCalendar does not recognize IMD - added it myself. Considering taking all my social media dark on 11/19, due to wanting to focus on the positive rather than spend it responding to toxic femininity. I'll probably get unfollowed / blocked / reported a lot but why would I want those people in my life anyway?

Akesgeroth · 2019-03-25T05:54:29+00:00

No, you got downvoted for going "But what about meeeee?"

kcweb25 · 2019-03-25T12:23:32+00:00

Because you were complaining about IMD on IWD, like let ‘em celebrate and celebrate with ‘em, don’t try getting snarky against people who have done nothing wrong.

JZSquared · 2019-03-25T01:16:43+00:00

Because they don't want equality, they want superiority.

NITRO657 · 2019-03-25T00:03:01+00:00

Upvoted this to get your karma back up. : )

vicsj · 2019-03-25T09:24:12+00:00

Because of the time and how you worded it. Saying that on international women's day is kind of like saying "yeah, I sure will be expecting this many gifts on my birthday". You are obviously gonna get a negative response for that. I don't need to explain to you how that sounds or comes across.

Secondly, it is worded to sound condescending / bitchy / whiney. Another reason why it received backlash.

You can't just go around saying obviously bitter and insensitive sounding shit and then be surprised when you get negative feedback. But you're probably saying it like that on purpose to bait the negative response so you can point fingers and say "look how sexist women are!".

I personally think there is a lot of sexism directed at men, and I will personally be celebrating international men's day in honour of all the great men in my life. But there you have the answer to your question.

JustFizzie · 2019-03-25T11:37:53+00:00

the tone of the comment deserved the downvotes, not the comment itself

spaceshuttleprogram · 2019-03-25T12:39:53+00:00

Its funny that they think women actually want to do manly things and people don't let them to.

Maito_Guy · 2019-03-25T02:19:19+00:00

Because most subs are very feminist. Out of curiosity what sub was this?

wheremypp · 2019-03-25T06:09:15+00:00

It's the whole "but what about me" factor of things. It's kind of like somebody getting a super cool gift for their birthday and you ask if your gift is going to be just as cool and expensive.

I get why you posted this. Because there definiltey wont be something like that for men, but it's not the right time to point it out, otherwise you're the bad guy for "trying to steal their day"

kranti-ayegi · 2019-03-25T06:18:17+00:00

Okay I'm gonna be the devil's advocate here it was women's day and i agree even i would've said the same thing but i think google stats proved that men's international day search has only spiked on women's international day and that really bothers me i think we should just leave them alone do our thing or we'll turn into one of those feminists who attacks everything. I get it was on a general sub but still it's better to leave them alone then question them. Think about it.

jorfed · 2019-03-25T00:14:46+00:00

Let women’s day be about woman, not everything has to be about us. I agree it’s unbalanced and people care more about woman’s issues but don’t try to rain on their parade. You’re making us look bad

RELIN-Q · 2019-03-25T06:39:24+00:00

oh boy can’t wait for nobody to celebrate international men’s day. i loooove equality...

ThePigmanAgain · 2019-03-24T23:36:51+00:00

By living in a quasi-matriarchy, that's how.

guccigarbage · 2019-03-25T10:16:32+00:00

I agree with you, but did you really expect not to get downvoted

v573v · 2019-03-25T11:30:31+00:00

I get downvoted here for egalitarian ideas, so don’t point fingers.

WildPhilosophy · 2019-03-25T13:46:49+00:00

Only 22 downvotes?! Women have been getting downvoted for centuries by patriarchal karma farmers. This is privilege!

/s

scyth3s · 2019-03-25T14:08:03+00:00

Yeah you deserved those downvotes. Would you go to a pride parade and proclaim that straight people matter too?

galtthedestroyer · 2019-03-25T14:22:47+00:00

Because it's petty, nagging, annoying. Choose your battles.

IAmDefinitelyNotFBI · 2019-03-25T08:35:01+00:00

Problem is you’re missing why they even did that. To point out that it’s okay to be a girl gamer. Not sure if you ever been on a multiplayer game before but the second someone realises there’s a girl they get shit for it.

This isn’t something you should be posting on here, this sub should be for serious issues, not moaning about how girls got a wallpaper made for them.

ahabs_beard · 2019-03-25T03:26:52+00:00

Hahaha! I love this picture! A person who used to be a friend posted it on FB and I commented something to the like of...

“Hey [name], I get why you’re posting this and all, but uhhh the lady who looks asleep at the end of the couch is Lady Maria from Bloodborne. I don’t really know why she’s there...seeing as she’s not a main character or anything, she’s just one of the bad guys in the DLC who’s half responsible for the Fishing Village Massacre - but you do have a pretty sick boss battle against her. Actually, you spend more of the game talking to The Doll, which is her old hunting partner, Gerhman’s, attempt at building a copy of her because he was in love with her. It’s actually kinda weird, because it’s considered canon that Gerhman used The Doll - once again, Lady Maria’s familiar - as a sex doll. So it’s just kinda weird that she’s considered a symbol of women in games”

So this girl and I stopped being friends months ago. I thought it was weird that I didn’t get any notifications on a pretty contentious topic. Unsurprisingly, it was deleted and so was I, off her friends. No biggie. I just find the inclusion of Lady Maria in this picture as hilariously stupid and tone deaf. But are you surprised from the feminist legbeard that drew it?

Greydolf_the_gand · 2019-03-26T00:53:52+00:00

Duuuude bro, why don’t you like, take a hike maaaaan. You’re cramping everyone’s style with you neeegative male energy broooo. Womeeeen are like soooo much better than men.

chadsvasc · 2019-03-24T23:34:52+00:00

Because women are selfish attention whores. Period.

Mindraker · 2019-03-25T02:53:41+00:00

It's about marketing and money.

There are more men than women in the video game market. So video game manufacturers are trying to figure out what makes women tick and how they can sell their games to women.

If they could succeed, they could make a lot of money.

It's easy to sell DOOM and COD to men. Not to women.

ScotWithOne_t · 2019-03-25T13:19:17+00:00

Dude, you are so fucking cringey. This is like bitching about wanting white-history month on a post about black-history. Thanks for reinforcing the MRA stereotype.

Star-the-wolf · 2019-03-25T03:00:54+00:00

Ok I agree but seriously bringing it up is just obnoxious. Celebrate international men’s day on international men’s day and celebrate international women’s day on international women’s day

X_Savage · 2019-03-25T04:15:58+00:00

This is some r/gaming bullcrap. That sub is a disease. Not just because of that but it’s just a cringe fest. Do yourself a favor and unfollow that normie sub.

Shroomy_the_Kid · 2019-03-25T01:48:55+00:00

The downvote/upvote systyem is so dumb. When will people get it through their heads that downvotes aren't a dislike button? You're supposed to downvote posts that are irrelevant to the topic at hand. Unfortunately enough, the post EA made that became the most downvoted post on reddit is the worst example of this.

KxPbmjLI · 2019-03-25T12:34:28+00:00

The reason playstation celebrates it like this and not for men is because literally 99% of main playable characters in video games are already men

more female main characters are just now becoming more of a thing which is why they highlight

if you actually want equal representation as you said then you should be happy that we are getting more and more female main characters but i doubt thats actually what you want here

Whanny · 2019-03-25T04:30:22+00:00

I'm there defence it is off topic.

bichboi1 · 2019-03-25T08:35:27+00:00

How dare you insult our overlords: Women?

shayan1232001 · 2019-03-25T12:14:58+00:00

You know, your comment would make sense if the context was different but this seems to be about gaming

Women are relatively a minority in gaming and it’s in the company’s/group’s best interest to encourage them and get more of them to join the community

NecroHexr · 2019-03-25T12:29:28+00:00

Do it yourself.

Double_A_92 · 2019-03-25T13:03:08+00:00

Apparently every other day is is already men's day! Because patriarchy or so.

Saucebiz · 2019-03-25T13:04:10+00:00

You’re such an incel

/s

WikiMB · 2019-03-25T13:06:47+00:00

I think what you did is kinda what feminists often do when men start talking about male rape survivors. You just tried to hijack their day. Would you like this to happen during International Mens Day?

cokitussen · 2019-03-25T13:16:41+00:00

Because Reddit is a cesspool of liberal losers...

IDprefertostayanon · 2019-03-25T13:27:09+00:00

BuT eVeRyDaY iS a MeN's DaY!!1

Moldy_Gecko · 2019-03-25T13:38:44+00:00

You cucklord, don't you know EVERYday is Men's day!!! /s if you couldn't guess.

ChristopherTZK · 2019-03-25T13:47:31+00:00

Send me the comment link

Gozzy6666 · 2019-03-25T13:50:36+00:00

There is an international men’s day. November 19th.

autismlmao · 2019-03-25T14:26:29+00:00

This is just being an asshole really. We can wait our turn.

wrekd · 2019-03-25T15:09:31+00:00

Have you tried not being a bloody vagina?

v3r1 · 2019-03-25T15:19:25+00:00

It's not and never will be about equality. Everyone is out for themselves. Welcome to the real world.

username----------- · 2019-03-25T16:39:57+00:00

Wait , I didn’t know men’s day existed

saikon_1485 · 2019-03-25T16:45:29+00:00

those 22 downvotes are there cuz women wont gtfo of mens spaces and hobbies like they should. women have no place in them and never have. Every time you add a woman to a mans space she ruins it.

WebSlingerXLI · 2019-03-25T17:47:57+00:00

I actually like a lot of the characters there. Your post was some weak shit tbh. I don't really care about having a men's day, too many badass ones to count as is.

BetterBadIdeas · 2019-03-25T19:54:51+00:00

It's marketing. They've found that saying "you have a vagina. YAY!" Gets women to buy their crap.

drops_of_Sunshine · 2019-03-25T13:03:49+00:00

I don't understand why we have a women's day (I'm female) like what am I supposed to do?? Why are there like 5 snap chat filters with the female symbol??? Is this a new holiday? I would agree with you, but I hate gendered holidays. They're all ways to divide us further.

zetsthamys · 2019-03-26T08:09:22+00:00

Everyday is an international cis white male oppressor day in their mind (if they have any).

harrison_wheels · 2019-03-25T02:10:51+00:00

Why use video games, of all things? Women don't even play video games unless it's for attention.

reiislight · 2019-03-25T08:58:26+00:00

Because you're trying to be an attention whore instead of calling out double standards. What if they actually will celebrate Men's day and you just whined for nothing? Call out people when they really need it and not because they're celebrating something else.

ruifaf · 2019-03-25T07:01:24+00:00

We the toxic males are already blessed with some "privilege" so equality is getting what we have not what they have. F that.

Mr7FootCock · 2019-03-25T09:44:27+00:00

22 sexists didn't like your equality promoting statement.

Feminism is a hate doctrine

croxymoc · 2019-03-25T05:08:05+00:00

Link me the post

steinlolboy · 2019-03-25T09:12:40+00:00

Fine we will do it ourself

A_one_legged_man · 2019-03-25T02:31:41+00:00

They are feminazis or cucks

mckaystites · 2019-03-25T06:11:56+00:00

this sub use to be an actual unbiased and non-sexist environment. Seeing the comments in this thread and the straight tunnel vision of the commenters? pretty annoying, this place looks like r/incels now

MeeMawPhillis · 2019-03-25T00:27:16+00:00

Cause you're being a dick about it?

Pajeet_My_Son · 2019-03-25T09:57:29+00:00

Women are vastly inferior in literally every way besides having those things we need, and even then it’s a headache to deal with women because they are all evil and crazy.

blahblahblah80 · 2019-03-25T09:46:03+00:00

Others have stated a well reasoned approach, for me personally I don't care about the downvotes if I believe in the sentiment. And the best is downvotes with no sign of discussion, they can't argue with you rationally so the only option they have is to click on a tiny blue arrow to signify their displeasure? Shit like that genuinely gets me hard haha!!

herooftime2004 · 2019-03-25T15:17:23+00:00

There is an international mens day retard

SpeakAndDie · 2019-03-25T16:18:50+00:00

Cos you are really stupid probably but I dunno that’s just my best guess

MysteryGentleman · 2019-03-25T10:29:55+00:00

I only know aloy, who are the other lesbians?

Title	How do I get 22 downvotes for standing up for equal representation?!
Author	fr0sty_m3m3s
Upvotes	1677
Comments	323
Date	March 24, 2019 11:33 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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