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Mistresses and Misplaced Outrage

Words_of_Truth

October 16, 2012

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Title	Mistresses and Misplaced Outrage
Author	Words_of_Truth
Upvotes	7
Comments	8
Date	October 16, 2012 10:33 AM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/11kbhr/mistresses_and_misplaced_outrage/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/mistresses-and-misplaced-outrage.1011247 https://theredarchive.com/post/1011247

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[–]Clauderoughly 1 point2 points3 points 13 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link

[–]Aerithia1 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

[–]Clauderoughly 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

[–]Aerithia1 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

Not all of them are like that though.

I agree, Feminists aren't all ugly fat chicks, but it's something that will occasionally cross my mind. Something I don't voice, either. It does harm to the legitimacy of our group.

A good example of three different types of people who you might call feminists are a few people I know at school, two are friends, one is not, see if you can guess which.

The first one, let's call her Beth, Isn't an overly activist type person, she treats all people equally and listens to any of the problems people bring up. She never makes it a gender issue. She is a little afraid of men, or at least used to be, that is more due to going to an all girl school than it is genuine fear of men. Her attitude towards me and men in general has always been fair and understanding. She doesn't personally identify as a feminist.

The next, call her Rachel, She's more of an intellectual than Beth, she does consider things to be gender based, but not all of the time. She listens fairly critically to any of the mens issues I bring up. We often have heated debates about issues. She never brings up privilege during an argument; She debates properly and justifies all of her positions. We have agreed that in most situations, we are looking toward the same end goal, but we differ in our means. She previously called herself a feminist, now she identifies as an egalitarian.

The third girl, Katherine, Is a very different creature altogether. She flat out denies that men are prejudiced against in anyway shape or form, she devoutly believes in male privilege, and that we are blind to it. She demonizes male sexual drive, and believes there is nothing more evil than a straight white male. She has been known to say 'Being gay makes everything better' and prefers to keep company to that end. Debate with her has ended in 'because you hate women'.

[–]Words_of_Truth[S] 1 point2 points3 points 13 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]Aerithia1 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]Words_of_Truth[S] 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]Aerithia1 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link