MRA Demands

The MRM is not yet in a position to make any demands. But I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking the tide is gradually turning. A documentary on the Men's Rights Movement ("The Red Pill") has received positive write-ups in mainstream newspapers and won awards at a small film festival. An article was just published in the liberal NY Mag that acknowledged feminism's man-hating problem (though still painted men as historical oppressors). Self-identified feminists have dropped to 7 percent of the population in the UK.

MRA's who've been at this for many years without achieving significant results are understandably pessimistic. But at least some of the suggestions below are already the norm in other countries, e.g. shared parenting in Germany France. As more and more women join the MRM and the conversation goes mainstream, I think some optimism is finally in order.

Here is my list:

• Criminalize male genital mutilation. The fact that hundreds of baby boys die from the procedure every year should be enough to ban it.

• End selective service. Some tradcons may disagree with this, but the reality is that men have historically shown a willingness to fight for their countries if they are actually under attack. At the end of the day, conscription is a violation of human rights.

• End the drugging of boys except in extreme circumstances.

• End gynocentric education models. In Christina Hoff Sommers' "War against Boys," she notes that education systems were changed in the 90's to favor girls. As a result boys are now falling behind. Teachers must acknowledge general differences between the sexes in terms of temperament, maturation, proclivities, etc. We need much more physicality in school, much more hands-on learning, and when necessary some degree of sex segregation.

• An immediate end to feminist indoctrination in schools. Boys are currently being taught that their gender is 'privileged', that their masculinity is 'toxic' and that men tried to oppress women historically. This is child abuse.

• An immediate end to "zero tolerance" policies that punish boys for natural boyish behavior.

• More resources for boy victims of sexual assault, and appropriate punishment for their abusers, who are often female. Education campaigns should also target men who think these boys are "lucky". While some teenaged boys may be mature enough to handle and even enjoy sexual relationships with older women, the younger the boy the more likely it is that he will be harmed by such experiences. A study cited by Karen Straughan noted that a majority of imprisoned adult male rapists were sexually abused by women as children. Many serial killers also cite abuse (sexual and otherwise) by their mothers.

• Recognition of mother-on child abuse in domestic violence. This would mean that campaigns like the "White Feather" in Australia would have to radically alter their current exclusive focus on male perpetrators.

• Boys-only groups like the Boy Scouts should be encouraged; they should not be forced to be made multi-sex.

• Major efforts to recruit male teachers. I do not support affirmative action in nearly all cases, but the current education system is in crisis. Studies show that female teachers mark down boys and have a more difficult time dealing with their natural rambunctiousness. Moreover, many boys are being raised in single mother households and have literally no positive male role models.

• In order to get more men in teaching, we must end pedo-hysteria. It is absurd that in some districts male teachers are not even allowed to touch children, even if it's just a hand on their shoulder when the child is upset. That is anti-human and does more harm than good. Pedophiles will unfortunately continue to pursue careers involving children, and I'm not sure what the solution is, but I do know that it doesn't involve demonizing the 98% of men who are NOT pedophiles. More controversially, it may be worthwhile educating the public that up to 40% of pedophiles are female; if women are forced to carry the burden of pedo-hysteria they may be more willing to do something about it.

• Speaking of pedo-hysteria, no more discriminatory policies like banning single men from public parks.

• An end to all scholarships favoring girls. Girls are already doing better than boys in school and do not require scholarships. To the extent that these programs are continued, they should have male equivalents.

• An immediate end to all campaigns terrorizing women into thinking there is a one in five chance they'll be raped on campus. A crude joke or a clumsy come-on is not sexual assault. This is not the Victorian era. Feminists who spread these false statistics should be harshly condemned.

• An immediate end to "affirmative consent" madness and kangaroo courts on campus. Affirmative consent makes all men rapists by default since that's not the way people have sex. All sexual assault cases should be handled by police.

• An immediate end to "safe spaces", "trigger warnings" and anti-free speech campaigns on campus. Grow the fuck up.

• No more state funding for "gender studies" courses. These courses spread hate against men and are no more appropriate in academia than "Nigger studies." If gender studies professors and their financial backers insist on keeping these hate factories, we need "men's studies" equivalents that are rooted in science rather than feelings. This does NOT mean that we can't value and celebrate the historical contributions of women, or specific ways in which women have been disadvantaged and even oppressed at various times and places in history.

• Anonymity for men accused of sexual crimes. This is a controversial one. The opposing argument is that it will discourage other victims from coming forward. However I see no reason why a man should have his life ruined because some people lack the courage to do the right thing. Look at the case of Gomeshi in Canada. His life has been destroyed even after it was demonstrated in a court of law that his accusers were lying. Feminists STILL won't accept his innocence.

• Severe punishment for false sexual allegations if they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Falsely accusing a man of rape is akin to libel, assault, kidnapping and forced confinement over a period of potentially decades. Let the punishment fit the crime.

• Reform of rape shield laws. This is another controversial proposal. The logic behind rape shield laws is that promiscuous women shouldn't be doubted due their sexual history. Fair enough. However, these laws can be misused. For example Marv Albert is widely considered a demented pervert because he was accused of biting a woman's buttocks during sex. It turns out that the woman had a "bite fetish" and ASKED him to do it. This evidence was excluded from the trial due to rape shield.

• A recommitment to due process rights in general. Perhaps an education campaign about the history of lynching would help.

• Recognition of envelopment as rape.

• No more affirmative action in the business world. Young women are now out-earning young men. "Positive" discrimination is still discrimination. As mentioned, I think male teachers qualify for an exception.

• Campaigns to get more women into dangerous jobs. Men make up 95% of workplace fatalities. Who am I kidding? This ain't gonna happen. However it might be nice for feminists to show some respect to the blue collar men whose labor allows them to live safely and comfortably rather than absurdly accusing them of being "privileged." I personally support strong unions to help ensure worker safety, but since this forum includes people from all political persuasions I won't make that a main point.

• Academics and journalists should be encouraged to analyze the earnings gap in the context of hours worked, taxes paid, social services allotted, danger of work etc.

• Mandatory paternity testing. Studies show that when men learn they have been raising someone else's child the trauma is worse than rape.

• Legal male parental surrender. This proposal is the probably the most controversial and least likely to be enacted, even though the arguments against it are no different than tradcon arguments against abortion. One feminist, Karen DeCrow, even agreed. Perhaps we'll have to wait until male birth control makes the problem obsolete.

• Paternity leave.

• An immediate end to the Duluth and "primary aggressor" laws that allow male victims of DV to themselves be arrested. Erin Pizzey has suggested that the majority of DV cases don't require arrests anyway, and are better handled by counseling. Rare examples of actual "patriarchal" (or indeed "matriarchal") abuse can be handled as they currently are.

• Shared Parenting. All studies show that it helps the kids. Best interests of the child, right? The single mother experiment has been an unmitigated disaster. Let's celebrate fathers again and give them the rights to which they should already be entitled. This will help women as well, even though NOW continues to oppose equal parenting rights.

• Alimony reform. I'm not sure what this would entail but I do know the current laws are antiquated and absurd.

• No more imprisoning men who fall behind in child support or alimony. Obama proposed such a change but it was blocked by Republicans. Shared parenting and alimony reform would probably go a long way toward solving this problem.

• Help for men contemplating suicide. Non-gynocentric focus in psychological treatment.

• Men-only groups should be encouraged rather than made multi-sex.

• Some sort of attempt to redress the massive discrimination against men in the criminal justice system. Men are twice as likely to be charged and receive 63 percent longer sentences. According to Mike Buchanan, if men were treated like women in the criminal justice system then five out of six men currently incarcerated would be free. Short of some sort of novel approach where a separate judge determines punishment without knowing the sex of the accuser, I'm not sure much can be done about this outside of education programs about female privilege and male disposability.

• Some sort of attempt to address the problem of prison rape.

• End the drug war. Some tradcons may oppose this, but I see no reason why people (disproportionately men) should be sent to prison for smoking a plant. The drug war also encourages organized crime.

• Speaking of organized crime: legalize prostitution and watch another revenue source dry up for the mob and the deep state. Sex workers already want this. The current Nordic/Canadian model, which criminalizes only the buyer, is opposed by Amnesty International because it just drives sex workers underground and makes their lives more dangerous. If porn is legal then sex for money should be legal too.

• The UN gender equality index should be gender neutral. Currently it only measures areas where women and girls are faring worse. This led to the absurdity of Rwanda being placed at the top of the index after the genocide because most men and boys were dead (!)

• All government programs including the words "women" or "girls" should either be made gender neutral or include male counterparts.

• State resources allocated to social problems should be based on incidence and severity, not gender. This would include everything from health spending to money for domestic violence programs.

• End homelessness. It is absurd that in the 21st century West we still have men living on the street. Many of these men are mentally ill and/or veterans.

• More care for veterans.

• No more demonizing men. No more policing of male hobbies. If feminists insist on continuing to demonize healthy male sexuality we should be talking about hypergamy at least as much. By the same token, there is no "toxic masculinity" without "toxic femininity." If we are going to talk about ways that stereotypical male behaviors can harm society we should be doing the same with stereotypical female behaviors: damselling, blaming men, holding grudges, gossiping, failing to take responsibility for one's actions, using sex to exploit men, acting irrationality etc.

• No more lowering the bar to allow women into certain fields like fire fighting. This puts people's lives at risk.

• Men and women should be celebrating all things male and masculine in order to correct the damage done by feminism. We should be celebrating the glorious history of men acting courageously, making enormous sacrifices to help their fellow man, protecting women and children, creating art and civilization. Boys should take pride in their gender rather than being cruelly shamed for it. Women should be taught about their natural in group bias. Celebrating men does not mean we can't also celebrate women. It's time to end the sex war. Feminists said they wanted equality: let's give it to them.