Straight guy has strangers force themselves upon him in a gay bar, commenters play down the incident because "this happens to women all the time". Typical anti-male attitude.

typhonblue · 2012-07-11T21:04:37+00:00

Wow. Empathy fail.

I'm sure most straight men know what it's like to be groped in a straight bar, it's just that society expects them to enjoy the experience and shames them if they do not.

Gareth321 · 2012-07-12T03:48:37+00:00

Please be respectful in their community. r/ainbow has been very accommodating of all sorts of views, including men's rights, and I would hate for them to start thinking of us as a downvote brigade. As of writing this, there are a lot of supportive comments of OP, and from what I can tell, most of them are not from our members.

ThePigman · 2012-07-12T02:43:29+00:00

Well, at least the top comment in the linked post is sensible.

2012-07-12T16:56:05+00:00

I didn't say it was okay. I sympathized. I then went on to say that this is common behavior for drunk people in general, and it also happens to women frequently.

johnmarkley · 2012-07-12T00:18:04+00:00

That thread has inspired me. If I ever run into a woman bleeding after being attacked with a knife, I'm going to righteously tell her that maybe now she finally knows a little bit about what it's like to be a man in a country where circumcision is a routine practice. I just need to get to work turning myself into the sort of horrible misogynistic asshole who would actually say shit like that.

Olpainless · 2012-07-12T15:17:17+00:00

-sigh-

We're not saying it's okay. Better than most, we know what it's like to be abused both physically and verbally. Sexual harassment against gay men, by straight men, happens all the time.

What we're pissed at is that OP appears to be blaming all gay people not only for the actions of a few dick heads in one club, one one city, in one country; but making out as if this is a 'gay phenomena'.

It's offensive for the group most likely to kick ten ton of shit out of us, to turn around and make all of us out to be sexual abusers. And it's ironic that a straight guy is complaining about sexual harassment, when straight guys do this all the time to women (again, not that that excuses this behaviour, but we're pointing it out).

What happened to OP was terrible. It really was. Nobody deserves that kind of treatment, the behaviour by those few people in that place wasn't acceptable in any way, shape or form. It was plain out sexual harassment. Nobody is disputing that.

But it's as if he's threatening to revoke his ally status based on this... which means he isn't an ally in the first place.

kragshot · 2012-07-12T22:19:16+00:00

Here's a link with me discussing this same subject; rather than doing copypasta, I'll just drop it in and you can all check it out.

geodebug · 2012-07-12T01:56:18+00:00

Straight guy has strangers force themselves upon him in a gay bar, some commenters play down the incident because "this happens to women all the time". Many others are empathetic and challange those with the typical anti-male attitude on their views. All in all a worthwhile read with a different spin than the typical /r/mr fare

gqbrielle · 2012-07-12T07:57:44+00:00

gay dudes always seem to get a pass on this kind of stuff. i'm not sure why.

2012-07-12T23:11:43+00:00

What is the fucking deal with shit like that!

"Wow! You are a hard worket but I'm sorry. That woman over there will get the promotion instead due to new policy"

Take the one who earned the job to the top regardless of gender instead of letting lazy and unproductive people rise and lead only because of the lack of penis.

Jesus christ. No one kept the women away from the top jobs and no one is at the moment either.

LeafBlowingAllDay · 2012-07-11T23:13:44+00:00

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monkat · 2012-07-12T01:55:47+00:00

Bad title.

"Straight guy has strangers force themselves upon him in a gay bar,"

That implies that he wanted it, and probably paid them to do it.

Title	Straight guy has strangers force themselves upon him in a gay bar, commenters play down the incident because "this happens to women all the time". Typical anti-male attitude.
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	157
Comments	97
Date	July 11, 2012 8:37 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/wejuc/straight_guy_has_strangers_force_themselves_upon/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/straight-guy-has-strangers-force-themselves-upon.1018134 https://theredarchive.com/post/1018134

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