Why are UK universities blocking men's societies? It also seems to happen in the USA, Canada and Australia.

ulthrant82 · 2015-06-16T12:07:15+00:00

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Dnile1000BC · 2015-06-16T11:39:40+00:00

Because feminism is for equality! Why would you need anything else? Feminism helps men too!

Male suicide? Male rape?! Pfft! So vanishingly small so as to be insignificant. Fix women problems first and we'll enter a new utopia.

/S

double-happiness · 2015-06-16T14:37:15+00:00

He said...

“MRAs on the internet [...] are ruining it for people who actually care about men’s issues.

“I’ve gone through their websites and they don’t do anything – they’re the definition of slacktivism. They’re people who sit on their computers bitching about feminism. They’re just ruining it.”

Yet on the other hand...

Despite Adam making a powerfully eloquent and heartfelt case for a standalone men’s group, on Thursday, Durham University’s Societies Committee rejected his plea, telling him he could only operate from within the Feminist Society.

So the Societies Committee kicked it into the long grass and told him he could only run a men's group as part of the existing feminist organisation, yet he bemoans MRAs 'bitching about feminism'? When is the penny going to drop that a substantial part of the reason more work for men is not done is that often, when someone tries, feminists step in to prevent it or absorb it into their own activities? I for one have no great desire to rub shoulders with feminists as part of any group, though I would not seek to ban them from any meetings, so long as they could manage not to disrupt them.

In any case, there are plenty of opportunities for action on this very subreddit. Intactivists and father's rights groups are actively campaigning for men's rights, even though they might not identify as 'MRAs'. Personally, I don't hold it against anybody else how little volunteering or activism they do, we can only do what we are able to.

InBaggingArea · 2015-06-16T12:27:09+00:00

“To be clear, I’m not interested in waging ideological war against feminism and want to distance myself from those MRAs and misogynists who seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time bashing feminism. I want to help men. Instead of just bitching about stuff on the internet I want to get into activism.

Charming. You make your bed, you lie on it. How does it feel?

ZimbaZumba · 2015-06-16T12:38:46+00:00

The present feminist regime plaguing our universities and other institutions has been allowed to proceed without any opposition. Opposition has been simply been smeared and crushed in the finest fascist of traditions. The whole phenomena is a house of cards built on foundations of sand. The slightest credible opposition and it will come tumbling down.

These people know that university groups are their Achilles heel. Students are difficult to smear and intimidate; students are strident. Universities provide a gathering place for ideas to ferment and have a constant flow of new people who are the future opinion makers.

The very things that allowed these poisonous forces to form can bring them down. Feminists know this and are doing everything in power to stop men organising. Democracy relies on a competition of ideas, it is a system of checks and balances; eliminate the checks and balances then you spiral into a totalitarianism.

PeteyMax · 2015-06-16T17:13:16+00:00

“To be clear, I’m not interested in waging ideological war against feminism and want to distance myself from those MRAs and misogynists who seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time bashing feminism." Yet it was feminists who blocked the creation of the men's society. MRAs spend a lot of time fighting feminism not because they want to but because they have to. Because every attempt to draw attention to men's issues and ultimately to improve the treatment of men in society is blocked and ridiculed by feminists. This latest event is still more proof as if you needed it.

baserace · 2015-06-16T11:45:56+00:00

Is this the same chap who posted on here about his rejection?

"To be clear, I’m not interested in waging ideological war against feminism and want to distance myself from those MRAs and misogynists who seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time bashing feminism. I want to help men. Instead of just bitching about stuff on the internet I want to get into activism."

I admire your willingness to get active, but good luck with that naivety about feminism. It's actually striking that you've gone through this, are aware that others all over the world have gone through this, yet you still can't see a big part of the problem.

tygertiger · 2015-06-16T21:45:33+00:00

Why are UK universities blocking men's societies? It also seems to happen in the USA, Canada and Australia.

Because they are afraid.

nuesuh · 2015-06-16T16:46:52+00:00

because the patriarchy and rape culture.. duh

TheJollySatan · 2015-06-17T02:31:48+00:00

I'll report back after i dip my toes back into sociology (it's a hobby, i'm a network tech). In australia when i was studying it two years ago it was very balanced. I've distinctions in exam essays where i dissected feminism for being unbalanced, unfalsifiable and reasoned for balanced approach to social policy. I hope it's still just as balanced at my old campus.

Ted8367 · 2015-06-17T08:42:56+00:00

Do we really live in a world where not offending university feminist societies is deemed more important than helping men in need?

Of course we do.

augustfell · 2015-06-16T21:08:23+00:00

You're right, the "Men's Rights" label is a tarnished brand. Instead, how about:

"Men's Well-being Society."

Or, "Men's Health Society," where "health" is broadly interpreted.

Title	Why are UK universities blocking men's societies? It also seems to happen in the USA, Canada and Australia.
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Date	June 16, 2015 10:21 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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