We at MensRights would like to celebrate international womens day because in contrary to popular belief we're not anti women!

theothermod · 2018-03-09T00:00:29+00:00

Hello and welcome to /r/MensRights. If you are not a subscriber, please take a moment to understand what you are seeing.

This subreddit is about the issues faced by men in our society.

We welcome healthy debate and you won't be banned merely for disagreement. It is common here to reject feminist ideology, but that doesn't mean we hate women or oppose equal rights. Rather, we seek to expand those equal rights to include men.

These are some of the best discussions we've had. There is also a documentary made by a feminist who investigated our movement. If you want to know more about the issues we are concerned with, try these books: The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers or The Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell.

Thank you for being open minded.

crimson_vivian · 2018-03-08T17:48:18+00:00

I truly could not give less of a shit about international women and mens day, what a huge waste of space

Austeroid · 2018-03-08T08:46:10+00:00

I only subscribe to Men's Rights because I believe that both genders should have activism support, thank you for showing others what this subreddit is really about

originalSpacePirate · 2018-03-08T09:18:11+00:00

Wholeheartedly support this, and thank you.

iainmf · 2018-03-08T07:25:07+00:00

Thankfully, you are preaching to the choir.

teddtbhoy · 2018-03-08T14:09:44+00:00

I guess I support it but I’m just tired of seeing international day of “x”

Kabayev · 2018-03-08T12:47:54+00:00

What if I hate both International Womens and mens day?

Typicalredditors · 2018-03-08T07:53:12+00:00

Good shit.

Causeless · 2018-03-08T10:09:03+00:00

I'm absolutely in support.

2018-03-08T08:48:46+00:00

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GuyWithTheStalker · 2018-03-08T10:26:36+00:00

100%

BanSpeech · 2018-03-08T16:12:09+00:00

Yep, women face hardships everyday, in every society. Doesn't matter who or what is at fault. We can acknowledge that, and join them in celebration. They have their own accomplishments and successes. Again, we can acknowledge that and celebrate along. Cheers to women today!

Troubleshooter11 · 2018-03-08T11:05:42+00:00

This is a good sentiment. I agree with it.

2018-03-08T21:52:14+00:00

I was talking with a few women at work, and we got on the subject of women's rights, equality, etc. As we were talking, I asked if the fight for equality extended to the criminal justice system. Neither one of them wanted to talk about it. I wonder why?

2018-03-08T11:13:52+00:00

I'm with this. Be the change you want to see - Don't hold on to the "us vs. them" mentality. It only helps widen the divide.

Block me, /u/TherapyFortheRapy

Wannabkate · 2018-03-08T15:36:24+00:00

Some of us are women. So yes we support both men and women.

turlian · 2018-03-08T16:11:26+00:00

Hear hear, brother!

SuperFunMonkey · 2018-03-08T16:31:58+00:00

To be fair, these type of days/months are pretty dumb in general.

Do we really need a woman's or mens day?

2018-03-08T16:59:48+00:00

If it were any different here, I wouldn't be here!

TheMothHour · 2018-03-08T14:14:08+00:00

I think having male champions are great! I'll make sure to celebrate International Men's rights when it comes around too. :)

DolphinsAreOk · 2018-03-08T11:37:34+00:00

Thank you.

2018-03-08T12:30:16+00:00

Good to hear. Need to acknowledge other peoples rights as well as ours

xydroh · 2018-03-08T12:15:59+00:00

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themolestedsliver · 2018-03-08T15:46:13+00:00

I love how on a post that very clearly supports equality healthy debate is getting brigaded to hell because they assume everyone here supports everything that gets a lot of upvotes.

Nesman64 · 2018-03-08T16:13:58+00:00

We're all in this together. Keep your stick on the ice.

itsjosh18 · 2018-03-08T18:27:25+00:00

I will celebrate it to the same degree as I celebrate international men's day.

Oh its International woman's day. Cool.

2018-03-08T18:31:39+00:00

Ive been in this subreddit for quite some time. we complain that society focuses on women’s rights and ignores men’s rights. Feminism has been contributing to this. As an example: every-time men are failing they blame it on the patriarchy and toxic masculinity instead of offering activism and support for men’s issues. Whenever women are having issues, we see strong activism, support and development of programs for them—but we don’t see this for men’s issues. This is not gender equality, and we get annoyed by this double standard. All we want is complete equality.

Imagine, someone uses the word “toxic blackness” to describe-issues in the black community. Even if it is an academic term and refers to legitimate issues, the term itself is unacceptable because it carries a negative implicit connotation on blackness. It is a disgusting term that would infuriate me if ever used. I feel the same way about toxic masculinity. Masculinity and gender is not by choice..even if toxic masculinity refers to legitimate problems, it is an unacceptable usage of the word.

This subreddit points out the issues by “complaining”, but what you don’t realize is that we can’t have activism and support for something unless it first is recognized as a problem . That is why we “complain”, we raise awareness for men’s issues and the lack of support for these problems.

Lucius_Martius · 2018-03-08T19:08:29+00:00

If I agree with you (I do), do I finally get to bitch on 'International Men's Day' about not having a google doodle again this year and feminists saying "every day is Men's Day" or do I still have to listen to the "Equality is not a zero sum game" speech?

Or, let me rephrase that: If I am happy today that women's issues do get all that well deserved attention, am I allowed to be angry on Men's Day that men's issues do not?

Svencredible · 2018-03-08T14:41:07+00:00

Literally just under this post is an image post titled 'International Sexist Day'.

Despite all the supportive comments clearly this sub doesn't exactly think the same way.

superdolphin16 · 2018-03-08T13:46:23+00:00

Happy International Women's Day . We value, respect and love you

2018-03-08T11:53:50+00:00

been loving this sub in my short few months here, loving it even more now!

2018-03-08T18:03:24+00:00

Agreed entirely. It is fallacious to assume supporting men’s rights means anti-women’s rights.

Now, we need feminism supporting International men’s day.

All I want is 50/50 equality. Yet whenever an inequality is against women, we get huge activism, support and building of programs to aid them. This is good. But when an inequality is against men (like low and continually declining college enrollment) we don’t see the same activism, support or programs.

I’m sick and tired of men’s issues being ignored. Just one of many examples: we have young men who are failing out in education at a young age. Not going to college at the same rate (in fact, make up 40% of college students). Yet we don’t see much activism or support for them.

I think men’s rights movement has grown so much in the last 10 years, and I understand that like any movement (including early feminism) will start with significant societal pushback. However, progressive movements seeking change almost always get successful in the end. They may get repressed and silenced, however with time, they grow more successful. I am so glad to be part of it in its early stages.

xydroh · 2018-03-08T16:41:32+00:00

IWD is great. I just think it's sexist not to have one for men officially recognized. Both or neither.

starvinggarbage · 2018-03-08T14:00:22+00:00

Another critical thing about this is that it's international women's day. There are women all over the world suffering under horrifying systems and it gets no coverage in the west while Jennifer Lawrence getting less than Bradley Cooper for a movie she spent like 10% as much time working on is headline news for weeks. We need to bring the suffering of those women to the forefront of international women's day conversations.

vallzy · 2018-03-08T18:32:04+00:00

Can someone plz repost this in r/Feminism

2018-03-08T19:07:30+00:00

Sucks that people don't get why people ask about International Men's Day on this day. Because nobody talks about it when it rolls around. So nobody knows it exists. If companies actually tweeted about it too, and if Google bothered to make doodles for it, then it would be common knowledge and nobody would ask about it. Hell Sonic's twitter literally celebrates things like international walking day. But not international men's day [at least when I tried to find it in twitter's search].

And the "problem" would be solved. But people instead view it as an attack on women to ask about if there's a men's day.

I know that's not the point of this post, but felt like getting that off my chest since people are crying on twitter about anybody that even just asks if there's a men's day.

Though personally don't like any "international x" day.

FranklintheTMNT · 2018-03-08T21:43:01+00:00

Remember to sort by controversial for the best experience!

2018-03-09T03:55:43+00:00

True chivalry right here

MisanthropeNotAutist · 2018-03-08T12:13:05+00:00

As a woman that follows this sub and agrees with most that's posted here, all I can say is hopefully common sense will prevail one day.

Edit to say: I think IWD is bullshit, let's celebrate individual merit.

kahluachamp · 2018-03-08T12:44:22+00:00

This is dope as fuck. Good on you MR. This made me smile.

2018-03-08T12:16:41+00:00

👏👏 Good shit

HagbardCelineHere · 2018-03-08T14:10:32+00:00

Your top post of all time is a triple guided post bragging about getting banned from r/feminism. Most of your daily top posts are nothing pro men they’re just screen grabs of women saying things you disagree with. But hey yeah an annual text post to the contrary ought to do the trick anyway back to your regularly scheduled posts obsessing over female rapists and complaining about your divorces.

leftajar · 2018-03-08T16:33:58+00:00

Not trying to be a dick here, but I genuinely don't care. Most women couldn't give two shits about me, or my issues as a man. One-sided empathy isn't healthy; that's how we ended up in this mess.

BlueOrange22 · 2018-03-08T14:52:58+00:00

The MRM is for equality and fairness.

binarize · 2018-03-08T16:59:51+00:00

good post 😁 always love seeing stuff like this, always makes the concept of mens rights a bit easier to absorb for women who are curious about it 😊

2018-03-08T22:50:12+00:00

We? Your arrogance is grotesque. Fact is, having a Women's Day in the first world is like having a White Person's Day. They are already doing better than men, they don't need their asses kissed.

SpeaksTruthToPower · 2018-03-08T12:03:07+00:00

It is only by adding rights for men, and not be removing rights from women, that the sexes will be equal.

omegaphallic · 2018-03-08T22:34:49+00:00

https://youtu.be/XYP7uO47FuU

Video of Piper celebrating International women's Day by making jokes at the expense of women. Funny, but deliberately offensive.

This is one chick that doesn't mind pissing off feminists, I mean even I wouldn't repeat most of these jokes!

awesomedan24 · 2018-03-09T01:34:18+00:00

Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a feminist.

How about side by side with someone you disagree with on some points but respect as a person?

Aye, I could do that.

gurillamack · 2018-03-09T03:39:08+00:00

You guys rock

Snakehole_CEO · 2018-03-09T04:38:13+00:00

posting because I agree.

goinupthegranby · 2018-03-08T16:26:12+00:00

Right on OP! I'm pleased to see this post showing up on r/all. My observations of the Men's Rights community over the years have been primarily men blaming their problems on women, and as a gathering place for toxic sexism towards women in general. This post however, is turning that around for me.

Men's issues need attention, just like women's issues do. If I keep seeing more stuff like this and the community is able to weed out the toxic sexism present in it (including in this thread), I would be happy to associate myself with the Men's Rights community. You aren't there yet, but I really hope you keep going down this path because I'd love to be a part of organized advocacy for men, I just won't do it if there is focus on blaming women, or safe space provided for toxic sexism (I can understand some therapeutic venting though).

2018-03-08T16:27:58+00:00

I hate feminists, but I love women!!

AlbanianAnus · 2018-03-08T15:01:08+00:00

Nice

lovelyartemis · 2018-03-08T15:52:26+00:00

This is nice to read and I hope you all have a good international men’s day in November!

2018-03-08T16:47:58+00:00

I like this, this is correct.

McFeely_Smackup · 2018-03-08T18:23:10+00:00

it's interesting how many anti-mens rights lurkers this post drug out of the shadows, unable to resist the temptation to inject negativity.

2018-03-08T10:02:06+00:00

Is it women's day? Cos it's my mum's birthday lol. Weird.

liquid_j · 2018-03-08T15:10:11+00:00

I'm fine with celebrating international woman's day so long as I don't have to do it like Wade Wilson.

2018-03-08T16:20:41+00:00

Just gonna sort this one on controversial, aaaaaaaaand feminism.

LordChaoticX · 2018-03-08T17:17:38+00:00

Just because a few girls are trying to make us Gents look like rapists pig doesn't mean we should stop appreciating the special women in are lives. Mothers, Spouses, Girlfriends, family, and friends. Cheers fellas

BlockNotDo · 2018-03-08T15:47:04+00:00

Is International Women's Day really pro-women though, or just pro-feminist? If anyone has some links to some things that are happening today that are actually pro-women - all women, including conservative women, pro-life women, etc. - and not just pro-feminism, I'd be interested to see them.

Meyright · 2018-03-08T12:18:48+00:00

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Mythandros · 2018-03-08T17:16:11+00:00

I think the entire idea of a men's and women's day is utterly stupid. We don't need them. They only serve to cause division between the genders.

I have a better idea. How about a Human day?

pokemon_fetish · 2018-03-08T09:42:48+00:00

But human rights is a gendered zero sum game!

CocoRee · 2018-03-08T14:43:26+00:00

This post is just saying congrats so were not anti women. It doesnt seem sincere? Like if r/womensrights had a "Congratulations International Mens day! See, we aren't anti-men!" as a title and the description reiterated that they weren't anti men, and the comments all just repeated that they werent anti men. Like... super insincere right?

Wouldn't a more appropriate title be "We at Mensrights would like to celebrate international womens day, let's strive for equality and understanding for all". Idk, maybe its just me... :/

a_pile_of_shit · 2018-03-08T13:54:45+00:00

Unfortunately most of reddit still considers this sub "problematic"

Dead_Art · 2018-03-08T14:22:03+00:00

Good idea, fairness is important

2018-03-08T18:33:47+00:00

Well, who gives a fuck about women's day or men's day or other nonsensical "celebration".

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iHeartCandicePatton · 2018-03-08T22:27:50+00:00

Why?

Aeponix · 2018-03-09T04:27:32+00:00

I'd rather there not be a men's or women's day, personally. People are all important, we don't need individual days to separate us.

RVAYolo87 · 2018-03-08T12:09:42+00:00

Thank you! I have a wife and I will have a daughter in September. I love the women in my life and believe they should have equal rights (which they already do).

duganaok · 2018-03-08T16:19:30+00:00

I always tell people that I do want women to not only succeed but to rise above any standard that men hold themselves too.

Do women deserve shortcuts, do they deserve special consideration, do they deserve a better opportunity, yes to all those things. But they shouldn’t want them. They shouldn’t use them. And if they do it’s basically cementing that, yes, they are inferior to men. Which is certainly not the case.

themolestedsliver · 2018-03-08T13:17:15+00:00

yeah i have zero issue with international womens day but that being said i am just a bit annoyed google is being blatantly hypocritical.

Jack shit for international mens day but international womens day? lets give em another doodle.

You can't claim you are for equality when you do shit like that

Rockbottom503 · 2018-03-08T09:28:53+00:00

I support this; it’s just a shame that feminists hijack the day to push an agenda of sexism.

ooodNA · 2018-03-08T17:48:42+00:00

You like women? Name three of their albums.

SmellyTaterTot8 · 2018-03-08T13:43:11+00:00

It's nice to see this in such a time where you can be hated for being a man

Drezzzire · 2018-03-08T15:47:06+00:00

Meh Everything is about women nowadays

I don’t support yet another day to cater to them

They already get 365

jake4200 · 2018-03-08T14:12:14+00:00

Not with THAT attitude, anyway!!

2018-03-08T15:17:55+00:00

Amen.

topsy_cretsz · 2018-03-08T15:43:32+00:00

amen

2018-03-08T17:24:12+00:00

Yes! I fully support this!!!! 150%

LuridHulk · 2018-03-08T18:07:41+00:00

Full support to the women.

marnoch · 2018-03-08T19:06:12+00:00

In Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that separate but equal is not constitutional. While they applied it to race, it is equally true about gender. We are not against women’s rights, we just want any conversation about anyone’s rights to remove any hint of or bias to gender. We want the conversation to be about Human Rights that we all share equally. women’s rights are equally as important and Men’s rights and vice versa.

2018-03-08T19:06:33+00:00

Yay! Women

cfcsvanberg · 2018-03-08T19:57:02+00:00

Yeah, they are the same rights. In theory at least.

vhisic · 2018-03-08T21:36:18+00:00

What we want most in inclusion on discussion, it does us only a disservice to deny others what we seek.

Lupin_The_Fourth · 2018-03-08T21:49:55+00:00

Happy International Women’s Day!!! :)

rokerij · 2018-03-09T00:34:48+00:00

Thank you. It needed to be said.

Me_ADC_Me_SMASH · 2018-03-09T02:02:27+00:00

I couldn't care less. Each fights for their own rights. Men are far behind.

agloelita · 2018-03-09T03:46:06+00:00

Thank you good sirs.

StonerSour · 2018-03-09T06:42:18+00:00

If someone ever found my Reddit account, and saw I posted on r/mensrights, this is the post I want to be found commenting on.

2018-03-09T06:51:47+00:00

Plus this day is about internationally women are behind due to social ideologies and different religions. I'm glad you guys recognize this isn't about anti street harrasment in America. That this is about child marriages that harm mainly girls, women being forced to cover head to toe in High degree weather and not being allowed to fucking drive. This is also a celebration of the nation's that have advanced in women's rights recently and earlier in history.

JackFisherBooks · 2018-03-09T16:49:43+00:00

Well said. :)

vanwildernessa · 2018-03-09T17:22:19+00:00

It's about humans being there for other humans. We are all in this together!

If you read this post, and reverse the genders - it holds true too! It's not about one side being right or hard done by. We've all been conditioned. We've all been limited. We all have light inside to let out

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duskpede · 2018-06-16T08:01:45+00:00

This is a really important sub because it highlights important issues without attacking women in general

chickenman201 · 2018-06-22T23:27:31+00:00

Only feminists spread the lie were anti women

dpistachio · 2018-06-27T18:28:35+00:00

But muh narrative

GeneralDiMZ · 2018-07-01T09:59:59+00:00

We are something else called Agalitarian we think of everyone as equal dispite what's between your legs or the color of your skin.

2018-07-21T04:48:41+00:00

Hear, hear!

VIP_UNTIL_WHENEVER · 2018-03-08T15:42:36+00:00

I’m a woman and I couldn’t care any less about international women’s day. I’m such an asshole. 😛

2018-03-08T13:43:25+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C9-RPaqG8k

...But in all seriousness, really, happy International Women's Day. I hope that in ten years, the world is closer to the place you want it to be for women than it is now.

Title	We at MensRights would like to celebrate international womens day because in contrary to popular belief we're not anti women!
Author	xydroh
Upvotes	11310
Comments	474
Date	March 8, 2018 7:21 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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