A question!

kabochahead · 2010-03-20T03:03:19+00:00

2XC is a mix of women's "issues" and women's issues, if that makes sense. It ranges from practical questions to economic suggestions to personal stories to whimsical to... well, a whole universe of female related issues, which is quite in line with its intended purpose.

This subreddit, on the other hand, deals primarily with two different kinds of posts: examples of female behaviour that goes against the stereotypically expected behaviour (which, I guess, is what is often interpreted as an anti-female bias) and other relevant stories that highlight maltreatment of males.

The focus of the two are quite distinct; 2XC is more of a discussion forum, MR is more of an activist focal point, which makes the difference in emphasis quite expected.

kanuk876 · 2010-03-20T03:05:00+00:00

My feeling is you have normalized misandry and don't recognize it.

Second, you give undue weight to men's directness (eg: Make me a samich, bitch) and underestimate the veracity of women's covert or passive aggressiveness (eg: pushing out dissenting voices from /r/feminisms, /r/equality, etc).

Third, there are not many places where you'll hear men speak without fear of reprisal. So how, exactly, do you expect to compare MensRights to what is "normal", per se, if you have zero experience hearing what actually goes through men's heads?

I'm an egalitarian at heart. Yet when I talk of genuine equality with most people, they think I'm crazy or a woman hater.

For example: my stance on infant genital mutilation is that it's wrong. Most people cannot tell you their opinion on genital mutilation unless you first tell them the sex of the victim. And then, well, to quote from a recent debate I had:

Male circumcision. Granted I can accept nerves and skin are lost which might assist in a better sexual experience.

...

Female circumcision. People who order than shit need to be executed. There is zero reason for that to ever occur. That DOES result in harm and disfiguring the person for life.

Go figure.

AnnArchist · 2010-03-20T03:47:18+00:00

Actually 2x has that bitterness and directs it towards r/mensrights....

Il128 · 2010-03-20T05:32:59+00:00

I am bitter. But then again I'm abused and afraid and feeling helpless to get out of a bad situation.

Feckless · 2010-03-21T02:18:20+00:00

Several points, first of all I assume quite a few men here have been victims of some kind (bad divorce for example). Also this kind of community also seems to lure some misogyninsts in. That might be some of the reasons.

cryptogirl · 2010-03-20T04:01:54+00:00

r/feminisms and r/women are probably better comparisons to r/mensrights because they're more political.

But even those reddits are pretty tame compared to some of what I see over here.

IRreb757 · 2010-03-22T15:05:48+00:00

I am 52 and very new to the internet and so maybe stepping where I don't belong, but gabe2011 had a point I think I can help with. I live in the country and have seen the old men sitting in front of a country store and there is most always one or two who do most of the talking while everyone else laughs and nods their heads in dissent or agreement. Perhaps there's a bit of the country store here.

gabe2011 · 2010-03-20T02:46:36+00:00

Women do tend to talk more than men. It might be bc men have either too many complaints and don't feel like posting them or they believe every other men has the same ones and still don't post them. Or maybe they just don't care. Who knows.

Title	A question!
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	10
Comments	27
Date	March 20, 2010 2:37 AM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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