History of Feminism
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This is a long and interesting article that touches upon the history of feminism and the way it created the men's right movement. It even touches upon some familiar subjects. For the record, MRAs are called FRA in this article. Father's rights activists.
But there is a small and increasingly influential group of men who want to walk these gains back, and take increased gender equality and progress in combating domestic violence along with them.
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That VAWA and other anti-violence initiatives have actually saved mens lives is just one aspect of the FRA paradox: They claim to support the rights of fathers and fight back against feminism, but it is actually feminists and their male allies who have secured the greatest gains for dads.
Whole article at:
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
cinnabonbon
(860 posts)redqueen
(115,112 posts)Exactly. Custody is most often worked out with no issues.
That VAWA and other anti-violence initiatives have actually saved mens lives is just one aspect of the FRA paradox: They claim to support the rights of fathers and fight back against feminism, but it is actually feminists and their male allies who have secured the greatest gains for dads.
I hope we see a lot more discussion of these facts. This dangerous movement has been growing and the lies need to be exposed.
cinnabonbon
(860 posts)that they are so opposed to feminism when it is clear that the movement is trying to work in their favor.
But yes, I hope that we will see more discussion on it, too. I would have loved it if I could have picked out at least five more examples from this article so that we could all discuss them, they're that relevant.
redqueen
(115,112 posts)cinnabonbon
(860 posts)redqueen
(115,112 posts)In radical feminist theory, that is elementary.
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