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actslikeacarrot

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7. one of the problems....

Reply to jollyreaper2112 (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 02:33 PM

Dec 2012

...actually the main problem is I see these mens rights members as advocating mens rights at the expense of womens rights. If someone could create a mens rights group that dosent trample on womens rights it would be better received.

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Why men's rights advocates feel creepy [View all] jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 OP

I think "Men's rights activism" is a very broadly and perhaps poorly defined term. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #1

I don't have a problem with the issues jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 #2

The distinction of 'gun owners' and 'gun fondlers' is a great way to put it. My husband was Nay Dec 2012 #3

I guess the blogs full of woman-jokes don't really help either. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #6

Very well said. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #5

People on the fringes are always creepy Tsiyu Dec 2012 #4

one of the problems.... actslikeacarrot Dec 2012 #7

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #9

Mens rights advocates sounds like white rights advocates undeterred Dec 2012 #8

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #10

You rarely find a member of a "White Rights" group who isn't racist just as you smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #12

They're misogynists and nothing more. alarimer Dec 2012 #11

With the odd handful of exceptions that more or less really is it. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #13

They extrapolate personal misfortunes, on the flimsiest of evidence, into "misandry" conspiracy nomorenomore08 Dec 2012 #14