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In reply to the discussion: MRA's (Mens Rights Activists) are extremely critical of feminism. [View all]sibelian
(7,804 posts)92. There is no subject on which any demographic has "no say" on anything. nt.
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MRA's (Mens Rights Activists) are extremely critical of feminism. [View all]
boston bean
Mar 2013
OP
We're uppity - that's our sin. We're supposed to be meek and submissive little wifeys.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#277
funny that I haven't heard from any of the guys on this...I sure wish they'd tell me
CTyankee
Apr 2013
#287
One of the most productive discussions we've had on DU in years was "benevolent sexism"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#288
You seem to be getting stuck on the fact that all feminists don't agree on all feminist
Squinch
Apr 2013
#302
Neither is any list from the NRA a definitive list of "what gun advocates are working on."
Squinch
Apr 2013
#319
I see you often in discussions about gun control. I haven't seen you call out Wayne LaPierre.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#342
Seeing as how it was posted, and cheered, right here at DU, the "search" was quite short.
opiate69
Apr 2013
#345
and it is shamefully irresponsible to feel gossip that women on du would advocate starving boys.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#356
i am not gonna play the chicken shit, dishonest, petty little fuckin game. you and others can
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#361
Again.. where did I specifically accuse you or anybody of cheering starving little boys?
opiate69
Apr 2013
#363
instead of actually thinking about what is being said here, you continue the game.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#369
btw opiate. i understand that was in COMMENT section. is that correct? comments? right? now i
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#362
again... dishonest presentation. 1 poster said the comments funny or something. NOT specifically
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#374
praise? saying i do not know what comment she talked about. saying i do not know if she read
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#376
i will say it once more. i went into the blog AFTER bb locked it to see where the comment was.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#379
As opiate69 points out, one need not go far to find that particular outrageousness.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#346
I see your point in saying that there are bad actors on both sides, but I have to disagree
Squinch
Mar 2013
#53
very insightful. i am impressed. i was hearing the "to do" about this but didnt get informed cause
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#124
The joke was directed at anyone who heard it. People too stupid to know that sound waves
mbperrin
Mar 2013
#144
corporate tools who fire people for juvenile offenses is *my* problem.
Phillip McCleod
Mar 2013
#145
hostile work environments are in about all employment agreements. break the law and co policy, you
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#147
yeh and nobody is more hostile than a self-important corporate tool. \n
Phillip McCleod
Mar 2013
#148
good to know, you are on record opposing the laws that do not allow sexism in a work place.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#149
Then I was an idiot for firing the employee who used the word "faggot" repeatedly?
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#233
Do you think that "small group" that is antagonistic toward "men in general" is on DU?
redqueen
Mar 2013
#31
I agree and I think it's worth adding that that tiny handful isn't exclusively women. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#292
Okay, so you want everyone who "doesn't believe The Patriarchy exists" banned? Which "Patriarchy"?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#238
The MRA group linked in the OP supports the equal rights amendment. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#293
I am not suggesting that you have to say "I don't mean you" every single time
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#54
I think you are responding to the wrong person because I never said you should tolerate it
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#70
Do you think feminists on DU post OPs or comments simply to "start gender wars"? nt
redqueen
Mar 2013
#78
The vast majority of them don't, but there are a tiny handful that I believe do that
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#80
and i STILL want to get back to you from a couple weeks ago. i gotta figure,
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#125
Of course. Like so many men who benefit from the patriarchy every day of their lives,
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#281
I don't understand. How can we become equal unless the patriarchy is ended first?
Zorra
Mar 2013
#73
as most all of us are. you are right. we have had to look up definitions as accusation are hurled
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#126
I already said I will not name names in this thread, but it is a very small number of them
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#84
You must have responded to the wrong person then because you replied to me not Red Queen
Bjorn Against
Mar 2013
#97
you mean the premise like "There are MRAs on DU" in "certain groups", wink wink?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#242
It's their imaginary friend. Or imaginary disapproving mother. Can't look too deep into this
Squinch
Mar 2013
#62
cause you meant to take that two hour detour, right? that pretty park was a must see. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#203
Sad to say, the men on DU who openly show support for us get that same treatment. n/t
Little Star
Mar 2013
#21
They can have their fun in their little group, as can the feminists...
Comrade_McKenzie
Mar 2013
#18
I didn't click it, assumed you were talking about something more recent. Re-read, I've edited. nt
redqueen
Mar 2013
#103
You should ask the person who links to that site with each and every one of their posts
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#101
No. Just the ones who claim to discuss feminist "history" while doing nothing of the sort.
Occulus
Apr 2013
#325
you ought to pay attention to all the men that perfectly understood the issue and though those
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#326
First, I did not call out a group. I pointed specifically to individuals within the group.
Occulus
Apr 2013
#328
here is the obvious. someone asked what benevolent sexism is. i gave exampleS and definition. YOU
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#329
Except that the whole "door" controversy was manufactured by people trying to discredit
Squinch
Apr 2013
#331
That's pretty childish, don't you think? You forgot to put "nyah!" at the end of it.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#381
Go into the feminist groups you in your manly wisdom deem worthy and ask about benevolent sexism.
redqueen
Apr 2013
#330
You mean they don't already enjoy yarn-themed activities? Our culture IS in trouble!
Squinch
Apr 2013
#303
If MRA types were serious, they would be allied with feminists in working against the patriarchy...
YoungDemCA
Mar 2013
#38
Personally, I think the actual issue is more about who holds the most power not..
Little Star
Mar 2013
#55
When you reduce it to its most basic component, MRAs have mommy issues. All of them.
Sheldon Cooper
Mar 2013
#52
you say... we lost your support. i ask what that means. you do not answer. all the rest is filler.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#228
you say no support toward women. i ask what that means. no support for equal pay?
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#239
lol. so, you wont tell me how our loss of support from you will effect us, or what that means. hmm
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#245
not really. i have been consistent. hey, just do not vote against wife and daughters interests
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#248
you calling names using scorn and ridicule is not abuse. me challenging you on putting out you dont
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#241
but i do not have the answers. obviously. hence my repeated questions to you. YOU seem to not
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#247
wtf? i am suppose to know your history? you snark, snide, ridicule, insult and that makes ME
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#261
you mean, i do not even get to decide if i can callout you snark, snide, ridicule, insult
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#263
Ok, I'll bite - where is this supposed hateful rhetoric and ideology happening?
Dash87
Apr 2013
#197
If money is being taken from the government, then people have a right to complain
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#151
MRAs won't do that work. They'd rather cry about why feminists aren't doing it *for* them.
redqueen
Mar 2013
#153
we have been called out continually, to go fight mans battle. if we are not equally fighting mans
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#155
i know you do not claim it to be your battle. you claim it to be our battle ... for men. you do
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#161
that is right. cant dig for the post. in meta. people will just have to go off memory. nt
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#163
i clearly said, and will repeat. yes. i know. it was never your battle. it was derailing to
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#173
I agree with this. And the only say the doctor has is what time the appointment should be.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#169
Yes. At least that legislation brings the prevailing opinion of the Kansas and Arizona legislators
Squinch
Apr 2013
#196
So would it also be equally true that women have no say on men's rights issues?
Major Nikon
Mar 2013
#121
I meant that AVoiceforMen and similar sites hate all women, not just feminists.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#154
That hardly matters, as you can find any type of person anywhere to support dumb ideas.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#180
National Organization for Women thought men should be the sole breadwinners? That IS news.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#300
You've found an exception is all: Anyone that buys into their wacky ideology is fine to them.
Dash87
Apr 2013
#237
A lot of men think that the earth is 4000 years old and Jesus rode a dinosaur around town.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#178
hey... i was thinking this was a good idea to put this in GD. and here it is. ya.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#122
Of course not, and anyone that says otherwise is full of 100% grade-A cow manure.
Dash87
Mar 2013
#167
We are all equal but some are more equal than others, is the amendment NOW seems to want
davidn3600
Apr 2013
#252
to be clear... you know, really clear. it was the feminist on du that demanded prison rape jokes
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#211
Yes. Credit where credit is due. Many people who identify as feminist have been in front of that.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#212
if you were to ask a feminist why men are 10x more likely to be in prison, it certainly would NOT be
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#213
and i have listened to many feminist and not heard one feminist say .... men are inherently bad.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#220
the point is you want to recognize men are not inherently violent, yet will promote
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#265
this is getting good. down to the nitty gritty. but, alas, i have had too much wine. you know,
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#290
"I as a woman have seen the damage that feminism has done to men and boys."
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#284
Have you a link for that story? Over the years, I've seen you tell it here and on DKos but I've
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#295
There is nothing about this case anywhere on the net. The only Women's Studies story that I
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#298
hmmm. well, as you see from my reply. just not buying it. any of it. none of it makes sense
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#299
"I as a woman have seen the damage that feminism has done to men and boys. "
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#341
Satan Worshippers are extremely critical of Christianity. Fred Phelps considers himself a Christian.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#232
i found texas to be very equitable. not so much louisanna. that is why i have a tough time with
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#269
because they are gaining momentum. and hurting women. they are growing, louder, stronger. where
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#291
Just to be clear, I wasn't dismissing it.. I was just trying to warn you about some of our more..
opiate69
Apr 2013
#393