Are there any members of the Guild who are Men's Rights Activists? I'm one and I'm curious to know if there's anyone else who is as well.
Lucian said
I'm a general equality activist who doesn't push the agenda of any specific gender or minority.
Lucian said
I'm a general equality activist who doesn't push the agenda of any specific gender or minority.
Kidd said
Kidd said
Yog Sothoth said
If it's a meme battle you want then challenge accepted.
Kidd said
You literally just proved my point, lol. GG.
Yog Sothoth said
So are you being serious about making fun of Men's Rights Activists? Because that's pretty misguided.
Kidd said I'm just still waiting on the MRM to do something for men, but it spends its time bitching about how terrible feminism is instead. A majority of MRAs think the issues men deal with today are caused by women and/or feminism (hint hint, they're not). I invested time in the movement for about a week before I realized how backwards it was. And most of the issues they talk about are things feminism is trying to fix anyway.
Magic Magnum said
Just swap the places you use MRA and Feminism and it would be just as true. :/
A lot of MRA is just arguing against feminist, true. But a lot of feminism is also just arguing MRA.
Magic Magnum said
And note I say this as someone who when I first got involved in these issues regarded myself as a Feminist for a while. But then after a few years of noticing all the flaws with feminism, I switched to MRA briefly in an attempt to try to counteract the harm that third wave feminism is causing. But very soon after deciding that was a redundant and backwards way of thinking about and tackling the issue I decided to switch to becoming a Gender Egalitarian.
Kidd said
I'm just still waiting on the MRM to do something for men, but it spends its time bitching about how terrible feminism is instead. A majority of MRAs think the issues men deal with today are caused by women and/or feminism (hint hint, they're not). I invested time in the movement for about a week before I realized how backwards it was. And most of the issues they talk about are things feminism is trying to fix anyway.
Yog Sothoth said
I have to disagree, most mra dislike feminism because of the hateful statements that the radicals say, hints the term feminnazi. I have been part of Men's Rights groups for a long time and almost every single complaint that we make either has to do with inequalities that men have that feminists love to say doesn't exist, or the hateful things that misandrists say, misandry is a real thing. Also we have a good number of women who are Men's Rights Activists and we treat them with great respect. If you look at MRA without biased opinions then you'll see that most of their comments against feminism has proper reasons.
Kidd said
"Feminazi" is not okay to term to use and the MRAs who use it instantly lose what little respect they had. It equates a fight for equal rights with the ethnocide committed during WWII. This is not only disrespectful to feminists (boo hoo, though because), it's EXTREMELY disrespectful and insensitive to people who were persecuted by the Nazis (Jews, blacks, LGBT+, disabled people, etc). Stop using it. If you have a problem with a feminist being too extreme, call him or her extreme. Not a fucking Nazi.As for misandry, whether or not it exists, it has roots in misogyny.As for the MRA treating women with respect...Only if their opinions align. I said it once already, but I was briefly aligned with the MRA. I was respected so long as I conformed to the opinion, but when I voiced opinions they didn't like, that respect was gone. Same applies to men who are deemed "manginas" for not aligning with the MRM. And I'll repeat: "I feel ridiculous even discussing the MRM, to be honest, so I'll try to refrain from posting more. (Though I tried really, really hard not to post that meme to begin with, so lol.)" So peace.