lovelogicrainbows:

“Women are constantly mocked and told they are too emotional!”

Because obviously men are praised for showing emotion, M I rite?

siryouarebeingmocked:

getyourfactsright:

exvin:

thepeoplesrecord:

These are all so good.

The second one

Should have been:

“#INeedMasculismBecause I’m a feminist and I need something to attack to make myself look good and boost my ego.” 

About that second one; what if the rapist was a foot shorter and 80% of the weight? Like a woman raping a man?

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm

Average weight US; 166.2 lbs women, 195.5 men. Average height difference, less than six inches. Which means that any woman who is raped by a man and fits those criteria in the image in the first place is a statistical outlier.

Come to think of it, I can easily think of a circumstance where a male rape victim might still fit those numbers; if the victim was a boy and the rapist was a woman. Around six to eight years.

I can’t find it! Mind giving a link?

… Please tell me this is a joke.

permutationofninjas:

nomoremrnicespice:

“Men’s Rights Activists” are just surface-dwelling champions of misinformation.

Could you give us examples of this?  We’d be happy to deal with any specific instances that you’ve encountered, but for the most part when we think of your description it’s not MRAs that come to mind.

They can’t wrap their heads around the reality that their perceived injustices—like men being expected to pay a woman’s way on a date, for example, or modern ideas about “chivalry” in general—are rooted in misogynistic assumptions about women’s inferiority.

Reframing the issue.  This is unverifiable, almost definitely untrue, and a cheap way of taking focus away from the people who are actually suffering in the situation at hand.

It’d just be just as (il)logical to say that the slut-shaming of women is simply due to people seeing men as inherently dirty; it’s just rooted in misandric assumptions about men’s inferiority.

In reality, neither misandry or misogyny are at the “root” of these issues; they developed side by side and reinforced each other throughout history due to simple evolutionary pressures.  The only way to actually get rid of the gender binary kyriarchy is to understand it from all sides.  While MRAs do have their issues with that, they’re doing an awful lot better at it than their counterparts.

Just because some women participate in perpetuating a misogynistic custom or don’t see the misogyny in it, that doesn’t make it an anti-feminist issue.

Every woman isn’t an advocate of feminism. Some women are misogynists.  Disagreeing with a woman ≠ disagreeing with feminism.

You seem to be implying that not being a feminist automatically makes someone a misogynist.  Is this what you believe?

I think if you could just get some of these dudes to understand how their male privilege operates they’d see a place for themselves in feminism,

You seem to be implying that all MRAs are males.  Is this what you believe?

since literally all MRA issues are feminist issues seen from a (usually selfish) misguided male perspective. I appreciate the room for confusion here, and some people just need some education.

Feminists aren’t the only ones who can fight for gender equality; you can be a gender rights activist without calling yourself a feminist, and to think otherwise is co-opting others, and therefore not inclusive.  If all the issues the MRM is addressing are really feminist issues, then the entire feminist movement is failing pretty awfully at being feminist.

Do you really think the MRA perspective is “usually selfish”?  How so?

But. The most outspoken self-proclaimed MRA’s are often just misogynists trying to keep their power; no patience for them, no tolerance for them, they do nothing but disservice to all parties. No thank you, not interested in that.

If you come across any, tell us; we’ll deal with them.  In the meantime, please rethink your position on the nature of privilege and the gender binary; it needs some work.

i just want to walk down the street without that thin layer of feeling unsafe, is that too much to ask?

general-eclectic:

it frustrates me to know that absolutely none of the [straight, cis-male] guys i know will ever experience the feeling of pure discomfort and trepidation that a woman feels when walking past a group of leering men.

… You do realize that this is an issue that you and only you can solve? 

I’m going to use my old roller coaster example. I used to be terrified of roller coasters (and I still am, to an extent). Eventually, I gave in to the pestering of my cousins and went on one.

I lived.

Now that I’ve rehashed my old personal example, let’s take a closer look at your post. 

“It frustrates me to know that none of the guys I know will ever experience” blah blah blah.

Let’s start off with the fact that, while most of the stranger on stranger perps of crime are men, the majority of victims of that same category of crime are - *drumroll* - also men! 

The matter of the fact is that all the straight cis male guys you know have more of a legitimate backing to such a fear, should they have any (believe it or not, there’s a good chance that some of the guys you know do have these fears; being a guy doesn’t mean you’re fearless). This isn’t subjective emotions - this is statistical reality. 

Basically, your fear is your own problem, and being afraid of something doesn’t mean shit if there’s no reasonable support for said fear. And guess what? In your case, there is no reasonable support. 

It’s your problem and only your problem. Have fun.

girls-against-grrrls:

keelh4uler:

When I meet girls who aren’t feminists, I want to know what happened in their lives to make them believe they don’t deserve equal rights as men.

When I meet girls who are feminists, I want to know what happened in their lives to make them believe they don’t have equal rights as men.

IDIOT! Serena Williams claims 16yr old Rape Victim is to partially to blame for getting drunk…

mynsplain:

jookosnews:

Let this be a lesson to every teen, according to Serena Williams if you get drunk and raped, its partially YOUR fault for putting yourself into that position.
VIA Daily Mail :
Serena Williams has sparked an intense backlash after she suggested the 16-year-old victim in the Steubenville, Ohio,…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE : http://www.jookos.com/2013/06/19/idiot-serena-williams-claims-16yr-old-rape-victim-is-to-partially-to-blame-for-getting-drunk/

Let this be a lesson to all teens don’t worry about being responsible for your own well being an body because after we teach all the men not to rape you can get shift-faced and walk nude and take no precautions whatsoever. In fact irresponsibility all around because society will coddle you into a state of learned helplessness where you’ll have to rely solely on adults for the rest of your lives to save you from the world.

So, by that logic, a person who got drunk, got behind the wheel of a car, and got into an accident in which another person got killed cannot and should not be held accountable for their own choice to get wasted? 

Infantilization ftw!