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In reply to the discussion: May I please have the attention of all my fellow males [View all]one_voice
(20,043 posts)I thought I read somewhere that if you pointed out 'in a bad way' that a man stood up for the women it was MRA talking points or something like that. I didn't know what MRA talking points were until I'd read about them here. Still not clear on them either.
But you do make a good point. Apparently it's ok for men to do the 'heavy lifting' when it suits your needs.
Yesterday I went out with my husband, he helped on with my coat, opened the car door for me, carried the two bags of groceries into the house, but sat there and watched me carry a 42lb box of cat litter to the basement. He knew I didn't need the help with the cat litter and I would have just told him that, but the other things were out of habit. Sometimes men do things out of habit.
My son and husband will always stop and help a woman on the side of the road. Why--because women are always more of a target for violence than a man. That doesn't mean they won't stop to help a man, but they may not always stop to help a man.
Guess if some want to call them sexist because they choose not to drive by a woman because they care, so be it. I call them good men.