MRA's (Mens Rights Activists) are extremely critical of feminism.

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222. I agree that using this approach seems to be part of the problem

There is the problem of the use of this approach partaking of the assumptions and divisions created between the genders that have been responsible for the construction of the inequities indemic to the patriarchal power arrangement within our society. I'm a pragmatist though so I'm interested in finding an approach that works, and sorting the problems out later- after acheiving the aim of helping people to understand the truths made possible through feminist critique. I wonder how effective other ways of communicating basic truths to Americans can be. I'm an eternal optimist; good people will eventually acknowledge the horrible, anti-human truths about the present patriarchal power arrangement. Maybe they'll even open thier eyes within enough time for us to fix our society and planet. Maybe my optimism is mis-placed- but I prefer to maintain my faith in humanity's better side. Mankind's potential for evil seems to be less of an either/or kind of arrangement, and more of a sliding scale of degrees. If we can interrupt a young man's slide into misogyny through surrepticiously educating him to see himself as a trail blazer for women's rights through his own intellect and "decisions", as opposed to capitulation to a foreign narrative, we will at least be gaining momentum for the race to change our society for the better.