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Showing Original Post only (View all)How Feminism Hurts Men [View all]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/micah-j-murray/how-feminism-hurts-men_b_4266733.htmlFor men, the rise of feminism has relegated us to second-class status. Inequality and discrimination have become part of our everyday lives.
Because of feminism, church stages and spotlights are often dominated by women. Men are encouraged to just serve in the nursery or kitchen. Sometimes men are even told to stay silent in church.
Because of feminism, women make more money than man in the same jobs.
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and heavens, a 45 yr old man might get a whole year in jail for raping an unconscious 16 yr old girl
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#2
That's actually a very interesting point. I hadn't thought of it that way before. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#106
I hope I live long enough to see the day "... women hold over 80 percent of the seats in Congress."
Tx4obama
Nov 2013
#3
All one has to do is to look at the ratio of deaths and serious injuries, by gender, to understand
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#110
You're cute. Have any links to these studies, or "hundreds" of feminist theorists and publications?
arcane1
Dec 2013
#174
there is a du'er here who pushed and got his own forum, who adamantly and repeatedly
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#27
"She made me hit her" is one of the most chickenshit things I've ever read/heard in my life.
LanternWaste
Nov 2013
#62
except you extend this to domestic violence victims who usually cannot just be surveyed
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#143
Thanks for confirming my point. I see you're still proud of your "reciprocal violence" stand.
SunSeeker
Nov 2013
#164
In your super-duper sleuthing, you seem to have overlooked one inconvenient detail..
opiate69
Nov 2013
#138
i thought he actually rolled up his sleeves adn loosened his tie and unbuttoned his collar shirt on
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#104
oh god, that thread. where people should have been kicked off DU and were not. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#32
no one should feel ick, shame or hold value judgment with grown men buy schoolgirls soiled panties
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#35
it is a man thing? all us little wimminz shouldnt worry our pretty, fragile head over?
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#40
That has got to be one of the downright silliest things I've ever read, on DU anyway.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#111
The dominant culture will fight to stay that way. They will not give up power willingly.
ehrnst
Nov 2013
#37
this is akin to saying that civil rights group like the NAACP ignores whites
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#38
you have found 2 or 3 things you preceive you can claim as unfair to men. i can give you a thousand
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#148
I never said that that particular concern was invalid. It's *not*. I think treatment of inmates
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#151
I'm testing the idea that "equality" means something attainable or even desirable.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#152
Why are "advocacy" and "equality" mutually exclusive? And why are these small, specific examples
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#154
We may, in part, have different definitions of "equality." I accept that.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#161
I wouldn't be opposed to an Office of Men's Health, since we men do have particular health needs
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#165
and you know for sure vasectomies are not covered? that is wrong. something we should speak up
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#158
someone made a very good point. this is about preventative. pregnancy effects the womans
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#159
Prisoner abuse is one of our country's greatest shames. But why should feminists, specifically,
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#169
then DO something about it. YOU have a problem with feminism cause women are not doing something
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#171
If people like him actually addressed "women's issues" then I would understand his complaining.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#172
and THAT would be the point. their ass would be kick off so far if they said this about any group,
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#85
we have members of du going around putting up ugly, old women in order to shame us, like that stupid
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#105
because you think women have made "enough" progress, we should now help men out with theirs? again
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#94
no. we have not won. not only have we not won, we are in the process of backpedaling.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#100
"Gender issues have made far more progress socially and economically than racial issues."
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#144
this is the most ridiculous argument ever. we have radio hosts that call women sluts and whores and
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#146
Yeah, what "privilege" really means is all the bad shit that *doesn't* happen to you...
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#149
Abolishing selective service has been a feminist position since at least the 1960s.
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2013
#90
And how are you so comfortable freely generalizing about so many people?
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#123
It shouldn't hurt *that* much though. And as a guy I really get sick of the MRA whining.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#120
Paternity (as well as maternity) leave? Readily available, affordable birth control for both sexes?
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#115
This is one of the more unintentionally funny posts I've seen in awhile.
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2013
#61
we are trying to keep girls from killing themselves, being raped, and beaten to death. nonexisting
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#78
Yeah, that's why the never ratified amendment was called the Women's Rights Amendment. n/t
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2013
#49
it is so beyond absurd. i have been sitting here reading the back and forth and for there to even
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#150
I really, truly, hope that this just a really clever piece of witty satire.......nt
AverageJoe90
Nov 2013
#66