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digonswine

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20. That is not at all what I was talking about-

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:12 PM

Mar 2014

the enforced gender roles have nothing to do with defending the family. It is about how we expect males to act and interact--what is manly and what is not.
I am pretty sure that feminists have no problem with men being protective of those they care about.
It is about how we inculcate males to be distinctly separate from what are considered feminine qualities--qualities we all naturally have.
I have no doubt that most women would sacrifice all to protect their loved ones as well. This is not a manly quality, but a human quality.
MRA, at least here, seems to refer to a particular brand of victimhood. I do agree with some of their ideas--some point out the unfairness of the human condition-but then there is this added fabric of being prejudiced against or HAVING to adhere to the stereotypes imposed by society that I do not agree with.

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To the MRA�s- [View all] digonswine Mar 2014 OP

i hear that kind of language ALL THE TIME, and it's pretty clear that the meaning TheFrenchRazor Mar 2014 #1

I'm not sure that they truly make that connection- digonswine Mar 2014 #9

You are on a front line in this, and it sounds as if you are a Squinch Mar 2014 #2

"nebulous concept"... Fuck, we have MRA's here that deny it exists... Ohio Joe Mar 2014 #3

Yes-i really don't get it at all- digonswine Mar 2014 #10

Just out of curiosity--Sand Ridge? Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #4

No--not Sand Ridge- digonswine Mar 2014 #14

OK, from that I can name it (but won't). Been there. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #15

Thanks--think small town digonswine Mar 2014 #18

It is what it is BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #19

That is not at all what I was talking about- digonswine Mar 2014 #20

Men are expected to put their life on the line first BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #21

as far as I can tell digonswine Mar 2014 #23

In this day and age BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #26

I'm a woman-- I'd do the same ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #24

It hasn't changed that much BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #25

Thank you for standing up to the sexism and misogyny you encounter. cui bono Mar 2014 #5

Thanks, but- digonswine Mar 2014 #13

THIS redqueen Mar 2014 #16

Kick! Heidi Mar 2014 #6

Maybe they need to be recorded making these statements Tsiyu Mar 2014 #7

This is at practice-not during games- digonswine Mar 2014 #11

I understand Tsiyu Mar 2014 #22

Thanks for the post, and for fighting back as you can .... Scuba Mar 2014 #8

I just read that-thanks- digonswine Mar 2014 #12

Thank you, K&R Whisp Mar 2014 #17