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In reply to the discussion: Why the Men's Rights Movement Is Garbage [View all]Squinch
(59,564 posts)There was an interesting thread recently about who makes up the MRA community:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125542037
Seems like it's really young, disillusioned boys who are in some pupa stage before they emerge as full-fledged tea-baggers.
I don't think that sexual abuse or assault makes either sex more likely to become anti the other sex. Female sexual assault victims don't emerge from their experience with a hatred for all men, and I don't think male victims are any more likely to emerge from their experience with a hatred for all women.
I think, rather, the MRA movement is about disillusionment about the loss of unearned power and privileges. It's about control and unsatisfied entitlements, not about recovery from trauma.