Here’s a little exchange from Reddit Men’s Rights subreddit that shows what exactly we’re up against here. By which I mean: complete dunderheads.
To properly enjoy the exchange below, you need to know that the “Sadly… yes” link leads to a video of Gloria Allred.
Here’s the video of Hillary Clinton Gloria Allred:
Well, hey, they do look sort of similar, if you ignore the name “Gloria Allred” in giant letters at the start, and sort of squint your eyes, and disregard the fact that her voice is not actually that of Hillary Clinton, but of an entirely different woman. Gloria Allred, to be specific. I mean, heck, Hillary Clinton’s only been on the national political scene for, like, twenty years; it’s not as if anyone could be expected to know what she looks or sounds like, or that her name isn’t spelled “Gloria Allred.” And it’s not like Gloria Allred is ever on TV or anything.
But the important thing is, even though Gloria Allred is not Hillary Clinton:
Kragmoor’s point still stands!
KRAGMOOR’S POINT STILL STANDS!!
@Sharculese:
It was basically like this, but the comedic value was unintentional
Wahaha! What’ll the excuse be when they stop though? X3
Owls! Everyone loves owls!!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/443779
Bagelsan, that owl sweater is beautiful! And very clever. Cable owls. I might make it for myself.
Brandon, there’s nothing wrong with choosing a lifestyle that works for you. If your happiest working at a low paying job that pays your bills and leaves a couple bucks over, so what? What I’ve seen in several places in the manosphere are men who think its some clever plot to do so, because somehow that’s going to have a devastating impact on women in general. Which is why I, as a feminist, have come to the conclusion that some of the MRA are just silly.
The whole idea of chivalry never benefited women like me, who could be demanded of to provide sexual services if I caught the higher ranking mans eye (and refusal meant terrible things would happen to my family). Under chivalry, the best I could hope for was to be invisible.
The answer to feeling that society thinks you useless (which happens to just about everyone since capital and resources started getting consolidated into the hands of a few) isn’t to just throw your hands in the air. What’s needed is for people to learn to respect you for what you are contributing to society, however humble that may be. The manosphere wants to put it on feminist shoulders that men aren’t respected for their contributions, when in fact, that criticism would be more accurately laid at the historical forces that led to modern capitalism and manufacturing processes. Women had no say in how that history played out. We were still required to make sammiches and care for children at that point. For that matter, very few men had any pull in that scenario either.
Brandon, I as a feminist would love to see a society where women were each given the knowledge to defend themselves, where women didn’t feel routinely forced to appeal to men for protection. The ship sinking thing….seems to me that better planning and co ordination was needed to save more people, so that no one would be trampled under foot in a panic. And the captain is being shamed because it was his duty to see to the welfare of everyone on board ship.
The funny thing here is that MRAs as a group don’t like the idea of women defending themselves, earning a living, etc, at all. I guess we’re just supposed to starve or be helpless and defenceless unless some man happens to feel like marrying us. Why would women find that idea so offensive? Sigh. Ladies are so unreasonable.