So the other day some of the fellas on the Men’s Rights subreddit were having a strange little conversation. One Men’s Rights Redditor posted a clip from Bill Burr, in which the comedian complained that when his girlfriend hit him, he couldn’t hit her back without getting himself into a lot of trouble.
Instead of pointing his fellows to, I don’t know, resources for male victims of domestic abuse, the OP joked “This Is Why I Wish That I Was Sexually Attracted to Men.”
Yep, that’s right. He wants to date other men so, if the need arises, he can punch them.
Naturally, this being Reddit, other straight dudes jumped in with their own fantasies about how much easier life would be if they were gay. After all, jacKofKats pointed out, dating a guy would mean you could play video games with the very same person you have sex with, something obviously impossible in heterosexual relationships.
Oneiorosgrip agreed with the original poster that life would be much simpler and easier if guys could hit their mates:
Dolanduckeroo expressed envy towards his gay friends, who apparently lead lives of ease and endless zipless fucks, all the while being appreciated for who they truly are.
A few actual gay men wandered into the discussion, hoping to inject a bit of realism, pointing out (among other things) that gay men actually face something called “homophobia” — look it up if you haven’t heard of it — pretty much every day of their lives. Naturally, they got fewer upvotes than the “wish I were gay” fantasizers.
Trust me, I wish they were gay too.
On top of being terrible, one dude got Loudon Wainwright’s name wrong.
Didn’t we cover “don’t hit anyone” in early childhood? What the fuck is wrong with these people?
They haven’t stopped to think that not every gay guy gets laid either. No one group has sex on tap.
I think it is another indication that they get all their information about life, the universe, and everything, from sitcoms, video games, and reddit.
r/mr: because brawling should totally be acceptable in relationships.
Everything would be so much simpler.
All I have to say is:
:I
They are totally not the abusers lobby you guys!
They just want to beat the crap out of their significant others!
Is that so wrong?
(it is wrong)
Failing at mens’ rights and being a decent human being at once, why am I not surprised?
“My girlfriend hit me last night man!”
“too bad you can hit her back, have you considered dating men?”
That’s worse than the usual complaints that there aren’t DV resources for men, that’s flat out refusing to consider such things might be needed, and sought when needed. At the least, the appropriate response there is DTMFA.
“play video games with the very same person you have sex with, something obviously impossible in heterosexual relationships.” — they could be the sort that wants to have sexytimes and then then go raid, but I doubt any gender is keen on people who jump up from sexytimes ASAP so they can get back to WoW.
Love jacKofKats saying it’d be safer to be gay (where love means hate of course) — I’d ask if he’s just never heard of Matthew Shepard, but that’d be damned near impossible, so I have to assume this is intentional idiocy (laced with homophobia most likely).
Yep, not being able to punch my wife is *totally* the #1 complicating factor in a relationship.
What the actual fuck?
They are forgetting the part about doubling the wardrobe. But they aren’t taking into account that they’ll have to start working out and go to parades and care about china patterns. Are they’re any other stereotypes I missed? Oh, right, they’ll have to get some spandex.
Idiots.
Yes, all gay men are happy, accepting people that don’t ever judge by appearances. Way to generalize and objectify a group you MRA asshats.
Had a friend in high school, thought our gay mutual friend was faking it because “it’s kinda ‘in’ to be gay, I think he just wants to be cool.” When I suggested that any perceived coolness would probably be outweighed by the homophobia he would have to face, plus the pain of denying who he is, my friend said “nah, I mean sure, 10 years ago, but I think it’s a lot harder to be a straight guy now.” No.
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…it was just the one time!
(Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever jumped up from sexytimes for WoW. I did for Skyrim, though, which is possibly even sadder. It should, however, be noted both that I had only just acquired it the day before and was still super-excited about it, and the boyfriend was totally cool with it because he really wanted to go play Rift, anyway. Basically what I’m saying here is sometimes total geeks find each other, and it’s AWESOME. :-p )
Aw, nuts, html broke my embarrassed-face smiley. Oh well.
Not getting laid on demand is slightly/definitely worse than not knowing for sure if someone isn’t going to try to kill you because of your sexual orientation? I must need a brain tune-up then.
Nah, if they were gay they’d still be complaining about how all the hottest guys go for Alpha Assholes and Nice Guys never get laid, etc.
“Harder to be a straight guy…” This ladies and gentleman is what I refer to as “privilege in headlights” They see that their position is on the road to not being special and better (not worse than others mind you) and that has somehow victimized them.
Found this comment in the RooshV site:
oh, roooshiepoops,
those girls are malnourished….
in America we have subsidized corn so even poor girls can buy soda and put some meat on their bones…
y’know, more cusion for the pushin’
LOL and I know you know about that first hand….
by David H. Fucktrelle-Male Feminist Extraordinaire™ on Jun 7, 2012 at 1:49 am
I guess the haters are getting around 🙂
Exactly Speedlines. I know gay men who are exactly like that.
Speedlines, they seem to be under the impression that being gay would automatically turn them into the hot alphas being straight could never do.
Well, we all know how gay men all secretly want to convert straight men (/sarcasm)
Polliwog — ftr, he made a habit of it, the first time I didn’t care much. I probably should’ve included a “without mutual agreement” note all the same.
“Not getting laid on demand is slightly/definitely worse than not knowing for sure if someone isn’t going to try to kill you because of your sexual orientation?”
It’s like they don’t even realize that hitting on someone besides a member of the perceived “opposite sex” can be dangerous, not just embarrassing. I mean — a cis man hits on a (perceived to him) cis woman, worst case? He gets a drink throw on him, maybe, more likely he gets a polite enough answer. A cis man hits on a (perceived to him) cis man, worst case is more like dude calls his buddies and he ends up dead.
What’s next, assumptions about dating while not cis? (I honestly don’t want to know what they’d say to a trans* person or genderqueer dating, I suspect what they’d say would be the least of it >.<)
Hmm, yes, in much the same way they imagine that if they were women they’d automatically be Hot Chicks.
Just further evidence of their privilege. The straight white Christian cis man is the the most discriminated against. Ha! This just shows they have no idea what discrimination feels like.
Reminds of those fools in the RV in the Borat movie, saying minorities have all the power and whites none (not to mention they wish slavery was reinstated).
And again, I’d like to see a citation of the statute or court decision that declared battery legal if woman does it to a man.