Over on the Men’s Rights subreddit, a bunch of the locals are doing a little brainstorming, hoping to come up with a pithy slogan or two for posters that will allow them to better sell their alleged movement to the misandrist masses.
The results so far are, well, intriguing. The front-runner, so far, is this highly upvoted one from deluks917, though as you can see it has received some criticism:
Chernab0g’s contribution is short and to the point:
This one from unexpecteditem is a bit perplexing:
And this one from The_Real_Johnny_Utah is, if anything, even more unexpected than the one from unexpecteditem:
SuicideBanana seems to have a little trouble with his pith. Also, “huh?” Cthulufunk tries his best to play the race card, but unfortunately does not seem to be playing with a full deck:
Neofool’s slogan seems a bit defensive:
Oddly, none of them mentioned the “wicked new slogan” that Counter-Feminist Philosopher King Fidelbogen unveiled earlier this year: “Feminism spreads lies like a fly spreads germs.”
It’s frankly quite bizarre that MRAs haven’t SWARMED (get it? get it?) around this slogan yet. Not only is it clearly the greatest slogan since “The Best Part of Waking Up is Folgers in Your Cup,” but it also comes with a little graphic (see here on the right) that someone made for Mr. Bogen.
And no, despite its endearing amateurness it wasn’t put together as a joke by anyone here.
As wonderful as all these slogans are I think we can do a better job than the Reddit MRAs; after all, most of us know a lot more about the MRA than do most MRAs themselves. So have at it!
Oh, and speaking of posters, these have been going up recently in Vancouver. The r/MRer’s aren’t happy about it.
MRAs came to Vancouver with posters. Vancouver said no.
You became a no longer adorable grown-ass-adult and people expected you to take care of yourself? You started posting on r/mr? I wonder.
Also, I could swear I’ve seen those exact words quoted here on Manboobz before. It seems to be an r/mr meme.
What. The. Fuck. Is men’s sexual equality? Do I want to know? Is this going to put me off lunch?
I misread the headline at first. I read “You can’t have social equality for men without social equality for women”. Which would be true, one gender can’t logically have equality while the other one has inequality.
My guess is that they DO mean that men must have an equal chance of getting laid, you know, because any woman can get any man she wants to any time, and men can’t, and that’s unfair… and somehow connected to social justice issues.
Wow. I’m pretty scared by this sexual equality for men thing. Given their attitude to sexual violence this could mean any of several very disturbing things.
Perhaps it is the case that there are as many different types of man as there are types of woman.
And that’s not even getting into the variations upon gender…
Reminds me of this video, in which anti-abortionists basically showed themselves up as generally unthinking and prone to regurgitating talking points rather than giving the issue any real serious consideration. MRAs have much the same appearance. What do they actually believe, in concrete terms? What do they agree on? What the hell happened in Tunguska a century ago? (Well, it’s just as clear)
If they took a second to listen, they’d probably realize that very few feminists hate men. And hey, even if they did, hating women for hating men only gets us–you guessed it–more hate. What a great solution! /sarcasm
Also, in answer to SuicideBanana’s question… acting like a child is only cute when you’re a child. Once you’re a grownup, it’s no longer endearing. Therefore, if you are acting like a spoiled, whiny brat and your driver’s license says you’re over the age of 16…the world at large is no longer required to give you the benefit of the doubt for your whining. It’s actually a very simple equation.
OK, now I am very confused and I’m not ashamed to ask for help. WTF does “You can’t have social equality for women without sexual equality for men” actually mean???
I think Dvärghundspossen has the right of it. They think “equality” means men should be able to get laid as easily as they believe women can get laid–i.e. automatically.
Why, oh why, won’t women treat me like an adorable child? Also, women should be more grown up (unlike me – I get to be a kid forever). Also they should let me have sex with them, because if they don’t that’s discrimination.
Dear MRAs – be more careful about who you let create your slogans, because these guys aren’t exactly putting your best foot forward.
Wow. I’m pretty scared by this sexual equality for men thing. Given their attitude to sexual violence this could mean any of several very disturbing things.
Yeah, I really can’t think of any concrete examples of what he means by ‘sexual equality’ that don’t involve some form of legalised rape o_o
FTFY
MRA’s deny all of the real types of privilege, like white, male, hetero, and cis privilege. But they invented their own privilege of “can find sexual partners”. Based on that logic, they are the most oppressed people in the world if they can’t find a girlfriend willing to put up with them. This is also why they feel entitled to have feminists help them get laid, because their concerns are much more important than something like a right to bodily autonomy or protection from housing and job discrimination.
Sexual equality for men? So their sexuality should be shamed as well?
Well, if since they couldn’t find a legitimate way to be oppressed, making it up is the next best option. And the odd-occasional “It may LOOK like it favors men, but REALLY it is…[insert BS here]…”
Because most mainstream religions really do favor women and shame men for being what they are. /sarcasm
I’m pretty sure that “sexual equality” does indeed mean that they think they have a right to get laid and that women saying no to them is misandry.
Also, the Tunguska event is misandry!!!1!
This old-fashioned cat is mystified by teh misandry. I’m still trying to figure out how the scented fucking candles are misandry. What are fucking candles, anyway? Not that I’m an expert on dildos, but fucking candles seem…uncomfortable? Sharp edges? Or are fucking candles shaped differently?
And “sexual equality” I do not get. Where’s an MRA with an explanation when you need one?!?
There’s a New Age shop around here that sells penis-shaped candles. I just thought I’d mention that. I don’t think they’re scented, though.
Actually I think I’ve decoded the tagline. What it means is that if women won’t let men have sex with us whenever they feel like it, they (or the MRAs at least) won’t let us have social equality (or any other kind of equality).
That they don’t see the inherent contradiction in saying that you’ll let a group of people be equal only if they agree to be your sex slaves is unsurprising given who we’re dealing with. But still sad.
Re fucking candles:
I’d be worried about it breaking and/or melting and leaving … bits. I guess it’s misandry because anal toys can get, uh, lost, whereas a malfunctioning candle in a vagina would at least not wander around.
Yeah. Scented fucking candles sound like a terrible idea.
@Nepenthe
Melting wouldn’t be a problem since most waxes have a melting point well above human body temperature. Breaking might be, in which case I would recommend using beeswax since it’s less brittle than paraffin.
Men’s rights: the radical notion that women are mean doodyheads who won’t sleep with me and that’s UNFAAAIIIRRR
Wait, someone actually suggested, “The Men’s Rights Movement: not all of us are rapists!” ?!
Chernab0g, honey, you’re trolling too subtlely.