One effect of living within the ideological bubble of the Men’s Rights movement is what you might call ideological inflation: MRAs start off believing, for example, that women don’t face discrimination today, in the developed world — an idea that’s wrong enough to start with. But then, surrounded by other delusional MRAs who reinforce their every wrong notion, the denizens of the Men’s Rights bubble come to believe that women haven’t ever been discriminated against anywhere and at any time in the history of the world. (You may recall those evil cavewomen who sat around eating prehistoric bon bons while the men hunted the mammoth to feed them.)
And that leads to things like the following video, in which the FeMRA video maker who calls herself The Wooly Bumblebee declares war on a pair of “Misandric Pants” she bought for her daughter by accident.
Yep, that’s right, she’s furious because one fucking percent of the proceeds made from selling these pants goes to a charity fighting against the very real discrimination and oppression that girls face all over the globe. You know, like being denied educations because they’re girls. Like being forced into child marriages with adult men. Like being forced into prostitution as children. That sort of thing.
Apparently girls don’t suffer from being repeatedly raped as children. But boys are totally oppressed because a tiny portion of the profits from a pair of pants goes to a charity that talks about, and tries to do something about, the shit girls have to endure because they are girls.
Yep, cos donating to help girls means that boys are screwed over. Facepalm.
Was worried that the pants were misandric because some boy was turned on by them.
So, we have misandric chairs and now we have misandric jeans. ::rubs hands:: Right, the Feminist Conspiracy is going to plan! All things are made to attack men!
As a Brit, I’d expected the article to be about Bridget Jones “big pants” …
Pillowinhell – my first thought was that it was jeans squishing men’s bits or something a la Tom Martin.
If she’s so pissed, she can donate to a boy’s charity. FeMRAs blow my mind in general, but I really can’t understand the ones with daughters, who basically want them to hate themselves for being female. Poor kids.
Kitteh, yeah that thought occured to me too.
pillowinhell – I’m disappointed it’s not. It would have been funnier.
hellkell – yeah, being raised by an MRA or feMRA sounds like mental abuse right there.
Hellkell I don’t think the girls are supposed to take enough notice of themselves to have self hatred. Nothing less than totalself abgnagation? Is appropriate for a satisfactory vagina.
OK. A.) those pants are tragic, and B.) a shitfit is being thrown over 9 cents. Perspective, this chick does not have it.
But she had to ROB HER HUSBAND for nine more cents!
All for some worthless c*** they can’t even abuse!!
Okay, so I’ve been lurking on this site for a few months now, and I feel like I’ve already acclimated to a lot of the stupid and horrifying things MRAs say. I’m not sure why this instance in stupid has blindsided me, but it has. It’s just so backwards! I can’t wrap my head around how someone can actually think the way this woman does.
On the plus side, though, it’s a little bit fun imagining the conversation that might take place when she returns the pants.
When I saw “misandric pants” I thought they were ranting about skinny jeans for men and their ball-smooshing, sperm count lowering evil ways. I am disappoint.
“So, we have misandric chairs and now we have misandric jeans. ::rubs hands:: Right, the Feminist Conspiracy is going to plan! All things are made to attack men!”
Civilization=Misandry!! I win!!!!!
Yeah, I thought they were unisex, too loose in the ass, too tight in the front.
It would just be so much better if ALL the money went to those male CEOs and company directors.
I am sure when the girls get clean water, it won’t be shared with the boys at all. They’ll force the boys to drink contaminated water and laugh when they get sick. Then, they’ll join NOW.
Not to mention that anything that improves the lives of adult women will help to improve the lives of their sons or any other male children who are dependent on them.
I’m so embarrassed. I’ve been on the charity website and, of course, Woolly Bumblebee is right, the charity is misandric. They are trying to prevent men from having the child-brides that they need and deserve (and pay for). Total misandry. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before.
/sarcasm
Hey now, we all know that anything that benefits girls happens directly at the expense of the boys. I mean, just think of the poor men who won’t be able to rape, abuse, and throw acid in the faces of girls if this misandric charity gets its way!
Welcomd, JustACheeto! 🙂
Though I am a bit confused as to why she thinks a school that has banned jeans will allow stretchpants that look exactly like jeans ….
Dashed hopes that she was talking about the Magic Pants.
Hmm, I wonder if Pierre has room in his schedule for a part-time job at Macy’s.
Of course he does. He works everywhere.
Thanks Kitteh. 🙂