So here’s an interesting chart. Guess what it represents?
A) The membership of the David Duke Fan Club
B) The racial breakdown of the most successful Liberace impersonators
C) The demographics of the Men’s Rights subreddit
Well, ok, that was too easy. It is of course all of the above. I’m guessing. It’s definitely C, at least, as this chart was prepared to show the results of the 2013 Men’s Rights subreddit demographic survey.
Now, you might say, well, isn’t Reddit itself a pretty white place? And you would be right. But the Men’s Rights subreddit seems to be a bit whiter — and a lot less black — than Reddit as a whole, if Quantcast’s estimates of Reddit’s overall ethnic breakdown are accurate.
In other completely non-surprising news, 89% of Men’s Rights Redditors are men. And a lot of them are libertarians. MRAs complain endlessly that we pigeonhole them as a bunch of entitled white dudes. They’re really not doing much to challenge that assumption.
The most important issue to these fellas (and the small minority that aren’t fellas)? Survey says: False rape accusations.
Other critical issues to the Men’s Rightsers include “custody rights” (which is a bit odd because 92% of those surveyed have no kids), “legal discrimination” (whatever that means), “education discrimination” (this is a thing?), and “male disposability.”
“Male birth control” and “paper abortion,” while relatively less important to the Men’s Rightsers, each got hundreds of votes.
I’m surprised “friendzoning” isn’t at the top of the list, but unfortunately it wasn’t one of the choices. I blame misandry.
Welcome, RiliKat! All aspects of The David are accepted here on Manboobz.
Love,
David Futrelle #4685
Thanks Argenti!
Now I’ll have to study my manboobz history. Is there a pop quizz? Or a test? Please say no.
Here, have a cute big citty link to
bribeinfluence your answer.http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b01901c6ce79d970b-popup
That’s an good link, Tulgey, thanks for posting it. “Caucasian” always puzzled me, too. Interesting about Blumenbach specifically decrying the idea of racial hierarchies.
Kitteeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Is that a little lynx/bobcat type kitteh?
I hope there isn’t a pop quiz lurking in the undergrowth. I’d fail.
Shh, I’m studieng.
Also the pic is from this article: http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2013/05/nashville-zoo-welcomes-eurasian-lynx.html
*studying
Squee! Lynx kitten!!!
No, there’s no test, unless y’all want one. But those are less fun really.
You say you want a pop quiz?
Okay! Quiz time:
1) Who proposed dividing the United States along the mississippi between men and women?
2) Who said that Spanish and Russian use the same alphabet?
3) What is MRAL’s morning height?
4) Then who was phone?
Cat/kitten pictures are incorrect but entirely acceptable answers to all questions.
So we’re down to what political affiliations make sense cross-culturally, any smart ass answers, suggestions for relationship status, and whether/how to include religion (I’m still leaning towards a simple “not religious” to “very religious”, however you define that)
PS This is the answer to question #4:
It’s a Pallas cat!
1) Antz?
2) oh gods, oh gods, Mr. Laughing at me for using CDC stats
3) I have no fucking clue, but it’s taller than his evening height
4) Dave, of course
Oooh, I know!
1) Joshua K. Gnurglethompson
2) The Cuban Screech Owl
3) 6.4 cm
4) wut?
5) All of the above
1) The catalliens. (did that hapen?)
2) The alliens of planet cat. (did that also happen?)
3) Only the Nined Lifes know. (I give up.)
4) Itchy defended the misandry from slut Scrathy with that. It is a sacred part of the MRM history.
Relevant link is proof:
http://www.langweiledich.net/Bilder/itchy_scratchy_supercut.jpg
RiliKat — yes, yes, and yes. You saw the link about NWO’s Big Book of Learnin’ in your Welcome Package? You’ll find some real gems in there (I’m fond of super dogs and his horrible mangling of statistics)
I’m also too tired to tell found from fund from fond. Food, then sleep.
Aye, I still got much learning to do and innocence to loose.
G’night Argenti and eat well.
And never mind. My brain is taking up residence in that limbo between tired and not tired enough to risk nightmare land. Sleeping pill consumed, will be here for the next hour or so. Someone come poke my brain with a fork and tell it to behave? (It’s 6:30 am here, my mother is emailing me from work, this is silliness)
Back to the poll, it might be interessting to have a question as to wheather or not one feels opressed/discriminated/tolerated/accepted in society.
Doesn’t matter if it is because of disability, preference or something else.
Steady on, England hasn’t left the EU yet!
A little late to the party, but I wonder if Obsidian whatshisface also thinks that the Daily Show is the same thing as the politicians it mocks. Because hey, a thing that’s mocking something is the same as the thing that it’s mocking right?
RiliKat — hmm…I generally see the concept you’re getting at called “othered” in social justice circles. That, or spelt out as whether “people like you” get positive media portrayals.
Eg “multiple Miggs” is just a lovely portrayal of multiples (multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder by psych terms, multiple people sharing a body by those of us who don’t think everyone but the “core” personality need to
integratedisappeardie)Now I’m actually going to bed, g’night guys! Will check back in the “morning” for further suggestions, and since the political options currently are socialist/communist/Marxist, anarchist and lbertarian, I hope for options!
Hey, Argenti, thanks for doing this, I haven’t had a chance to read through all this yet but I will.
Argenti – to be honest I don’t have any idea how that concept is handled in official capacity. I just think as this here is a sarcastic but open minded space how that translates to the often unfortuntatelly not as open minded world outside manboobz and other corners of the internet.
I, for example, have depression and am lucky to say that I have been accepted and not ridiculed or outcast by friendy, family and peers in private and my studies. There are still few people who are weird out by it and don’t know how do deal with me but that is a minority.
But in the same peer group that is so accepting of me is another person who has an eating disorder who is being shunned and singled out.
So my question isn’t as to how something is presented in media but how people feel in their peer group.
There certainly are many privileged people without a cause who feel discriminated against (eg the MRM etc…) and many who belong to a minority but still feel respected and accepted.
Obsidian has got his history wrong.
Black men were often lynched after claims that they had raped white women, but the fact of the matter was that the fast majority of the time these accusations didn’t come from women, but from white men.
These claims were fabricated by white men as an excuse to lynch black men. Apart from purely symbolically, white women were often not actually involved in any way.
So if he wants to blame the stereotype of black men raping white women on someone then he should look to white men.
Dave,
Another important area of the MRA agenda as it relates to Black Men, is indeed in the areas of reproductive rights, fatherhood custody matters and child support. All of these areas impact Black Men in much more profound ways than the White community.
This month has seen two very interesting articles coming out in the press along these lines, one of which I have written about:
Happy National Throw Black Men Fathers Under The Bus Day!
http://obsidianraw.bravejournal.com/entry/134326
Here’s the other article I mentioned, which just recently appeared in the New York Times:
Is Forced Fatherhood Fair?
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/is-forced-fatherhood-fair/?_r=0
I plan to address the above issue in more detail on my blog in the coming days. In the meantime, and not to be outdone, Jezebel has “addressed” the matter here:
‘Forced Fatherhood’? Yeah, Okay, Whatever
http://jezebel.com/forced-fatherhood-yeah-okay-whatever-513168822
Reinforcing the argument of Feminists have regarding Reproductive Rights: it is for me, but not for thee…
More, coming up…
O.