So someone went to the Men’s Rights subreddit the other day to ask the assembled Men’s Rights Activists a simple question: what sort of activism do you folks do? Specifically, the visitor asked, “Do MRAs have marches or campaigns or fundraisers?”
The post didn’t get much attention, but the answers that “Chickenjuggle” got were pretty, well, instructive.
Some Men’s Rights Redditors pointed to the astounding successes of the events organized by A Voice for Men, which have drawn literally dozens of people from around the globe — that is, more people than you are likely to see waiting for a bus (except during rush hour).
Others tried to claim credit for, among other things, Movember, a month-long prostate cancer awareness campaign that most MRAs have no more connection with than I do, and for the work of various Fathers Rights organizations that MRAs, by and large, have nothing to do with.
A few pointed to fundraisers that A Voice for Men has held … for itself. (Yes, if “fundraising” is redefined to mean “sending a lot of money to Paul Elam, without knowing what exactly he even does with it,” then, yes, MRAs are pretty active fundraisers.)
And the rest mostly offered excuses.
LAMFF explained that most men have a hard time fitting activism into their busy schedule of HUNTING THE MAMMOTH TO FEED YOU:
Others darkly intimated that it was much too dangerous for them to actually get up off of their asses and march, as they might risk their balls, or at least their jobs, and possibly even their spot on the couch. (I added that last bit; it seems like it would be important to them.)
As is well-known, no other activists in the history of the world have ever put themselves willingly at risk for their ideals.
Unkleman sniffed that those silly marches were probably sour, anyway:
That bit at the end about “false facts” is an interesting slip, huh?
TRPACC, meanwhile, insisted that sitting on your ass posting comments on the internet was, in fact, activism of the highest order:
In other words, this video from SomeGreyBloke turns out not to be a parody after all, but a dead-on accurate portrayal:
Sorry, wordspinner, but I’m on my way to steal your dad’s kitties right now.
I’m getting a plaintive message from a fellow buried under cats – “Please confiscate them!”
@ katz,
NOOOOO!
Can you at least turn them over to Mom?
Well, naturally, we always grant custody to the woman.
Suffragette gets run over and kiilled by the king’s horse for daring to demand the vote = Doing Nothing.
Suffragette gets jailed and force-fed for hunger-striking to get the vote = Doing Nothing.
Women get arrested en masse, everywhere, for protesting against nukes, polluters and the general sexism of society = Doing Nothing.
MRAs whining and kvetching on the Internet about evil imaginary feminists cutting their balls off and killing their dogs, while simultaneously whining and kvetching about women preferring cats over dudes like them, so now they’re gonna Go Their Own Way to spite us = Serious Political Activism That’s The Only Thing Holding This Friggin’ Society Together.
Gee, this MRA Logic™ just keeps getting more logical all the time.
…and hands on penis, wanking their nuts off. Because how else can they show those castrating bitches?
Guys. You guys. An MRA took my hedgehog.
I don’t have any evidence for this but I’m SURE it’s what happened.
Probably because the ladies** don’t want this particular version of society to keep running.
**I hate the term ladies. Seriously, it’s overly gendered and yet poorly defined. Plus, after a while my eyes start to see it as ‘ladles’, and it’s all downhill from there.
It was probably an MGTOW – they believe pricks should stick together. You should file a report with the Feminist Pet-Confiscating Stormtroopers of Pluto.
That one dude’s comment when someone asked, “do MRAs have marches?” He answered, “…No, because (we) have an aversion to being shot in the balls.”
Huh? There have been no MRA parades, or a serious epidemic of MRA dude’s being shot in the balls. Where’s his fear comming from? Too much Sigmund Freud? That dude could make ANYTHING about castration anxiety.
All you single ladles, all you single ladles, put your handles up…
I was feeling kind of bad that Canada seems to be a hotbed of MRAs showing up in Actual Real Life and doing (stupid) things, like the poster campaigns in Edmonton and Saskatoon, and the rally in Toronto. And then I noticed that those groups have some very prominent women in them. GWW in Edmonton, Typhoid Blue in S’toon. Not sure about Toronto, don’t care enough to go looking (kind of assuming that GWW organized it from Edm).
So now I’m assuming that, as with almost every organization run by men (I’m thinking churches), the actual work is being done by women.
Is there anything we feminists won’t steal from men? Pets, ice cream, precious precious sperm…
I don’t mind the term “ladies”, but when an MRAsshat writes it, I can just hear the Cheeto-stinking sneer in it.
Viscaria – Um…. women won’t steal …. um…. um….
*two decades later*
… uh, I’m still working on it! Uh…
Advocacy though comments? So trolls then. Makes sense.
Real activism is not some thing from the past either.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/11/1215305/-N-C-Moral-Monday-6-84-arrested-Charlotte-Observer-reporter-detained
Alice – we won’t steal MRAs! Because who’d want them?
Ladles of the world unite! Anti-being-dunked-in-hot-soup activism now!
(Hey, it’s as pithy and makes as much sense as anything any MRA ever wrote.)
@kittehserf Sauce for the goose is good for the gander?
kittehs – HAH! Good point! 😀
opium4themasses – sauce is MISLADLRY!
First they came for my wife, and I didn’t speak out, because she was already over 30.
Then they came for my dog, and I didn’t speak out, because she was a real bitch.
Then they came for my cat, and I didn’t speak out, because she was way too independent for my tastes.
Then they came for my goldfish, and I thought the joke was on them, because the fish wasn’t really made of gold.
Then they came for my Tamagotchi, and I just thought that Asian virtual pets were overrated for their submissive nature anyway.
They still haven’t come for my cactus.
Lol! If that goldfish was being kept in a typical goldfish bowl, I want to come for it and rescue it to a suitably large and well filtered tank (those fuckers get BIG and are shit machines [like, make a fist, now have it constantly pooping…that’s pretty much an adult goldfish])
Popping in to say Happy Holidays to Manbooberz everywhere. Hope you’re staying warm and well fed on Mamoth steaks.
Arctic Ape – They did eventually come for my cactus. But I didn’t speak out, for I hoped that the spines will lodge in their butts.
They then came back for the sand, but I didn’t need it anymore because they took my cactus.
They still haven’t taken my pet rock.
Love the grey man!
While I don’t agree with the methods employed by Fathers4Justice, at least those guys do attempt to do something to help the men they represent, though again, one of their people at the top is a woman.
Deep down they know if they ever did march if wouldn’t come off very well. What would they chant or write on their signs? If they were being honest it would go something like this-
Spread those legs
We need sex
Wimmin were made
To suck dick
Or possible something about scented candles and hand bags being evil. Maybe bear fighting?
Equal sauce is misandry! So are women having cats…and a Cactus of One’s Own!
@Valerienorth: Indeed.
Placards demanding:
‘WE DON’T WANT CHANGE!!’
‘PUT THINGS BACK HOW THEY WERE!! (though they were never really like that it’s just feeeeemale lies)
‘WE DEMAND THE RIGHT TO TAKE AWAY WOMEN’S AUTONOMY!!’ (not that they really have any, that’s just a feeeeemale lie too)
‘SEX FOR UNATTRACTIVE MEN WHO HAVE NO INTERPERSONAL SKILLS!!’
‘ABOLISH UGLY WOMEN!!’
‘STOP WOMEN HAVING SEX UNLESS IT’S WITH US!!’
And so on. I’m starting to wish they would march so people could point and laugh at them.
Wouldn’t be at all surprised. But unlike the women in those churches, the FeMRA’s are getting exactly what they deserve.
I suspect they’re using FeMRAs as mouthpieces to try to make it look like they aren’t sexist and misogynous as hell. As though that strategy weren’t utterly transparent. And as though they weren’t going to dispose of these women as soon as they could…
I completely agree they don’t want change . Too many references to the good ole 1950’s to believe they are O.K with how things are .Just needs some tweaking for men’s issues like prostate cancer research and more women paying for dates.
Too many references to going back to fault divorce after the phrase “75% of women file for divorce” . Too many references to what in effect would make it more intimidating for women to report rape . Too many intimidating references towards women to marry very young. Too many references to consent to sex in marriage is a given the day you say I do, its assumed from that day forward its not a question anymore. Too many references for the desire for the “return of ” clear cut ,well defined ,male and female “gender roles ” and etc ,etc…
That’s not change ,unless you wan’t to call it “changing back.”
Bina – it’d help their strategy if the feMRAs weren’t as misogynist as hell, too.
LOL!! Right …personally for myself you need to realize you aren’t worth going to jail over . Besides it would be more fun to gather with friends, with some lawn chairs , lots of popcorn ,sit on the curb / and laugh our asses off at you . That is if you can find enough men WITH the balls to show up for a march. I doubt that will happen .
I’d love to know who the Stormtroopers of the Plutocracy are. Are we talking the Sturmtroppen of WWI, or something more like Star Wars?
It couldn’t possibly be the various US police forces, could it? I wouldn’t have thought a handful of white guys whining about loss of privilege would attract such attention.
I’m picturing Darth Vader and the works. Talk about your father’s custody battles!
Way to RALLY for your serious men’s issues ! While men are being seriously and systematically discriminated against/abused (by women) you ‘recommend’ not coming out as an MRA?
Such bravery it takes my breath away laughing.
But wait a minute ? I thought that was already happening anyway because of misandry /feminism /divorce ? Come on seriously what do you have to lose ?????
O.K my eyebrows are really crinkled now . Is this saying to combat lies with lies in order to challenge the lies ?
Yah ..I think he means Star Wars.
David !!!!!!!!! I’m ‘in love” with your smart ass!!!!!!!!!!!
Original version:
Likely intention:
Apparently disambiguating punctuation is misandry.
Heh. Sooner or later, one of those useful tools is going to slip up and show herself insufficiently self-hating…and when she does, it’s heave-ho, over you go, off with The Wooly Bumblebee.
That prospect alone makes me giggly with anticipation…
Yes ..sooner or later they will get tired of being regarded as their pet dogs. Being kept on a leash and patted on the head wont be enough .
And if they propose anything which might actually benefit men and boys in need, they’ll be shafted so fast, they won’t know what hit them. That’s what Ms. Bumble did. It didn’t sit well with El Elam.
Right . What might actually help unless it somehow punishes women will be immediately rejected . They “need” to stay victims otherwise what is the excuse to have rage gatherings against evil feminist ? They don’t want harmony they want control over women .Its so obvious.
This video (its a Christian MAN talking about why women are divorcing) is met with outrage if you suggest it to an MRA . They retort its nonsense blaming ‘everything on men”. Its a short video and I wouldn’t post it if I didn’t believe its a big part of the problem. They RECOIL in disgust!
Heaven forfend that we leave them if they don’t love us. We’re only supposed to be there to burnish their egos, wash their socks, make them sandwiches, give them kids…and suck their dicks. Expecting anything in return, even a paltry show of love, is misandry!
But of course. Only a mangina likes, let alone loves, women. Or any other being except himself, for that matter.
@James
Avoiding redundancy and having a basic grasp of English grammar is also Misandry, which is why this ass-backwards sentence is a prime example MRA activism.
Thinking, speaking, writing and acting in a clear and on-risible fashion is deepest, darkest misandry!