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['Member']Joined: April 16, 2019 at 05:01Last active: April 19, 2019 at 21:581 discussions17 comments

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I don't think we have quite the same understanding of a movement, maybe because I used the term "rights" in my original post. Men don't face instituti...
April 17, 2019 at 04:33
What do you think the catalyst was for this resurgence in sensationalism and identity politics? I can't think of a single event or trend that would ha...
April 17, 2019 at 04:03
I think that your analogy is much more indicative of centralized vs dispersed societies than economic systems, but it's still a good analogy. One thin...
April 17, 2019 at 03:52
Using empirical demonstratability as the metric by which everything is judged presents the same issue as pursuing rationality for it's own sake: both ...
April 17, 2019 at 03:39
I think the comparison between the two (ethics and aesthetics) is valid insofar as both are subjective and abstract. Both are externalizations of our ...
April 17, 2019 at 03:29
These things aren't mutually exclusive. The point of social advocacy for a certain group is shifting perception of that group is a less restrictive di...
April 17, 2019 at 03:25
And who's to say that reproductive rights is a uniquely female issue? What about men forced to pay child support for children conceived without their ...
April 17, 2019 at 03:20
Thanks for your response, I totally agree with you. A few others have brought this up, and I didn't mean to imply that people are incapable of underst...
April 17, 2019 at 03:10
I already explained why delegating men's issues to feminism is impractical. It's insignificant whether feminists try to address men's issues or not; t...
April 17, 2019 at 02:47
The fundamental problem is that our culture teaches us to pursue ephemeral pleasure and avoid commitment whenever possible. Of course a healthy, intim...
April 16, 2019 at 17:22
If I had to prioritize one thing, it would be expanding resources that offer men emotional support, things like outreach groups, group therapy, etc. T...
April 16, 2019 at 16:25
Referring back to my full question, there is no "distinct, credible men's rights movement." The existing quote-on-quote movement is a joke, because mo...
April 16, 2019 at 15:06
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but there are gnostic and agnostic iterations of both theism and atheism. Gnostic means that they profess cer...
April 16, 2019 at 15:04
If feminism were equally inclusive of both genders, it would no longer be feminism, it would be egalitarianism. I definitely don't think that the mode...
April 16, 2019 at 14:58
The sexes are definitely able to understand each other, but that's only possible with the kind of discourse I'd like to encourage. Feminism is perpetu...
April 16, 2019 at 14:40
My point wasn't that men are the only ones who go to war, but that they're the ones expected to do so when it becomes necessary. Not discounting Senat...
April 16, 2019 at 14:13
Yeah, maybe not rights per se, but some sort of "meninism". I think rights movements stopped focusing on legal enfranchisement a long time ago, now it...
April 16, 2019 at 13:28