(December 21, 2017 at 1:08 pm)Tiberius Wrote: ...and this is why MRAs exist. It's all fine and well claiming that feminism is about equal rights for men and women, but by and large, most feminists don't participate in any kind of activism for men's rights. That's fine, I don't expect them to, and certainly there are more problems that women face.
Since most feminists aren't focusing on men's rights issues, the MRA movement sprung up. Of course, then the movements started attacking each other, because reasons. The vast majority of MRAs aren't anti-woman, and the vast majority of feminists aren't anti-man, but the fringe groups are of course, the loudest, and they ruin any kind of dialogue both could have.
That's why egalitarianism is important. It removes the gendered label, it can focus on a plethora of issues including sexism, racism, homo/transphobia, etc.
Actually I'd say that the vast majority of MRA's are anti-woman. And that's a problem. Not just for women, but for men. Because these are the people representing their issues. And those people aren't even focusing on their fucking issues. And in fact those MRA's are actually part of the problem. They talk about shit like how men are being 'feminized' as if men should be defined specifically by how masculine they are. They want to reinforce the gender stereotypes that we've always had. They mistreat men in ways that is disgusting. Especially gay men.
Egalitarianism is a nice idea. But until the world is closer to actually being equal, I will continue considering myself a feminist.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
