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Why so many "anti-feminists" in the atheist community?
RE: Why so many "anti-feminists" in the atheist community?
I completely agree that there are people out there who are terrible and use any possible ideological position to their benefit, out of frustration or pleasure... Let's take the example of political positions - Some people may be capitalists because they believe in the free market, but some rich people are only capitalists because they have benefited from inherited wealth without working for it - If you ask me, capitalism doesn't suck because of that, and I'm still a pragmatic capitalism, with restrictions.

It's equally not reasonable to dismiss the entire movement under the alias of "anti-feminism" and put all women's issues under the bus without at least trying to read some literature, blogs or articles. I think in my case I've had experiences different from you - All the feminists I've met were pro solving men's issues and argued a lot of things that would benefit me directly, so there's no reason for me to hate the movement - To be clear, some issues men face like social pressure to conform to masculinity, or male rape shaming, male rape in prison and even the pressure to be providers, have tremendous success and make lots of money (possibly more than the female counterpart) are all issues feminists address because they're (those problems) dependent on double standards that affect males poorly as well.

To provide an example, I suffered bullying and because of the male social standard of not being able to cry, or show weakness, pain, or complain, I was victim-blamed and shamed, I was never able to ask for help to basically anyone - That's an example of how double standards for men affected me negatively, and the fact feminists don't want double standards is something that will benefit me tremendously.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you




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RE: Why so many "anti-feminists" in the atheist community? - by Dystopia - January 15, 2015 at 1:14 pm
SPEEDBUMP - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 4, 2015 at 9:42 am

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